Maps in a Mirror
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| author = [[Orson Scott Card]]
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| country = [[United States]]
| language = [[English language|English]]
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| genre = [[Science fiction]], [[Fantasy]]
| publisher = [[Tor Books]]
| pub_date = [[1990 in literature|1990]]
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| media_type = Print ([[Hardcover]] & [[Paperback]])
| pages = 675 pp
| isbn = ISBN 0-312-85047-6
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'''''Maps in a Mirror''''' (1990) is a collection of short stories by [[Orson Scott Card]]. Like Card's novels, most of the stories have a [[science fiction]] or [[fantasy fiction|fantasy]] theme. Many of the stories, such as "[[Ender's Game]]" and "[[Lost Boys (novel)|Lost Boys]]" were later expanded into novels.
== Publication history ==
Most of the stories appearing in the book are reprints of stories which were first published in science fiction and fantasy [[periodical]]s.
The book has been published as a single large volume, as a two volume set and as a four volume set. However only the single volume by Tor contains: “Book 5: Lost Songs, The Hidden Stories”
===Single volume:===
*''Maps In A Mirror'' (1990) Tor Books ISBN 0-312-85047-6
===Two volume set:===
*''Maps In A Mirror Volume 1'' (1992) Legend Books ISBN 0-09-988470-4
*''Maps In A Mirror Volume 2'' (1992) Legend Books ISBN 0-09-988480-1
===Four volume set:===
*''The Changed Man'' (1992) Tor Books ISBN 0-812-53365-8
*''Flux'' (1992) Tor Books ISBN 0-812-51685-0
*''Monkey Sonatas'' (1993) Tor Books ISBN 0-812-52367-9
*''Cruel Miracles'' (1992) Tor Books ISBN 0-812-52304-0
== Story list ==
[[Image:OSCchangedman.jpg|thumb|right|100px|Book One]]
[[Image:OSCflux.jpg|thumb|right|100px|Book Two]]
[[Image:OSCmonkeysonatas.jpg|thumb|right|100px|Book Three]]
[[Image:OSCcruelmiracles.jpg|thumb|right|100px|Book Four]]
The short stories in this book are:
===Book 1 - The Changed Man: Tales of Dread===
*"[[Eumenides in the Fourth Floor Lavatory]]"
*"[[Quietus (short story)|Quietus]]"
*"[[Deep Breathing Exercises]]"
*"[[Fat Farm]]"
*"[[Closing the Timelid]]"
*"[[Freeway Games]]"
*"[[A Sepulchre of Songs]]"
*"[[Prior Restraint]]"
*"[[The Changed Man and the King of Words]]"
*"[[Memories of My Head]]"
*"[[Lost_Boys (novel)#Short_story|Lost Boys]]"
===Book 2 - Flux: Tales of Human Futures===
*"[[A Thousand Deaths (short story)|A Thousand Deaths]]"
*"[[Clap Hands and Sing]]"
*"[[Dogwalker]]"
*"[[But We Try Not to Act Like It]]"
*"[[I Put My Blue Genes On]]"
*"[[In the Doghouse]]"
*"[[The Originist]]"
===Book 3 - Maps in a Mirror: Fables and Fantasies===
*"[[Unaccompanied Sonata]]"
*"[[A Cross-Country Trip to Kill Richard Nixon]]"
*"[[The Porcelain Salamander]]"
*"[[Middle Woman]]"
*"[[The Bully and the Beast]]"
*"[[The Princess and the Bear]]"
*"[[Sandmagic]]"
*"[[The Best Day (short story)|The Best Day]]"
*"[[A Plague of Butterflies]]"
*"[[The Monkeys Thought 'Twas All in Fun]]"
===Book 4 - Cruel Miracles: Tales of Death, Hope, and Holiness===
*"[[Mortal Gods]]"
*"[[Saving Grace (short story)|Saving Grace]]"
*"[[Eye for Eye]]"
*"[[St. Amy's Tale]]"
*"[[Kingsmeat]]"
*"[[Holy (short story)|Holy]]"
===Book 5 - Lost Songs: The Hidden Stories===
*"[[Ender's Game (short story)|Ender's Game]]"
*"[[Mikal's Songbird]]"
*"[[Prentice Alvin and the No-Good Plow]]"
*"[[Malpractice (short story)|Malpractice]]"
*"[[Follower (short story)|Follower]]"
*"[[Hitching (short story)|Hitching]]"
*"[[Damn Fine Novel]]"
*"[[Billy's Box]]"
*"[[The Best Family Home Evening Ever]]"
*"[[Bicicleta (short story)|Bicicleta]]"
*"[[I Think Mom and Dad Are Going Crazy, Jerry]]"
*"[[Gert Fram]]"
==See also==
*[[List of works by Orson Scott Card]]
*[[Orson Scott Card]]
==External links==
* [http://www.hatrack.com/osc/books/maps.shtml About the book ''Maps in a Mirror'' from Card's website]
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[[Category:1990 books]]
[[Category:Short story collections by Orson Scott Card]]
[[Category:Science fiction short story collections]]
[[Category:Fantasy short story collections]]