Blue Champagne (collection)
Collection of short stories by John Varley
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Blue Champagne is a 1986 collection of science fiction stories by American writer John Varley. It was published as a hardcover in January 1986, followed by a paperback edition in November.[1]
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| Author | John Varley |
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| Cover artist | Todd Cameron Hamilton |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Science fiction |
| Publisher | Dark Harvest, Berkley Books |
| Publication date | 1986 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | |
| Pages | 290 pp |
| ISBN | 0-425-09336-0 |
| OCLC | 14639057 |
| Dewey Decimal | 813/.5/4 |
| LC Class | PZ4.V299 Pe PS3572.A724 |
Contents
The collection includes eight stories,[2] four of which take place in Varley's Eight Worlds future history.[3]
- "The Pusher", originally published in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, 1981
- "Blue Champagne", originally published in New Voices 4, 1981
- "Tango Charlie and Foxtrot Romeo", first published in this collection
- "Options", originally published in Universe 9, 1979
- "Lollipop and the Tar Baby", originally published in Orbit 19, 1977, previously appeared in Varley's 1980 collection The Barbie Murders
- "The Manhattan Phone Book (Abridged)", originally published at Westercon 37, 1984
- "The Unprocessed Word", first published in this collection
- "Press Enter■", originally published in Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, 1984
Awards
Blue Champagne won the 1987 Locus Award for Best Collection.[4]