The John Varley Reader
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| Author | John Varley |
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| Cover artist | Ralph Mercer and Ian McKinnell |
| Language | English |
| Series | Eight Worlds |
| Genre | Science fiction |
| Publisher | Ace Books |
Publication date | September 2004 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print (paperback) |
| Pages | 532 |
| ISBN | 0-441-01195-0 |
| OCLC | 55105932 |
The John Varley Reader is a representative collection of 18 of the science fiction short stories by John Varley, first published in paperback in September 2004. It features 5 new stories. Each story is preceded by an autobiographical introduction; until this book Varley had avoided discussing himself, or his works, in print.
The book won the Locus Award for Best Collection in 2005.[1]
It was republished in 2020 by Open Road Media.[2]
- Introduction
- "Picnic on Nearside", first published 1974[3]
- "Overdrawn at the Memory Bank", first published 1979, adapted in movie in 1984 - Overdrawn at the Memory Bank
- "In the Hall of the Martian Kings", first published 1976[4][5]
- "Gotta Sing, Gotta Dance", first published 1976[6]
- "The Barbie Murders" - Locus award for best novellette 1979
- "The Phantom of Kansas", first published 1976[7][8][9]
- "Beatnik Bayou",[10][11] first published 1980, nominated for best novelette Nebula award 1980
- "Air Raid",[12][13] first published in 1977
- "The Persistence of Vision" - Locus award for best novella 1979
- “PRESS ENTER[]" - Locus award for best novella, Hugo Award for Best Novella and Nebula Award for Best Novella 1985
- "The Pusher"[14] - Locus award and Hugo award for best short story 1982
- "Tango Charlie and Foxtrot Romeo",[15] 1992 Seiun Award for Foreign Short Story and 1991 Hayakawa’s SF Magazine Reader’s Award for Foreign Short Story
- "Options",[16][17][18] first published in 1979
- "Just Another Perfect Day",[19] first published in 1989, republished in lightspeed magazine in 2011,[20] (review by Steven H Silver[21])
- "In Fading Suns and Dying Moons",[22][23] first published in 2003
- "The Flying Dutchman",[24] first published 1988
- "Good Intentions"
- "The Bellman"
