The Persistence of Vision (collection)
Collection of short stories by John Varley
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The Persistence of Vision is a 1978 collection of science fiction stories by American writer John Varley.
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First edition | |
| Author | John Varley |
|---|---|
| Cover artist | Jim Burns |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Science fiction |
| Publisher | The Dial Press/James Wade |
| Publication date | 1978 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | |
| Pages | 316 pp |
| ISBN | 0-8037-6866-4 |
| OCLC | 3844742 |
| Dewey Decimal | 813/.5/4 |
| LC Class | PZ4.V299 Pe PS3572.A724 |
The collection was also published in the United Kingdom under the title In the Hall of the Martian Kings.[1]
Contents
The collection includes nine stories:[2]
- "The Phantom of Kansas", originally published in Galaxy, February 1976.
- "Air Raid", originally published in Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, Spring 1977. Varley later expanded this into the novel Millennium, which was adapted as the film Millennium.
- "Retrograde Summer", originally published in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, February 1975.
- "The Black Hole Passes", originally published in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, June 1975.
- "In the Hall of the Martian Kings", originally published in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, February 1977.
- "In the Bowl", originally published in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, December 1975.
- "Gotta Sing, Gotta Dance", originally published in Galaxy, July 1976.
- "Overdrawn at the Memory Bank", originally published in Galaxy, May 1976. Adapted into a 1984 television movie.
- "The Persistence of Vision", originally published in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, March 1978.
Awards
The Persistence of Vision won the 1979 Locus Award for Best Single-Author Collection.[3]
The title story won the 1978 Nebula Award,[4] the 1979 Hugo Award,[5] and the 1979 Locus Award[3] in the novella category.