The John Varley Reader: Thirty Years of Short Fiction

From the moment John Varley burst onto the scene in 1974, his short fiction was like nothing anyone else was writing. His stories won every award the science fiction field had to offer, many times over. His first collection, The Persistence of Vision, published in 1978, was the most important collection of the decade, and changed what fans would come to expect from science fiction.

Now, The John Varley Reader gathers his best stories, many out of print for years. This is the volume no Varley fan – or science fiction reader – can do without.

Contents:

• Introduction
• Picnic on Nearside
• Overdrawn at the Memory Bank
• In the Hall of the Martian Kings
• Gotta Sing, Gotta Dance
• The Barbie Murders
• The Phantom of Kansas
• Beatnik Bayou
• Air Raid
• The Persistence of Vision
• Press Enter
• The Pusher
• Tango Charlie and Foxtrot Romeo
• Options
• Just Another Perfect Day
• In Fading Suns and Dying Moons
• The Flying Dutchman
• Good Intentions
• The Bellman