The John Varley Reader
AuthorJohn Varley
Cover artistRalph Mercer and Ian McKinnell
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
SeriesEight Worlds
GenreScience fiction
PublisherAce Books
Publication date
September 2004
Media typePrint (paperback)
Pages532
ISBN0-441-01195-0
OCLC55105932

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.

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"


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