The John Varley Reader

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"

External links

• The John Varley Reader title listing at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database