num_pages: 532
description: Ace hardback with dust jacket, Exclusively published by and for the Science Fiction Book Club, Oct. 2004, SFBC #1173161, 528 pages. 8vo (8.5" x 5.75") First hardcover edition, reprint of trade paper original. 18 stories, including Picnic on Nearside; Overdrawn at the Memory Bank [1977 Locus Poll Award, Best Novelette ( 10)]; In the Hall of the Martian Kings [nominated, 1977 Hugo Award, 1977 Nebula Award]; Gotta Sing, Gotta Dance [nominated, 1977 Hugo Award]; The Barbie Murders [nominated, 1979 Hugo Award. Winner, 1979 Locus Poll Award, 1995 James Tiptree, Jr. Award, Classics]; The Phantom of Kansas [nominated, 1977 Hugo Award]; Beatnik Bayou [nominated, 1980 Nebula Award, 1981 Hugo Award]; Air Raid [nominated, 1977 Nebula Award, 1978 Hugo Award. Basis of film and novel Millennium.]; The Persistence of Vision [winner, 1978 Nebula Award, 1979 Hugo Award]; Press Enter [] [winner, 1984 Nebula Award, 1985 Hugo Award]; The Pusher [winner, 1982 Hugo Award, 1982 Locus Poll Award]; Tango Charlie and Foxtrot Romeo [1987 Locus Poll Award, Best Novella ( 3)]; Options [nominated, 1979 Nebula Award, 1980 Hugo Award]; Just Another Perfect Day; In Fading Suns and Dying Moons; The Flying Dutchman; Good Intentions; The Bellman.
language: English
title: The John Varley Reader: Thirty Years of Short Fiction
titlecomplete: The John Varley Reader: Thirty Years of Short Fiction
genres: Science Fiction, Collections, Science Fiction Fantasy, Fiction, Short Stories, Anthologies, Horror, Fantasy, Speculative Fiction
ratings_count: 638
awards: awardedAt: 1104566400000
name: Locus Award
category: Best Collection
publisher: Ace Books