(b.John Varley was born in Texas in 1947. After spending time as a 'confirmed drifter' he settled in Portland, Oregon and became a full-time writer. He has won the Hugo and Nebula awards a number of times, and has also received the prestigious Prix Apollo. His acclaimed novels include Titan, Wizard, Demon (the Gaea trilogy), Millennium and Steel Beach.
Series
Eight Worlds
1. The Ophiuchi Hotline (1977)
2. The Persistence of Vision (1978)
3. Blue Champagne (1986)
1. The Ophiuchi Hotline (1977)
2. The Persistence of Vision (1978)
3. Blue Champagne (1986)
Thunder and Lightning
1. Red Thunder (2003)
2. Red Lightning (2006)
3. Rolling Thunder (2008)
4. Dark Lightning (2014)
1. Red Thunder (2003)
2. Red Lightning (2006)
3. Rolling Thunder (2008)
4. Dark Lightning (2014)
Novels
Omnibus
Quantum Special 1 (1979) (with Gregory Benford)
Tango Charlie and Foxtrot Romeo / The Star Pit (1988) (with Samuel R Delany)
Nanoware Time / The Persistence of Vision (1991) (with Ian Watson)
Tango Charlie and Foxtrot Romeo / The Star Pit (1988) (with Samuel R Delany)
Nanoware Time / The Persistence of Vision (1991) (with Ian Watson)
Collections
The Barbie Murders (1980)
aka Picnic on Nearside
The John Varley Reader (2004)
Good-Bye, Robinson Crusoe (2013)
aka Picnic on Nearside
The John Varley Reader (2004)
Good-Bye, Robinson Crusoe (2013)
Chapbooks
Anthologies edited
Anthologies containing stories by John Varley
The Best Science Fiction of the Year 5 (1976)
The Best Science Fiction of the Year 6 (1977)
The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction 22nd Series (1977)
Nebula Winners 12 (1978)
The Best Science Fiction of the Year 7 (1978)
Best Science Fiction Stories of the Year 1977 (1978)
Best Science Fiction Stories of the Year 1978 (1979)
The Best Science Fiction of the Year 8 (1979)
Universe 9 (1979)
The Best Science Fiction Novellas of the Year 1 (1979)
The Best Science Fiction of the Year 9 (1980)
Nebula Winners 14 (1980)
The Best Science Fiction of the Year 10 (1981)
The Best Science Fiction of the Year 11 (1982)
Nebula Award Stories 17 (1983)
The Best from Universe (1984)
Terry Carr's Best Science Fiction of the Year 14 (1985)
Nebula Awards 20 (1985)
Terry Carr's Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year 16 (1987)
Great Science Fiction of the 20th Century (1987)
Simulations (1993)
The Norton Book of Science Fiction (1993)
Nebula Award-Winning Novellas (1994)
Tales in Space (1995)
Superheroes (1995)
Visions of Wonder (1996)
Future on Ice (1998)
Not the Only Planet (1998)
The Good New Stuff (1999)
Bangs and Whimpers (1999)
Isaac Asimov's Solar System (1999)
Explorers (2000)
The Best Science Fiction of the Year 6 (1977)
The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction 22nd Series (1977)
Nebula Winners 12 (1978)
The Best Science Fiction of the Year 7 (1978)
Best Science Fiction Stories of the Year 1977 (1978)
Best Science Fiction Stories of the Year 1978 (1979)
The Best Science Fiction of the Year 8 (1979)
Universe 9 (1979)
The Best Science Fiction Novellas of the Year 1 (1979)
The Best Science Fiction of the Year 9 (1980)
Nebula Winners 14 (1980)
The Best Science Fiction of the Year 10 (1981)
The Best Science Fiction of the Year 11 (1982)
Nebula Award Stories 17 (1983)
The Best from Universe (1984)
Terry Carr's Best Science Fiction of the Year 14 (1985)
Nebula Awards 20 (1985)
Terry Carr's Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year 16 (1987)
Great Science Fiction of the 20th Century (1987)
Simulations (1993)
The Norton Book of Science Fiction (1993)
Nebula Award-Winning Novellas (1994)
Tales in Space (1995)
Superheroes (1995)
Visions of Wonder (1996)
Future on Ice (1998)
Not the Only Planet (1998)
The Good New Stuff (1999)
Bangs and Whimpers (1999)
Isaac Asimov's Solar System (1999)
Explorers (2000)
Short stories
| Picnic on Nearside (1974) | |||
| In the Bowl (1975) | |||
| Retrograde Summer (1975) | Nebula Awards (nominee) | ||
| Gotta Sing, Gotta Dance (1976) | Hugo (nominee) | ||
| Overdrawn at the Memory Bank (1976) | |||
| The Phantom of Kansas (1976) | Hugo (nominee) | ||
| Air Raid (1977) (as by Herb Boehm) | |||
| Goodbye, Robinson Crusoe (1977) | |||
| In the Hall of the Martian Kings [short story] (1977) | Hugo (nominee) | ||
| Lollipop and the Tar Baby (1977) | |||
| The Barbie Murders [short story] (1978) | Hugo (nominee) | ||
| The Persistence of Vision [short story] (1978) | Hugo Nebula Awards | ||
| Options (1979) | Hugo (nominee) Nebula Awards (nominee) | ||
| Beatnik Bayou (1980) | Hugo (nominee) Nebula Awards (nominee) | ||
| Blue Champagne [short story] (1981) | Hugo (nominee) | ||
| The Pusher (1981) | Nebula Awards (nominee) Hugo | ||
| The Manhattan Phone Book (Abridged) (1984) | |||
| PRESS ENTER [] (1984) | Hugo Nebula Awards | ||
| Tango Charlie and Foxtrot Romeo [short story] (1986) | |||
| The Unprocessed Word (1986) | |||
| Truth, Justice and the Politically Correct Socialist Path (1994) | |||
| The Flying Dutchman (1998) |
Awards
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John Varley recommends
Lunar Descent (1991)
(Near-Space, book 3)
Allen Steele
"The best hard SF writer to come along in the last decade."
Callahan's Legacy (1995)
(Callahan, book 7)
Spider Robinson
"Subversive, dangerous, iconoclastic, cantankerous. Puns, palindromes, puzzlers, posers, pranks, and poetry. A three ring circus of ideas - I loved it!"
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