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The John Varley Reader is a collection of 18 science fiction

Science fiction

Science fiction is a genre of fiction dealing with imaginary but more or less plausible content such as future settings, futuristic science and technology, space travel, aliens, and paranormal abilities...

short stories

Short story

A short story is a work of fiction that is usually written in prose, often in narrative format. This format tends to be more pointed than longer works of fiction, such as novellas and novels. Short story definitions based on length differ somewhat, even among professional writers, in part because...

by John Varley

John Varley (author)

John Herbert Varley is an American science fiction author.-Biography:Varley grew up in Fort Worth, Texas, moved to Port Arthur in 1957, and graduated from Nederland High School. He went to Michigan State University on a National Merit Scholarship because, of the schools that he could afford, it...

, 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.

Introduction
"Picnic on Nearside"
"Overdrawn at the Memory Bank"
"In the Hall of the Martian Kings"
"Gotta Sing, Gotta Dance"
"The Barbie Murders
The Barbie Murders
The Barbie Murders is a science fiction short story by John Varley. It was first published in IASFM in January/February 1978-Plot summary:Lt. Anna-Louise Bach and her partner Jorge Weil are police officers in New Dresden, a domed city on the Moon...

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"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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