The Persistence of Vision (collection)
| Author | John Varley |
|---|---|
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Science fiction collection |
| Publisher | The Dial Press/James Wade |
Publication date | 1978 |
| Media type | |
| Pages | 316 pp |
| ISBN | ISBN 0-8037-6866-4 Parameter error in {{ISBNT}}: invalid character |
The Persistence of Vision is an award-winning 1978 anthology of science fiction stories by John Varley.
The anthology was also published in the U.K. under the title In the Hall of the Martian Kings.[1]
Contents
The anthology includes nine stories:[2]
- "The Phantom of Kansas," originally published in Galaxy, February 1976.
- "Air Raid," originally published in Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, Spring 1977.
- "Retrograde Summer," originally published in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, February 1975.
- "The Black Hole Passes," originally published in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, June 1975.
- "In the Hall of the Martian Kings," originally published in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, February 1977.
- "In the Bowl," originally published in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, December 1975.
- "Gotta Sing, Gotta Dance," originally published in Galaxy, July 1976.
- "Overdrawn at the Memory Bank," originally published in Galaxy, May 1976.
- "The Persistence of Vision," originally published in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, March 1978.
Awards
The anthology won the 1979 Locus Award for Best Single-Author Collection.[3]
The title story won the 1978 Nebula Award[4], the 1979 Hugo Award[5], and the 1979 Locus Award[6] in the novella categories.
References
- ^ The Persistence of Vision at The Internet Speculative Fiction Database
- ^ Varley, John (1978). The Persistence of Vision. Dell Publishing. ISBN 0-440-17311-6 (1979 re-print)
- ^ The Locus Index to SF Awards: 1979 Locus Awards
- ^ Past Winners of SFWA(R) Nebula Awards(R): 1978
- ^ The Hugo Award (By Year): 1979
- ^ The Locus Index to SF Awards: 1979 Locus Awards