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When Worlds Collide (Bison Frontiers of Imagination)

49 reviews
Philip Wylie, Edwin Balmer

Bison Books, 1999

A do-over well worth doing again
This is one of a handful of books I've read twice. Wonderful for introducing a young person to science fiction. I've also read the sequel, which I delightfully discovered in a second-hand store. It is also quite good.

Wizard

15 reviews
John Varley

Ace, 1987

With a god like this, who wants heaven?
We were introduced to the alien Gaea in Titan, when our characters came to investigate. Now we get to explore it in a great-circle journey around the rim, visiting almost every region. John Varley has created an intriguing, unique landscape in this installment of his trilogy. Not only is Gaea a world and a god, but she is also a political being with a sharp eye towards the future. It is only in ...

The Golden Globe

53 reviews
John Varley

Ace, 1999

Shakepeare in Space!
In the future of Varley's book, almost everyone remembers Sparky Valentine. Even if they aren't old enough to remember the glory years of the kid's show, "Sparky and His Gang" they remember their parents talking about it or watching old recordings. Many also remember something about allegations of a terrible crime, and may assume that Sparky is deceased, since they haven't heard anything about ...

Titan

57 reviews
John Varley

Ace, 1987

My favorite Science Fiction Series
This book begins my all time favorite Science Fiction series: the Gaea Trilogy. I first discovered it by accident in my high school library. I was intrigued by the illustrations and decided to check it out. I quickly was captivated and amazed the High School would stock such a sexually explicit book! But the characters and their discovery of Gaea are what makes the book so compelling, even ...

Rolling Thunder

15 reviews
John Varley

Ace Books, 2008

Refreshing
I'm addicted to Varley. His characters talk and act they way I would. It's refreshing. I hope we don't have to wait too long for the next one.

The John Varley Reader

9 reviews
John Varley

Ace Trade, 2004

This is the first time I've ached to give a book SIX stars . . . .
Okay -- Christopher Priest is arguably more poetic, and Tim Powers is more literary, when he cares to be. But it's a proven fact that John Varley is the all-around best SF writer working these days. That's even more true when it comes to the short form, as this recapitulative collection demonstrates. Varley is a Texan by birth and very close to my own age and, like me, he spent his early adult ...

Demon

22 reviews
John Varley

Ace, 1987

Great Read
While not for the young (although I first read it when I was very young), this is a great book and by far one of the best I've ever read. John Varley is a unique and creative author.

The Ophiuchi Hotline

14 reviews
John Varley

Ace, 1993

Bold explosion of ideas
The only other book I've read by Varley is the relatively recent Steel Beach, which I enjoyed quite a bit, especially the opening line, which I still remember fondly to this day (if you've read the book you'll know what I'm talking about, if not, crack the book open in a bookstore and you'll see what I mean). The blueprint for a lot of the stuff in that novel can be found here, at least when it ...

Red Lightning

22 reviews
John Varley

Ace, 2007

Good old-fashioned sci-fi
With a career that spans over thirty years, John Varley is only moderately prolific, with just over a dozen novels to his name. Fortunately, he is an author who is well worth the wait between books. Red Lightning once again shows why he continues to be one of the greats in science fiction. Red Lightning is the sequel to Red Thunder. The earlier novel dealt with a group of young adults who ...

Red Thunder

64 reviews
John Varley

Ace, 2004

As good as his 70s stuff
No one was a bigger fan of Varley's early stuff than me. I remember reading part one of "Titan" I'd accidentally found in the S.F. mag "Analog" in 1981 and desperately looking for the other parts of the serialization before finding out -- joy! -- that it was a full-length book and that Analog had actually taken out some of the best parts, if you know what I mean. I loved Wizard so much I ...

Tango Charlie and Foxtrot Romeo: The Star Pit (Tor Double, No 4)
John Varley, Samuel Delany

Tor Books, 1988

Persistence Of Vision

9 reviews
John Varley

Berkley, 1984

Where should I start...
Powerful. Enjoyable. Thoughtful. Fascinating. Funny. Gifted. First-Rate. Original. Nine stories that show us the future of man, with his flaws, his merits and his outward spread from Earth. John Varley thinks big also. In many of his stories it is pointed out that mankind was kicked off of the planet Earth by...somebody. See, that is the best part. Many of the stories happen in a setting in ...

Japan in the Muromachi Age (Cornell East Asia, No. 109) (Cornell East Asia Series) (Cornell East Asia Series)

Cornell Univ East Asia Program, 2001

"A specialist in European history, wishing to deepen his knowledge of the Japanese background, should not fail to seek out this book, for it is a passport to an initial understanding of an age that is visibly linked to some extent with the modern civilization of Japan." —English Historical Review "It is almost impossible to find ways to praise this work which its producers have not already thought of themselves, and they are telling the ...

Picnic On Nearside

3 reviews
John Varley

Berkley, 1984

Publishers need to get a clue
Varley is one of the greatest writers of SF of the last 20 years. Why is it that major book publishers let what amount to classic short stories go out of print?! Shame on you! If you can find a used copy of this book, buy it! You will not be disappointed, Varley's vision of the future is sharp, haunting, and intelligent!

Steel Beach

47 reviews
John Varley

Ace Books, 1993

Slow start, but incredible story with fantastic writing
This is one of my favorite SF books. The story starts slow; you don't really know where it is going, what his point is, or really what the plot is about at all. That is a flaw for many authors, but Varley can get away with it simply because he has legions of dedicated fans who know that the true story will come to light. Hopefully, those who are new to Varley will be enraptured with his ...

Millennium

18 reviews
John Varley

Ace Trade, 1999

Millenium by John Varley
One of the few science fiction novels about time travel that doesn't make my head hurt when I think about it afterward. Great characters, great plot, and one of the best exemplars of the "if this goes on" sf subgenre. And a kinda sorta happy ending, which still surprises me every time I read it. Varley is also the author of what I think is one of the best sf short stories ever, "In the Hall ...

Terry Carr's Best Science Fiction of the Year, No 14, 1984

1 review
Terry Carr, John Varley, ...

Tor Books, 1985

Not Free SF Reader
A better than usual anthology this one, and also from the mid-80's, so more impressive for that, the average being 3.88 overall. 13 stories, and four are excellent. Carr has managed to start with the best, have two of them in the middle, and funny, at that, and end with the other. Impressive organisation. Best SF of the Year 14 : PRESS ENTER [] - John Varley Best SF of the Year 14 : Blued ...

Mammoth

52 reviews
John Varley

Ace, 2006

Pulled Together Very Well
I have to say that I really enjoyed this book. I've been a Varley fan since the 80's and only have felt that Golden Globe didn't deliver. This was a very satisfying novel. I especially liked the way things evolved toward the ending and was pleasantly surprised how the last 20-30 pages became real "what happens next" page turners. Please don't read any summaries of the story, just start on page ...

Blue Champagne

7 reviews
John Varley

Ace Books, 1988

All his short stories are must-reads; novels are optional
I've read almost all John Varley's books and give my highest recommendation to ALL his collections of short stories: this one, Tango Charlie, Barbie Murders, etc. I loved the world he created and the way he continued it throughout all his short story collections. Read together, they present such regular features as symbs, an alien lifeforce that enters its human, after which the two coexist ...

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