The Persistence of Vision Author:John Varley Persistence of Vision, with an Introduction by Algis Budrys, a collection of nine short stories by John Varley, of which most were nominated for Hugo or Nebula awards as best short stories of the year, 6 of them belonging to the Eight Worlds universe, in which the solar system has been colonized by human refugees fleeing an alien invasion of the... more » Earth.
The title story of this collection won both the Hugo and Nebula awards for best novella in 1979 -- the story of an unnamed, middle-age man disenchanted with the state of the near future U.S., coming to terms with life in an uncertain world, a world of economy and ecology in a slow spiral downward, of dismal employment, of society continuing to fragment, and the health of the land deteriorating more each day.
Contents:
Introduction (The Persistence of Vision) (1978) • essay by Algis Budrys
The Phantom of Kansas [Eight Worlds] (1976) / novelette by John Varley
Air Raid (1977) / short story by John Varley
Retrograde Summer [Eight Worlds] (1975) / novelette by John Varley
The Black Hole Passes [Eight Worlds] (1975) / novelette by John Varley
In the Hall of the Martian Kings (1976) / novella by John Varley
In the Bowl [Eight Worlds] (1975) / novelette by John Varley
Gotta Sing, Gotta Dance [Eight Worlds] (1976) / novelette by John Varley
Overdrawn at the Memory Bank [Eight Worlds] (1976) / novelette by John Varley
The Persistence of Vision (1978) / novella by John Varley« less