The John Varley Reader

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The John Varley Reader
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Author John Varley
Cover artist Ralph Mercer and Ian McKinnell
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Series Eight Worlds
GenreScience fiction
Publisher Ace Books
Publication date
September 2004
Media typePrint (paperback)
Pages532
ISBN 0-441-01195-0
OCLC 55105932

The John Varley Reader is a representative collection of 18 of the science fiction short stories by John Varley, 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.

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