The Persistence of Vision (collection)

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The Persistence of Vision
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First edition
Author John Varley
Cover artist Jim Burns
LanguageEnglish
Genre Science fiction
PublisherThe Dial Press/James Wade
Publication date
1978
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint
Pages316 pp
ISBN 0-8037-6866-4
OCLC 3844742
813/.5/4
LC Class PZ4.V299 Pe PS3572.A724

The Persistence of Vision is a 1978 collection of science fiction stories by American writer John Varley.

Contents

The collection was also published in the United Kingdom under the title In the Hall of the Martian Kings. [1]

Contents

The collection includes nine stories: [2]

Awards

The Persistence of Vision 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 [3] in the novella category.

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References

  1. The Persistence of Vision at The Internet Speculative Fiction Database
  2. Varley, John (1978). The Persistence of Vision. Dell Publishing. ISBN   0-440-17311-6 (1979 re-print)
  3. 1 2 The Locus Index to SF Awards: 1979 Locus Awards Archived 2015-04-13 at the Wayback Machine
  4. Past Winners of SFWA(R) Nebula Awards(R): 1978 Archived 2011-06-05 at the Wayback Machine
  5. The Hugo Award (By Year): 1979 Archived 2011-01-23 at the Wayback Machine

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