John Varley
Books and Stories

John Herbert Varley (b. 1947) is an American sf writer. He went to MSU on a National Merit Scholarship, started out in physics, switched to English and then dropped out at 20. After trying panhandling, he decided that writing might be better. He has collected three Hugos and two Nebula Awards.Select a novel or story title to see the inventions from that work:

In the Bowl, Not known, 1976

Millennium, Berkley Books, 1983

Press Enter, Davis Publications, 1984

Red Lightning, Ace, 2006

Steel Beach, Ace Putnam, 1992

The Golden Globe, Ace Books, 1998

The Ophiuchi Hotline, Quantum Science Fiction, 1977

The Phantom of Kansas, Unknown, 1976

 

 

 

 

 

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