The Persistence of Vision

Overview:

• Title: The Persistence of Vision
• Author: John Varley
• Year: 1978
• Type: Short Fiction

Synopsis:

In 1990s buffeted with crises, the narrator lacking a meaning of life finds a happy community of deaf-blinds.

Awards:

• 1979. The Persistence of Vision Ditmar, Best International Long Fiction (Nomination)
• 1979. The Persistence of Vision Hugo, Best Novella (Win)
• 1979. The Persistence of Vision Locus Poll, Best Novella (Win)
• 1978. The Persistence of Vision Nebula, Novella (Win)

Editions/Publications:

• 1978. The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, March 1978 (1978, Edward L. Ferman, $1.25, 164 pages, Magazine)
• 1978. The Persistence of Vision (1978, John Varley The Dial Press / James Wade, ISBN-10: 0803768664, $9.95, 316 pages, Hardcover, Collection)
• 1978. The Persistence of Vision (July 1978, John Varley The Dial Press / James Wade (SFBC), Catalog ID: #3441, $3.50, 272 pages, Hardcover, Collection)
• 1978. In the Hall of the Martian Kings (October 1978, John Varley Orbit, ISBN-10: 0708880363, £1.10, 316 pages, Paperback, Collection)
• 1979. Best SF Stories of the Year: Eighth Annual Collection (1979, Gardner Dozois Dell, ISBN-10: 044011232X, $2.25, 412 pages, Paperback, Anthology)
• 1979. Best Science Fiction Stories of the Year (1978) (1979, Gardner Dozois Elsvier-Dutton, Hardcover, Anthology)
• 1979. The Persistence of Vision (1979, John Varley Dell, ISBN-10: 0440173116, $2.25, 316 pages, Paperback, Collection)
• 1979. The 1979 Annual World's Best SF (1979, Donald A. Wollheim, Arthur W. Saha DAW, ISBN-10: 0877974951, $2.25, 268 pages, Paperback, Anthology)
• 1979. Best Science Fiction Stories of the Year: Eighth Annual Collection (August 1979, Gardner Dozois Dutton, ISBN-10: 0525064974, $9.95, 234 pages, Hardcover, Anthology)
• 1979. The Best Science Fiction Novellas of the Year #1 (September 1979, Terry Carr Ballantine/Del Rey, ISBN-10: 0345280849, $2.25, 328 pages, Paperback, Anthology)
• 1980. Nebula Winners 14 (1980, Frederik Pohl Harper & Row, ISBN-10: 0060133821, 259 pages, Hardcover, Anthology)
• 1982. Nebula Winners 14 (July 1982, Frederik Pohl Bantam, ISBN-10: 0553209310, $2.95, 221 pages, Paperback, Anthology)
• 1983. Cults! (1983, Charles G. Waugh, Martin H. Greenberg Beufort, ISBN-10: 0825301599, $16.95, 368 pages, Hardcover, Anthology)
• 1984. The Persistence of Vision (November 1984, John Varley Berkley, ISBN-10: 0425073009, $2.95, 288 pages, Paperback, Collection)
• 1985. The Hugo Winners, Volume 4: 1976-1979 (1985, Isaac Asimov Doubleday, ISBN-10: 0385189346, $18.95, 561 pages, Hardcover, Anthology)
• 1985. The Hugo Winners, Volume 4 (1985, Isaac Asimov Doubleday & Company, Inc., 495 pages, Hardcover, Anthology)
• 1987. The Dark Void (1987, Isaac Asimov Severn House, ISBN-10: 0727814249, £9.95, 239 pages, Hardcover, Anthology)
• 1988. The Persistence of Vision (April 1988, John Varley Ace, ISBN-10: 0441662218, $3.95, 288 pages, Paperback, Collection)
• 1989. The Best of the Nebulas (1989, Ben Bova Tor, ISBN-10: 0312931751, $14.95, 593 pages, Trade, Anthology)
• 1989. The Best of the Nebulas (1989, Ben Bova Tor, ISBN-10: 0312931840, $19.95, 593 pages, Hardcover, Anthology)
• 1990. The Best of the Nebulas (1990, Ben Bova Robert Hale, ISBN-10: 0709042582, 573 pages, Hardcover, Anthology)
• 1991. Nanoware Time / The Persistence of Vision (January 1991, Ian Watson, John Varley Tor Double, ISBN-10: 0812559401, $3.95, 188 pages, Paperback, Novel)
• 1992. The Mammoth Book of Fantastic Science Fiction: Short Novels of the 1970s (1992, Isaac Asimov, Charles G. Waugh, Martin H. Greenberg Carroll & Graf, ISBN-10: 088184795X, $9.95, 535 pages, Trade, Anthology)
• 1992. The Mammoth Book of Fantastic Science Fiction: Short Novels of the 1970s (1992, Isaac Asimov, Charles G. Waugh, Martin H. Greenberg Robinson, ISBN-10: 1854871129, £5.99, 535 pages, Trade, Anthology)
• 2004. The John Varley Reader (September 2004, John Varley Ace Books, ISBN-10: 0441011950, $16.00, 624 pages, Trade, Collection)

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