Tells the stories of a talking bomb, an asteroid vacation land, murder at a settlement where all the inhabitants are identical, a man enjoying his second childhood, a living black hole, and others

A collection of science fiction tales including the Hugo winner, 'The Pusher,' and 'Press Enter,' winner of the Hugo and Nebula Awards

Continues the saga of Gaea, the alien creature that is a living world, and its resident wizard, Cirocco Jones

Product Description: Book by Varley, John

Sparky Valentine, an actor and wanted murderer roaming the universe with a theatrical group, who can transform his appearance and his sex with magnetic implants, finds himself nearing both home and a confrontation with justice.

An incredible, planet-sized sentient creature orbiting Saturn, Gaea suffers from a debilitating breakdown, a form of schizophrenia that threatens Gaea's inhabitants as the planet wages war against itself

A definitive compilation of short fiction from the Hugo and Nebula Award-winning author features such classic works as 'The Persistence of Vision,' 'Press Enter,' 'The Pusher,' and 'The Barbie Murders,' as well as a variety of previously uncollected stories--including 'The Bellman,' 'Good Intentions,' 'Just Another Perfect Day,' and 'The Flying Dutchman.' Original.

Stumbling upon a perfectly frozen woolly mammoth in the northern wilds of Canada, a mammoth hunter is stunned when he also finds the mummified body of a Stone Age man, dating from around 12,000 years ago, wearing a modern-day wristwatch. Reprint.

Time travelers snatch the passengers of two doomed airplanes as they collide in mid-air over modern-day Oakland, California, replacing them with fabricated replacement bodies and triggering a crisis for a disaster investigator named Smith. Reprint. NYT. PW.

In a world devoid of technology, the humans who have survived an alien attack that caused billions of deaths relocate to the moon and other planets and find help from a mysterious ally who begins sending them advanced scientific data via the Ophiuchi Hotline. Reissue.

Genetic engineering, sex changes, arcane pleasures, computer technology, and communication beyond the five senses are among the topics treated in nine stories by an acclaimed new science-fiction writer

Tells the stories of a talking bomb, an asteroid vacation land, murder at a settlement where all the inhabitants are identical, a man enjoying his second childhood, a living black hole, and others

The son of one of the first explorers of Mars, Ray Garcia-Strickland is tired of the overdevelopment and tourists there, and when Earth is struck by a mysterious object, he is forced to return to his home plant and help solve the mystery. Reprint.

An unlikely group of seven suburban misfits bands together to construct a spaceship built out of old tanker cars that they call Red Thunder, determined to beat the Chinese in a race to become the first humans to set foot on Mars.

A third generation Martian, Lieutenant Patricia Kelly Elizabeth Strickland--also known as Podkayne--joins the Music, Arts, and Drama Division of the Martian Navy and is sent to Europa, one of Jupiter's moons, as an entertainer, but she soon discovers that hidden dangers lurk everywhere, in the conclusion of a trilogy that began with Red Lightning and Red Thunder.

Despite wars with Iraq and Afghanistan, as well as 9/11, the United States’ dependence on foreign oil has kept the nation tied to the Middle East. A scientist has developed a cure for America’s addiction—a slow-acting virus that feeds on petroleum, turning it solid. But he didn’t consider that his contagion of an Iraqi oil field could spread to infect the fuel supply of the entire world…In Los Angeles, screenwriter Dave Marshall heard this scenario from a retired US marine and government insider who acted as a consultant on Dave’s last film. It sounded as implausible as many of his scripts, but the reality is much more frightening than anything he could have envisioned.An ordinary guy armed with extraordinary information, Dave hopes his survivor’s instinct will kick in so he can protect his wife and daughter from the coming apocalypse that will alter the future of Earth—and humanity…

An interstellar traveling thespian uses the magnetic implants under his skin to morph into whatever shape he pleases--a useful tool for a one-man Shakespeare actor, or a con man on the lam. Reprint. PW. BL.

A science fiction superhero anthology features Alan Dean Foster's 'Earth Spirit,' Roger Zelazny's 'Hugh Glass,' Lawrence Watt-Evans's 'Captain Cosmos,' Michael A. Stackpole's 'Revenant,' and John Varley's 'Bolshoiman.' Reprint. AB.

When Cirrocco Jones, captain of the spaceship Ringmaster, and his crew are captured by Gaea, a planet-sized creature that orbits around Saturn, they find themselves inside a bizarre world inhabited by centaurs, harpies, and constantly shifting environment