John Varley Bibliography and Reading List

Fictionados John Varley reading list

Articles

1955 SFWA Bulletin*, (7p, Fall 1979, Volume 14, Number 3)
Introduction (Superheroes*, and Ricia Mainhardt) (1995)

The 8-Worlds series

Pre-Invasion, circa 2073+25 AD (C3 p57.-3)
Anna-Louise Bach Stories

Blue Champagne (62p, C3) New Voices 4*, Berkley 1982

Police Cadet Bach (C3 p44.-5, 75.-3)

Tango Charlie and Foxtrot Romeo (73p, C3; C4) 1985

Corporal Bach (C3 p81.-5)

The Bellman (16p, C2; C4) (Asimov's June, 2003), written 197x (First purchased to be in Harlan Ellison’s THE LAST DANGEROUS VISIONS, science-fiction's most famous unpublished book.) .

Lieutenant Bach

The Barbie Murders (29p, C2; C4) Isaac Asimov’s*, Jan 1978

Lieutenant Bach

Bagatelle (25p, C2) Galaxy, Oct 1976

Police Chief Bach

Occupied Earth

Options (28p, C3; C4) Universe 9, 1979, Circa O.E. 100 (p155.-1)
Picnic on Nearside (24p, C2; C4) F&SF, Aug 1974, O.E. 214 (p241.-6)
Overdrawn at the Memory Bank (34p, C1; C4) Galaxy, May 1976
In the Bowl (35p, C1) F&SF*, Dec 1975
Retrograde Summer (22p, C1) F&SF*, Feb 1975
Goodbye Robinson Crusoe (30p, C2) Isaac Asmiov’s*, Spring 1977(185.4, Circa O.E. 200;IP war with Pluto)
Gotta Sing, Gotta Dance (42p, C1; C4) Galaxy, July 1976
Amputee (6p) Unpublished* 197x.
The Funhouse Effect (25p, C2) F&SF*, Dec 1976, O.E. 300 (p50.3)

First Month, 463p

The Black Hole Passes (28p, C1) F&SF*, June 1975
Lollipop and the Tar Baby (22p, C2 & C3) Orbit 19 1977 (229.6, O.E. 300+)O.E. 100s ? (C2, p225.6)
The Phantom of Kansas (42p, C1; C4) Galaxy, Feb 1976 (C1, 4.6, O.E. 342)
Equinoctial (49p, C2) Ascents of Wonder*, Popular Library 1977(95.-3, O.E. 200+)
Beatnik Bayou (35p, C2; C4) New Voices 3*, Berkley 1980
THE OPHIUCHI HOTLINE (237p) Dial Press* 1977

Second Month, 401p

Interviews

An Interview with John Varley, conducted by Daniel Deprez on January 10, 1977, Science Fiction Review*. (August, 1977, pp 8-18)
Interview: John Varley, Future Life*. September, 1979
Interview: John Varley, by Darrell Schweitzer. Paragon*, May 1980, (Recorded at Philcon, Jan. 1977)
A Conversation with John Varley, by Pascal Thomas. (***Fiction TiΩ**, Science Fiction Times? Complete periodical title unknown) August 1979*, Volume One, Number Four
John Varley: Thoughts about the future, by Dorothy Velasco and Kent Patterson. Northwest, The Sunday Oregonian Magazine*, March 19, 1978

Independent Stories (in chronological order)

Scoreboard (16p) (Vertex*, August 1974)
A Choice of Enemies (Vertex, June 1975, Vol. 3 No. 2)
Manikins (13p, C2) Amazing, Jan 1976
In the Hall of the Martian Kings (47p, C1; C4) F&SF*, Feb 1976
The Psi Olympics (4p, Scintillation 11, Volume 3 Number 5, December 1976)
The M&M Seen as a Low Yield Thermonuclear Device (15p) Orbit 18*, Harper 1976
Air Raid (15p, C1; C4) Isaac Asimov’s*, Spring 1977 (as Herb Boehm)
The Persistence of Vision (53p, C1; C4) F&SF, March 1978
The Pusher (15p, C3; C4) F&SF*, 1981
Press Enter [ ] (60p, C3; C4) Isaac Asimov’s*, May 1984
The Manhattan Phone Book (Abridged) (4p, C3) Westercon 37, 1985
The Unprocessed Word (18p, C3) 1985
Just Another Perfect Day (12p; C4) The Twilight Zone*, June 1989; Dozois' 7th Annual Best SF*, St. Martin’s
Good Intentions, Playboy, Nov. 1992 (C4)
Truth, Justice and the Politically Correct Socialist Path (25p) Superheroes*, Ace 1995
The Flying Dutchman, (18p; C4) Lord of the Fantastic: Stories in Honor of Roger Zelazny* (1998)
A Twistmas Carol, Infinite Matrix* (5p, infinitematrix.net) (2001)
A Christmas Story The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction (January 2003)
In Fading Suns and Dying Moons, (C4) (Stars; Original Stories Based on the Songs of Janis Ian, 2003, p72-73)

Third Month, 340p + Interviews

THE GATE, (64p) Unpublished Manuscript*. 197x (movie treatment of Air Raid)

THE GATE, (80p) Unpublished Manuscript*. 197x (novelization of Air Raid)

MILLENNIUM (247p) Berkley* 1983 (novelization of Air Raid)

The Phantom of Kansas, Sreenplay. (124 pages) (June, 1980) Unpublished Manuscript*

Fourth Month, 515p

The Gaea Trilogy

TITAN (309p) Dial Press* 1978
Serialized in Analog*, Jan - April 1978

Fifth month

WIZARD (372p) Berkley Putnam* 1980

Sixth month

DEMON (464p) Putnam* 1984

Seventh month

Her Girl Friday (54p) Isaac Asimov’s*, Aug 1992 (Steel Beach excerpt. Chronicles the exploits of Brenda.)


STEEL BEACH (566p) Ace / Putnam* 1992 [Metal Trilogy - Reporter]

Eighth month

THE GOLDEN GLOBE (425p) Ace* 1998 [Metal Trilogy - Actor]

Ninth month

RED THUNDER (Ace, Apr 03)

Tenth month

Wish List

GAS GIANT 1973 (Early, circa 1974, handrwritten manuscript, unavailable, not published)

IRONTOWN BLUES [Metal Trilogy - Cop] (Not published. Varley seems to be stalled on writing this book.)

FUZZY (Not published)

GALAXY

Original Screenplay

Have Spacesuit, Will Travel (Original Screenplay)

Based on a Robert A. Heinlein novel of the same name

Key:
Varley Book Collections
C1 - The Persistence of Vision (V.T. U.K.: In The Hall Of The Martian Kings), Dial Press* 1978
C2 - The Barbie Murders, Berkley* 1980 (V.T.: Picnic on Nearside)
C3 - Blue Champagne, Dark Harvest* 1986
C4 - The John Varley Reader (Forthcoming 2004)


Compiled by DDE 1997, 1998, 2002, 2003, 2004