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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 ... More

It begins with humankind's exploration of a massive satellite orbiting Saturn. It culminates in a shocking discovery: the satellite is a giant alien being. Her name is Gaea. Her awesome interior is mind-boggling—because it is a mind. A mind that calls out to explorers, transforming all who enter... More

<br>The Persistence of Vision <br>With an Introduction by Algis Budrys <P>These nine stories show the best work of the decade's most exciting new writer of science fiction. His Quantum novel The Ophiuchi Hotline established the "Eight Worlds" setting of many of these tales--a bizarre future in w... More

THE BRILLIANT NOVEL THAT LAUNCHED THE VARLEY PHENOMENONThe invaders came in 2050...They did not kill anyone outright. hey said they came on behalf of the intelligent species of Earth--dolphins and whales. The Invaders quietly destroyed every evidence of technology, then peacefully departed, leaving ... More

The satellite-sized alien Gaea has gone completely insane. She has transformed her love of old movies into monstrous realities. She is Marilyn Monroe. She is King Kong. And now she must be destroyed.... More

A collection of short stories from "the wildest and most original science fictional mind" (George R.R. Martin) of Hugo and Nebula award-winning author John Varley.The Persistance of Vision collects nine amazing fiction stories--including the Hugo and Nebula award-winning title novella--that could on... More

From a master of science fiction comes a brand-new noir novel set in the Eight Worlds universe, where a detective hunts for the biohackers who have created a dangerous new disease.Christopher Bach was a policeman in one of the largest Lunar cities when the A.I. Lunar Central Computer had a breakdown... More

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.... More

A science fiction epic from "the best writer in America" (Tom Clancy)--Hugo and Nebula award-winning author John Varley. Fleeing Earth after an alien invasion, the human race stands on the threshold of evolution. Their new home is Luna, a moon colony blessed with creature comforts, prolonged lifesp... More

Not content with investing his fortune and watching it grow, multibillionaire Howard Christian buys rare cars that he actually drives, acquires collectible toys that he actually plays with, and builds buildings that defy the imagination. But now his restless mind has turned to a new obsession: cloni... More

&“The heart-pounding space race is on . . . in this riveting SF thriller&” from the Hugo and Nebula Award–winning author of Red Lightning and Rolling Thunder (Publishers Weekly, starred review).   As Chinese and US spacecraft compete to be the first to land on Mars, a former astronaut, his cousin, a... More

The sequel to Red Thunder is &“a cosmic coming-of-age novel . . . [with] enthralling everyday heroics&” from a Hugo and Nebula Award–winning author (Paul Di Filippo, SciFi.com).   It doesn&’t matter that Ray Garcia-Strickland&’s father was one of the first men on Mars. The now overdeveloped planet h... More

The third book in the Thunder and Lightning Series is &“a smashing success . . . [with] action-packed, science-packed homages to Heinlein&’s best work&” (Cory Doctorow, Boing Boing).   Navy lieutenant Podkayne, daughter of Ray Garcia-Strickland, is tired of her job as Martian consul in California—an... More

"This is an engrossing novel by one of the genre's most accomplished storytellers." --Publishers WeeklyAll the universe is a stage...and Sparky Valentine is its itinerant thespian. He brings Shakespeare--a version of it anyway--to the outer reaches of Earth's solar system. Sparky can tr... More

Stories include: <P> The Pusher [1982 Hugo Award, 1982 SF Chronicle Award, 1982 Locus Poll Award. Nominated, 1981 Nebula Award]; <P> Blue Champagne [nominated, 1982 Hugo Award; winner 1982 Locus Poll Award]; <P> Tango Charlie and Foxtrot Romeo [ 1987 Locus Poll Award, Best Novella (Place: 3)]; <P... More

A landmark collection from the master of science fiction whose short stories &“are quite literally unforgettable&” (William Gibson).   These eighteen stories from the acclaimed author of the Gaea Trilogy, The Ophiuchi Hotline, and many other important works span thirty years of his distinguished car... More

A &“rollicking, bittersweet tale of time travel and ecology&” from the Nebula and Hugo Award–winning author of the Gaea Trilogy (Publishers Weekly, starred review).   &“H. G. Wells meets Jurassic Park&” in this novel about a multibillionaire, a time machine, and a baby woolly mammoth named Little Fu... More

Red Thunder, Red Lightning, and Rolling Thunder—&“action-packed, science-packed homages to Heinlein&’s best work&”—now in one volume (Cory Doctorow, Boing Boing).   Enjoy all three novels in Hugo and Nebula Award–winning author John Varley&’s Mars saga!  Red Thunder As Chinese and US spacecraft comp... More

[from the back cover] "Fleeing Earth after an alien invasion, the human race stands on the threshold of evolution, like a fish cast on artificial shores. Their new home is Luna, a moon colony blessed with creature comforts, prolonged lifespans, digital memories, and instant sex changes. But the peo... More

Lieutenant Patricia Kelly Elizabeth Podkayne-Strickland-Garcia-Redmond--otherwise known as Podkayne--is the third generation of her family to set foot on Mars, and she has a planet-sized chip on her shoulder. Her grandfather Manny was one of the first men on Mars. So Poddy has some equally planet-s... More

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 ... More

In the skies over Oakland, California, a DC-10 and a 747 are about to collide. But in the far distant future, a time travel team is preparing to snatch the passengers, leaving prefabricated smoking bodies behind for the rescue teams to find. And in Washington D.C., an air disaster investigator named... More

Seven suburban misfits are constructing a spaceship out of old tanker cars. The plan is to beat the Chinese to Mars--in under four days at three million miles an hour. It would be history in the making if it didn't sound so insane.... More

The son of one of the first men to fly to Mars and back, Ray Garcia-Strickland is now a disgruntled Martian, tired of the Red Planet's overdevelopment and the gravity-dependent tourist Earthies. But that doesn't stop him from fearing the worst when Earth is struck by an unknown object, causing a mas... More

Known for "superior science fiction" (The Philadelphia Inquirer), author John Varley returns to his Thunder and Lightning series with a novel of how one man's volatile genius could alter a starship's epic plunge into a future where human survival is just a theory... On a voyage to New Earth, the st... More