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Red Thunder

by John Varley ...

Series Book 1 - The Thunder and Lightning Series
"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, and four teens from Florida decide to take matters into their own hands. If they can quickly build their ... Read more

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"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, and four teens from Florida decide to take matters into their own hands. If they can quickly build their
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The John Varley Reader

Thirty Years of Short Fiction

by John Varley ...

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 career. In these pages are Hugo, Nebula, Prix Tour-Apollo, and James Tiptree Jr. Award winners, including ... Read more

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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 career. In these pages are Hugo, Nebula, Prix Tour-Apollo, and James Tiptree Jr. Award winners, including
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Red Lightning

by John Varley ...

Series Book 2 - The Thunder and Lightning Series
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 has lost its hip factor, its luxurious hotels—like the one Ray's father manages—overrun with gravity ... Read more

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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 has lost its hip factor, its luxurious hotels—like the one Ray's father manages—overrun with gravity
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The Thunder and Lightning Series

by John Varley ...

Series series The Thunder and Lightning Series
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 ThunderAs Chinese and US spacecraft compete to be the first to land on Mars, a former astronaut, his cousin, and four teens from Flor... ... Read more

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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 ThunderAs Chinese and US spacecraft compete to be the first to land on Mars, a former astronaut, his cousin, and four teens from Flor...
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Rolling Thunder

by John Varley ...

Series Book 3 - The Thunder and Lightning Series
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).Hugo and Nebula Award-Winning AuthorNavy lieutenant Podkayne, daughter of Ray Garcia-Strickland, is tired of her job as Martian consul in California—and Earth's oppressive gravity. So she's OK with getting called back to ... Read more

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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).Hugo and Nebula Award-Winning AuthorNavy lieutenant Podkayne, daughter of Ray Garcia-Strickland, is tired of her job as Martian consul in California—and Earth's oppressive gravity. So she's OK with getting called back to
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Red Lightning

by John Varley ...

Narrated by Eddie Lopez ...

Series Audiobook 2 - The Thunder and Lightning Series
Unabridged

12 hours 19 min

It doesn’t matter that Ray Garcia-Strickland’s father was one of the first men on Mars. The now overdeveloped planet has lost its hip factor, its luxurious hotels—like the one Ray’s father manages—overrun with gravity-dependent tourists from Earth. Ray is over the Red Planet.Soon he gets his own chance at interplanetary adventure when an unknown object hits Earth and causes a massive tsunami. Ray ... Read more

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It doesn’t matter that Ray Garcia-Strickland’s father was one of the first men on Mars. The now overdeveloped planet has lost its hip factor, its luxurious hotels—like the one Ray’s father manages—overrun with gravity-dependent tourists from Earth. Ray is over the Red Planet.Soon he gets his own chance at interplanetary adventure when an unknown object hits Earth and causes a massive tsunami. Ray
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Mammoth

by John Varley ...

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 Fuzzy ( The Best Reviews).The discovery of a perfectly preserved frozen mammoth in the Canadian wilderness ... Read more

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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 Fuzzy ( The Best Reviews).The discovery of a perfectly preserved frozen mammoth in the Canadian wilderness
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Rolling Thunder

by John Varley ...

Narrated by Eddie Lopez ...

Series Audiobook 3 - The Thunder and Lightning Series
Unabridged

13 hours 16 min

Navy lieutenant Podkayne, daughter of Ray Garcia-Strickland, is tired of her job as Martian consul in California—and Earth’s oppressive gravity. So she’s OK with getting called back to Mars, even if it’s because her great-grandmother is sick and being put into suspended animation.After a family reunion, Podkayne’s next port of call is Europa, one of Jupiter’s moons, where she can finally realize ... Read more

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Navy lieutenant Podkayne, daughter of Ray Garcia-Strickland, is tired of her job as Martian consul in California—and Earth’s oppressive gravity. So she’s OK with getting called back to Mars, even if it’s because her great-grandmother is sick and being put into suspended animation.After a family reunion, Podkayne’s next port of call is Europa, one of Jupiter’s moons, where she can finally realize
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Millennium

by John Varley ...

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 Smith is about to get a phone call that will change his life...and end the world as we know it. ... Read more

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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 Smith is about to get a phone call that will change his life...and end the world as we know it.
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The Golden Globe

by John Varley ...

Series Book 3 - Eight Worlds
"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 transform himself from young to old, fat to thin, even male to female, by altering magnetic implants beneath his ... Read more

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"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 transform himself from young to old, fat to thin, even male to female, by altering magnetic implants beneath his
... Read more
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Red Thunder

by John Varley ...

Narrated by Eddie Lopez ...

Series Audiobook 1 - The Thunder and Lightning Series
Unabridged

13 hours 34 min

As Chinese and US spacecraft compete to be the first to land on Mars, a former astronaut, his cousin, and four teens from Florida decide to take matters into their own hands. If they can quickly build their own space-worthy ship using scrap metal, appliances, and power tools, they have a chance to come from behind—thanks to an inventive new power source that can propel them to the Red Planet ... Read more

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As Chinese and US spacecraft compete to be the first to land on Mars, a former astronaut, his cousin, and four teens from Florida decide to take matters into their own hands. If they can quickly build their own space-worthy ship using scrap metal, appliances, and power tools, they have a chance to come from behind—thanks to an inventive new power source that can propel them to the Red Planet
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The John Varley Reader

Thirty Years of Short Fiction

by John Varley ...

Narrated by Stefan Rudnicki, Susan Hanfield, Arthur Morey, Paul Boehmer, various narrators, Gabrielle de Cuir, John Allen Nelson, Justine Eyre ...

Unabridged

26 hours 37 min

From the moment John Varley burst onto the scene in 1974, his short fiction was like nothing anyone else was writing. His stories won every award the science fiction field had to offer, many times over. His first collection, The Persistence of Vision, published in 1978, was the most important collection of the decade and changed what fans would come to expect from science fiction.Now, The John ... Read more

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From the moment John Varley burst onto the scene in 1974, his short fiction was like nothing anyone else was writing. His stories won every award the science fiction field had to offer, many times over. His first collection, The Persistence of Vision, published in 1978, was the most important collection of the decade and changed what fans would come to expect from science fiction.Now, The John
... Read more

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