The persistence of vision

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• Freak_NL · Dec 15, 2025 · Recommends

  …wrote very much like Heinlein, but with the edgier parts of libertarianism shaved off. Anyone looking for recommendations for reading Varley would do well to pick up some short story collections like The Persistence of Vision, The Barbie Murders, or Blue Champagne. For a solid trilogy I can recommend the Gaea Trilogy (Titan, Wizard, and Demon), but that includes a lot of (fun!) cultural references which may be a tad harder…

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• Freak_NL · Dec 22, 2016 · Recommends

  …the Uplift universe, wrapping up some loose ends. The story bundle is named Insistence of Vision, named for the opening story. The name is indubitably a nod to John Varley's (sublime!) short story The Persistence of Vision (also the name of the story bundle it is collected in, recommended for any sci-fi fan). I always find short sci-fi stories refreshing in that they provide a chance to explore more radical ideas and settings…

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• Freak_NL · Jan 24, 2018 · Recommends

  I always liked John Varley's take on those topics — in some of his short stories in particular (collected in The Persistence of Vision, The Barbie Murders, and Blue Champagne, amongst others).

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• monkeypizza · Aug 20, 2020 · Recommends

  His stories "Equinoctal", "The Phantom of Kansas" [0] are big hits at scifi reading groups. And "The Persistence of Vision" is a well-known classic. [0] https://varley.net/excerpt/the-phantom-of-kansas-full-text/

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