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Champagne bleu
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Champagne bleu
by
John Varley
Contents:
The Pusher (1981)
Blue Champagne (1981)
Tango Charlie and Foxtrot Romeo (1986)
Options (1979)
Lollipop and the Tar Baby (1977)
The Manhattan Phone Book (Abridged) (1984)
The Unprocessed Word (1986)
Press Enter [] (1984)
The Pusher (1981)
Blue Champagne (1981)
Tango Charlie and Foxtrot Romeo (1986)
Options (1979)
Lollipop and the Tar Baby (1977)
The Manhattan Phone Book (Abridged) (1984)
The Unprocessed Word (1986)
Press Enter [] (1984)
Mass Market Paperback, 319 pages
Published
February 13th 1992
by Denoël
(first published 1986)
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Oct 09, 2009
Ratiocination
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5 of 5 stars
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Shelves:
anthologies-collections,
science-fiction
It surprises me that I haven't encountered more Varley before now. I read Steel Beach years ago, and I'd read one of the stories in this anthology ("Press Enter") previously, but never sought anything else out.
This book was a good further introduction. Several of the stories tie into the same history, which also includes some of Varley's novels; others are standalones. The title story, in the first category, is probably my favorite all told. "Press Enter", in the latter category, is also pretty...more
This book was a good further introduction. Several of the stories tie into the same history, which also includes some of Varley's novels; others are standalones. The title story, in the first category, is probably my favorite all told. "Press Enter", in the latter category, is also pretty...more
some prime Varley (and just a little bit of filler).
This is a collection of short stories covering the very late 70s and early 80s.
First story is "The Pusher", which was a hugo winner for short story the year it was released so this was a re-read for me. I actually like it better the second time.
The centerpiece is two linked novellas, Blue Champagne and Charlie Tango and Foxtrot Romeo. These were really good. Blue Champagne is deals with the lengths people will go to acquire a solution to seve...more
This is a collection of short stories covering the very late 70s and early 80s.
First story is "The Pusher", which was a hugo winner for short story the year it was released so this was a re-read for me. I actually like it better the second time.
The centerpiece is two linked novellas, Blue Champagne and Charlie Tango and Foxtrot Romeo. These were really good. Blue Champagne is deals with the lengths people will go to acquire a solution to seve...more
Bach stood at parade rest across the desk from her seated superior and cultivated a detached gaze. I'm only awaiting orders, she told herself. I have no opinions of my own. I'm brimming with information, as any good recruit should be, but I will offer it only when asked, and then I will pour it forth until asked to stop.
That was the theory, anyway. Bach was not good at it. It was her ineptitude at humoring incompetence in superiors that had landed her in this assignment, and put her in contentio...more
That was the theory, anyway. Bach was not good at it. It was her ineptitude at humoring incompetence in superiors that had landed her in this assignment, and put her in contentio...more
Not as good as the Persistence of Vision collection, but still definitely love the whole Eight Worlds background: gender switching, body changing, clone boning, intelligent black holes, and all kinds of encompassing mass media. Postscarcity SF just pushes my buttons, and Varley does it better than most people I've read while still (as a small to medium added bonus) having opinions I respect. Totally going to finish my demolition of this author's major works in this vein over the next month.
John Varley is extraordinary at the short story. Blue Champagne, Orphahuchi Hotline, Millennium, (what are the rest? include all of them) all the 70's short story collections hang together to form a sci fi world that's progressive and connected and feminist.... I loved them. Check out ALL his short stories. Skip the novels.
I read A LOT of classic sci fi, hundreds on hundreds of books in the 70s, and these are my favorite, plus some of Heinlein's.
I read A LOT of classic sci fi, hundreds on hundreds of books in the 70s, and these are my favorite, plus some of Heinlein's.
Apr 11, 2011
Bill Ward
rated it
5 of 5 stars
·
review of another edition
Shelves:
science-fiction,
short-stories
Probably my favorite SF short story collection of all time. Not that I've read a lot, but I love this book. Varley has some really cool ideas about technology of genetics, sex, and gender changes that would it be really interesting if they were possible in reality.
I unwisely gave my first copy away, it took almost ten years to get another one. However, it was worth the effort. A collection of brilliant short stories and novellas.
Great collection of short stories in a single arc.
I'd read most of these stories already—those that were published in Terry Carr's Best Science Fiction of the Year series—but they are all quite good.
Set in the same universe as The Ophiuchi Hotline, this is a truly stunning collection of short stories. Every single one of these is excellent, and they range in tone from humorous to chilling. Some, like "Blue Champagne," are about humans relating to each other. Others, like "Options" (possibly my favorite) concern gender and (again) how humans relate to each other. And still others, particularly "The Manhattan Phone Book (Abridged)" and "Press Enter" draw you in and then shiv you in the belly....more
This book has a story about a zero-g swimming pool in space, people? How cool is that?!
John Varley is at his best when he's describing the tiny details about life in the far-flung future, and that's what ALL of these stories are about. Except "Press Enter", of course. Creepy, creepy story...
John Varley is at his best when he's describing the tiny details about life in the far-flung future, and that's what ALL of these stories are about. Except "Press Enter", of course. Creepy, creepy story...
Un recopilatorio, donde están dos de los mejores relatos de Varley: El pusher y Pulse Enter. El libro tiene a un Varley en plena forma, hay algún relato algo menor que me impide ponerle 5 estrellas, pero es un libro totalmente recomendable.
Este es el John Verley que me gusta leer.
Este es el John Verley que me gusta leer.
"Tango Charlie & Foxtrot Romeo" is just too sad at the end. "The Unprocessed Word" always cracks me up (tho I still don't know who "DT" from Oakland California is supposed to be) and an interesting companion to "Press Enter", which is pretty depressing.
One of the best science fiction short story anthologies I've read in a long time. Remarkably frank and novel takes on a few recurring themes in science fiction, and a highly readable narrative style. I'd definitely read more by this author.
John Varley is practically unknown to most sci-fi fans today and that's a real shame. His early short story works, such as those included in this book, are just fantastic.
Varley is a journeyman in the best sense.
Read John Varley's Titan instead.
I love John Varley's short stories!
Jul 12, 2007
John
rated it
5 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
Recommends it for:
sci-fi fans, people people
very humanistic
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