John Varley
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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.Find it:
Titan: Book 1 of the Gaean Trilogy
John Varley
John Varley’s monumental trilogy—Titan, Wizard, and Demon—has achieved cult status, hailed as a modern triumph of imagination by critics and fans. 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 mine. A mind that calls out to explorers…and transforms all who enter.Find it:
John Varley
All the universe is a stage, and Sparky Valentine is its itinerant thespian. He makes his way from planet to planet as part of a motley theater troupe, bringing Shakespeare—a version of it anyway—to the outer reaches of earth’s solar system. Here Sparky plies his trade, transforming himself from young to old, fat to thin, man to woman, by altering magnetic implants beneath his skin. Indispensable hardware for a career actor and an interstellar con man wanted for murder—for while Sparky Valentine may have a song on his heart, he also has a price on his head. But his galactic roamings are bringing him closer to home, closer to justice—and closer to the truth of his strange and prolonged existence…Find it:
John Varley
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 people of Luna are bored, restless, suicidal-and so is the computer that monitors their existence…Find it:
Wizard: Book 2 of the Gaean Trilogy
John Varley
Human explorers have entered the sprawling mind of Gaea. Now they must fight her will. For she is much too powerful…and definitely insane.Find it:
Demon: Book 3 of the Gaean Trilogy
John Varley
Titan, Wizard, and Demon have enthralled a general of readers with adventure, humor, horror, and a dazzling imagination. Now, in the epic conclusion of John Varley’s masterpiece, the satellite-sized alien Gaea has gone completely insane. She has trapped humans in her mind. She has transformed her love of old movies into monstrous realities. She is Marilyn Monroe. She is King Kong. And she must be destroyed.Find it:
John Varley
John Varley’s monumental trilogy—Titan, Wizard, and Demon—has achieved cult status, hailed as a modern triumph of imagination by critics and fans.Find it:
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