Title: The Pusher

Title: The Pusher Title Record # 49647
Author: John Varley
Date: 1981-10-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English

Synopsis: An older man, a pusher, sits by a playground, watching the children. It's a strange place, but still recongizably a playground. He chooses a girl and then gives her candy and tells her a story. He's done this before, he's very good at it, and he has a goal. He also knows parents and officers of the law might stop him. But this is important...

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Year	Language	Title
1982^ⓘTranslated by Gérard Lebec	French	Passe le temps
1982^ⓘTranslated by Ingela Bergdahl	Swedish	Langaren
1982	German	Der Pusher
1983	French	Le ravitailleur
1983^ⓘTranslated by 浅倉久志 (Hisashi Asakura)	Japanese	プッシャー^?Pusshā Pusshaa [as by ジョン・ヴァーリイ^?Jon Vārii ]
1983^ⓘTranslated by Marcel Bieger	German	Der Pusher
1984^ⓘTranslated by Roberta Rambelli	Italian	Lo spacciatore
1985^ⓘTranslated by F. Nagy Piroska	Hungarian	A tolóember^?A toloember A tolooember
1985^ⓘTranslated by Annemarie van Ewijc	Dutch	De jacht
1985^ⓘTranslated by Bruno Ogorelec	Croatian	Gurač^?Gurac Gurach

Awards

Place	Year and Award	Category
Win	1982 SF Chronicle	Short Story
1	1982 Hugo	Best Short Story
1	1982 Locus	Best Short Story
Nomination	1982 Nebula	Short Story

Publications

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Title	Date	Author/Editor	Publisher/Pub. Series	ISBN/Catalog ID	Price	Pages	Format	Type	Cover Artist
The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, October 1981	1981-10-00	ed. Edward L. Ferman	Mercury Press, Inc.		$1.50^?$: US dollar	164	digest^?Digest-size magazine, including both standard digest size, at about 7" by 4.5", and also large digest, such as recent issues of Asimov's, which are about 8.25" by 5.125".	mag	David Hardy
The 1982 Annual World's Best SF	1982-05-00	ed. Arthur W. Saha, Donald A. Wollheim	DAW Books (DAW Collectors #480)	0-87997-728-0 / UE1728	$2.95^?$: US dollar	ix+ 304	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	anth	Wayne D. Barlowe
The 1982 Annual World's Best SF	1982-05-00	ed. Arthur W. Saha, Donald A. Wollheim	DAW Books / New American Library of Canada	0-87997-728-0 / UE1728	C$3.50^?C$: Canadian dollar	ix+ 304	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	anth	Wayne D. Barlowe
The Best from Fantasy & Science Fiction: 24th Series	1982-06-00	ed. Edward L. Ferman	Charles Scribner's Sons	0-684-17490-1	$14.95^?$: US dollar	viii+ 311	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth
The Best Science Fiction of the Year #11	1982-07-00	ed. Terry Carr	Timescape / Pocket Books	0-671-44483-2	$3.95^?$: US dollar	viii+ 438	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	anth
The 1982 Annual World's Best SF	1982-09-00	ed. Arthur W. Saha, Donald A. Wollheim	DAW Books / SFBC	4786	$4.50^?$: US dollar	ix+ 273	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Dawn Wilson
The Best Science Fiction of the Year 11	1982-11-00	ed. Terry Carr	Gollancz	0-575-03156-5	£9.95^?£: UK pound	viii+ 430	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth
The Best from Fantasy & Science Fiction: The 24th Series	1983-04-00	ed. Edward L. Ferman	Ace Books	0-441-05485-4	$2.95^?$: US dollar	viii+ 311	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	anth	Tito Salamioni
Nebula Award Stories Seventeen	1983-08-00	ed. Joe Haldeman	Holt, Rinehart and Winston	0-03-063528-4	$16.95^?$: US dollar	291	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Lucy Albanese
Nebula Award Stories 17	1985-06-00	ed. Joe Haldeman	Ace Science Fiction Books	0-441-56797-5	$3.50^?$: US dollar	291	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	anth	Jeffrey Ridge
Blue Champagne	1986-01-00	John Varley	Dark Harvest	0-913165-09-3	$18.00^?$: US dollar	400	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Todd Cameron Hamilton
Blue Champagne	1986-01-00	John Varley	Dark Harvest	0-913165-08-5	$45.00^?$: US dollar	400	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Todd Cameron Hamilton
The Hugo Winners, Volume 5: 1980-1982	1986-04-00	ed. Isaac Asimov	Doubleday	0-385-18946-X	$18.95^?$: US dollar	xii+ 372	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth
The Hugo Winners, Volume 5: 1980-1982	1986-06-00	ed. Isaac Asimov	Doubleday / SFBC	02882	$5.98^?$: US dollar	xii+ 340	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Tita Nasol
Blue Champagne	1986-11-00	John Varley	Berkley Books	0-425-09336-0	$2.95^?$: US dollar	290	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	coll	Todd Cameron Hamilton
Blue Champagne	1987-09-00	John Varley	Ace Books	0-441-06868-5	$3.95^?$: US dollar	290	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	coll	Todd Cameron Hamilton
The John Varley Reader	2004-09-00	John Varley	Ace Books	0-441-01195-0	$16.00^?$: US dollar	ix+ 532	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	coll	Ian McKinnell , Ralph Mercer
The John Varley Reader	2004-10-00	John Varley	Ace Books / SFBC	0-7394-4671-1 / 1173161	$12.99^?$: US dollar	532	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Ian McKinnell , Ralph Mercer
The Mammoth Book of Time Travel SF	2013-07-04	ed. Mike Ashley	Robinson	978-1-4721-0025-2	£7.99^?£: UK pound	viii+ 535	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	anth	joeroberts.co.uk
The Mammoth Book of Time Travel SF	2013-07-04	ed. Mike Ashley	Robinson	978-1-4721-0026-9	£10.99^?£: UK pound		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	anth	joeroberts.co.uk
The Mammoth Book of Time Travel SF	2013-09-03	ed. Mike Ashley	Running Press	978-0-7624-4939-2	$13.95^?$: US dollar	viii+ 535	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	anth	Joe Roberts
The Mammoth Book of Time Travel SF	2013-11-00	ed. Mike Ashley	Running Press	978-0-7624-4939-2	$14.95^?$: US dollar	viii+ 535	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	anth	Joe Roberts
The John Varley Reader	2020-09-22	John Varley	Open Road Integrated Media	978-1-5040-6341-8	$11.99^?$: US dollar		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	coll
The John Varley Reader	date unknown	John Varley	Ace Books	978-1-4406-2512-1	$20.99^?$: US dollar		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	coll	Ian McKinnell , Ralph Mercer
The Mammoth Book of Time Travel SF	date unknown	ed. Mike Ashley	Robinson	978-1-4721-0025-2	£7.99^?£: UK pound	viii+ 535	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	anth	Joe Roberts
The Mammoth Book of Time Travel SF	date unknown	ed. Mike Ashley	Running Press	978-0-7624-4939-2	$14.95^?$: US dollar	viii+ 535	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	anth	Joe Roberts

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