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Title: The Persistence of Vision Title Record # 41070
Author: John Varley
Date: 1978-03-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: novella
Language: English
Synopsis: In 1990s buffeted with crises, the narrator lacking a meaning of life finds a happy community of deaf-blinds.
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Other Titles

Translations
Year Language Title
1978Translated by Roderick van Rhyn
Dutch Uitzicht, inzicht
1979Translated by Rose Aichele
German Die Trägheit des Auges
1979Translated by Michel Deutsch
French Les yeux de la nuit
1979Translated by Gunnar Gällmo First published in JVM #376, 1979
Swedish Den envisa synen
1980Translated by Gijs van Praag
Dutch Uitzicht, Inzicht
1980Translated by Domingo Santos; first published in Nueva Dimensión 127.
Spanish La persistencia de la visión
1984Translated by Aleksandar B. Nedeljković and Ksenija Jovanović
Serbian Postojanost vida [as by
Džon Varli?Dzon Varli
]
2006Translated by Lia Belt
Dutch De vasthoudendheid van het zicht

Publications

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
Retrograde zomer 1978-00-00 John Varley Meulenhoff (M=SF #138) 90-290-0569-6   317
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 Michael Whelan Checkmark
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, March 1978 1978-03-00 ed. Edward L. Ferman Mercury Press, Inc.  
$1.25?$: 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 Chesley Bonestell Checkmark
The Persistence of Vision 1978-07-00 John Varley The Dial Press/James Wade / SFBC 3441
$3.50?$: US dollar
xiv+
272
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Jim Burns Checkmark
The Persistence of Vision 1978-07-00 John Varley The Dial Press/James Wade (Quantum Science Fiction #4) 0-8037-6866-4
$9.95?$: US dollar
xv+
316
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Jim Burns Checkmark
In the Hall of the Martian Kings 1978-09-00 John Varley Sidgwick & Jackson 0-283-98504-6
£5.50?£: UK pound
xvii+
316
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
In the Hall of the Martian Kings 1978-10-00 John Varley Orbit / Futura (Quantum Science Fiction) 0-7088-8036-3
£1.10?£: UK pound
xv+
316
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 Tony Roberts (artist) Checkmark
Die Trägheit des Auges 1979-00-00 ed. Manfred Kluge Heyne (Heyne Science Fiction & Fantasy #3659) 3-453-30574-4
DM 3.80?DM: German (Deutsche) mark
144
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
Jörg Remé?Joerg Reme
Checkmark
Persistance de la vision 1979-04-17 John Varley
Denoël?Denoel
(
Présence du Futur?Presence du Futur
#277)
    254
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
Stéphane Dumont?Stephane Dumont
 
The 1979 Annual World's Best SF 1979-05-00 ed. Arthur W. Saha, Donald A. Wollheim DAW Books (DAW Collectors #337) 0-87997-459-1 / UE1459
$2.25?$: US dollar
268
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 Jack Gaughan Checkmark
The 1979 Annual World's Best SF 1979-05-00 ed. Arthur W. Saha, Donald A. Wollheim DAW Books / New American Library of Canada 0-87997-459-1 / UE1459
C$2.25?C$: Canadian dollar
268
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 Jack Gaughan Checkmark
Best Science Fiction Stories of the Year: Eighth Annual Collection 1979-08-00 ed. Gardner Dozois E. P. Dutton 0-525-06497-4
$9.95?$: US dollar
xxi+
234
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Mark Rubin Checkmark
The Persistence of Vision 1979-08-00 John Varley Dell (Quantum Science Fiction #4) 0-440-17311-6
$2.25?$: US dollar
xv+
316
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 Jim Burns Checkmark
The Persistence of Vision 1979-08-00 John Varley Dell (Quantum Science Fiction #4) 0-440-17311-6
C$2.25?C$: Canadian dollar
xv+
316
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 Jim Burns Checkmark
The Best Science Fiction Novellas of the Year #1 1979-09-00 ed. Terry Carr Del Rey / Ballantine 0-345-28084-9
$2.25?$: US dollar
viii+
328
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 Checkmark
The Best Science Fiction Novellas of the Year #1 1979-09-00 ed. Terry Carr Del Rey / Ballantine 0-345-28084-9
C$2.75?C$: Canadian dollar
viii+
328
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 Checkmark
De beste SF-verhalen van het jaar 1980-00-00 ed. Gardner Dozois Elsevier (Elsevier SF) 90-10-02111-4   251
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 Nico Keulers Checkmark
Det hände i morgon 12?Det hande i morgon 12
1980-00-00 ed. Sam J. Lundwall Delta (Stockholm) (Delta Science Fiction #108) 91-7228-231-2
skr 69.00?skr: Swedish krona (crown)
313
unknown?The publication record was created from a secondary source and the publication format is unknown.
anth Paul Lehr  
Best Science Fiction Stories of the Year: Eighth Annual Collection 1980-08-00 ed. Gardner Dozois Dell 0-440-11232-X
$2.25?$: US dollar
412
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 John Melo Checkmark
Best Science Fiction Stories of the Year: Eighth Annual Collection 1980-08-00 ed. Gardner Dozois Dell 0-440-11232-X
C$2.50?C$: Canadian dollar
412
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 John Melo Checkmark
Nebula Winners Fourteen 1980-08-00 ed. Frederik Pohl Harper & Row 0-06-013382-1
$11.95?$: US dollar
xi+
259
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Robin Malkin Checkmark
Quantum Special 2 1981-03-00 uncredited Sidgwick & Jackson (Quantum Special #2) 0-283-98585-2
£8.95?£: UK pound
414+
xvii+
316
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
omni  
Nebula Winners Fourteen 1981-04-00 ed. Frederik Pohl W. H. Allen 0-491-02754-0
£6.95?£: UK pound
ix+
259
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
Voraussichten 1981-05-00 John Varley Goldmann (Goldmann Science Fiction #23381) 3-442-23381-X
DM 4.80?DM: German (Deutsche) mark
126
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
Jürgen F. Rogner?Juergen F. Rogner
Checkmark
Nebula Winners Fourteen 1982-03-00 ed. Frederik Pohl Star 0-352-31047-2
£1.75?£: UK pound
xi+
259
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 Bruce Pennington Checkmark
Nebula Winners Fourteen 1982-07-00 ed. Frederik Pohl Bantam Books 0-553-20931-0
$2.95?$: US dollar
x+
221
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 Gary LaSasso Checkmark
Cults!: An Anthology of Secret Societies, Sects, and the Supernatural 1983-09-00 ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Charles G. Waugh Beaufort Books 0-8253-0159-9
$17.95?$: US dollar
358
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
La persistencia de la visión 1984-00-00 John Varley Martínez Roca (Super Ficción (1ª época) #88) 84-270-0848-1   173
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 Salinas Blanch  
Science Fiction Monolit: knjiga druga 1984-11-00 ed.
Boban Knežević?Boban Knezevic
Izdanje prevodilaca, Monolit (Monolit #2)     525
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
Dobrosav Bob Živković?Dobrosav Bob Zivkovic
Dobrosav Bob Zhivkovic
Checkmark
The Persistence of Vision 1984-11-00 John Varley Berkley Books 0-425-07300-9
$2.95?$: US dollar
xv+
288
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 James Warhola Checkmark
Wollheim's World's Best SF: Series Eight 1984-12-00 ed. Arthur W. Saha, Donald A. Wollheim DAW Books 0-87997-984-4
$2.95?$: US dollar
268
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 Oliviero Berni  
Persistance de la vision 1985-01-17 John Varley
Denoël?Denoel
(
Présence du Futur?Presence du Futur
#277)
2-207-30277-6   254
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
Stéphane Dumont?Stephane Dumont
 
The Hugo Winners: Volume 4 1985-04-12 ed. Isaac Asimov Doubleday 0-385-18934-6
$18.95?$: US dollar
xiv+
561
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Kiyoshi Kanai Checkmark
La persistencia de la visión 1986-00-00 John Varley Orbis (Biblioteca de Ciencia Ficción #26) 84-7634-306-X   256
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  
Science Fiction Monolit: knjiga druga 1986-00-00 ed.
Boban Knežević?Boban Knezevic
Izdanje prevodilaca, Monolit (Monolit #2)     525
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
Dobrosav Bob Živković?Dobrosav Bob Zivkovic
Dobrosav Bob Zhivkovic
Checkmark
The Hugo Winners, Volume 4: 1976-1979 1986-10-00 ed. Isaac Asimov Doubleday / SFBC 05647
$6.98?$: US dollar
xiii+
495
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Kiyoshi Kanai Checkmark
The Dark Void 1987-06-00 ed. Isaac Asimov Severn House 0-7278-1424-9
£9.95?£: UK pound
239
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Checkmark
The Persistence of Vision 1988-04-00 John Varley Ace Books 0-441-66221-8
$3.95?$: US dollar
xv+
288
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 James Warhola Checkmark
The Best of the Nebulas 1989-04-00 ed. Ben Bova Tor 0-312-93184-0
$19.95?$: US dollar
593
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Doug Fornuff Checkmark
The Best of the Nebulas 1989-04-00 ed. Ben Bova Tor 0-312-93175-1
$14.95?$: US dollar
593
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 Doug Fornuff Checkmark
The Best of the Nebulas 1990-11-00 ed. Ben Bova Robert Hale 0-7090-4258-2
£15.95?£: UK pound
573
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Helen Hale  
Nanoware Time / The Persistence of Vision 1991-01-00 ed. John Varley, Ian Watson Tor (Tor Double #29) 0-812-55940-1
$3.95?$: US dollar
188
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 Ron Walotsky Checkmark
The Mammoth Book of Fantastic Science Fiction: Short Novels of the 1970s 1992-07-00 ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg, Charles G. Waugh Carroll & Graf 0-88184-795-X
$9.95?$: US dollar
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 Roy Virgo Checkmark
The Mammoth Book of Fantastic Science Fiction: Short Novels of the 1970s 1992-07-00 ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg, Charles G. Waugh Robinson 1-85487-112-9
£5.99?£: UK pound
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 Roy Virgo Checkmark
Nebula Award-Winning Novellas 1994-00-00 ed. Martin H. Greenberg Barnes & Noble Books 1-56619-590-X
$8.95?$: US dollar
xiii+
590
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 Digital Art Checkmark
Nebula Award-Winning Novellas 1996-00-00 ed. Martin H. Greenberg Barnes & Noble Books 0-7607-0296-9   xiii+
590
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 Checkmark
Persistance de la vision 2000-09-14 John Varley
Denoël?Denoel
(Folio SF #17)
2-07-041592-9   510
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 Ellen Martorelli  
Ikarus 2001 2001-00-00 ed. Wolfgang Jeschke Heyne (Heyne Science Fiction & Fantasy #6370) 3-453-17984-6
€8.00?€: Euro
782
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 Boris Vallejo Checkmark
The Locus Awards: Thirty Years of the Best in Fantasy and Science Fiction 2004-07-00 ed. Charles N. Brown, Jonathan Strahan Voyager / HarperCollins (Australia) 0-7322-7872-4
A$32.95?A$: Australian dollar
xiii+
559+
[2]
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 Checkmark
The Locus Awards: Thirty Years of the Best in Science Fiction and Fantasy 2004-07-00 ed. Charles N. Brown, Jonathan Strahan Eos / HarperCollins 0-06-059426-8
$15.95?$: US dollar
xiii+
512+
[2]
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 Michael Whelan Checkmark
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 Checkmark
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 Checkmark
The Locus Awards: Thirty Years of the Best in Fantasy and Science Fiction 2005-07-00 ed. Charles N. Brown, Jonathan Strahan Voyager / HarperCollins (Australia) 0-7322-7873-2
A$19.95?A$: Australian dollar
xvi+
677
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  
De Locus awards 2006-03-20 ed. Charles N. Brown, Jonathan Strahan De Boekerij 90-225-4398-6
€22.50?€: Euro
526
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  
Science Fiction: Stories and Contexts 2008-12-19 ed. Heather Masri Bedford Books of St. Martin's Press 978-0-312-45015-1
$170.39?$: US dollar
xix+
1242
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
René Magritte?Rene Magritte
Checkmark
Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction 2011-06-00 ed. Leigh Ronald Grossman Wildside Press 978-1-4344-3079-3
$49.99?$: US dollar
991
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  
Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction 2011-12-20 ed. Leigh Ronald Grossman Wildside Press 978-1-4344-4035-8
$39.99?$: US dollar
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
anth Checkmark
Science Fiction: Stories and Contexts 2015-00-00 ed. Heather Masri Bedford Books of St. Martin's Press 978-1-4576-7446-4
$45.00?$: US dollar
xix+
796
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
René Magritte?Rene Magritte
 
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 Checkmark
Science Fiction Monolit: knjiga druga date unknown ed.
Boban Knežević?Boban Knezevic
Izdanje prevodilaca, Monolit (Monolit #2)     525
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
Dobrosav Bob Živković?Dobrosav Bob Zivkovic
Dobrosav Bob Zhivkovic
Checkmark
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 Locus Awards: Thirty Years of the Best in Science Fiction and Fantasy date unknown ed. Charles N. Brown, Jonathan Strahan Eos / HarperCollins 0-06-059426-8
$15.95?$: US dollar
xiii+
514
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 Michael Whelan Checkmark
Wollheim's World's Best SF: Series Eight date unknown ed. Arthur W. Saha, Donald A. Wollheim DAW Books 0-87997-984-4 / UE1984
$2.95?$: US dollar
268
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 Oliviero Berni  
Wollheim's World's Best SF: Series Eight date unknown ed. Arthur W. Saha, Donald A. Wollheim DAW Books 0-87997-984-4 / UE1984
$2.95?$: US dollar
268
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 Oliviero Berni Checkmark
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