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

Translations
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
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 Verif
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 Checkmark
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 Checkmark
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 Checkmark
The Best from Fantasy and 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 Checkmark
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 Checkmark
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 Checkmark
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 Checkmark
The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction, 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 Checkmark
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 Checkmark
Nebula Award Stories 17 1985-06-00 ed. Joe Haldeman Ace 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 Checkmark
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 Checkmark
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 Checkmark
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 Checkmark
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 Checkmark
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 Checkmark
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 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 Mammoth Book of Time Travel SF 2013-07-04 ed. Mike Ashley Robinson 978-1-4721-0025-2
£7.99?£: UK pound
 viii+
532
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 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 Checkmark
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 Checkmark
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 Checkmark
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
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 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 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 Checkmark
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