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John Varley

First published May 1984
Type Short Fiction
Length Novella

Synopsis

Victor Apfel, a troubled war vet, gets an odd, pre-recorded phone message, instructing him to go inside the house next door. He opens the door to find his neighbor shot through the head. But is it suicide - or murder? And is it possible that a computer is to blame? (fantasticfiction.com)

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Awards

YearAwardCategoryStatus
1985 Hugo Award Best Novella Winner
1985 Locus Poll Award Best Novella Winner
1985 Nebula Award Novella Winner
1985 SF Chronicle Award Novella Winner
2012 Locus Online 20th Century Novella Nominee/Finalist

Publications (32)

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
May 1984 Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, May 1984 Davis Publications MAGAZINE 110
April 1985 The Year's Best Science Fiction: Second Annual Collection Bluejay Books Anthology 153
April 1985 The Year's Best Science Fiction: Second Annual Collection Bluejay Books Anthology 154
June 1985 The 1985 Annual World's Best SF DAW Books Anthology 151
June 1985 The 1985 Annual World's Best SF DAW Books / New American Library of Canada Anthology 151
July 1985 Terry Carr's Best Science Fiction of the Year Tor Anthology 11
September 1985 The 1985 Annual World's Best SF DAW Books / SFBC Anthology 115
October 1985 Best Science Fiction of the Year 14 Gollancz Anthology 11
October 1985 Best Science Fiction of the Year 14 Gollancz Anthology
November 1985 Nebula Awards 20 Harcourt Brace Jovanovich Anthology 69
November 1985 Nebula Awards 20 Harcourt Brace Jovanovich Anthology 69
January 1986 Blue Champagne Dark Harvest Collection 319
January 1986 Blue Champagne Dark Harvest Collection 319
November 1986 Blue Champagne Berkley Books Collection 230
September 1987 Blue Champagne Ace Books Collection 230
February 1988 The Best of Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine Ace Books Anthology 174
December 1989 The New Hugo Winners: Award-Winning Science Fiction Stories Wynwood Press Anthology 217
May 1990 The New Hugo Winners Wynwood / SFBC Anthology 217
October 1990 Press Enter ▮ / Hawksbill Station Tor Anthology
September 1991 The New Hugo Winners Baen Books Anthology 217
December 1995 Hugo and Nebula Award Winners from Asimov's Science Fiction Wings Books Anthology 155
March 1997 Press Enter ▮ Science Fiction Book Club Chapbook 1
October 1998 Future on Ice Tor Anthology 231
January 2000 Future on Ice Tor Anthology 231
September 2004 The John Varley Reader Ace Books Collection 271
October 2004 The John Varley Reader Ace Books / SFBC Collection 271
September 2020 The John Varley Reader Open Road Integrated Media Collection |10
December 2021 The John Varley Reader Blackstone Publishing Collection |10
March 2022 The John Varley Reader Blackstone Publishing Collection |10
March 2022 The John Varley Reader Blackstone Publishing Collection |10
March 2022 The John Varley Reader Blackstone Publishing Collection |10
December 2024 Audiobook Collection MotionAudiobooks Omnibus |16.10