Blue Champagne (collection) explained
| Blue Champagne |
| Author: | John Varley |
| Cover Artist: | Todd Cameron Hamilton |
| Country: | United States |
| Language: | English |
| Publisher: | Dark Harvest, Berkley Books |
| Release Date: | 1980 |
| Media Type: | Print |
| Pages: | 290 pp |
| Isbn: | 0-425-09336-0 |
| Dewey: | 813/.5/4 |
| Congress: | PZ4.V299 Pe PS3572.A724 |
| Oclc: | 14639057 |
Blue Champagne is a 1986 collection of science fiction stories by American writer John Varley. It was published as a hardcover in January 1986, followed by a paperback edition in November.[1]
Contents
The collection includes eight stories,[2] four of which take place in Varley's Eight Worlds future history.[3]
- "The Pusher", originally published in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, 1981
- "Blue Champagne", originally published in New Voices 4, 1981
- "Tango Charlie and Foxtrot Romeo", first published in this collection
- "Options", originally published in Universe 9, 1979
- "Lollipop and the Tar Baby", originally published in Orbit 19, 1977, previously appeared in Varley's 1980 collection The Barbie Murders
- "The Manhattan Phone Book (Abridged)", originally published at Westercon 37, 1984
- "The Unprocessed Word", first published in this collection
- "Press Enterâ– ", originally published in Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, 1984
Awards
Blue Champagne won the 1987 Locus Award for Best Collection.[4]
References
- Web site: Title: Blue Champagne . Internet Speculative Fiction Database . 20 June 2022.
- Book: Varley . John . Blue Champagne . 1986 .
- Web site: Publication: Blue Champagne . Internet Speculative Fiction Database . 20 June 2022.
- Web site: John Varley . Science Fiction Awards Database . 20 June 2022.
