Title: The Black Hole Passes
Title Record # 50782
Author: John Varley
Date: 1975-06-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: novelette
Series: Eight Worlds
Language: English
Current Tags: alien data transmission (1), rescue (1), romance (1), black hole (1), travel outside the solar system (1), science fiction (1) Add Tags
Author: John Varley
Date: 1975-06-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: novelette
Series: Eight Worlds
Language: English
Synopsis: When a distant star cluster is discovered to be beaming a stream of data to a location outside of the Solar System, a man and woman located in separate satellites in competition to capture and analyze the stream for useful information communicate with each other and fall in love; but they are endangered when a black hole follows a trajectory which passes near their stations.
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Current Tags: alien data transmission (1), rescue (1), romance (1), black hole (1), travel outside the solar system (1), science fiction (1) Add Tags
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Place | Year and Award | Category |
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9 | 1976 Locus | Best Novelette |
Publications
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Title | Date | Author/Editor | Publisher/Pub. Series | ISBN/Catalog ID | Price | Pages | Format | Type | Cover Artist | Verif |
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The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, June 1975 | 1975-06-00 | ed. Edward L. Ferman | Mercury Press, Inc. | $1.00?$: 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 | Ron Walotsky | ||
SF Choice 77 | 1977-00-00 | ed. Mike Ashley | Quartet Books | 0-7043-1300-6 | £0.65?£: UK pound |
vi+ 137 |
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 | Bob Layzell | |
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 | |
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 | |
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) | |
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 | |
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 | |
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 | ||
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 | |
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 | |
The Mammoth Book of Mindblowing SF | 2009-08-00 | ed. Mike Ashley | Running Press | 978-0-7624-3723-8 | $13.95?$: US dollar |
x+ 531 |
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 Mindblowing SF | 2009-08-00 | ed. Mike Ashley | Robinson | 978-1-84529-891-3 | £7.99?£: UK pound |
x+ 531 |
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 Mindblowing SF | 2009-08-00 | ed. Mike Ashley | Robinson | 978-1-84901-254-6 | £7.99?£: UK pound |
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF. |
anth | Joe Roberts | ||
Good-Bye, Robinson Crusoe and Other Stories | 2013-04-00 | John Varley | Subterranean Press | 978-1-59606-528-4 | $45.00?$: US dollar |
338 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | Vincent Chong |