Scripts, only one of which was produced: Millennium (1989), based on his 1977 story "Air Raid". Varley took a 10-year hiatus from fiction to work in Hollywood, writing numerous Short story "The Pusher" (1982) won another Hugo. Varley won the Hugo and Nebula awards for 1978 novella "The Persistence of Vision", and won both awards again for 1984 novella "PRESS ENTER ". His "Gaea" trilogy, about explorers who discover a sentient satellite orbiting Saturn, consists of Titan (1979), Wizard (1980), and Demon (1984). His first story, "Picnic on Nearside" (1974) was one of a series of colorful interplanetary tales comprising his "Eight Worlds" future history that included his first novel, The Ophiuchi Hotline (1977), and numerous stories gathered in collections In the Hall of the Martian Kings (1978), The Persistence of Vision (1978), The Barbie Murders (1980 reissued 1984 as Picnic on Nearside), and Blue Champagne (1986). John Varley was born in Austin, Texas, attended Michigan State University in East Lansing, and traveled the country for several years before becoming a full-time writer in 1973. John Varley: The Wonderful Alarming Future THE MAGAZINE OF THE SCIENCE FICTION & FANTASY FIELD
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