On the surface, this Hugo and Nebula Award-winning classic is about a drifter who comes to stay in a New Mexico commune founded by a group of deaf-blind people. But beneath the story, author John Varley examines deep, universal issues. What is the nature of communication? What does an individual gain - or lose - by subsuming himself to the whole? Can an outsider ever truly "belong"? Varley says that he has had more response to this story than anything he has ever written, that some readers have even told him it changed ...
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On the surface, this Hugo and Nebula Award-winning classic is about a drifter who comes to stay in a New Mexico commune founded by a group of deaf-blind people. But beneath the story, author John Varley examines deep, universal issues. What is the nature of communication? What does an individual gain - or lose - by subsuming himself to the whole? Can an outsider ever truly "belong"? Varley says that he has had more response to this story than anything he has ever written, that some readers have even told him it changed their lives. Listening to The Persistence of Vision , it is easy to understand why.
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Good in good dust jacket. * Nice book some scuffing or nicking noted. * xiv, 272 p.; 22 cm. Jacket illustration by Jim Burns. The phantom of Kansas--Air raid--Retrograde summer--The black hole passes--In the hall of the Martian kings--In the bowl--Gotta sing, gotta dance--Overdrawn at the memory bank--The persistence of vision.
This book is a wonderful collection. The settings are outrageous and the characters face bizarre issues in each story, primarily concerning identity. However, the characters nevertheless maintain a wonderful, appealing and compassionate humanity despite the bizarre circumstances of their lives. One of my favorite collections of short fiction, probably the most favorite.