What Fiction are you reading this week, October 24, 2021?

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21. You nailed it

"the longest short novel I've ever read". Such a tiny book but SO MUCH story. He's new to me, too, and has been added to my list. Two that really interest me: From the moment John Varley burst onto the scene in 1974, his short fiction was like nothing anyone else was writing. His stories won every award the science fiction field had to offer, many times over. His first collection, The Persistence of Vision, published in 1978, was the most important collection of the decade, and changed what fans would come to expect from science fiction. The John Varley Reader gathers his best stories, many out of print for years. This is the volume no Varley fan-or science fiction reader-can do without.

Bujold is very popular, too. 44 books, lots of awards. I haven't read any, yet.