Pusher, the (1981) [Short Story]
by John Varley
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Summary
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Star-travelers in a universe of time-dilation effect would necessarily be a breed apart, aging only a few months while the people on planets they visit would go through decades of life. Their relatoinships would have to be very, very strange. Here's a story of one spaceman's method of coping.
Original title: The Pusher
Original languages:
English
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Genre: Fiction→ Science Fiction→ Adventure→ New Frontiers
This work is a subwork of the following works :
Best Science Fiction of the Year #11, the (1982) [Anthology]
Authors: Roger Zelazny
, Kim Stanley Robinson
, Gregory Benford
, Poul Anderson
, Pat Cadigan
, John Varley
, Spider Robinson
, Damon Knight
, Michael Swanwick
, Gene Wolfe
, Ed Bryant
, Jack Dann
, Mildred Downey Broxon
, Ted Reynolds
, David R. Palmer
, R. A. Lafferty
, George Florance-Guthridge
, Charles N. Brown
Hugo Winners, Volume 5: 1980-1982, the (1986) [Anthology]
Authors: Roger Zelazny
, George R. R. Martin
, Poul Anderson
, John Varley
, Clifford D. Simak
, Gordon R. Dickson
, Barry B. Longyear
Blue Champagne (1986) [Collection]
Author: John Varley
Notes:
- First published in Fantasy and Science Fiction, October 1981
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