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Air Raid

John Varley

First published July 1977
Type Short Fiction
Length Short Story

Synopsis

Horribly sick and deformed inhabitants of an environmentally degraded future earth travel back to the current era to rescue victims of mass disasters just before their deaths to provide healthy human stock to keep the species alive.

Awards

YearAwardCategoryStatus
1978 Hugo Award Best Short Story Runner-up
1978 Locus Poll Award Best Short Fiction Nominee/Finalist
1978 Nebula Award Short Story Runner-up
2012 Locus Online 20th Century Short Story Nominee/Finalist

Publications (48)

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
July 1977 Best Science Fiction Stories of the Year: Sixth Annual Collection E. P. Dutton Anthology 58
June 1978 Best Science Fiction Stories of the Year: Sixth Annual Collection Ace Books Anthology 91
July 1978 The Persistence of Vision The Dial Press/James Wade / SFBC Collection 37
July 1978 The Persistence of Vision The Dial Press/James Wade Collection 43
September 1978 In the Hall of the Martian Kings Sidgwick & Jackson Collection 43
October 1978 In the Hall of the Martian Kings Orbit / Futura Collection 43
August 1979 The Persistence of Vision Dell Collection 43
August 1979 The Persistence of Vision Dell Collection 43
February 1980 Nebula Winners Thirteen Harper & Row Anthology 29
January 1981 The Future I Fawcett Crest Anthology 201
March 1981 Quantum Special 2 Sidgwick & Jackson Omnibus 43
August 1981 Nebula Winners Thirteen Bantam Books Anthology 23
November 1982 From Here to Forever Mentor / New American Library Anthology 377
November 1984 The Persistence of Vision Berkley Books Collection 39
April 1988 The Persistence of Vision Ace Books Collection 39
March 1989 Time Travelers: From Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine Ace Books Anthology 1
July 1993 Strange Dreams Bantam Spectra Anthology 497
August 1993 Strange Dreams HarperCollins (UK) Anthology 497
March 1994 Strange Dreams HarperCollins (UK) Anthology 659
August 1994 Strange Dreams Bantam Spectra / SFBC Anthology 497
August 1994 Reel Future Barnes & Noble Books / SFBC Anthology 527
September 1994 Reel Future Barnes & Noble Books Anthology 527
January 1997 From Here to Forever Borealis / White Wolf Publishing Anthology 417
March 1997 Timegates Ace Books Anthology 20
September 1998 The Reel Stuff DAW Books Anthology 147
May 2003 From Here to Forever Scarecrow Press Anthology 357
March 2004 Cyberfilms ibooks Anthology 133
September 2004 The John Varley Reader Ace Books Collection 212
October 2004 The John Varley Reader Ace Books / SFBC Collection 212
April 2006 Novel Ideas—Science Fiction DAW Books Anthology 99
July 2007 Asimov's Science Fiction: 30th Anniversary Anthology Tachyon Publications Anthology 19
June 2008 The Reel Stuff DAW Books Anthology 134
September 2008 The Persistence of Vision Audible Studios Collection |3
August 2010 The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction Wesleyan University Press Anthology 525
August 2010 The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction Wesleyan University Press Anthology 525
July 2013 Timegates Baen Books Anthology
September 2018 Flight or Fright Cemetery Dance Publications Anthology 157
September 2018 Flight or Fright Cemetery Dance Publications Anthology [9]
September 2018 Flight or Fright Hodder & Stoughton Anthology 157
June 2019 Flight or Fright: 17 Turbulent Tales Hodder Paperbacks Anthology 159
June 2019 Flight or Fright: 17 Turbulent Tales Scribner Anthology 145
July 2019 Flight or Fright: 17 Turbulent Tales Thorndike Press Anthology
September 2020 The John Varley Reader Open Road Integrated Media Collection |8
December 2021 The John Varley Reader Blackstone Publishing Collection |8
March 2022 The John Varley Reader Blackstone Publishing Collection |8
March 2022 The John Varley Reader Blackstone Publishing Collection |8
March 2022 The John Varley Reader Blackstone Publishing Collection |8
December 2024 Audiobook Collection MotionAudiobooks Omnibus |16.08