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Now all Sparky has to do is find a way to scrape together enough cash to get to Luna before the play starts while avoiding a seemingly unstoppable (and unkillable) Charonese hitman. Now the all time master returns with his long awaited epic novel of life beyond the great beyond All the universe is a stage, and Sparky Valentine is its itinerant thespian. Martin) of Hugo and Nebula award-winning author John Varley. The Golden Globe Winner of the Hugo and Nebula Awards, John Varley is truly one of the ‘greats’ of science fiction, comparable only to Heinlein, Herbert, Asimov, and Clarke. Sparky wires Polichinelli that he's interested, and Polichinelli tells him the part is his. A collection of short stories from 'the wildest and most original science fictional mind' (George R.R. The famous director Kaspara Polichinelli of Luna is planning a performance of King Lear, and he's short a lead to take on the title role.

As he's making his getaway, he learns something astonishing. Sparky decides to skip the outer burgs for the more hospitable environs of Pluto, but things only get worse when he runs afoul of the notoriously unforgiving Charonese Mafia. Heinlein Award (2009), Locus Award for Best. Sparky's in the midst of a whirlwind theatrical tour designed to bring a bit of culture to the frozen desolation of the outer solar system when bad luck strikes in the form of a gumshoe hot on his tail. Check all the awards won and nominated for by John Varley - Robert A. Not that you could tell by looking at the old ham, who for some reason never seems to age-or stay out of trouble. Kenneth Valentine, otherwise known as Sparky is a. Sparky Valentine is a former child star turned down-on-his-luck thespian who's just reached the grand old age of 100. The Golden Globe (1998), set in the same universe, won the 1999 Prometheus Award for the best libertarian science fiction novel of the year. John Varleys The Golden Globe is a novel with one of the most intriguing characters in science fiction.