Air Raid

by John Varley

Short story by John Varley which became the basis for his novel "Millennium," as well as a 1990 movie by the same name.

Genres: Short Stories, Science Fiction, Horror

12 pages, Unknown Binding

First published January 1, 1977

About the author

Full name: John Herbert Varley.

John Varley was born in Austin, Texas. He grew up in Fort Worth, Texas, moved to Port Arthur in 1957, and graduated from Nederland High School. He went to Michigan State University.

He wrote several novels and numerous short stories. He received both the Hugo and Nebula awards.

Reviews

[Jerry Jose]

Picked this up to skip "Millennium". Cool time travel short, make me wanna read its bigger cousin now.

[Serena]

It really dragged me in and made me curious about the author. It answered all the questions it inspired and a solid well thought out idea, later turned into a book.

[Bradley]

Interesting short tale about a dystopian future in which the world has been destroyed.

[Andy Hickman]

AIR RAID by John Varley
"We were strong.. I could have torn sheet metal with my eyelashes."
Intense, futuristic-in-reverse ***

[Dunai Fanni]

Egy utópisztikus novella. Az embereket a távoli jövőben egy olyan parazita támadja meg, ami kieszi az agyukat. Ezért bizonyos túlélők visszamennek a múltba, hogy olyan nagy katasztrófák helyszínéről mentsenek ki embereket, ahol eredetileg mindenki életét vesztette. Mint például egy 1977-ben történt légi katasztrófa helyszínére, ahol a motor meghibásodása vezetett a repülőgép hegyoldalba csapódásához. Erről a repülőröl menekítenek embereket, es visznek magukkal a távoli jövőbe, hiszen ők még immunisak azokra a parazitákra és velük akarják újra benépesíteni a Földet.

[Durval Menezes]

Read this as part of "The Persistence of Vision" collection.

One of the best time-travel stories I've read, ever -- with post-apocalypse undertones and a very unconventional airplane hijack added to the mix. Incredible it could be done so well in so few pages! Recommended without reservation, rating 5/5 -- would give it 6 stars if I could."

[ArgoWhite]

There's much more depth here than in Millennium(novel). Varley cut many interesting arcs and replaced them with stupid Bill and his useless investigation.
Millennium(novel) was a 1 star for me, this one is an infinite times better read, it's short and tight story.

[Susy]

2.5 stars
Read as part of Flight or Fright: 17 Turbulent Tales

[Erik Wennermark]

Interesting story. Should be aJCVD movie.

[James Biser]

This is a great story about the son of a World War 2 veteran who meets the soldiers that served with his father and hears the terrible tales.

[Keith Blackman]

Short story that formed the basis for the poorly-received movie, millennium.

[Kay]

read for school

[ria]

2.5

[Helen]

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