Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.3 4.3bsd-beta 6/6/85; site topaz.ARPA Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!seismo!columbia!topaz!henry%clemson.csnet From: henry%clemson.csnet@csnet-relay.arpa Newsgroups: net.sf-lovers Subject: characters in John Varley's stories Message-ID: <2807@topaz.ARPA> Date: Thu, 18-Jul-85 20:19:43 EDT Article-I.D.: topaz.2807 Posted: Thu Jul 18 20:19:43 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 20-Jul-85 14:34:50 EDT Sender: daemon@topaz.ARPA Organization: Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, N.J. Lines: 17 From: Henry Vogel I just recently read "Press Enter" by John Varley. I thought it was a quite good story, but it reminded me of something I had noticed about Varley's stories a few years ago when I read The Persistance of Vision (the entire short story collection, not just the story). Since this is the only Varley I've read, please forgive me if his other fiction doesn't share this trait. I'm speaking of the age of the male characters compared to that of the female characters. Varley's men are almost always twice (or more) the age of the women they end up with. In "Press Enter" the main character was 50 and the girl was 25. In Persistance of Vision I believe the main character was about 25 and the girl was around 13 (it's been about 5 or 6 years). All through TPoV collection I noticed this. It's not something I mind, it's just something I found curious... Has anyone else noticed this or am I just imaging it? Henry Vogel henry%clemson.csnet@csnet-relay