The Persistence of Vision is an award-winning 1978 anthology of science fiction stories by John Varley.
The anthology was also published in the United Kingdom under the title
In the Hall of the Martian Kings.The anthology includes nine stories:
"The Phantom of Kansas," originally published in
Galaxy, February 1976.
"Air Raid," originally published in
Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, Spring 1977.
"Retrograde Summer," originally published in
The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, February 1975.
"The Black Hole Passes," originally published in
The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, June 1975.
"In the Hall of the Martian Kings," originally published in
The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, February 1977.
"In the Bowl," originally published in
The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, December 1975.
"Gotta Sing, Gotta Dance," originally published in
Galaxy, July 1976.
"Overdrawn at the Memory Bank," originally published in
Galaxy, May 1976. Adapted into a 1983 television movie.
"The Persistence of Vision," originally published in
The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, March 1978.