![]() Valentine is a consummate actor and a skilled con man. The novel begins as a first person account of Valentine's adventures in the outer worlds of the Solar System as he attempts to make his way to Luna to play King Lear in an upcoming production. The Golden Globe in question is Luna, Earth's Moon and the most heavily inhabited world in the Solar System since the Invaders obliterated human civilization on Earth. The Golden Globe story is told initially from a first person perspective, but a substantial portion of the book comes in the form of extended flashbacks. There are also minor colonies set in the Oort cloud beyond the Solar System. Earth and Jupiter are off-limits to humanity, but Earth's Moon and the other planets and moons of the Solar System have all become populated. The Solar System has been colonized by human refugees fleeing aliens (known as "the Invaders"). The Golden Globe takes place in Varley’s " Eight Worlds" universe. It was nominated for Best Science Fiction Novel during the 1999 Locus Awards. ![]() The book takes places a few years after the conclusion of Steel Beach. ![]() ![]() The Golden Globe is a 1998 science fiction novel by American writer John Varley. ![]()
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