The Persistence of Vision is a 1978 collection of science fiction stories by American writer John Varley.

The collection was also published in the United Kingdom under the title In the Hall of the Martian Kings.

[1] The collection includes nine stories:[2] The Persistence of Vision won the 1979 Locus Award for Best Single-Author Collection.

[3] The title story won the 1978 Nebula Award,[4] the 1979 Hugo Award,[5] and the 1979 Locus Award[3] in the novella category.