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{{Short description|Science fiction novels by John Varley}}
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| books            = [[Titan (Varley novel)|''Titan'']] <br /> [[Wizard (novel)|''Wizard'']] <br /> [[Demon (novel)|''Demon'']] 
| author           =  [[John Varley (author)|John Varley]]
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| country          = USA
| language         = English
|genre= science fiction
| publisher        = [[Berkley Books]]
| pub_date         = 1979-1984
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| number_of_books  = 3
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[[Image:Stanford_torus_under_construction.jpg|thumb|right|An artist's rendering of a [[Stanford torus]] in the same configuration as the fictional artificial satellite of Saturn, Gaea]]
The '''''Gaea Trilogy''''' consists of three [[science fiction]] novels by [[John Varley (author)|John Varley]].  The stories tell of humanity's encounter with a living being in the shape of a 1,300 km diameter [[Stanford torus]], inhabited by many different species, most notably the [[centaur]]-like Titanides, in orbit around the planet [[Saturn]].

The novels are:
*''[[Titan (Varley novel)|Titan]]'' (1979)
**Nebula Award nominee, 1979;<ref name="WWE-1979">{{cite web
| url = http://www.worldswithoutend.com/books_year_index.asp?year=1979 
| title = 1979 Award Winners & Nominees
| work = Worlds Without End
| accessdate=2009-09-26
}}</ref> Hugo Award nominee, Locus Award ''winner'', 1980<ref name="WWE-1980">{{cite web
| url = http://www.worldswithoutend.com/books_year_index.asp?year=1980 
| title = 1980 Award Winners & Nominees
| work = Worlds Without End
| accessdate=2009-09-26
}}</ref>
*''[[Wizard (novel)|Wizard]]'' (1980)
**Hugo and Locus Award nominees, 1981<ref name="WWE-1981">{{cite web
| url = http://www.worldswithoutend.com/books_year_index.asp?year=1981 
| title = 1981 Award Winners & Nominees
| work = Worlds Without End
| accessdate=2009-09-26
}}</ref>
*''[[Demon (novel)|Demon]]'' (1984)
**Locus Award nominee, 1985<ref name="WWE-1985">{{cite web
| url = http://www.worldswithoutend.com/books_year_index.asp?year=1985 
| title = 1985 Award Winners & Nominees
| work = Worlds Without End
| accessdate=2009-09-26
}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.worldswithoutend.com/searchwwe.asp?st=The+Gaean+Trilogy&t=1&at=All&gid=0&ys=0&ye=9999 The Gaean Trilogy] at Worlds Without End
* [http://ammonra.org/gaea/ Gaea the Mad Titan] fan site of the Gaean Trilogy

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[[Category:Fiction about megastructures]]
[[Category:Science fiction book series]]
[[Category:Science fiction novel trilogies]]
[[Category:Works by John Varley (author)]]
[[Category:Novels set on Titan (moon)]]
[[Category:Berkley Books books]]

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