Then, after 400 years, humanity's unknown helpers send a bill for their services.and suddenly everything is threatened once again. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading The Ophiuchi Hotline (Eight Worlds Book 1). Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. The invention of the Hotline - a constant stream of data from a star in the constellation Ophiuchus - facilitates survival and enables the development of amazing new technologies. The Ophiuchi Hotline (Eight Worlds Book 1) - Kindle edition by Varley, John. Product Description:After the effortless capture of Earth by vastly superior aliens, humanity is forced to fight for existence on the Moon and other lumps of airless rock. Each human-symb pair is a closed ecology, requiring only sunlight and a small amount of solid matter to function. Please feel free to contact us with any questions. Our grading system is explained in the terms of sale section of our bookseller page. The condition of the item you will receive is VG/EX. ACE Books Science Fiction Novels (ACE Books) Ophiuchi Hotline, The (VG/EX)Manufacturer: ACE BooksProduct Line: Science Fiction Novels (ACE Books)Type: SoftcoverCopyright Date: 1977Author: John VarleyPage Count: 234Please review the condition and any condition notes for the exact condition of this item. Disch's books do, for instance if Varley's novel is revolutionary. I will definitely be checking out more of his novels, probably Titan next.Softcover. In no way does The Ophiuchi Hotline transcend its origins, the way Thomas M.

None of that was really the focus of the book though, it was just great world building. Varley was refreshingly modern in those aspects, with great characters of all genders and a believable future society where gender and sexuality is quite fluid.

So far in my experience 70s sci-fi books by white guys typically have awful female characters, if any, with annoyingly limited imaginations when it comes to future social aspects of humanity (I've heard referred to as 'galactic suburbia'). I was also really impressed with Varley’s writing and how well this book has aged since 1977.

Without spoiling too much, the book has a wonderfully creative story-telling structure related to clones that I wasn't expecting but I found really engaging. It was a quick read, fun, endlessly creative, with a bit of a mind-boggling ending. What a great find! I hadn't seen much talk about this book on Reddit so I wasn’t expecting much from it, but I was blown away.

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