The Ophiuchi hotline
Book • 1977
The Ophiuchi Hotline, John Varley's debut novel published in 1977, is set 500 years in the future within his Eight Worlds sequence.
Humanity has been evicted from Earth by superior Invaders who favor whales and dolphins, forcing humans to colonize the Solar System using biological modifications derived from intercepted alien signals.
The story explores radical social, sexual, and technological changes in this cloned, bioengineered human society, earning a Locus SF Award nomination.
Humanity has been evicted from Earth by superior Invaders who favor whales and dolphins, forcing humans to colonize the Solar System using biological modifications derived from intercepted alien signals.
The story explores radical social, sexual, and technological changes in this cloned, bioengineered human society, earning a Locus SF Award nomination.
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