The Ophiuchi Hotline (Magill’s Guide to Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature)
At a glance:
- Author: John Herbert Varley
- First Published: 1977
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Science fiction—invasion story
- Time of Work: 2618-2630
- Setting: Various planets of the solar system and beyond
- Genres: Long fiction, Science fiction
- Subjects: Future, Other worlds, Aliens, space, Clones or cloning, Jupiter
- Locales: Space, Solar system
The Plot
Five and a half centuries have passed since mysterious Invaders expelled humanity from Earth. The human survivors have scattered among the other planets of the solar system, borrowing the necessary technology from the Ophiuchi Hotline, a series of transmissions, from anonymous interstellar benefactors, containing data on scientific innovations.
Lilo-Alexandr-Calypso, a genetic engineer, has been sentenced to death for violating laws forbidding experimentation with human DNA. Ophiuchi Hotline data has given humans clone technology, so a death sentence in the year...
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