The Ophiuchi Hotline
Description
The invaders came in 2050…They did not kill anyone outright. they said they came on behalf of the intelligent species of Earth-dolphins and whales. The Invaders quietly destroyed every evidence of technology, then peacefully departed, leaving behind plowed ground and sprouting seeds. In the next two years, ten billion humans starved to death.
The remnants of humanity that survived relocated to the moon and other planets. But they are not alone in their struggle-someone or something, somewhere in deep space, is sending them advanced scientific data via the Ophiuchi Hotline. And by the twenty-fifth century, the technological gifts from the Hotline-especially its biological and medical solutions-have created a world unlike any ever known or imagined…
More details
Other editions
Additional editions
Person
Content
- Intro
- Praise for John Varley
- Books by John Varley
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Author's Note
- Contents
- Chapter 1
- Chapter 2
- Chapter 3
- Chapter 4
- Chapter 5
- Chapter 6
- Chapter 7
- Chapter 8
- Chapter 9
- Chapter 10
- Chapter 11
- Chapter 12
- Chapter 13
- Chapter 14
- Chapter 15
- Chapter 16
- Chapter 17
- Chapter 18
- Chapter 19
- Chapter 20
- Chapter 21
- Chapter 22
- Chapter 23
- Chapter 24
- Chapter 25
- Chapter 26
- Excerpt from IRONTOWN BLUES
- About the Author
