Eight Worlds The Ophiuchi Hotline, Book 1, (Paperback)

from TheDivineOomba

What a great book! It was written in 1977, but it isn't dated. It is a story that could have been written recently. Heres a quick plot, well, wait. The plot is so intricate that I won't even mention it. Lets just say it involves invaders, clones, and different scenarios that is repeated as charac...

from mbg0312

John Varley's first novel has aged well. The action and characters move along quickly, and the ideas crackle. Much early science-fiction, especially in its slightly "harder" forms, tends not to do well 30 years on, but this one delivers. Recommended.

from TeaTimeCoder

Kill all dolphins and whales NOW! And possibly octopuses as well, although they have been known to use tools so maybe they're OK but why take chances? In all seriousness this has aged remarkably well (by not going into any day to day details)! Really clever, except the non-ending but I guess it ...

from TheDivineOomba

What a great book! It was written in 1977, but it isn't dated. It is a story that could have been written recently. Heres a quick plot, well, wait. The plot is so intricate that I won't even mention it. Lets just say it involves invaders, clones, and different scenarios that is repeated as charac...

from wealhtheowwylfing

This book starts out *wonderfully*, and I love the premise of the book. Generations ago, humanity was cast out of Earth by Invaders who are so much smarter and more powerful, they actually operate on a completely different plain. A tinkerer of genetic structures gets caught, condemned to death, a...