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Laddar... The Ophinchi Hotline (urspr publ 1977; utgåvan 1977)av John Varley
VerksinformationThe Ophiuchi Hotline av John Varley (Author) (1977)
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Gå med i LibraryThing för att få reda på om du skulle tycka om den här boken. Det finns inga diskussioner på LibraryThing om den här boken. La humanidad ha sido expulsada de la Tierra por los invasores, unos alienígenas de inteligencia inmensamente superior. Delfines y ballenas pueblan ahora el planeta y el género humano se ha visto obligado a repartirse por el Sistema Solar. Los colonos de Plutón interceptan una transmisión: un flujo de información que facilita el desarrollo de nuevas tecnologías procedentes de la estrella 70 Ophiuchi. Una consecuencia del uso de esos datos es el perfeccionamiento de la clonación humana. Un político de Luna querrá utilizar esa posibilidad para cumplir con sus pretensiones de recuperar la Tierra, pero se encuentra con la oposición de Lilo, una genetista que no está dispuesta a ceder su cuerpo multiplicado al servicio de una guerra. This was a very novel take on post-Earth humanity and human encounters with aliens. There were a few elements I found unsatisfying (mostly the aliens themselves) but I think those weren't really mistakes on the author's part, just stylistic choices that didn't fit my preferences. Most of the drama of the story centers on cloned individuals of the magical memories-retained variety, which I find a little tired. However, the book itself is from the 1970's so when the author wrote it that idea was more fresh. Speaking of which, the book was surprisingly not dated considering its age. Nearly all of the Sci-Fi trappings were still plausible today, without any old-timey-Sci-Fi stuff that I noticed. Trying some John Varley novels because this series has a lot of bioengineering instead of mechanical tech, and has the "aliens and humans coexisting" theme (most of the series seems to be about the challenges of that). Varley goes a bit overboard on "weird sex stuff" (my cutoff for that is Heinlein style; this was a bit graphic, although not absurdly pornographic or anything), but there are a number of decent plot elements. Characters aren't too flat for sci-fi, although it's not great. Probably will read the next book in the series, but might stop there. inga recensioner | lägg till en recension
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THE BRILLIANT NOVEL THAT LAUNCHED THE VARLEY PHENOMENON 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... Inga biblioteksbeskrivningar kunde hittas. |
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