The Ophiuchi Hotline

The Ophiuchi HotlineBy: John Varley Series: Eight Worlds The brilliant novel that launched the Varley phenomenon The invaders came in 2050They did not kill anyone outright. they said they came on behalf of the intelligent species of Earthdolphins 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

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Athens became a groundbreaking criminologist who turned his scholar's eye to the problem of why people become violent

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Dewey gains awareness of issues bigger than himself and bigger than his small town of Sand Mountain: issues like race and segregation

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One of NPR’s 5 Best Works of Foreign Fiction

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wise and witty novel with moving depths beneath its delightful surface

the objects she has carried from her past

she and others established New York City's first orphanage--which became a place that is still helping needy children to this day

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