num_pages: 234
description: ASIN moved from less recent editionTHE 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… 
language: English
title: The Ophiuchi Hotline
titlecomplete: The Ophiuchi Hotline (Eight Worlds #1)
characters: Lilo, Cathay, Boss Tweed, Javelin
genres: Fiction, Science Fiction, Cyberpunk, Space Opera, Speculative Fiction, Aliens, Science Fiction Fantasy, Novels, Fantasy, Hard Science Fiction
ratings_count: 3379
series: Eight Worlds
awards: awardedAt: 252489600000
name: Locus Award
category: Best SF Novel
publisher: Ace