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Earth has been taken over by bizarre beings, and Man has made a new life on other planets, a strange life made possible by information provided by beings from Ophiuchi.
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Classical in form, cool, epic and grave.
- classical in formformally daring
- cooloverwhelming
- intimateepic
- gravecomic
- earnestironic
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About the book
- Author
- John Varley
- First published
- 1977
- Pages
- 237
- Publisher
- Dial Press/James Wade, Gollancz, Gallimard
- Editions
- 7
- Language
- English, French
- ISBN
- 9780283984433
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