{"product_id":"9780575072831","title":"The Ophiuchi Hotline","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Varley's tight, clean writing, full of wit and good humor, evokes despair, joy, anger, and delight. His Luna is packed with wild inventions, intriguing characters, and stunning scenery.\"—\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"It is fast and complex, and it glitters most impressively.\"—\u003ci\u003eScience Ficiton: The 100 Best Novels\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"John Varley is the best writer in America.\"—Tom Clancy\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"This is a novel rich in societies, settings, and technological wizardry. It's a tough-minded, yet a playful book.\"—Ian Watson \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGollancz's Science Fiction Collector's series, which offers the finest classics of the genre, now presents a thought-provoking and multiple award-nominated novel by acclaimed author John Varley.\u003cbr\u003e After the effortless capture of Earth by vastly superior aliens, humanity is forced to fight for existence on the Moon and other lumps of airless rock. The invention of the \u003cbr\u003eHotline—a constant stream of data from a star in the constellation Ophiuchus—facilitates survival and enables the development of amazing new technologies. \u003cbr\u003e Then, after 400 years, humanity's unknown helpers send a bill for their services...and suddenly everything is threatened once again. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Ophiuchi Hotline\u003c\/i\u003e was John Varley's first novel, and it received nominations for both the Hugo and Nebula awards; he later won both for his book \u003ci\u003ePersistence of Vision\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gollancz, Victor Limited","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47013464441072,"sku":"9780575072831","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780575072831_p0.jpg?v=1763719739","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780575072831","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}