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The Ophiuchi Hotline
work by Varley
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- In science fiction: Alternative societies
John Varley’s The Ophiuchi Hotline (1977) is an archive of methods to shatter old human verities: characters die and are reborn as clones, change sex with ease and alacrity, make backup tapes of their personalities, and undergo drastic acts of surgery—all in a space-dwelling society that accepts…
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