She gets the sarcastic tone of Lilo's voice in her own head just right. For starters try these stories that include Varley's suite of technologies that change human society: "Options" "Picnic on Nearside" "The Phantom of Kansas" "Lollipop and the Tar Baby" "Beatnik Bayou" "Equinoctial" Gabra Zackman reads THE OPHIUCHI HOTLINE well. If this sparks your interest but you find yourself at a loss on some of the issues dealt with in THE OPHIUCHI HOTLINE, go back and read (yes like pick up a book with paper and ink) some of his earlier short stories. The remnants of humanity that survived relocated to the moon and other planets. In the earlier stories Varley explores the societal impact of cloning, changing and memory recording through engaging characters and memorable events. In the next two years, ten billion humans starved to death. It is a shame that this is the only story from John Varley's 8-Worlds series presently available on Audible. An SF classic where Varley deftly combines cloning and memory recording to give a sort of pseudo-immortality to its practitioners.
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