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| Author | Brian Stableford |
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| Publication date | 1980 |
Optiman is a 1980 science fiction novel by Brian Stableford. It was published in US by DAW Books in October 1980, and a year later, in July 1981, in the UK as War Games, by Pan Books.[1][2]
Plot
[edit]On a far colony, humans, including a genetically engineered protagonist of the novel, fight with aliens over control of the planet.[3]
Reception
[edit]The book was reviewed in a number of outlets:[1][2]
- Review by Colin Greenland in Foundation, #22 June 1981
- Review by Theodore Sturgeon in Rod Serling's The Twilight Zone Magazine, June 1981
- Review by uncredited author in Ad Astra, Issue Sixteen (1981)
- Review by Chris Bailey in Vector 104 (1981)
- Review by Mark Willard in Science Fiction Review, Summer 1982
David Pringle in his The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction described it as "Imaginative, ironic, more than a little dry".[3]
References
[edit]- 1 2 "Title: Optiman". www.isfdb.org. Retrieved 2025-12-23.
- 1 2 "Title: War Games". www.isfdb.org. Retrieved 2025-12-23.
- 1 2 Pringle, David (1995). The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction: An A-Z of Science-fiction Books by Title. Scolar Press. p. 266. ISBN 978-1-85928-071-3.
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