Title: The Ophiuchi Hotline Title Record # 1435
Author: John Varley
Date: 1977-04-00
Type: NOVEL
Series: Eight Worlds
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Language: English
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Translations
Year Language Title 1978ⓘTranslated by Mike Grothaus Dutch Rode lijn met Ophiuchi 1978ⓘTranslated by Rémi Lobry French Le canal Ophite 1981ⓘTranslated by Maria Luísa Ferreira da Costa Portuguese Ofiúco, o Aviso 1981 German Der heiße Draht nach Ophiuchi 1993ⓘ Translated by Marko Fančović Serbian Direktna veza sa Ofijuksom

Awards

Place	Year and Award	Category
3	1978 Locus	Best SF Novel

Publications

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Title	Date	Author/Editor	Publisher/Pub. Series	ISBN/Catalog ID	Price	Pages	Format	Type	Cover Artist	Verif
The Ophiuchi Hotline	1977-04-00	John Varley	The Dial Press/James Wade (Quantum Science Fiction #1)	0-8037-6120-1	$8.95?$: US dollar	237	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel	Boris Vallejo
The Ophiuchi Hotline	1977-07-00	John Varley	The Dial Press/James Wade / SFBC	2205	$1.98?$: US dollar	180	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel	Boris Vallejo
The Ophiuchi Hotline	1978-03-00	John Varley	Dell (Quantum Science Fiction #1)	0-440-15890-7	$1.50?$: US dollar	237	pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Boris Vallejo
The Ophiuchi Hotline	1978-03-00	John Varley	Dell (Quantum Science Fiction #1)	0-440-15890-7	C$1.50?C$: Canadian dollar	237	pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Boris Vallejo
The Ophiuchi Hotline	1978-05-00	John Varley	Sidgwick & Jackson	0-283-98443-0	£4.95?£: UK pound	237	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel
The Ophiuchi Hotline	1978-06-00	John Varley	Orbit (Quantum Science Fiction)	0-7088-8020-7	£0.85?£: UK pound	237	pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Chris Foss
The Ophiuchi Hotline	1979-05-00	John Varley	Dell (Quantum Science Fiction #1)	0-440-15890-7	$1.50?$: US dollar	237	pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Boris Vallejo
Quantum Science Fiction Special	1979-08-00	uncredited	Sidgwick & Jackson (Quantum Special #1)	0-283-98511-9	£6.95?£: UK pound	333+ 237	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	omni
The Ophiuchi Hotline	1984-10-00	John Varley	Berkley Books	0-425-07192-8	$2.95?$: US dollar	234	pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Mark Bright
The Ophiuchi Hotline	1993-10-00	John Varley	Ace Books	0-441-63484-2	$4.50?$: US dollar	234	pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Todd Cameron Hamilton
The Ophiuchi Hotline	1994-04-00	John Varley	HarperCollins (UK)	0-586-21734-7	£4.99?£: UK pound	247	pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel
The Ophiuchi Hotline	2003-08-21	John Varley	Gollancz (SF Collectors' Editions)	0-575-07283-0	£9.99?£: UK pound	180	tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	novel	Chris Moore
The Ophiuchi Hotline	2006-05-00	John Varley	Ace Books	0-441-63484-2	$6.99?$: US dollar	234	pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Photodisc Green , Getty Images
The Ophiuchi Hotline	date unknown	John Varley	Ace Books	978-1-101-65614-3	$7.99?$: US dollar		ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	novel	Photodisc Green , Getty Images

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Reviews

• Review by Richard E. Geis (1977) in Science Fiction Review, August 1977
• Review by Karen Axness (1977) in Janus, Vol. 3, #3, Summer 1977
• Review by Lester del Rey (1977) in Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact, September 1977
• Review by Charles N. Brown (1977) in Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, Winter 1977
• Review by Floyd Kemske (1977) in Galileo, October 1977
• Review by Paul Walker (1977) in Galaxy, November 1977
• Review by Richard A. Lupoff [as by Richard Lupoff] (1977) in Algol, #30, Winter 1977-78
• Review by Doug Fratz (1977) in Thrust, #9, Fall 1977
• Review by John Clute (1978) in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, January 1978
• Review by Larry Niven (1978) in Science Fiction Review, May 1978
• Review by Grahame Barrasford Young (1978) in Vector 87
• Review [French] by Denis Guiot (1978) in Fiction, #292
• Review by Phil Stephensen-Payne [as by Philip Stephensen-Payne] (1978) in Paperback Parlour, August 1978
• Review by Ian Watson (1978) in Foundation, #14 September 1978
• Review by Bob Mecoy (1979) in Future Life, March 1979
• Review by David Pringle (1985) in Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels , reprinted in:
•     Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels (1985)
•     Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels (1986)
•     Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels (1987)
•     Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels (1997)
•     Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels (2014)
• Review by Andy Sawyer (1994) in Vector 179
• Review by Simon Morden (2004) in Vector 233
• Review [French] by Bruno Para (2004) in Galaxies, #34
• Review [German] by Ralf Bodemann (2018) in !Time Machine, #2