by John Varley · tapa dura · ISBN 9788440673589
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«Playa de Acero» is the science fiction novel by John Varley published by Ediciones B in 1999 in hardback (560 pages, in Spanish).
After an alien invasion drove humanity from Earth, the action takes place in the Eight Worlds of the solar system. On the Moon, nanotechnology allows changing sex and extending life, but suicides are increasing. Hindy investigates with the Central Computer a personal matter that proves vital for humanity.
First installment of the Eight Worlds series, originally published as Steel Beach in 1992. Finalist for the Hugo Award for Best Novel in 1993.
For science fiction readers who enjoy distant futures and social speculation, with nods to the theses of R. Heinlein.
John Herbert Varley was an American science fiction writer who won Hugo and Nebula awards for his novellas "The Persistence of Vision", "PRESS ENTER ■", and "The Pusher".
