by John Varley · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788440650542
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«Playa de Acero» is the science fiction novel by John Varley, published by Nova Ciencia Ficcion in 1994 in paperback (712 pages, in Spanish).
An invasion exiled humanity from Earth; now it lives in the Eight Worlds of the solar system. On the Moon, medical nanotechnology allows a long life and sex change, but dissatisfaction grows and suicides increase. Hindy, who works with the Central Computer, investigates a personal matter that proves decisive for humanity.
The novel was a finalist for the 1993 Hugo Award. Its original title is Steel Beach and it is set in John Varley's Eight Worlds series.
Recommended for science fiction readers seeking distant futures, speculation on identity, and social critique.
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".
