Optiman
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.
Plot
On a far colony, humans, including a genetically engineered protagonist of the novel, fight with aliens over control of the planet.Reception
The book was reviewed in a number of outlets:- 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
- Review by Chris Bailey in Vector 104
- Review by Mark Willard in Science Fiction Review, Summer 1982