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:
David Pringle in his The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction described it as "Imaginative, ironic, more than a little dry".