The Ophiuchi Hotline
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The Ophiuchi Hotline is a 1977 science fiction novel by American writer John Varley. It was nominated for a Locus Award. Part of his Eight Worlds series, the novel opens in the year 2618.
First edition (publ. Dial Press) Cover artist: Boris Vallejo
William M. Tweed
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William Magear "Boss" Tweed was an American politician most notable for being the political boss of Tammany Hall, the Democratic Party's political machine that played a major role in the politics of 1
The Ophiuchi Hotline
…and plays a principal role in the novel. Boss Tweed, a human politician, leader of the "Free Earth" party. "He" assumes the appearance of the original Boss Tweed, with period clothes and a body that has rolls of fat, in contrast to the sculpted and perfected bodies of the people around him. Tweed runs a clandestine…
Tweed in 1870
Ticket to an 1859 "soiree" to benefit Tweed's Americus Engine Co.
A Group of Vultures Waiting for the Storm to "Blow Over"—"Let Us Prey." by Thomas Nast, Harper's Weekly newspaper, September 23, 1871. "Boss" Tweed and members of his ring, Peter B. Sweeny, Richard B. Connolly, and A. Oakey Hall, weathering a violent storm on a ledge with the picked-over remains of New York City.
Thomas Nast depicts Tweed in Harper's Weekly (October 21, 1871)