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:
Review 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 (1981) Review by Chris Bailey in Vector 104 (1981) Review by Mark Willard in Science Fiction Review, Summer 1982
David Pringle in his The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction described it as "Imaginative, ironic, more than a little dry".
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