Cover of A Door into OceanPS3569.L65D6 1986
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A Door into Ocean

by Joan Slonczewski

✓ ReadElysium Cycle #1

Originally published by Arbor House

The Sharers of Shora are a nation of women on a distant moon in the far future who are pacifists, who are highly advanced in biological sciences, and who reproduce by parthenogenesis-- because there are no males. Conflict erupts when a neighboring civilization decides to develop their ocean world and sends in an army.

First published 1986418 pages
John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Novel (1987)
813.54
Category
Science Fiction
Priority
Recommended
Author works
1
Editions known
7
Classification
Dewey (DDC)
813.54
Library of Congress (LCC)
PS3569.L65D6 1986PS3569.L65 D6 1986
Subjects
FeminismFictionFiction, generalFiction, science fiction, generalNew York Times reviewedNonviolenceQuaker authorsScience fiction
This edition
ISBN 9780312876524EnglishFirst-edition ISBN: 0877957630
DATE DUE
First published1986
John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Novel1987
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