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A Door into Ocean

by Joan Slonczewski

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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 1986 Arbor House 418 pages
John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Novel (1987)
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Science Fiction
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Recommended
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DDC 813.54 LCC PS-3569.00000000.L65D6 1986 FeminismFictionFiction, generalFiction, science fiction, generalNew York Times reviewedNonviolenceQuaker authorsScience fiction
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ISBN 9780312876524 English First-edition ISBN: 0877957630
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