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A Door into Ocean

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

A groundbreaking work both of feminist science fiction and of world-building hard science fiction, A Door into Ocean is the novel that made Joan Slonczewski's reputation as an important science-fiction writer.

©1986 Joan Slonczewski (P)2008 Blackstone Audio, Inc. Fiction Genetic Engineering Hard Science Fiction Science Fiction

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Critic reviews

"[A] dreamy, poetic book...very much in the spirit of Dune or Le Guin's works. It's tough to build a world, particularly if you try to get the science correct. Author Slonczewski accomplishes that difficult feat and manages a gripping plot into the bargain. Maybe LeGuin has competition." ( San Francisco Examiner)
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the story is good and overall the book is well written, although the performance is not the most involving. I just can't quite wrap my head around why would you imagine an-all female world (the ocean moon) to then only focus on the male character and romance for one of the women of that planet. like... why? WHY?! Do we not have enough of those books?

good story, but..

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