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A Door Into Ocean

by Joan Slonczewski ...

Series Book 1 - Elysium Cycle
Joan Slonczewski's A Door into Ocean is the novel upon which the author's reputation as an important SF writer principally rests.A ground-breaking work both of feminist SF and of world-building hard SF, it concerns the Sharers of Shora, a nation of women on a distant moon in the far future who are pacifists, highly advanced in biological sciences, and who reproduce by parthenogenesis--there are no ... Read more

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Joan Slonczewski's A Door into Ocean is the novel upon which the author's reputation as an important SF writer principally rests.A ground-breaking work both of feminist SF and of world-building hard SF, it concerns the Sharers of Shora, a nation of women on a distant moon in the far future who are pacifists, highly advanced in biological sciences, and who reproduce by parthenogenesis--there are no
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Brain Plague

by Joan Slonczewski ...

"In Joan Slonczewski's Brain Plague...a starving artist on the planet Veledon agrees to let a colony of "brain enhancers" occupy her skull. These microscopic creatures live in the brain's outer linings, causing bursts of genius—or irreparable harm. The creatures themselves are like tiny human beings; one of their greatest concerns is getting their young to breed." — The New Yorker ... Read more

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"In Joan Slonczewski's Brain Plague...a starving artist on the planet Veledon agrees to let a colony of "brain enhancers" occupy her skull. These microscopic creatures live in the brain's outer linings, causing bursts of genius—or irreparable harm. The creatures themselves are like tiny human beings; one of their greatest concerns is getting their young to breed." — The New Yorker
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Minds in Transit

by Joan Slonczewski ...

An artist's brain rules a team of a million microbial minds—from the Campbell Award winning author of A Door into Ocean.In the hundred-level city of Iridis, human lords recycle diamonds and emeralds down to the Underworld while sentient machines pilot lightcraft and perform surgeries. Microbial minds expand the brains of scientists and artists. The artist Chrys directs her microbes to paint ... Read more

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An artist's brain rules a team of a million microbial minds—from the Campbell Award winning author of A Door into Ocean.In the hundred-level city of Iridis, human lords recycle diamonds and emeralds down to the Underworld while sentient machines pilot lightcraft and perform surgeries. Microbial minds expand the brains of scientists and artists. The artist Chrys directs her microbes to paint
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Daughter of Elysium

by Joan Slonczewski ...

The pristine city of Elysium floats on the water world of Shora, inhabited by "immortals" who have succeeded in unlocking the secrets of life. Outsider Blackbear Windclan wants to share the secret of immortality with his own people, but can he, and the City of Elysium, survive the corruption and decadence that immortality has bred into the ageless society?And what of the consciousness of self ... Read more

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The pristine city of Elysium floats on the water world of Shora, inhabited by "immortals" who have succeeded in unlocking the secrets of life. Outsider Blackbear Windclan wants to share the secret of immortality with his own people, but can he, and the City of Elysium, survive the corruption and decadence that immortality has bred into the ageless society?And what of the consciousness of self
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The Children Star

by Joan Slonczewski ...

Only children can colonize the planet Prokaryon, genetically modified for a world whose chemistry kills unaltered adults. A colony of orphans struggles to survive, and finds the planet hides strange secrets.The Prokaryan landscape is ordered, as if by unseen gardeners, hidden "masters" no human has ever found. The weather behaves as though designed to meet the planet's needs. When fire threatens a ... Read more

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Only children can colonize the planet Prokaryon, genetically modified for a world whose chemistry kills unaltered adults. A colony of orphans struggles to survive, and finds the planet hides strange secrets.The Prokaryan landscape is ordered, as if by unseen gardeners, hidden "masters" no human has ever found. The weather behaves as though designed to meet the planet's needs. When fire threatens a
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The Children Star

by Joan Slonczewski ...

Series Book 3 - Elysium Cycle
Joan Slonczewski, author of Daughter of Elysium, and A Door into Ocean, is one of the field's leading writers of biological SF. Her new novel, The Children Star, is an ambitious adventure set on the planet Prokaryon -- a world that is only habitable to humans who have been genetically altered. But disaster is close at hand when a greedy corporation attempts to alter the planet's ecosystem in an ... Read more

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Joan Slonczewski, author of Daughter of Elysium, and A Door into Ocean, is one of the field's leading writers of biological SF. Her new novel, The Children Star, is an ambitious adventure set on the planet Prokaryon -- a world that is only habitable to humans who have been genetically altered. But disaster is close at hand when a greedy corporation attempts to alter the planet's ecosystem in an
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A Door into Ocean

by Joan Slonczewski, Stefan Rudnicki, Gabrielle de Cuir ...

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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 sends an army to develop their ocean world.A groundbreaking work both of feminist science fiction and of world-building, ... Read more

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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 sends an army to develop their ocean world.A groundbreaking work both of feminist science fiction and of world-building,
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The King's Peace

by Jo Walton ...

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Series series Sulien
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Sulien ap Gwien was seventeen when the Jarnish raiders came. Had she been armed when they found her, she could have taken them all. As it was, it took six of them to subdue her. She will never forgive them.Thus begins her story—a story that takes her back to her family, with its ancient ties to the Vincan empire that once ruled in Tir Tanagiri, and forward to Caer Tanaga, where the greatest man of ... Read more

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Sulien ap Gwien was seventeen when the Jarnish raiders came. Had she been armed when they found her, she could have taken them all. As it was, it took six of them to subdue her. She will never forgive them.Thus begins her story—a story that takes her back to her family, with its ancient ties to the Vincan empire that once ruled in Tir Tanagiri, and forward to Caer Tanaga, where the greatest man of
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Georgia On My Mind and Other Places

by Charles Sheffield ...

A collection of some of the finest short stories penned by a master of hard science fiction, this anthology includes Charles Sheffield's highly acclaimed novelette, Georgia On My Mind, which won both the Hugo and Nebula when originally published in 1993. The accompanying stories were written by the author between 1987 and 1994.Table of Contents:The Feynman SaltationThe Bee's KissMillenniumFifteen ... Read more

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A collection of some of the finest short stories penned by a master of hard science fiction, this anthology includes Charles Sheffield's highly acclaimed novelette, Georgia On My Mind, which won both the Hugo and Nebula when originally published in 1993. The accompanying stories were written by the author between 1987 and 1994.Table of Contents:The Feynman SaltationThe Bee's KissMillenniumFifteen
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The Kin of Ata Are Waiting for You

by Dorothy Bryant ...

A major backlist sleeper! 130,000 sold-to-date! A feminist sci-fi novel. The kin of Ata live only for "the dream". Into their midst comes a desperate man who is first subdued and then led on a spiritual journey that, sooner or later, all of us make. ... Read more

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A major backlist sleeper! 130,000 sold-to-date! A feminist sci-fi novel. The kin of Ata live only for "the dream". Into their midst comes a desperate man who is first subdued and then led on a spiritual journey that, sooner or later, all of us make.
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Future Perfect

by Nancy Kress ...

Nancy Kress is unrivaled in her treatment of genetic engineering. In 1991 she wrote the ground-breaking classic novella "Beggars in Spain" (Hugo/Nebula) and since then has only enhanced her reputation for telling outstanding stories set in the near future and dealing with genetics.This collection brings together six of these stories written between 1984 and 2008, including "The Flowers of Aulit ... Read more

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Nancy Kress is unrivaled in her treatment of genetic engineering. In 1991 she wrote the ground-breaking classic novella "Beggars in Spain" (Hugo/Nebula) and since then has only enhanced her reputation for telling outstanding stories set in the near future and dealing with genetics.This collection brings together six of these stories written between 1984 and 2008, including "The Flowers of Aulit
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Unquenchable Fire

by Rachel Pollack ...

Series Book 81 - S.F. MASTERWORKS
"Surrealistic, imaginative, wildly original!" - Marion Zimmer Bradley**"...**a unique, fascinating gem with truly fantastic world-building" - Goodreads ReviewerIn a techno-magical world, where magic and myths are as real as shopping malls and television game shows, the people yearn to hear Picture Tellers reciting tales of the Founders.Among the enthralled is Jennifer Mazdan, an ordinary woman. ... Read more

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"Surrealistic, imaginative, wildly original!" - Marion Zimmer Bradley**"...**a unique, fascinating gem with truly fantastic world-building" - Goodreads ReviewerIn a techno-magical world, where magic and myths are as real as shopping malls and television game shows, the people yearn to hear Picture Tellers reciting tales of the Founders.Among the enthralled is Jennifer Mazdan, an ordinary woman.
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