A Door Into Ocean

A Door into Ocean is a 1986 feminist science fiction novel by Joan Slonczewski. The novel shows themes of ecofeminism and pacifism, combined with Slonczewski's own mastery of knowledge in the field of biology. The novel is set in the future, on the fictional planet of Shora, a moon covered by water. The inhabitants of this planet, known as Sharers, are all female. Sharers use genetic engineering to control the ecology of their planet. They are pe... more

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  • 1986

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Joan Slonczewski

Joan Lyn Slonczewski (b. 1956, Hyde Park, New York; raised in Katonah, New York) is a biologist at Kenyon College and a feminist science fiction writer. Slonczewski earned an A.B. in biology, magna cum laude, from Bryn Mawr College in 1977. She completed a Ph.D. in Molecular Biophysics and...

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