A Door Into Ocean - Joan Slonczewski - 1986 Hardback BCE - Ron Walotsky Cover

Condition: Acceptable. Water damage. Please see the images for more details. May show signs of wear such as: • Shelf wear or scuffing on the cover• Creases, marks, or small tears on pages or dust jacket• Possible remainder marks or previous owner’s name/notes inside Cover artist: Ron Walotsky Blurb: "Thousands of years in the future in a distant part of the galaxy, lies the planet Shora, entirely covered by a world-spanning ocean. The huge and complex ecosystem of Shora is inhabited by the Sharers, an all-female race who reproduce by parthenogensis, without males. The Sharers are immensely sophisticated in the life sciences, but have eschewed all unnatural technology. Over millennia of isolation, they have developed a complex philosophical and ethical system, idealistic, communal, and pacifist... So begins a war, protracted and graphic, in which one side cannot fight because the concept is inconceivable in their philosophy..."Awards: 1987 Campbell Winner1987 Prometheus Nominated