A Door into Ocean, I conclude, effectively uses science fiction to demonstrate pragmatic ways in which contemporary feminists can move beyond ideological resistance to active resistance. I then turn my attention to Gene Sharp’s landmark 1973 work, The Politics of Nonviolent Action, which Slonczewski has called “a virtual textbook of the methods of nonviolence.” I examine how specific methods from Sharp’s book appear in the novel, and argue that the eventual outcome of Shora’s resistance fits with Sharp’s theory about effective campaigns of nonviolent civil action. I begin my study by examining the threefold influences on the Shoran’s philosophy of resistance: postcolonial resistance, ecofeminism, and Quaker theology. Unlike many dystopian and utopian novels, which provide social commentary and offer up ideals but not practical solutions, A Door into Ocean depicts the citizens of a peaceful alien nation, Shora, using various practical tactics of resistance against invading Valan forces that can be applied to contemporary protest and political action. Norton).In this essay, I examine how Joan Slonczewski’s 1986 feminist science fiction novel A Door into Ocean outlines a practical program of nonviolent resistance to oppression.

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In her book 'Brain Plague,' intelligent microbes invade human brains and establish microbial cities. Campbell award for best science fiction novel: The Highest Frontier (2012) and A Door into Ocean (1987). Slonczewski's classic 'A Door into Ocean' depicts an ocean world run by genetic engineers who repel an interstellar invasion using nonviolent methods similar to Tahrir Square. Joan Lyn Slonczewski is an American microbiologist at Kenyon College and a science fiction writer who explores biology and space travel. According to Alan Cheuse at NPR, her book invents 'a worldwide communications system called Toy Box that makes the iPhone look like a Model-T Ford.' 'The Highest Frontier' invents a college in a space habitat financed by a tribal casino and protected from deadly ultraphytes by Homeworld Security. Joan Lyn Slonczewski is a microbiologist at Kenyon College and a science fiction writer. She is the first since Fred Pohl to earn a second John Campbell award for best science fiction novel, 'The Highest Frontier' (2012) her previous winner was 'A Door into Ocean' (1987).

Joan Lyn Slonczewski is a microbiologist at Kenyon College and a science fiction writer.

A Door Into Ocean by Joan Slonczewski