Elysium Cycle Series by Joan Slonczewski

3.95 · 38 ratings
  • A Door Into Ocean (Elysium Cycle #1)
    #1

    A Door Into Ocean (Elysium Cycle #1)

    Joan Slonczewski

    Rated: 3.93 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings · published 1986

    A Door into Ocean is the novel upon which the author's reputation as an important SF writer principally rests... more

  • Daughter of Elysium (Elysium Cycle #2)
    #2

    Daughter of Elysium (Elysium Cycle #2)

    Joan Slonczewski

    Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings · published 1993

    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-aware nano-sentient servitors and their quest for vengence?

  • The Children Star (Elysium Cycle #3)
    #3

    The Children Star (Elysium Cycle #3)

    Joan Slonczewski

    Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings · published 1998

    The ruthless plans of Proteus Unlimited, a powerful and greedy corporation, to terraform the planet of Prokaryon threaten to destroy any native intelligence alien life as well as the lives of a colony of orphans who make Prokaryon their home.

  • Brain Plague (Elysium Cycle #4)
    #4

    Brain Plague (Elysium Cycle #4)

    Joan Slonczewski

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings · published 2000

    Brain Plague is the new hard SF novel by Joan Slonczewski, set in the same future universe as her award-winning A Door into Ocean and The Children Star (a New York Times Notable Book). An intelligent microbe race that can live symbiotically in other intelligent beings is colonizing the human race throughout the civilized universe. And each colony of microbes has its own personality, good or bad... more

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