
The Children Star
#6991 of 8,085 books · #1803 in Science Fiction
Shortlisted for the Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel (1999).
Joan Slonczewski's 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 attempt to make it habitable for all humans.
- Publisher
- Tor Books
- ISBN-13
- 9780312867164
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Awards
- Locus Award for Best Science Fiction NovelShortlisted(1999)
Other awarded books from Joan Slonczewski
- A Door into Ocean (2000)0 wins · 2 score
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