Joan Slonczewski

thumb|Joan Slonczewski in 2015 Joan Lyn Slonczewski (born in 1956) is an American microbiologist at Kenyon College and a science fiction writer who explores biology and space travel. Quotes A Door into Ocean (1986) All page numbers from the hardcover edition published by Arbor House (book club edition) A thousand fools believe a lie, and it’s good as truth. Part 1, “Ashore” - Chapter 5 (p. 28) She tended to keep her eyes half closed, as if full sight of the world’s absurdity might be too much to bear. Part 2, “A Door Into Ocean” - Chapter 4 (p. 71) “People fear stone,” Usha said, “because it contains never-life.”“Non-life? You mean, death?”“Nonsense,” she repeated vehemently. “What’s to fear about death? Death is natural. Stone is never-life.” Spinel took another tack. “If they fear it, then how come enough Sharers want it so the traders stock shelves full?”“How should I know? Why do Valans drink the toxic waste product of sugar-eating yeast?” Part 2, Chapter 7 (p. 95) Few fears are rational. Part 2, Chapter 7 (p. 95) A life postponed too long might never be lived. Part 2, Chapter 9 (p. 111) Of all the well-meant emotions pity is the cruelest to share. Part 3, “When the Sea Swallows” - Chapter 3 (p. 128) “Magic is nonsense.”“Magic is anything you don’t understand.” Part 3, Chapter 3 (p. 128) Usha had said that males were not all that different, just bigger outside to make up for what they lacked within. Part 3, Chapter 4 (p. 134) Death can be hastened but never shared. Part 4, “Star of Stone” - Chapter 1 (p. 165) There was no time for bitterness now: eat bitterness, and bitterness eats you. Part 4, Chapter 11 (p. 204) Death hastens those who hasten death. Part 5, “Night of Cinnabar” - Chapter 1 (p. 217) You are as responsible for what you let happen as for the actions you share. Part 5, Chapter 6 (p. 239) She watched the indigo sky, and the stars coming out tranquil as ever, as if this were any ordinary evening. Only humans knew what an evil time this was. Part 5, Chapter 8 (p. 247) If every planet in the Patriarchy refused to be ruled, we all would be free. Part 6, “The Last Door” - Chapter 15 (p. 363) “I can’t change what I am ovenight.”“Nor can I. And yet, one can’t stop changing, either.” Part 6, Chapter 16 (p. 368) External links Category:Science fiction authors from the United States Category:1956 births Category:Living people Category:Biologists from the United States Category:Novelists from New York City Category:Scientists from New York City Category:Women academics from the United States Category:Women scientists from the United States Category:Feminists from the United States Category:Fantasy authors Category:Pacifists Category:Quakers Category:Women activists from the United States Category:Yale University alumni