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The Children Star

by Joan Slonczewski · 1998

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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.

Genre
aliens and first contactaliens and first contactMore like thisLess of thisscience fictionscience fictionMore like thisLess of thishard science fictionhard science fictionMore like thisLess of thisspace operaspace operaMore like thisLess of this
Themes
feminismfeminismMore like thisLess of this
Subject
sciencescienceMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
medium · 352 pages

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