A review by cameliarose
Daughter of Elysium by Joan Slonczewski

5.0

Joan Slonczewski is a biologist and she writes amazingly inventive yet plausible biology in her science fictions. I love every single one in the Elysium Cycle Series. The first book, [b:A Door Into Ocean|121606|A Door Into Ocean|Joan Slonczewski|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1312029708l/121606._SY75_.jpg|2640708], is one of my all-time favorites. Daughter of Elysium is the second book in the series. It sets in a floating world on top of Shora, a thousand year after the first. Apart from the amazing marine creatures and biology (Slonczewski first wrote about gene editing in 1986, while CRISPR gene editing was invented in 2000s), there are also themes of gender roles, artificial intelligence and artificial consciousness (two different things). Another well-realized hard sci-fi by one of my favorite writers.