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A Door into Ocean
by Joan Slonczewski
Art by Rowan Williams '01

The Sharers of Shora live on a planet covered entirely by ocean.  They build houses of seasilk upon living "rafts," trees whose buoyant roots extend radially into the water.  Sharers spend most of their time underwater, gathering fish, tending coral, or hunting the dreaded shockwraith that inhabits the underside of the raft.

Sharer
Coral
Starworm
Seasilk
Silkhouse
Seaswallower


Silkhouse closeupSharer MerwenCoral closeupShockwraithSeasilk