by Joan Slonczewski
Maybe it's because this is a semi-sequel, and I haven't read the book that precedes this, but I just couldn't get into the novel. I slugged through 200 pages, and realised that I had almost no clue who anyone were, or what they were doing, because I couldn't pay attention while reading. I might try ...
Generations after the Sharers refused to accept Valen control, there is a new struggle for freedom on Shora. Centuries ago, the Sharers allowed the Elysians to settle on their world and learn lifeshaping from them. The Elysians chose to exchange their own ability to bear children for near-immorta...