The novel includes much biological research into the evolution of innate capacities for nonviolence. The author based the events of their novel on much historical research, particularly the writings of peace historian Gene Sharp. It is based on historical realities of nonviolent resistance. The Sharer way of nonviolence is more than spiritual. Thus, the Sharers can never be subdued by force. When they are being threatened by an outside power, they resist nonviolently because they refuse to believe in power. The Sharers take egalitarianism for granted because they share and they lack the concept of "power-over", making their society one in which conflicts are settled without violence. They are peaceful beings who "share" - that is, they have a spiritual and linguistic union with each other and treat everyone equally. Sharers use genetic engineering to control the ecology of their planet. The inhabitants of this planet, known as Sharers, are all female. The novel is set in the future, on the fictional planet of Shora, a moon covered by water. The novel's themes include ecofeminism and nonviolent revolution, as well as Slonczewski's own knowledge in the field of biology. A Door into Ocean is a 1986 feminist science fiction novel by Joan Slonczewski.
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