998 6956a60c-26ae-4938-be4b-753cb010fbc9 Orbital Resonance John Barnes calibre (2.43.0) [http://calibre-ebook.com] 1991-12-02T00:00:00+00:00 <p>From the 1991 Nebula Award nominee who "may well be the new writer on whom the mantle of <a href="http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/h/robert-heinlein/">Robert Heinlein</a> falls" (<a href="http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/a/poul-anderson/">Poul Anderson</a>). Young Melpomene Murray lives on an asteroid colony, thousands of miles from an Earth nearly destroyed by disease, war, and pollution. She has been trained since birth to lead mankind into the future. But Melpomene has plans of her own . . .</p> Tor http://isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?25138 en Novel nebula award for best novel finalist james tiptree jr award finalist _isfdb Nomination of 1991 Tiptree Award for Gender-bending SF Preliminary Nominees of 1992 Hugo Award for Best Novel