Communipath Worlds — Suzette Haden Elgin

Peace is uneasy in the unruly universe. What to do?...
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He was paid to stop trouble in the corn-system. But he wasn't above starting a little himself...for a good cause!

THE COMMUNIPATHS
Maklunite was a peaceable, gentle planet. But a peculiarly violent vibration threatened to destroy the communipath system and the planet along with it.
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FURTHEST
It was the home planet of the next Federation President, a remote world specializing in hostility to offworlders. All data showed the world to be Perfectly Average, down to the last decimal point. So what are they hiding?
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AT THE SEVENTH LEVEL
Abba had the most refined culture in the Federation--and the most barbaric toward women. Now there was a murder plot against its most esteemed personage.
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