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CATSPAW.
[New York]: Warner Books, [1988]. "First printing: September 1988 / 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1" on copyright page. First edition. Sequel to PSION (1982). See Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-1188. Hartwell, 200 Significant SF Books by Women, 1984-2001. Sargent, British and American Utopian Literature, 1986-2009.
EYES OF AMBER AND OTHER STORIES.
[New York]: A Signet Book/New American Library, [1979]. "First Signet Printing, September, 1979 / 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9" on copyright page. First edition. Signet J8863. Signed by Vinge on the title page. Collects six stories, including the title story which won the 1978 Hugo award for best novella. The author's third book and first collection of short fiction. Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-1187.
THE OUTCASTS OF HEAVEN BELT.
London: Sidgwick & Jackson, 1981. Octavo, boards. First British (and First hardcover edition). Author's second book and first novel.
THE OUTCASTS OF HEAVEN BELT.
[New York]: A Signet Book/New American Library, [1978]. Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. First edition. Signet E8407. Signed by Vinge on the title page. The author's second book and first novel. Vinge's first novel "...pits an egalitarian society with strong women against male-dominated, collapsing societies in an Asteroid belt; its title homages Bret Harte, whose isolated California towns often feature sympathetic portraits of strong women. The novel belongs to the Heaven Belt series of stories, and was later assembled with a novella from the series, 'Legacy,' as HEAVEN CHRONICLES (1991)." - SFE online.
PHOENIX IN THE ASHES.
[New York]: A Bluejay International Edition, [1985]. Octavo, cloth. First edition. Collects six stories including "Psiren," sequel to PSION (1982), and "Mother & Child." See Anatomy of Wonder (1987) 4-573. Hartwell, 200 Significant SF Books by Women, 1984-2001.
PSION.
New York: Delacorte Press, [1982]. Octavo, cloth-backed boards. First edition. Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-1188.
THE SNOW QUEEN.
New York: The Dial Press, [1980]. Octavo, cloth backed boards. First edition. 1981 Hugo award for best novel. Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-1189.
THE SNOW QUEEN.
New York: The Dial Press, [1980]. Octavo, cloth backed boards. First edition. Signed by Vinge on the title page. 1981 Hugo award for best novel. Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-1189.
THE SNOW QUEEN.
New York: The Dial Press, [1980]. Octavo, cloth-backed boards. First edition. "On a world of long, slow seasons, the winter queen tries to perpetuate her rule into the summer by means of cloning and other off-world technologies. A large and elaborate planetary romance ..." - Pringle, The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction, second edition (1995), p. 333. "A colorful amalgam of SF and heroic fantasy borrowing the structure of Hans Christian Andersen's famous story, set on a barbarian world exploited by technologically superior outworlders, against the background of a fallen galactic empire. The convoluted plot makes heavy use of ideas drawn from Robert Graves's classic THE WHITE GODDESS (1948). - Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-1189. Winner of the 1981 Hugo award for best novel. Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-1189.
THE SUMMER QUEEN.
[New York]: Warner Books, [1991]. Octavo, boards. First edition. Third book of sequence, a colorful amalgam of SF and heroic fantasy, preceded by THE SNOW QUEEN (1980) and WORLD'S END (1984). "The Hugo Award-nominated THE SUMMER QUEEN (1991) ties together plot and threads from both of the previous novels. Lacking the fairy tale-like qualities of THE SNOW QUEEN, it is a well done but somewhat more conventional story of planetary intrigue and interstellar politics." - Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-1189. See Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-1189.
WORLD'S END.
[New York]: Bluejay Books Inc., [1984]. Octavo, cloth. First edition. One of 750 numbered copies signed by Vinge. Volume 2 of the Snow Queen saga. "The story is Vinge's exploration of the "heart of darkness." In wandering through both the physical wasteland of World's End and his own psychological wasteland, BZ [Gundhlinu] searches for his sanity and saves his soul. This, like THE SNOW QUEEN is a renewal story." - Pederson (ed.), St. James Guide to Science Fiction Writers (4th ed.), pp. 965-968. See Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-1189. Hartwell, 200 Significant SF Books by Women, 1984-2001.
WORLD'S END.
[New York]: Bluejay Books Inc., [1984]. Octavo, cloth. First edition, trade issue. Volume 2 of the Snow Queen saga. "The story is Vinge's exploration of the "heart of darkness." In wandering through both the physical wasteland of World's End and his own psychological wasteland, BZ [Gundhlinu] searches for his sanity and saves his soul. This, like THE SNOW QUEEN is a renewal story." - Pederson (ed.), St. James Guide to Science Fiction Writers (4th ed.), pp. 965-968. See Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-1189. Hartwell, 200 Significant SF Books by Women, 1984-2001.
WORLD'S END.
[New York]: Bluejay Books Inc., [1984]. Octavo, cloth. First edition. One of 750 numbered copies signed by Vinge. Sequel to THE SNOW QUEEN (1980). See Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-1189. Hartwell, 200 Significant SF Books by Women, 1984-2001.
WORLD'S END.
[New York]: Bluejay Books Inc., [1984]. Octavo, pictorial wrappers. Advance readers copy of the first edition. Sequel to THE SNOW QUEEN (1980). See Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-1189. Hartwell, 200 Significant SF Books by Women, 1984-2001.