Joan D. Vinge
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| Title | : | The Snow Queen (The Snow Queen Cycle #1) |
| Author | : | Joan D. Vinge |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 448 pages |
| Published | : | February 1st 2001 by Warner Books (NY) (first published April 1980) |
| Categories | : | Science Fiction. Fantasy. Fiction. Hugo Awards. Space. Space Opera. Science Fiction Fantasy. Fairy Tales |
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This reissue of a modern classic of science fiction, the Hugo and Locus Award-winning and Nebula-nominated The Snow Queen, marks the first time the book has been reprinted in fifteen years.
The imperious Winter colonists have ruled the planet Tiamat for 150 years, deriving wealth from the slaughter of the sea mers. But soon the galactic stargate will close, isolating Tiamat, and the 150-year reign of the Summer primitives will begin. Their only chance at surviving the change is if Arienrhod, the ageless, corrupt Snow Queen, can destroy destiny with an act of genocide. Arienrhod is not without competition as Moon, a young Summer-tribe sibyl, and the nemesis of the Snow Queen, battles to break a conspiracy that spans space. Interstellar politics, a millennia-long secret conspiracy, and a civilization whose hidden machineries might still control the fate of worlds all form the background to this spectacular hard science fiction novel from Joan D. Vinge.
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| Original Title: | The Snow Queen |
| ISBN: | 0446676640 (ISBN13: 9780446676649) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | The Snow Queen Cycle #1 |
| Characters: | Moon Dawntreader Summer, Sparks Dawntreader Summer, Arienrhod, BZ Gundhalinu |
| Literary Awards: | Hugo Award for Best Novel (1981), Nebula Award Nominee for Best Novel (1980), Locus Award for Best SF Novel (1981), Ditmar Award Nominee for Best International Long Fiction (1981), Balrog Award Nominee for Best Novel (1981) |
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Originally posted at Fantasy Literature.The Snow Queen, published in 1980, is Joan Vinges science fiction adaptation of Hans Christian Andersons fairy tale of the same name. In Vinges version, Andersons love story takes place on the planet Tiamat which is located near a black hole. Tiamat is a convenient rest stop for interstellar travelers and they often go down to the planet for respite or trade, but Tiamat also has its own special commodity: the Water of Life. This youth-preserving substanceHmm, I'm not really sure what to think of this book. I feel like I could have liked it, but it was just too much, and at the same time not enough. It was long, but the events and scenes passed quickly, told from several perspectives. There was tons of information, a lot of it seemingly pointless, and yet I still felt lost and like I didn't know the characters well. Nor did I particularly care about them. I also didn't like the world this was set in.Overall, it was too much work to read this with
This is higher end political space opera that borrows a number of themes and central plot components from Frank Herberts Dune, while creatively retelling the Hans Christian Anderson story for which its named. I found much to like here. Vinge has quality prose skills and does a excellent job with both world-building and layering in a well thought out political structure. She has also peopled her narrative with strong, determined, intelligent central characters, all of whom are women. A nice
I'm torn between three and four stars on this one. I greatly enjoyed most of the book, but it does take a long time to set all the events and characters in motion and then, because so much is going on, it takes longer than I'd like to conclude. On the other hand, after the action gets going and before it concludes the book becomes difficult to put down. I decided it deserves four stars because not only was it a fun read but it is a really interesting read in the following ways:1) Without being
190119 from ??? 80s: i would really like to believe love conquers all. at least it does in books like this. so i once read books like this... and if it works for her, it works for me...010716 this is a much much later note: just read the fairy tale again, looking for parallels, finding aspects that might be common in most such heroines: immediate emotional rapport with furry critters, talking crows, royalty, etc. in this book there is more or less the same thing, in her native psychic
I first read this book when I was somewhere from 15-17. This is not the book that the teen me remembers. I am positive the teen me focused on the sex(there is really not that much) and the love story between Moon and Sparks. The adult me has some major issues with the love story between Moon and Sparks. As a matter of fact, as we get to the "climax" of the book, I might have said out loud at work in the break room, 'You have to be fucking kidding me' and gagged. Even the inner teen agreed with
Christmas 2010: I realised that I had got stuck in a rut. I was re-reading old favourites again and again, waiting for a few trusted authors to release new works. Something had to be done.On the spur of the moment I set myself a challenge, to read every book to have won the Locus Sci-Fi award. Thats 35 books, 6 of which Id previously read, leaving 29 titles by 14 authors who were new to me.While working through this reading list I got married, went on my honeymoon, switched career and became a
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