(#105550) THE OUTCASTS OF HEAVEN BELT. Joan D. Vinge.

THE OUTCASTS OF HEAVEN BELT. London: Sidgwick & Jackson, [1981]. Octavo, boards. First British (and first hardcover) edition. 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)." - The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction (online). A fine copy in fine dust jacket. (#105550).

Price: $100.00

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