JOAN D. VINGE OMNIBUS: FIRESHIP / MOTHER AND CHILD [and] THE OUTCASTS OF HEAVEN BELT. London: Sidgwick & Jackson, [1983]. Octavo, printed boards. First combined edition. Presentation copy with signed inscription by Vinge to "Dave." A bind-up of sheets of Sidgwick and Jackson's editions of FIRESHIP AND MOTHER AND CHILD (1981) and THE OUTCASTS OF HEAVEN BELT (1981), the author's first and second books. 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 without dust jacket as issued. (#110812).

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