THE OUTCASTS OF HEAVEN BELT. [New York]: New American Library, [1978]. Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. First edition. Signet E8407. 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). Hint of rubbing to edges of front cover, a nearly fine copy. (#139750).
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