(#168890) THE SNOW QUEEN. Joan D. Vinge.

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. A fine copy in fine dust jacket. (#168890).

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