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Title	:	The Snow Queen (The Snow Queen Cycle #1)
Author	:	Joan D. Vinge
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Anniversary 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

The Snow Queen (The Snow Queen Cycle #1)

Joan D. Vinge

Paperback | Pages: 448 pages

Rating: 3.95 | 11652 Users | 497 Reviews

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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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Meh. Within the first two or three dozen pages I was very strongly tempted to put this down and walk away. NPR had just released their listener-selected list of the best 100 of Science Fiction and Fantasy, and there's lots there I haven't read yet. Vinge's The Snow Queen isn't on the list.What dragged me down at the very beginning was the overly lyrical style, unoriginal plot set-up and banal characters of her young protagonists. But I glanced at some Goodreads reviews, realized it had won the

This book is a modern re-telling of Hans Christian Andersons classic tale. Moon and Sparks are equivalent to Andersons Gerda and Kai, who grow up together and are devoted to each other. In the original tale, Kai is infected with a tiny piece of an evil troll mirror, which causes him to see only the bad and ugly in people. In Vinges version, Sparks gets left behind when Moon is chosen away to become a sibyl and he flounces off to the city of the Snow Queen to try his luck at becoming someone of

DNF at 34% I used to finish any book I started, because I felt otherwise the time spend on it was wasted, but even though Ive spent 6 hours listening to this, I knew the next 13 could be better spent. I honestly wanted to give it a chance but the things that annoyed me kept annoying me, and then more things were added that also annoyed me, so yeah, time to move on.

My thoughts on this book are quite tangled. On one hand I loved the sci-fi elements of this book. A world which is periodically reduced to a "primitive" state, controlled by the Hegemony for the purpose of harvesting it's most precious resource.On the other is the drama surrounding the Winter Queen, her Summer clone and their joint love.Honestly I would have enjoyed the book with far less of the latter and more of the former. The dramatical parts of the book really dragged for me. The whole

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

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 substance

The Good:This is science fiction painted with fairy tale themes. The setting is very cool and full of good ideas, the details well conveyed through the various point-of-view characters.The Bad:The story is slow and the characters are all slightly wooden. The ending gets a bit Days of Our Lives.'Friends' character the protagonist is most like:Moon is very New Age but also heroic. She is also the spitting image of another character in the story, which makes her most like Phoebe.