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The Snow Queen
Joan D. Vinge
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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. All is not lost if Arienrhod, the ageless, corrupt Snow Queen, can destroy destiny with an act of genocide.
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Very Good, but . . ........2007-10-02
not quite stellar. I enjoyed The Snow Queen enough that I will probably buy and read its sequel, The Summer Queen, but Joan Vinge is no Edgar Pangborn or Robert Heinlein and this is no Davy or The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress.
What keeps this book from a 5-star rating? (1) The science seems to border on magic, and (2) The most memorable characters are not the three main ones, Moon, Sparks, and Arienrhod, but Jerusha PalaThion, BZ Gundhalinu, and Ngenet Miroe.
Not Free SF Reader.......2007-09-03
Like Dune, Tiamat is a planet with a few problems with its climate.
Think of being in the article circle for over a century with no
changing of seasons, and that is sort of the setting for this novel.
The ruler of Tiamat for the winter season is due to be ritually
executed at the end of her term, and the changing of the seasons. The
planet is important because it is the source of longevity drug, in a
similar way to Dune, but the source is not a mineral produced by an
animal.
To help her and the planet she has created a clone, and uses her
own seductive abilities to get a young man to help her. This is all
based around a fairy tale theme, as the heart of the book.
The Snow Queen will seduce you...........2007-06-07
Joan Vinge's The Snow Queen, written in 1980, is an entertaining and endearing sci-fi epic that bridged the gap between the social science fiction of the 60's and 70's and the heavy world-building novels from the likes of Brin and Card that populated the 80's. I would consider the novel ambitious as it tries to address common themes like man vs. technology, and societal exploitation while also being a character piece set in a complex and detail oriented world. For the most part Vinge succeeds nicely at her goals and the sum result is a very strong science fiction book but not a genre-transcending read.
Vinge creates a simple yet thoughtful society on the planet of Tiamat where most of the novel takes place. Here, the matriarchal government alternates every 150 years between the technology welcoming Winters and the more simple Summers. The Winters rule is coming to a close and their Snow Queen is determined to stay in power despite the Tiamat's long-standing traditions. The plot is executed with purpose the characters are interesting although some of them aren't developed enough for how much page time they occupy.
Vinge's writing style is unique to sci-fi as it came off feminine and almost dreamy. Most of the time it was brilliant but some of the tension building scenes fell flat and at times felt bloated. It worked well with the oceanic Tiamat and other settings but was a mixed bag with Vinge's characters. The three primary female characters drove the book, were perfectly executed in every way and contained all the emotional power of the story while the pretty much the opposite could be said for the three male characters.
The Snow Queen won the Hugo award in 1981 and was also nominated for a Nebula. In a strange year, it beat out three sequels (Ringworld Engineers, Beyond the Blue Event Horizon, Wizard) to previous winners, two of which (Ringworld and Gateway) were superior books. That being said it was a moderately competitive year and The Snow Queen is well worth reading for science fiction fans.
In a word... brilliant........2006-09-02
I do not normally read science fiction. My husband does, so when I happened to open this book (some 20 years ago) I was quickly mesmerized by the prose of Joan Vinge. It is a case where you become so immersed in the work, it merges with your unconscious mind and you forget you're reading words. It hardly matters what the story was, she writes so beautifully. But the story was fascinating in itself, and narrated so well it never confused the reader. This is quite a feat, considering it takes place on an imaginary world. Ms. Vinge does a fabulous job of creating that world -- so rich, vivid, you feel you're on a personal tour of the place. But it was really the characters and their emotions that made the story so compelling. There are passages and pages I re-read many times just to savor them. Snow Queen is in the top five books I've ever read.
A classic in space-you will not be able to put this one down.......2006-09-01
I had a picture book of the classic children's tale, "The Snow Queen" when I was a kid. It showed these two children growing up next door to each other, being best friends, and being in love. Then one day a piece of a mirror that Lucifer made falls into the boys eye and turns him mean. Not long after, the snow queen, a mysterious woman in a white sleigh comes and takes the boy away. The girl is hurt, but believes that there is some way to save her love and thus goes after him. Along the way she meets obstacles, ages, and eventually finds her love.
This is that story, only set in a word where a huge space spanning empire has collapsed and left behind a smaller, less magnificent version. There is an intergalactic conspiracy to keep the people of one world, Tiamat, where our two young lovers (Moon and Sparks) hail from, technologically stupid, and mysterious keys to the survival of the human race seeded throughout humanity. There are clones, battles, love and deceit. While there is no magical mirror that turns Sparks into a bad person, as in my picture book, there is temptation in the form of a potion that will keep the drinker forever young-only this potion is harvested from the blood of the otter like creates that live on Tiamat, who are seen as holy by the Summer people who live on the Islands spanning the planets middle.
There is the snow queen, leader of the half of the Tiamat people called the winters (who live in the north), who in an effort to prolong her reign seeded the Summer people of Tiamat with eight clones of herself. And there is one clone who survived to maturity-Moon, the lover of Sparks, the boy stolen by the snow queen.
This book is awesome, epic and really, really exciting, There is a kind of slow build up, but the second half of this book heads along at breakneck speed until you cannot put it down because you have to know what happens next. If you like sci-fi, you will like this book. And it has a beautiful cover.
Five stars, recommended. I am told that you should read "World's End" before the sequel "The Summer Queen" or you'll miss out on a whole lot, so that's what I'm going to do, even though it does deviate a little from the storyline.
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Snow White, Rose Red
In a tiny Welsh estate, a duke and duchess lived happily, lacking only a child -- or, more importantly, a son and heir to the estate. Childbirth ultimately proved fatal for the young duchess. After she died, the duke was dismayed to discover that he was not only a widower, but also father to a tiny baby girl. He vowed to begin afresh with a new wife, abandoning his daughter in search of elusive contentment.
Independent -- virtually ignored -- and finding only little animals and a lonely servant boy as her companions, Jessica is pale, lonely and headstrong...and quick to learn that she has an enemy in her stepmother. "Snow," as she comes to be known, flees the estate to London and finds herself embraced by a band of urban outcasts. But her stepmother isn't finished with her, and if Jessica doesn't take control of her destiny, the wicked witch will certainly harness her youth -- and threaten her very life....
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A retelling of Snow White that left me wishing I hadn't wasted my time reading it.......2007-10-02
Overall I disliked this book quite a lot. It is a retelling of Snow White set in the 19th century, with admittedly many interesting twists and plot points not found in the traditional fairy tale, with no silly dwarves to speak of. It kept me entertained enough to keep reading, but barely, and mostly because I am not a person who will put down a book before finishing it. For the record - I'm the 14-year-old daughter of this account holder, and have been an avid reader for all my life. But back to the book.
The author is clearly skilled in language, but her writing still needs a lot of refining. I didn't think it was much better than a talented teenager could do. The sentences didn't flow very well, there was a lot of rather confusing transition from narration to characters' thoughts, and oftentimes, in the middle of narration appropriate to what it would be like in the 1800s, I would come upon a modern phrase that definitely didn't belong. Several times the phrase "hang out" would appear joltingly, and I'm certain no one used that phrase back then! This affected the realism of the setting, and made the time period less believable when I'd catch snippets of modern language all over. The story was lacking in good description of its characters and left me wanting more effective description everywhere.
The storyline would sometimes start quickly and go very fast, but then stop and be slow, and then start again suddenly. I felt like I was being pulled along in a car that kept hitting its brakes and then accelerating at odd intervals. The main character of Jessica/Snow really had no personality, which is the key to getting readers to like a character. I found that I didn't really like her or care about her that much, cruel as it seems. Creating likeable characters is essential for an author to accomplish to keep a reader hooked. When Jessica was young she just seemed silly, and when she was old, she was boring and, in some instances, still silly. The love story that unravelled leads me back to the car analogy, with the stopping and going suddenly and erratically. The author would lead me to believe that certain characters would be love interests for Snow, but then suddenly those ideas would be dashed and I'd be left saying, "Wha-??". The love story started out slow so you'd hardly know it was there, then all of a sudden it accelerated quickly and I was thinking, "When did that happen?". Characters were introduced suddenly when the book was almost over, and I thought they would be significant, but they really were annoyingly pointless. The author tried to have a modern take on the story, with the Duchess being a scientist instead of a witch, but the story seemed out of place and all wrong like this, and the "scientific" elements of the story just seemed dumb and far-fetched. But enough of that.
The book isn't all bad. The story was interesting enough, with the neglected Jessica being mostly raised in the kitchens of her estate, hardly knowing or caring that she is the heir to it all. She frolics with the boys and lives a carefree life, until the Duchess arrives. The Duchess seems nice enough at first, but turns out to be cruel and scheming. As she tries harder to give the duke an heir, using her own scientific methods, she becomes more desperate, and more cruel towards Jessica. Eventually she imprisons Jessica (for reasons that seemed dumb and made no sense to me) and forces her to do servant work. Jessica finally flees, taking refuge with The Lonely Ones, a group of thieves in London who have their own secrets. There she lives until she hears of the Duchess again, and realizes her own longing for the mother she never had.
As I was reading the book I figured it deserved 3 stars in a review. That is, until I got to the end. All - and I mean ALL! - problems in the story seemed to be resolved with an infuriatingly low amount of conflict. Suddenly all seemed to be well, and I felt like throwing the book accross the room! The ending itself was completely lame, and left me wondering why on earth I didn't stop reading the book after the first few chapters. Perhaps I am hard to please, but I definitely do not recommend this book.
Snow, a beautiful take on the story.......2007-09-19
Jessica is the daughter that her father has cast away. She grows up as a servant but soon has a new stepmother and this upsets Jessica. Not wanting to deal with her, she runs off to London where she meets a group of unusual but unique people who help her on finding out who she is on the inside and to accept her for who she is.
This is another great book in the once upon a time series. This is probably my second favorite, very close to Beauty Sleep. This book kept me from start to finish and left me feeling happy and wanting to read it again, straight away (Which I did... in fact.. haha.) This is a wonderful retelling of the story and can be cherished by teens and above (Me being 20, I love this book).
Snow, not just your average fairytale. .......2007-08-03
A fantastic book! This retelling gives the story of Snow White a refreshing new twist. While magic still abounds there is a scientific theme that comes across througout the entire story. With a mystic look on cogs, and science this book blends the genres of steampunk and fairytale in a daring way that can actually excites the reader into reading further (or reading again). The characters are likeable, and the setup of the book lends itself to cineamatic possiblites (at least I think so).
Just to clarify, steampunk is a genre/subculture focusing on athestics and ideals from a utopian version of the industrial revoloution (this is a very broad generalization but after reading the book 4 times I feel that you can't talk about this book without talking about steampunk)
snow white will never be the same .......2007-02-13
this is a really good book !!! it's good for older readers who have always loved fairy tales.but this isn't just any fairy tale.there there are no 7 dwarfs but there are the lonley ones and there much better. this book has romance adverture and magic.it is well wrighten and a wonderful story. and if you enjoy this book you should read fairest by gail carson levine
Once Upon a Time is fashionable again.......2006-12-25
This is one of my favorite books. It rivals Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine. It is the best novel in The Once Upon a Time series. Most authors who have redone Snow White only reword the same tale, but thankfully this is not the case in Snow. This remake has all the classical elements of Snow White, but the story is completly differnet with new plots, characters, and an interesting ending. The only set back is that the charcters' conciseness are not deeply examined, but I believe it is written that way to give it the fairy tale feel. I have read it twice, and each time in two days. If you decide not to read this book then you do not know what you are missing.
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Strawberry stars as Snow White—a princess who is exiled by a jealous queen. Snow White makes a home in the forest with seven little friends, but the queen still feels threatened by her—so she tricks Snow White into eating an enchanted strawberry that sends her into a deep sleep. Will Snow White wake up to live berry happily ever after?
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So cute!.......2007-06-28
You really can't go wrong with SS! All the books and movies are wholesome and entertaining. I love reading them to my daughter and watching the movies with her. Actually, my son loves them too but would never admit it to his friends (he's 9). Good thing he has a little sister ;)
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THE FAIREST BOX set of them all! The enchanting Disney Princesses are together at last in this beautiful Little Golden Books boxed set. From Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, and Snow White to Ariel, Jasmine, and Belle, this enchanting boxed set brings the most-beloved Disney Princesses together for fans and collectors alike.
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A favorite of my 4 year old.......2007-06-06
Great set of 6 books and a great price. My daughter of course has a favorite, and we read them often. I'm sure your princess fan will love them too.
Princess Lovers will Enjoy This.......2007-01-13
Any little girl who likes Disney princesses, will love these books. Little Golden Books are always a hit with my children, and these little books are just the same. Cute books for bedtime stories.
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The first snowfall of the season has come to the Berry Kingdom! Snow Princess Strawberry Shortcake and her princess friends spend the day playing outside in the snow, then get ready to celebrate winter by throwing the Snow Ball.
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And that business about the 'evil' Queen giving Snow White a poisoned apple? Well, per the Queen herself, she was actually a health nut who was only concerned that her stepdaughter wasn't getting the proper nutrition!
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A witty and welcome surprise!.......2006-01-30
I picked this book up for my 8 month old the other day. As a "Bookie Monster" (i.e. "One who passionately devours anything with a cover and pages!") and children's writer, I tend to be choosy over the books I purchase for my daughter; I will spend hours in bookstores previewing potential books and picking them apart: "How on earth does drivel like this get the greenlighted by an editor? I've found four words spelled wrong on the first three pages!"
I can't begin to tell you what a surprise this book was. It is beautifully illustrated and written in a no-nonsense, non-dumbed down conversational style. Any adult with a hearty sense of humor will be able to appreciate this work. I laughed out loud more than once as I read through the first page; the classic view of the Queen we grew up with is shattered as she tells her story: She doesn't want your pity; as a single mother, The Queen has had little support in raising Snow White, but has done her best.
A interesting gem from the Queen points out how regular mothers are allowed to fly off of the handle now and then, and folks don't give it a second thought. Stepmothers, however, are not afforded that luxury and branded as evil when they do likewise. That's deep thinking for a children's book, but then again, I am a firm believer in not watering things down for children. They are smarter than most adults would care to admit. Any book that provokes deeper thought in a child's mind gets a huge golf clap from me.
In conclusion, this is a fresh work and a new way of seeing the flip side of the bad guys. If you are weary of tedious tales and the fruitless garbage that clutters the bookshelves of the children's section these days, I highly recommend you pick this one up. I do not have any of the other titles in this series as of yet, but that will change!
What a fun idea!!.......2005-11-08
My 8 year old daughter and I loved this book! We laughed and had a special time reading it to eachother. It was fun to see Snow White a bit more modern and the last picture in her story is a hoot!
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Best Children's Book of the Year 2006. Collector's quality gift for kids. Printed in Europe. "The full page illustrations by the award winning Ukrainian artist, Vladyslav Yerko, are alone worth the price of the book. I recommend it to all ages." - Robert Goldsborough, writer and former Chicago Tribune Magazine editor. Heavy glossy paper. Size: 9X12". Full color jacket, full color hard cover, laminated, sewn.
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THE SNOW QUEEN.......2007-09-27
THIS BOOK IS A BOOK ABOUT TWO FRIENDS WITH WILD IMAGINATIONS AND A MORAL THAT REMINDS THEM WHAT FRIENDSHIP IS.
WHEN AN EVIL GOBLEN PUTS A SPELL ON THE YOUNG BOY, HE TURNS MEAN AND DOESN'T BELIEVE IN ANYTHING. WHEN HE FALLS IN A PILE OF SNOW THE SNOW QUEEN TAKES HIM TO LIVE WITH HER IN THE NORTH POLE. WHEN HIS FRIEND CAN'T FIND HIM, SHE GOES SEARCHING FOR HIM. SHE FINALLY LEARNS WHERE HE IS AFTER SHE IS TRICKED AND HER MIND MESSED WITH. BUT SHE GOES TO THE CASTLE AND THEY FIND EACH OTHER AND SHE HELPS HIM SOLVE THIS PUZZLE(THE SNOW QUEEN SAID HE WAS FREE WHEN HE SOLVED THE PUZZLE) THEN THEY LEAVE AND FINALLY GO HOME. WHERE THEY STILL IMAGINE AND HAVE FUN.
I HOPE ALL THAT READ THIS ENJOY IT AS MUCH AS I DID(I RECOMEND THE FAIRY TALE THEATER MOVIE OF IT).
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A good book.......2002-04-28
In my opinion, this book is very good. there is very vivid decription in the story and the story line is great. i read this book when i was 9 and i was enchanted. this book with out a doubt a good book to read. i would recommend it to any child
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I want to be Keisha!.......2001-12-16
I don't care what anyone says about Keisha, it would be my greatest thrill to be the Snow Queen. I loved every page of this book except the ending where I simply didn't want it to end.
well written.......2001-04-29
i think that this book is a very good book for young children to read. i however agree with that twelve yr.old reader from arkansas. that girl tiffany just dissed the book and made it seem like it was crap, "i wouldnt recomend it", what type of crap is that? any way . i read this book a couple of years ago and i still find it as entertaining now as it was then. holla
good childrens book.......2001-04-29
Personally i think that this book is an exceptionally good book and that it is meant for young children to read. i was reading the reviews and one said(arkansas) that she didn't like the book and that they think of only themselves and that they are liars. all i ask is give the author a break! how old are you any way reading a childs book? ignorance these days. any way it is still a good book and only people with a good imagination should read it, not shallow people
Keisha the Fairy Snow Queen.......2000-03-14
I don't like the book. Keisha and her friends think of only themselves. They make up lies to keep them out of trouble. They go to sombody's house that's not theirs. I don't recommend the book.
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Not Free SF Reader.......2007-09-03
World's End has some overlap with The Summer Queen and is part of the
whole Snow Queen saga. It is about the lost hyperdrive, and BZ
Gundalinhu and his travel. Some time after the earlier book, he is
still doing his thing.
He goes to the planet World's End, and
gets infected with an alien virus. The book chronicles his journey and
state of mind as the disease affects him.
He comes out the other
end influenced by the odd nature of the planet. If you aren't super
keen on this level of detail for this character, you can just read the
Summer Queen instead where you will get bits of this, quickly.
In its own way, oddly amazing.......2006-09-10
As the out of print sequel to the "Snow Queen" "World's End" it is an out of print, underappreciated little sci-fi novel that you can totally skip if you want and just read a shorter version of it's major events in the "Summer Queen" which is too bad, because this is one good book.
Readers of the snow queen will remember the lost star drive that once allowed people to cross space-something the galactic hegemony cannot retrieve and rebuild without. Well this book is that about that, insanity, being sane, duty, not doing your fu*king duty for once and finally forgiving yourself. There is also something wonderful in this book about chaos and what is really chaos and the desire to find order in crazy places. It's really veryu cool if you can wrap your mind around it. Starring in a very good first person narrative lieutenant BZ from "The Snow Queen" this is a short little shocking thriller that is in the end, quite inspirational. If you can find inspiration in this kind of sci-fi.
Four stars.
Better than Snow Queen.......2005-09-06
I read this as a break from Snow Queen (which I'm almost finished as I write this). I thought this would be in the same vein as Snow Queen and Summer Queen but the story and style is completely different.
The book is told throught the eyes of BZ Gundhalinu, who was, admittedly, my favorite character in the other books, and the reader becomes deeply immersed in his thoughts and memories, which are fragmentary and not altogether sane.
The setting is fantastic and seems much more alien and alive than Carbuncle and Tiamat. The characters are far more three dimensional and believable than those in the other 'Snow Queen books', and BZ becomes far more sympathetic than any of Snow Queen's protagonists ever did (I found Moon a real pain to read about...). This book is also much more sci-fi than it's predecessors, which were more fantasy in my view.
The bok only gets four stars because some things it relies heavily on, such as sibyls and the Old Empire, aren't explained ebough if this is to be read as a stand alone, however if you have read Snow Queen or Summer Queen or posess a particularly fertile imagination you sould be fine with World's End. the ther reason for the slightly lower rating is that I thought that the background of Song, who is otherwise a fully realised character, could use more explaination. This is one of my favorite books and I would highly recommend it to anyone who lieks sci-fi books or books based on interior dialogue and highly character centric story lines.
The Unexpected Sequel.......2004-05-31
It's impossible for me to review this book without putting it the context of its classic predecessor. Probably I would not rate it so highly as a stand-alone book.
The fate of police inspector BZ Gundhalinu brought bittersweetness to end of THE SNOW QUEEN. If you care about the character, by all means read WORLD'S END. (Don't settle for the fractured summary found in THE SUMMER QUEEN.)
While reading THE SNOW QUEEN, I initially decided that I liked the officious technocrat Gundhalinu because of his unwavering support of his beleaguered commanding officer, Jerusha PalaThion. That BZ would expand his supporting role, undergo an intense personal upheaval, and emerge as a romantic renegade came as a delightful surprise. Even so, at the end of THE SNOW QUEEN, I assumed that BZ was an unfortunate bit of flotsam in the sibyl machinery's Greater Plan, and that the doors on his story had closed as tightly as the gate to Tiamat. I was happy to discover that Joan D. Vinge felt his journey worth continuing in WORLD'S END.
We catch up with Gundhalinu a few years later, burying himself in his police duties on the planet Four. Having experienced love on Tiamat did nothing to break the shackles of his Patrician background. BZ is still every bit the snob--defining nearly everyone--especially himself--according to the rigid terms of his hierarchical culture. And that culture judges him a coward and a failure.
More ghosts of the unresolved past surface when BZ's brothers, having squandered their aristocratic family's estates and good name, come to Four to seek their fortune in the notorious wilderness known as "World's End". They are presumed lost, and BZ embarks on what he assumes is a futile quest to set something right--to locate his brothers and perhaps regain his family's honor.
The quest is a Heart of Darkness-type journey, in which the increasingly surrealistic landscape reflects Gundhalinu's state of mind. A mysterious force in World's End creates disturbing anomalies in the harsh environment. As time passes, BZ succumbs to its maddening influence and loses his will to suppress his personal demons. At a shocking turning point, those demons are suddenly swept away as the demanding, insane consciousness behind World's End's anomalies invades BZ's mind. From then on he struggles to regain control and solve the mystery of this time- and space-defying wilderness.
The story is effectively told in the first person, through BZ's irregular journal entries. One can squirm experiencing the tumble towards insanity and the effort to return from the brink. The book is short, which saves it from becoming a wallow. But in spite of its brevity, it feels complete. A long, exhausting journey has taken place. Although the tone is unrelentingly grim, take heart! There is hope, enlightenment and rebirth at the end of the tunnel.
Diary of a Madman (cue maniacal laughter).......2002-08-02
Let me start by saying that if you ever want to read this book, you'd better have read Vinge's award winning epic "The Snow Queen" first (and if you haven't read that yet, you don't know what you're missing). There are a lot of references to the previous novel, so if you don't have that background, you'll likely have no idea what the premise of "World's End" is.
"World's End," taking place directly after the events in "The Snow Queen," is a journal-style, first-person narrative chronicling the exploits of BZ Gundhalinu as he treks into the horrifically inhospitable planet of World's End, and his descent into insanity as he is infected with the sybil virus. And such wonderfully wrought insanity it is! If there's one thing that Vinge is perfectly adept at, it's characterization. You really get the feeling that Gundhalinu's brain is slowly being turned inside-out. If you were locked behind four walls with this guy, you'd find yourself slinking to the opposite side of the room, all the time keeping him in your line of sight. The inside of his head is just that creepy.
"World's End" is very short, and one reviewer stated that it seems like editorial clippings from the next novel in Vinge's cycle, "The Summer Queen" -- which may or may not be true. I'll tell you this -- I read "The Summer Queen" before I had any knowledge that "World's End" even existed, and I wish I hadn't. All the important happenings in "World's End" were covered in brief in "The Summer Queen;" all the surprises and plot twists were ruined for me. But "World's End" was an enjoyable read regardless. Anything by Joan D. Vinge is.
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Release Date: 2006-09-14 |
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When the coldhearted Snow Queen abducts a young boy, Gerda begins a magical and perilous journey to find him and release him from the Snow Queen's treacherous spell. Follow Gerda in this sparkling retelling of the classic fairy tale, as she sets out on her dangerous quest to the frozen north.
Sparkling new jacket art, recolored and newly rendered interior art, and silver foil borders all add to the beauty of this glorious, large-format reissue.
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