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The Snow Queen

by

Joan D Vinge

Book Club Edition

JOAN D. VINGE received a degree in anthropology from San Diego
State University in 1971 and considers herself an "anthropologist of
the future." She worked briefly as a salvage archaeologist before
turning to writing. Her novella Eyes of Amber won the Hugo Award in
1978, and her stories "Fireship" and "View from a Height" were Hugo
nominees in 1979. Ms. Vinge lives in Brooklyn, New York.

Jacket art by Leo and Diane Dillon Jacket typography by Jack
Ribik

Printed in the U.S.A.To the Lady, who gives, and who takes
away.

Copyright 1980 by Joan D. Vinge

All rights reserved Manufactured in the United States of
America

".. . strait is the gate and narrow is the way which leadeth unto
life, and few there be that find it."

--New Testament, Matthew 7:14

"You shall have joy, or you shall have power, said God; you shall
not have both."

--Ralph Waldo Emerson

I would like to gratefully acknowledge the inspiration and
artistry of Hans Christian Andersen, whose folk tale "The Snow Queen"
gave me the seeds of this story; and Robert Graves, whose book The
White Goddess provided me with the rich Earth in which it grew. And I
would like to thank those people who helped me weed, and tend, and
harvest the fruits of my labor: my husband Vernor, and my editors Don
Bensen and Jim Frenkel, without whose perceptive and sensitive
suggestions this book would not have grown as strong or as truly. I
would also like to thank my father, for his love of science fiction;
and my mother, for teaching me a woman's strength and giving me the
freedom to become.

The door swung shut silently behind them, cutting off the light,
music, and wild celebration of the ballroom. The sudden loss of sight