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The Snow Queen by Joan D. Vinge
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it was amazing
bookshelves: made-me-cry, audible, reread

Wow! What an incredible read! I am so glad I requested it via interlibrary loan.

One small problem.... in my copy, pages 375-406 were missing and replaced with pages 311-342, AAAAARRRRRGGGGGHHHH!!!!!!!!!

Whew. Glad to get that out of my system. Now, on to the book....

This book was epic. The world-building, the characters, the political intrigue... I just loved everything about it. If this had been written these days, it would've been optioned for film or TV! I just fell into this book and became part of the world.

The world (part of a system with 2 suns) has an interesting season cycle and two different peoples, the Winters and the Summers. It is also tenuously connected to the rest of the universe by a black hole. (Think wormhole.) It is also kept technically unaware. Technology arrives when the offworlders can be there and they take them away later.

This sets up the worlds for political intrigue. One Queen has to die for the other to take over. What will happen? What is the history?

I loved this book and will try and find the sequels.

For those of you who didn't love it like I did ;-P
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Reading Progress

March 25, 2016 – Started Reading
March 25, 2016 – Shelved
March 25, 2016 –
page 26
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March 25, 2016 –
page 71
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March 26, 2016 –
page 122
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March 27, 2016 –
page 171
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March 28, 2016 –
page 220
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March 30, 2016 –
page 269
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March 31, 2016 –
page 321
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April 2, 2016 –
page 373
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April 3, 2016 – Shelved as: made-me-cry
April 3, 2016 – Finished Reading
December 17, 2025 – Shelved as: to-read
December 17, 2025 – Shelved as: audible
December 17, 2025 – Shelved as: reread

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Jennifer I found them on Amazon. Nice used hard copies. I am glad you enjoyed this. It didn't quite hold me for the second time around, but I still think it is a great novel.


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