The Summer Queen

The Summer Queen
First edition cover
Author Joan D. Vinge
Country United States
Language English
Series The Snow Queen Cycle
Genre Science fiction/fantasy novel
Publisher Warner Books
Publication date
1991
Media type Print (hardback & paperback)
Pages 670 (first edition, hardback)
ISBN 978-0446513975
813/.54
Preceded by Worlds End (1984)
Followed by Tangled up in blue (2000)

The Summer Queen is a science fiction/fantasy novel by Joan D. Vinge, published in 1991 and is the sequel to The Snow Queen. It was nominated for the Hugo Award for Best Novel in 1991.[1]

Moon Dawntrader, a clone of Arienrhod the former Snow Queen, has become the Summer Queen on the planet of Tiamat. She must now endeavour to introduce technology to the Luddite Summers, while at the same time keeping the mers safe from extinction. Their demise would bring about with it, nothing less than the collapse of the empire's biggest kept galactic secret.

References

  1. "1992 Hugo Awards". The Hugo Awards. 26 July 2007. Retrieved 25 December 2016.


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