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The Summer Queen
by Joan D. Vinge
Book 2 or 3 of the series (depends how you count it. You do want to read 'Snow Queen' first.)
What I've always loved about this author are the occasional passages that are completely immersive. I'm there. I'm on another world, mending a net, the dock beneath me swaying and the sharp tang of sea air in my sinuses and blowing through my hair.
I don't know how she does it, but she does.
The sweep of Vinge's stories is also breath-taking. Multiple characters, worlds, goals, stakes. I was about 100 pages into this book when I did a quick calculation as to the word count (the novel is almost 1,000 pages) and realized it's a 400,000 word novel. Whoa. But it makes sense, because the author takes time to build out not just a world, but a hegemony of worlds.
If you are looking for a single protagonist pursuing a single goal, this book won't scratch your itch. But if you like being immersed into a wild galaxy of interconnected needs and opposing aims, written in a lush, immersive narrative, this might be what you are looking for. I love Joan Vinge. I love this series.
What I've always loved about this author are the occasional passages that are completely immersive. I'm there. I'm on another world, mending a net, the dock beneath me swaying and the sharp tang of sea air in my sinuses and blowing through my hair.
I don't know how she does it, but she does.
The sweep of Vinge's stories is also breath-taking. Multiple characters, worlds, goals, stakes. I was about 100 pages into this book when I did a quick calculation as to the word count (the novel is almost 1,000 pages) and realized it's a 400,000 word novel. Whoa. But it makes sense, because the author takes time to build out not just a world, but a hegemony of worlds.
If you are looking for a single protagonist pursuing a single goal, this book won't scratch your itch. But if you like being immersed into a wild galaxy of interconnected needs and opposing aims, written in a lush, immersive narrative, this might be what you are looking for. I love Joan Vinge. I love this series.