Vonda N. McIntyre

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in Louisville, Kentucky, The United States

August 28, 1948

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female

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http://www.vondanmcintyre.com/

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Science Fiction & Fantasy

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Vonda Neel McIntyre is a U.S. science fiction author. She is one of the first successful graduates of the Clarion Science fiction writers workshop. She attended the workshop in 1970. By 1973 she had won her first Nebula Award, for the novelette "Of Mist, and Grass and Sand." This later became part of the novel Dreamsnake, which won both the Hugo and Nebula Awards. The novelette and novel both concern a female healer in a desolate primitivized venue. McIntyre's debut novel was The Exile Waiting which was published in 1975. Her novel Dreamsnake won the Nebula Award and Hugo Award for best novel in 1978 and her novel The Moon and the Sun won the Nebula in 1997. She has also written a number of Star Trek and Star Wars novels, including Enterpri...more

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Vonda N. McIntyre's Books

Average rating: 3.56 · 14,859 ratings · 621 reviews · 76 distinct works · Similar authors

	The Crystal Star 3.06 of 5 stars 3.06 avg rating — 3,985 ratings — published 1994 — 12 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dreamsnake 3.83 of 5 stars 3.83 avg rating — 3,119 ratings — published 1978 — 23 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Wrath of Khan (Star Trek 2) by Vonda N. McIntyre, Harve Bennett 3.89 of 5 stars 3.89 avg rating — 986 ratings — published 1982 — 14 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Enterprise 3.67 of 5 stars 3.67 avg rating — 1,000 ratings — published 1986 — 14 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (Star Trek #17) by Vonda N. McIntyre, Harve Bennett 3.7 of 5 stars 3.70 avg rating — 734 ratings — published 1984 — 11 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Entropy Effect (Star Trek, #2) 3.52 of 5 stars 3.52 avg rating — 812 ratings — published 1981 — 21 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home 3.7 of 5 stars 3.70 avg rating — 546 ratings — published 1986 — 10 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Moon and the Sun by Vonda N. McIntyre, Gary Halsey (Illustrator) 3.63 of 5 stars 3.63 avg rating — 512 ratings — published 1997 — 16 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Starfarers 3.54 of 5 stars 3.54 avg rating — 178 ratings — published 1989 — 7 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Transition 3.72 of 5 stars 3.72 avg rating — 120 ratings — published 1990 — 2 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Series by Vonda N. McIntyre

Star Trek: TOS: Movie Novelizations (6 books)
by Vonda N. McIntyre
3.655697445972495 of 5 stars 3.66 avg rating — 4,072 ratings

Star Wars (1 book)
by Vonda N. McIntyre
3.0630020080321283 of 5 stars 3.06 avg rating — 3,984 ratings

Star Trek Classic Series (Heyne) (1 book)
by Vonda N. McIntyre, Harve Bennett
3.890020366598778 of 5 stars 3.89 avg rating — 982 ratings

Starfarers (4 books)
by Vonda N. McIntyre
3.646123260437376 of 5 stars 3.65 avg rating — 503 ratings

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“Pick something else".
For an instant's flash Kylis remembered being taunted like this before, when she was very small. Anything but that. Anything but what you really want.”
― Vonda N. McIntyre

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The Yiddish Policemen's Union, by Michael Chabon

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Doomsday Book, by Connie Willis

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Ringworld, by Larry Niven

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Speaker for the Dead, by Orson Scott Card

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The Forever War, by Joe Haldeman

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Gateway, by Frederik Pohl

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Dreamsnake, by Vonda N. McIntyre

15 votes, 4.8%

The Fountains of Paradise, by Arthur C. Clarke

14 votes, 4.5%

Startide Rising, by David Brin

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Forever Peace, by Joe Haldeman

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