false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172113953m/139981.jpg 139981 8 <div><b>Sequel To The Hugo Award-Winning Bestseller<i> The Snow Queen</i></b><br><br><i>The Summer Queen</i> is the extraordinary sequel to one of science fiction's most celebrated novels, <i>The Snow Queen</i>. Set in a fully realized universe of wonders, this spectacular space epic, itself a finalist for the Hugo Award, is one of the most remarkable novels in the field. <br><br>A story that spans millennia, from the ruins of an ancient interstellar empire to the planets of the Hegemony that rules human space, <i>The Summer Queen</i> is the multi-layered story of Tiamat, a world where the dolphin-like mers are harvested for the youth-prolonging serum extracted from their blood. But Tiamat is much more, for beneath Carbuncle, its capital, lies the old empire's greatest secret: an enormous forgotten technology which, though decaying, continues to affect the fates of the fallen empire's remnant cultures via the sybil-network--a data bank that binds the past and the future in its web of knowledge, As the Smith, genius mastermind of the hidden interstellar Brotherhood, tries feverishly to unlock its secrets, BZ Gundhalinu desperately strives to save the Hegemony, while the Summer Queen herself dares to create a new future for her people and her planet. And though each is acting alone, their fates will entwine in an astonishing climax that will change the universe forever.<br></div> 134945 1991 The Summer Queen total:363|5:104|4:149|3:96|2:12|1:2| 363 1430 493 15 4 0 false false Sun Nov 22 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Nov 24 18:35:46 -0800 2009 Tue Nov 24 19:55:34 -0800 2009 More Fantastic Scifi At Its Organic Best!

Okay, sounds like I'm talking about alfalfa... or bean sprouts. But I'm not!!!

The Summer Queen is Vinge's fabulous sequel to Snow Queen and continues the saga of Moon Dawntreader, sybil and newly-crowned Queen of Tiamat's Summer reign...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Mar 29 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Apr 10 20:10:16 -0700 2009 Fri Apr 10 20:11:08 -0700 2009
This is a character-driven book with not a lot of action. If you're looking for space adve...more...]]> 3 0 true true Sun Mar 12 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Sun Feb 17 14:51:12 -0800 2008 Sun Feb 17 14:51:12 -0800 2008 more...]]> 2 1 false false Fri Dec 05 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Nov 15 18:39:16 -0800 2008 Fri Dec 05 13:16:23 -0800 2008 The Snow Queen last time I read it (a while ago). We'll see if that's changed.

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It hasn't. This just feels like a slog compared to The Snow Queen. (It doesn't help that the edition I've read is littered with typos. That always lessens my ...more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Nov 24 00:00:00 -0800 2000 Mon Jan 12 21:25:48 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 12 10:20:31 -0800 2009
What most of...more...]]> 3 0 false false Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1993 Fri Aug 15 11:34:31 -0700 2008 Fri Aug 15 11:48:49 -0700 2008 The Snow Queen, and to tell you the truth it was so complex that I don't remember much of what happened in it. I remember enjoying reading it but feeling lost while doing so. Perhaps that's because I was really young when I read it. In any case I do re...more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Feb 16 16:00:55 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 16 16:02:49 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Thu Jul 09 14:22:09 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 09 14:22:09 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Fri Oct 16 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 19 14:07:14 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 16 14:38:39 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Sat Mar 24 15:11:30 -0700 2007 Sat Mar 24 15:14:04 -0700 2007 5 0 false false Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005 Mon Sep 22 19:49:27 -0700 2008 Mon Sep 22 19:51:36 -0700 2008 2 4 0 false false Tue Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005 Thu Jan 17 09:36:56 -0800 2008 Thu Jan 17 09:37:36 -0800 2008 5 0 false false Tue May 27 23:44:13 -0700 2008 Tue May 27 23:44:42 -0700 2008 5 0 false false Wed Jun 25 13:09:55 -0700 2008 Wed Jun 25 13:33:14 -0700 2008 3 0 false false Tue Jun 10 11:15:25 -0700 2008 Tue Jun 10 11:15:50 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Sat Nov 28 15:53:37 -0800 2009 Sat Nov 28 15:53:37 -0800 2009 5 0 false false Tue Nov 24 18:07:48 -0800 2009 Tue Nov 24 18:08:15 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Thu Nov 19 01:32:02 -0800 2009 Thu Nov 19 01:32:02 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Wed Nov 18 07:24:47 -0800 2009 Wed Nov 18 07:24:47 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Tue Nov 17 02:20:00 -0800 2009 Tue Nov 17 02:20:00 -0800 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=139981