Joan D. Vinge
Joan D. Vinge
Joan D. Vingeis an American science fiction author. She is known for such works as her Hugo Award-winning novel The Snow Queen and its sequels, her series about the telepath named Cat, and her Heaven's Chronicles books...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionAuthor
Date of Birth2 April 1948
CountryUnited States of America
past fiction anthropology
Archaeology is the anthropology of the past, and science fiction is the anthropology of the future.
queens heart character
The futures and ultimate fates of the characters in The Snow Queen are profoundly changed by choices made in their own minds or hearts, as well as choices unexpectedly forced on them by things beyond their control.
fear-of-the-unknown terrible
Fear of the unknown is a terrible fear.
forever path abandon
For every path you choose, there is another you must abandon, usually forever.
hate giving stronger
But what force in the galaxy is stronger than she is?" "Indifference." Jerusha surprised herself with the answer. "Indifference, Gundhalinu, is the strongest force in the universe. It makes everything it touches meaningless. Love and hate don't stand a chance against it. It lets neglect and decay and monstrous injustice go unchecked. It doesn't act, it allows. And that's what gives it so much power.
knowing trying alive
To be alive was to be disappointed. You tried and failed and kept on trying, never knowing whether you'd ever get what you wanted. But sometimes we get what we need.
worry safe stealing
Don't worry. You're safe now. You've got nothing left to steal.
love-you forever matter
It doesn't matter. I'm not asking forever of you...just let me love you now.
real knowing real-power
Real power is control. Knowing that you can do anything...and not doing it only because you can.
behavior contradiction humans
The contradictions are what make human behavior so maddening and yet so fascinating, all at the same time.
lunch levels free-lunch
Theres no such thing as a free lunch, at least on the karmic level.
stories myth
Myth is, after all, the neverending story.
people different different-things
All [people] are intolerant.... Only they're intolerant of different things.
writing political want
What I do not want to write is didactic political tracts.