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Subject: various book reviews - flame about The Snow Queen by Joan D. Vinge
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Date: Mon, 12-Sep-83 16:33:00 EDT
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Posted: Mon Sep 12 16:33:00 1983
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From:  Sue Felshin <SR.FELSHIN at MIT-SPEECH>


  To the person writing these reviews -- try reading The Snow Queen by
Hans Christian Anderson and then rereading Vinge's version.  Granted,
I liked her book even before I understood its origin, still, a second
reading (or even just second thoughts), this time with an appreciation
of the (I think) marvelously gifted way in which Vinge interweaves
science fiction with fairy tale, copying the old without loss of
originality, will surely (hope, hope) make the book more enjoyable to
you.  Justifies the ending, too.

				Three cheers for timeless plots!
				and the authors who use them!
				(but only when the new version adds
				to the old),

				Sue Felshin
				PaFotSftPoRCD