The Summer Queen
First edition cover | |
| Author | Joan D. Vinge |
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| Language | English |
| Series | The Snow Queen Cycle |
| Genre | Science fiction |
| Publisher | Warner Books |
Publication date | 1991 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print (hardback & paperback) |
| Pages | 670 (first edition, hardback) |
| ISBN | 978-0446513975 |
| 813/.54 | |
| Preceded by | Worlds End (1984) |
| Followed by | Tangled Up in Blue (2000) |
The Summer Queen is a 1991 science fiction novel by American writer Joan D. Vinge, the sequel to The Snow Queen. It was nominated for the 1991 Hugo Award for Best Novel and Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel.
Moon Dawntrader, a clone of the former Snow Queen, has become the Summer Queen on the planet of Tiamat. She must now endeavour to introduce technology to the Luddite Summers while keeping the mers safe from extinction. Their demise would bring about nothing less than the collapse of the empire's biggest kept galactic secret.