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Walt @[email protected] · 2026-04-02 · 16:07 UTC

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SPECIAL COLLECTORS EDITION of The Snow Queen by Joan D. Vinge

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Walt @[email protected] · 2026-04-02 · 16:02 UTC

Born this day: 04/02/1948
Joan Vinge is an American SF author best known for The Snow Queen, a planetary romance that reimagines Andersen's fairy tale on a distant alien world. It won the 1981 Hugo and the Locus Award. Her novelette "Eyes of Amber" won the 1978 Hugo. Her Cat novels, starting with Psion.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan_D._Vinge

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Art by Michael Whelan

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Michael Whelan @[email protected] · 2024-11-22 · 19:27 UTC

CATSPAW (1988)
Acrylic on Resin Board - 30" x 20"

Sometimes a cover concept blazes into my internal vision while reading the book, and I know no other will do. Even after finding the best approach, I'll spend days trying to outdo it to make sure my first instinct was correct. 1/4

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Michael Whelan @[email protected] · 2024-09-30 · 15:50 UTC

THE SUMMER QUEEN (1990)
Acrylic on Panel - 36" x 24"

I was glad to learn that Joan Vinge was writing a sequel to The Snow Queen, and even more so when I got a call from Warner Books for the cover assignment. 1/7

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Michael Whelan @[email protected] · 2024-07-08 · 15:11 UTC

THE SNOW QUEEN (1988)
Acrylic on Panel - 36" x 24"

Joan Vinge provided plenty of inspiration in the pages of this book, and in fact, my first response was that there was way too much epic quality to capture in one illustration. 1/3

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Michael Whelan @[email protected] · 2023-12-20 · 16:06 UTC

CATSPAW (1988)
Acrylic on Resin Board - 30" x 20"

Sometimes a cover concept blazes into my internal vision while reading the book, and I know no other will do. Even after finding the best approach, I'll spend days trying to outdo it to make sure my first instinct was correct. 1/5

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