Joan D. Vinge

A sixteen-year-old delinquent who has spent his life lying and stealing becomes involved in a research project which unleashes his extraordinary telepathic powers.

A telepathic, half-human Cat travels to his mother's native world of Refuge, where he faces an ecological catastrophe caused by greedy humans.

From back cover of Warner Books paperback December 1992: MOON DAWNTREADER is Lady of Tiamat, pledged to forever end offworld exploitation and save the mers, whose blood gives immortality. But hostile Summer tribes and treacherous Winters plot to subvert... THE SUMMER QUEEN INSPECTOR BZ GUNDHALINU, driven mad by his love for Moon, finds the ancient science of true starflight; but brings blood, greed, and ruin back to Tiamat when he returns to win... THE SUMMER QUEEN REEDE KULLERVO, a dark genius with no memory or morals, his very soul burned from his body, is unleashed on Tiamat; a perfect monster programmed to destroy... THE SUMMER QUEEN Ane when passion overwhelms the destinies of worlds, when betrayal devastates the tapestries of time, these three will be linked in a mystery that spans eternity, a threat to the entire cosmos, as enemies together, they must unlock the unbearable final secret of... THE SUMMER QUEEN

Originally published as two separate titles.

Synopsis - Visions – Visions of love and conflict, anguish and Tomorrow. Of outcasts who must bridge the obsessions of two post Holocaust worlds; and an astronaut who finds her life’s quest betrayed by a device from a alien past. A prince who became a beggar, with the power of the dragon; and a feudal serf who met a high tech lord, with he magic of a peddler. A Cat how had lost his mind powers and a Dreamweaver who had lost her mind. A barbarian priestess whose beauty challenged the world and whose child could melt the heart of an aliern God-on a crippled Earth that swam beneath a vast Cyclopean eye. The visions of Joan D Vinge.

The spell of vengeance had been cast upon Etienne Navaree, Captain of the Guard, and the beautiful lady Isabeau by the evil Bishop of Aquila. Etienne and Isabeau must wander the wilderness, always together yet always apart--she a hawk by day and restored to herself only with the setting of each day's sun; he a wolf by night, transformed once more into human form at break of each day's dawn. This eternal spell is their punishment for daring to love after the evil Bishop had already chosen Isabeau for his own. Then, suddenly, Etienne receives an unex[ected sign of hope in the person of Phillipe, a young and cunning thief ... and Navarre knows he must seize this fearful oppertunity to free them from the Bishop's diabolical spell--or bring them death....

Young Paul Atreides, son of a powerful family from the planet Caladan, may be the looked-for leader who will save the desert planet Dune, source of a precious spice which gives people strange mental powers.

A poor farmer undertakes a mission to find safety for a baby destined to be a great queen, but now in danger from an evil sorceress.

In a sequel to "The Star Wars Storybook" and "The Empire Strikes Back Storybook", Luke Skywalker and his friends in the Rebel Alliance formulate a daring plan to battle with the Empire and its evil leaders, Darth Vader and the Emperor.

A baby boy, left alone in the African jungle after the deaths of his parents, Lord and Lady Greystoke, is adopted by an ape, whose own infant has died, and raised to manhood without ever seeing another human being.

When one of Santa's elves goes to work for an unscrupulous toy manufacturer, Santa's own life is ultimately changed forever.

Based on the life of Isabella, Queen of Denmark.

They plugged Michael Yarrow into the new ETHANAC computer to see what would happen before they used it on someone important. It was meant to enhance a secret agent's abilities to penetrate any computer, military or civilian, anywhere—but if it had hidden dangers, better to use up an insignifi- cant lab technician than a trained agent. ... When the amiable but not-too-bright Yarrow was connected to ETHANAC, his mind was flooded and expanded almost intolerably—that was what the planner had expected. What they hadn't counted on was that ETHANAC could discover new horizons, too... MOTHER AND CHILD The king's men left Etaa’s husband, Hywel the smith, smashed on the rocks below the cliffs and bore her to their master's bed. The Neaane were the masters of their world, their power supported by the living Gods who walked among them, and they feared no reprisal from the despised Kotaane. But suddenly there were raids, and fire and death in the night . . . and the Kotaane were led by a gaunt, maimed figure known as the Smith. Only the Gods could save the Neaane—but the Gods had turned against them.

Synopsis - From the depths of the galaxy the star ship Ranger braved the endless night in a desperate quest for aid. Its target – Heaven Belt, the fabulous asteroid system said to be as rich as old Earth. But Heaven had been torn apart by civil war and the Belters were slowly dying out for lack of natural and technological resources. To them the star ship was a valuable prize to be fought over, or destroyed...