Joan Vinge Books in Order

Seeking assistance from the supposedly wealthy Heaven Belt, the starship Ranger instead discovers societies devastated by civil war and dwindling resources. Its crew must survive competing factions that see their vessel as a prize worth capturing or destroying.

As Tiamat approaches a change of rulers and isolation from the galaxy, Snow Queen Arienrhod schemes to preserve her power. Young Summer sibyl Moon challenges a conspiracy linking political domination, exploited sea creatures, and forgotten interstellar technology.

Cat, an orphan of mixed human and alien ancestry, survives on the streets with telepathic abilities that make him an outsider. Recruited as an undercover agent, he must navigate an interstellar government that alternately exploits and supports him.

This illustrated storybook adapts the film's struggle between the Rebel Alliance and the Empire. Luke Skywalker and his companions prepare a daring plan against Darth Vader and the Emperor, bringing their battle for freedom toward its decisive confrontation.

After his parents die in the African jungle, a baby is adopted by an ape who has lost her own infant. This adaptation follows Tarzan's upbringing to adulthood among apes, far from the human world of his birth.

Young Paul Atreides, heir to a powerful family from Caladan, becomes caught in the struggle over the desert planet Dune. This film storybook follows his possible destiny as a leader on a world whose precious spice grants extraordinary abilities.

BZ Gundhalinu reluctantly searches for his missing older brothers in World's End, a remote region notorious for driving visitors mad. As his journey deepens, increasingly strange encounters threaten his assumptions about the place and his own understanding.

A jealous bishop's curse separates a knight and his beloved through changing animal forms: she becomes a hawk by day, he a wolf by night. With a young pickpocket's help, they seek a way to break the spell.

This novelization of Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome follows a lone warrior seeking his destiny in a devastated world. A tribe of lost children hopes for a hero, while a determined woman pursues power over the struggle for survival.

Six science-fiction and fantasy stories follow people caught between unfamiliar societies, technological power, and personal loss. Outcasts, an astronaut, a priestess, and others struggle with conflicting worlds, testing the bonds that might help them survive or understand one another.

Dorothy returns to Oz and discovers that the Nome King and Mombi have conquered its magical kingdom. This film novelization follows her quest with familiar companions and new friends to find the rightful ruler and restore the land.

One of Santa's elves leaves to work for an unscrupulous toy manufacturer, setting events in motion that threaten to change Santa's life. This illustrated storybook retells the film's holiday adventure for young readers through its central conflict.

An interstellar corporation kidnaps telepath Cat and forces him to protect the powerful taMing family on Earth. Investigating an assassination threat reveals dangerous secrets, leaving Cat uncertain which family member is targeted and whether he is being used as bait.

A poor farmer in a magical kingdom becomes responsible for an infant threatened by the reigning sorceress. This film adaptation follows his struggle to protect the child, whose foretold future could overturn the queen's rule.

On Tiamat, the Summer Queen seeks a new future for her people while ancient technology beneath the capital shapes events across the galaxy. BZ Gundhalinu and the mysterious Smith pursue answers within the remnants of a fallen interstellar empire.

Telepath Cat joins researchers on Refuge, the homeworld of his mother's people, and helps a Hydran woman escape human pursuers. Corporate exploitation of the sacred resource dreamfall pulls him into a struggle over his people's survival and dispossession.

The Robinson family leaves an Earth damaged by pollution and overpopulation to search for a new home on Alpha Prime. This film novelization follows their deep-space mission as unfamiliar dangers threaten humanity's chance to begin again.

After a police raid goes disastrously wrong, rule-bound officer BZ Gundhalinu joins unconventional cop Nyx LaisTree and Devony Seaward to expose corruption. Their investigation unfolds on Tiamat during the events of The Snow Queen, with all three lives at risk.

An amnesiac stranger enters the New Mexico town of Absolution carrying a mysterious device on his wrist. When attackers descend from the sky, he must unite feuding townspeople, outlaws, and Apache warriors against a threat none understands.

Outcast Kai joins Oishi and a band of masterless warriors seeking vengeance against the overlord who destroyed their lord. This fantasy film novelization sends them through extraordinary trials as they struggle to restore honor to their homeland.