VONDA N. McINTYRE

THE MOON AND THE SUN

Nebula winner, Best Novel of 1997. 

"In seventeenth-century France, Louis XIV, the Sun King, 
rules with flamboyant ambition. In his domain, wealth and 
beauty take all; frivolity begets cruelty; science and 
alchemy collide. From the Hall of Mirrors to the 
vermin-infested attics of the Chateau at Versailles, 
courtiers compete to please the king, sacrificing fortune, 
principles, and even the sacred bond between brother and sister.

"In the fiftieth year of his reign, Louis XIV has made 
France the most powerful state in the western world. Yet 
the Sun King's appetite for glory knows no bounds. In a 
bold stroke, he sends his natural philosopher on an 
expedition to seek the source of immortality -- the rare, 
perhaps mythical, sea monsters. For the glory of his God, 
his country, and his king, Father Yves de la Croix returns 
with his treasures: one heavy shroud packed in ice... and 
a covered basin that imprisons a shrieking creature. 

"The living sea monster, with its double tail, webbed hands, 
long tangled hair, and gargoyle face, provides a grotesque 
yet intriguing experiment for the king and his natural 
philosopher. And Marie-Josephe de la Croix looks forward 
to assisting her adored brother Yves in its scientific study. 
Yet the creature's gaze and exquisite singing foretell 
a different future...

"Soon Marie-Josephe finds herself contemplating choices 
that defy the institutions which power her world -- 
king, country, church, even her brother. Somehow she must 
build the courage to follow her heart and her convictions -- 
even at the cost of changing her life forever."

Pocket Books, 1997, 421 pp, ISBN 0-671-56765-9

Excerpts, comments, reviews, and the wonderful cover 
by Gary Halsey can be found at http://www.sff.net/people/Vonda/

Mint hardcover first edition, autographed or inscribed: $30.00

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SUPERLUMINAL

Laenea Trevelyan, a starship pilot, has her heart replaced
with a machine so she can survive faster-than-light travel.
Orca, a diver, divides her time between starships and the
Strait of Georgia, where her relatives include a family of
killer whales and a group of other divers, human beings who
can exist underwater, and who are, technically, at war with
the United States. Radu Dracul, a colonist from the alien
world Twilight, having chosen to leave his home and become a
starship crew member, discovers he has abilities he never
dreamed of.

Houghton Mifflin, 298 pp. Hardcover.

Some copies of the regular hardcover edition have slightly 
scuffed covers. Collectors may prefer the new dust jacket choice.

A few copies of the numbered & boxed limited first edition of
SUPERLUMINAL are available. These are signed and in the original
shrink-wrap, but I will open and inscribe copies on request.
(Limited edition.)

Autographed or inscribed: 

Hardcover with mint dust jacket: $25.00 postpaid
Hardcover (cover may be slightly scuffed: $20.00 postpaid

Limited first edition, numbered, boxed, signed: $60.00 postpaid


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THE EXILE WAITING

The rulers of the last city on earth exile Mischa (a young
empath), and Jan Hikaru (an offworld poet) to the deep
underground. They find a world of crystalline caverns,
strange, isolated people, and rebellion.

Victor Gollancz, Ltd., 255 pp.

Hardcover, autographed or inscribed, $20 postpaid.

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FIREFLOOD & OTHER STORIES

Eleven stories, including "Of Mist, and Grass,
and Sand," the Nebula award-winning novelette that
formed the basis of DREAMSNAKE; "Fireflood," in
which Dark, a genetically engineered human being who can
live in the most extreme environments, fights for her right
to live and work; and "Wings" and "The Mountains of Sunset,
the Mountains of Dawn," in which a species of winged people
escape their dying planet on spaceships that they navigate
by instinct.

Houghton Mifflin, 281 pp.

Hardcover, 1st edition, autographed or inscribed, $20 postpaid.

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Prices (which may change soon) are in U.S. funds;
books are postpaid in North America and (by surface
mail) outside the USA.

Please email vonda@sff.net for airmail shipping information
outside North America.

Some translations available.

Dealer inquiries welcome on orders of multiple copies.

OTHER BOOKS:

If you're looking for something of mine that isn't listed
on Basement Full of Books, please feel free to ask. I have
a few copies of most of my books, just not enough to advertise.
(I wish I had extra copies of the first edition of Dreamsnake,
but I don't.)


BOOKPLATES:

If you'd like a signed bookplate for any of my books,
send SASE and a note letting me know which book(s) you
plan to put the bookplates in. (THE MOON AND THE SUN is
black with gold lettering; NAUTILUS and DREAMSNAKE
have printed metallic stickers; CRYSTAL STAR is
holographic silver-star pressure-sensitive paper.)

See my web page for newest info about bookplates and other
freebies, for readings and signings, for excerpts of current
work, and for the Naked Mole Rat link.

Latest information, special requests, and queries
about foreign editions:

        vonda@sff.net
        http://www.sff.net/people/Vonda/


To order, send check or money order to:

        Vonda N. McIntyre
        P.O. Box 31041
        Seattle, WA 98103-1041


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