An anthology I would love to see some day

[james_davis_nicoll]

THE COMPLETE SHORT FICTION OF JOAN D. Vinge. Such a collection would include the following:

Mother and Child
Media Man
The Crystal Ship
Fireship
Fool's Gold
Legacy
Psiren
Tin Soldier
The Peddler's Apprentice
To Bell the Cat
Eyes of Amber
Phoenix in the Ashes
The Hunt of the Unicorn
The Storm King
Tam Lin
View from a Height
Voices from the Dust
Exorcycle
R and R

and would be about 300,000 words long.

Comments

[james-nicoll.livejournal.com]

She seems to have prefered novellas and novelettes in the 1970s.

I use the past tense only because I have not encountered her more recent short fiction. As far as I know, she is hale and hearty.

Joan Vinge

[bschilli.livejournal.com]

She isn't hale and hearty. She was involved in a fairly nasty car accident a few years ago.

Ben

Re: Joan Vinge

[james-nicoll.livejournal.com]

Oh, crap. Why the authors I like?

Re: Joan Vinge

[(Anonymous)]

She _looked_ pretty much recovered when she was a GoH at Conclave in NZ a month ago. Looking somewhat healthier than Steve Jackson in fact, who had a heavy cold.

A word of warning: Don't give her an opportunity to read to you.

Cheers
Errol

Re: Joan Vinge

[bschilli.livejournal.com]

According to her husband, she hasn't recovered enough to do much writing. (Why do I know so much about this? Her husband comes to the Madison SF Wednesday night get togethers...)

Ben