The futures and ultimate fates of the characters in The Snow Queen are profoundly changed by choices made in their own minds or hearts, as well as choices unexpectedly forced on them by things beyond their control.

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Works
Vinge's first publiJoan D. Vinged story "Tin Soldier" a novelette appeared in Orbit 14 in 1974. Her novel Psion was named a Best Book for Young Adults by the American Library Association. Heinlein in part dedicated his 1982 novel Friday to Joan.

Vinge (pron. : /ˈvɪndʒi/; born 2 April 1948 in Baltimore Maryland as Joan Carol Dennison) is an American science fiction author.