Tim May wrote:
At 1:10 PM -0400 10/18/00, Harmon Seaver wrote:
Speaking of "The Ungoverned", I've been looking for it, can't find it in libraries, Amazon, or Bibliofind, so I'm thinking that it was in a collection? Does anyone know which?
It's in one of the two paperback collections of Vinge's short stories and novellas, either in "Threats and Other Promises" or "True Names and Other Dangers." Both are out of print. I have both, but not in locations known to me as I write, so I can't check which one has "The Ungoverned."
The best bet has always been for folks to snap up Vinge novels as they are found in second-hand book shops. I bought several copies of "The Peace War," "Marooned in Realtime," and, of course, "True Names," in just this way.
Something I'm going to have to start looking for, I guess. Just did a Bibliofind search for True Names, found only 3 copies -- two were $100 each (one like new, the other "signed by author" ) and the other was $60. I buy a lot of used books, and those are pretty amazing prices for fairly recent paperbacks, and especially a high volume sci-fi. Sigh! I read his "Deepness In the Sky" and liked it. -- Harmon Seaver, MLIS Systems Librarian Arrowhead Library System Virginia, MN (218) 741-3840 hseaver@arrowhead.lib.mn.us http://harmon.arrowhead.lib.mn.us