CDR: The "Ungoverned", or at least "Unprotected" (was Re: NSA

[Harmon Seaver]

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.



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Arrowhead Library System        Virginia, MN
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