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Park women, properly so called, are those degraded creatures, utterly lost to all sense of shame, who wander about the paths most frequented after nightfall in the Parks, and consent to any species of humiliation for the sake of acquiring a few shillings
Joan D. Vinge
Born: April 2, 1948 (age 76)
Bio: Joan D. Vinge is an American science fiction author. She is known for such works as her Hugo Award-winning novel The Snow Queen and its sequels, her series about the telepath named Cat, and her Heaven's Chronicles books.
Known for:
- The Snow Queen (1980)
- The Summer Queen (1991)
- Psion (1982)
- Catspaw (1988)
- Dreamfall (1996)