Quote of the day
Everywhere I go, I'm asked if I think the universities stifle writers. My opinion is that they don't stifle enough of them. There's many a bestseller that could have been prevented by a good teacher.
Joan D. Vinge
Born: April 2, 1948 (age 75)
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)