Order of Joan D. Vinge Books
Joan D. Vinge is an American author of science fiction and fantasy novels. She writes the Snow Queen Cycle, the Cat series and the Heaven’s Chronicle series. Joan earned her B.A. in anthropology from San Diego State University. She has taught at the SF&F workshop Clarion Workshop multiple times. When not writing, Joan makes dolls that she sells. Joan lives in Green Valley, Arizona with her husband, science fiction editor James Frenkel.
Joan D. Vinge made her debut as an author in 1978 with the novel The Outcasts of Heaven Belt. Below is a list of Joan D. Vinge’s books in order of when they were first released:
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Publication Order of Cat Books
| Psion | (1982) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Catspaw | (1988) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Dreamfall | (1996) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Heaven Chronicles Books
| Outcasts of Heaven Belt | (1978) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Legacy | (1980) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Snow Queen Cycle Books
| The Snow Queen | (1980) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| World's End | (1984) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Summer Queen | (1991) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Tangled Up in Blue | (2000) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Standalone Novels
| Return of the Jedi: The Storybook Based on the Movie | (1983) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Tarzan, King of Apes | (1983) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Dune Storybook | (1984) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Ladyhawke | (1985) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Return to Oz | (1985) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome | (1985) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Santa Claus the Movie Storybook | (1985) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Willow | (1988) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Lost in Space Novelization | (1998) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Cowboys and Aliens | (2011) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| 47 Ronin | (2012) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Ladysmith | (2012) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Short Story Collections
| Eyes of Amber and Other Stories | (1977) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Fireship | (1978) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Phoenix in the Ashes | (1985) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Isaac Asimov's Anthology Books
| Isaac Asimov's Worlds of Science Fiction | (1980) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Isaac Asimov's Near Futures and Far | (1981) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Isaac Asimov's Space of Her Own | (1983) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Isaac Asimov's Fantasy! | (1985) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Isaac Asimov's Fantasy! | (1989) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Isaac Asimov's Aliens | (1991) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Isaac Asimov's Robots | (1991) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Isaac Asimov's SF-Lite | (1993) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Isaac Asimov's War | (1993) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Isaac Asimov's Cyberdreams | (1994) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Isaac Asimov's Skin Deep | (1995) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Isaac Asimov's Ghosts | (1995) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Isaac Asimov's Christmas | (1997) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Isaac Asimov's Camelot | (1998) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Isaac Asimov's Detectives | (1998) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Isaac Asimov's Werewolves | (1999) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Isaac Asimov's Solar System | (1999) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Isaac Asimov's Utopias | (2000) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Isaac Asimov's Father Day | (2001) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Isaac Asimov's Halloween | (2001) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Anthologies
| The Crystal Ship | (1976) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Eye of the Heron and Other Stories | (1978) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Isaac Asimov's Wonders of the World | (1982) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Isaac Asimov's Space of Her Own | (1983) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Moonsinger's Friends: An Anthology in Honor of Andre Norton | (1985) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Fifteenth Annual Collection | (2002) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Year's Best Fantasy and Horror: Sixteenth Annual Collection | (2003) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Year's Best Fantasy and Horror: Seventeenth Annual Collection | (2004) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Year's Best Fantasy and Horror: Nineteenth Annual Collection | (2006) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
If You Like Joan D. Vinge Books, You’ll Love…
Joan D. Vinge Synopses: Psion is the first book in the Cat series by Joan D. Vinge. Cat is a half-human, half-alien orphan telepath. It is a tough, gritty tale of an outsider whose only chance for redemption is as an undercover agent for an interstellar government that by turns punishes and helps him.
In Star Wars: Return of the Jedi Storybook by Joan D. Vinge, Luke Skywalker and his friends in the Rebel Alliance come up with a risky plan to battle with the Empire and its evil leaders, Darth Vader and the Emperor.