The Moon and the Sun by Vonda N. McIntyre

Posted in Meanderings, Reading | 4 Comments »ĭreamsnake is the classic novel by Vonda N. My heart goes out to Vonda, and it’s my hope that we will have her with us into the future, and that we will see her next novel before too long.įind Vonda’s novels here at Book View Café, and while you’re there note the minimalism of her posted bio. None of us knows if we will be here tomorrow, but most of us don’t have to face such a stern diagnosis. There is time, and there are treatments to prolong the time and, I hope, to provide quality of life. Grim, though not quite imminent, as she described it. Vonda has been diagnosed with inoperable metastatic pancreatic cancer. Just this past week, horrible news arrived. Over the years, she’s been hugely supportive of me and my work, something I deeply appreciate. I got to see her again at the Spokane Worldcon where she was guest of honor. Vonda and I were both website geeks and before long we were working together to develop a new online store for Book View Café.Įventually, I was very pleased to have the opportunity to meet Vonda in person, over a fine lunch at a shoreline restaurant in her native Seattle. She also won the 1998 Nebula Award with her novel The Moon and the Sun. Vonda’s 1978 novel, Dreamsnake, had won the Hugo, Nebula, Locus, and Pacific Northwest Booksellers award - at a time when successful young women writers of science fiction were far more rare than they are these days.

It was such an honor getting to know this “big name” writer.

She warmly welcomed me into the writers cooperative, Book View Café, which she had helped establish.

The Moon and the Sun by Vonda N. McIntyre