As large and splendid as its predecessor. -- Chicago Sun-Times Vinge has written a book which is a true sequel to The Snow Queen , and it's a winner. The Summer Queen is more complex, richer, and in the end more rewarding than The Snow Queen . Totally satisfying. This is the kind of book that could only be science fiction: the kind of book we're all richer for having in our field. --Tom Whitmore, Locus A sequel even more successful than the works that preceded it. Given that The Snow Queen won the 1981 Hugo for best novel, this is high praise indeed. -- Philadelphia Inquirer The long-awaited sequel to Vinge's enormous The Snow Queen. . . . An absorbing and satisfying performance. -- Kirkus Reviews (starred)