WRITER

Vonda N. McIntyre

1948 - 2019

Vonda N. McIntyre

Vonda Neel McIntyre (August 28, 1948 – April 1, 2019) was an American science fiction writer and biologist. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Vonda N. McIntyre has received more than 181,303 page views. Her biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia. Vonda N. McIntyre is the 2,416th most popular writer (up from 2,784th in 2019), the 3,032nd most popular biography from United States (up from 3,654th in 2019) and the 264th most popular American Writer.

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Notable Works

The Wrath of Khan

American Science fiction, Star Trek fiction, Interplanetary voyages

1982

Dreamsnake

Fiction in English, Hugo Award Winner, award:hugo_award=1979

In a world devastated by nuclear holocaust, Snake is a healer. One of an elite band dedicated to caring for sick humanity, she goes wherever her skills are needed. With her she takes the three deadly reptiles through which her cures are accomplished: a cobra, a rattlesnake, and the dreamsnake, a creature whose hallucinogenic venom brings not healing but an easeful death for the terminally ill. Rare and valuable is this dreamsnake. When Grass is wantonly slain, Snake must journey across perilous landscapes to find another to take its place...

1978

The Entropy Effect

Fiction, Space ships, Interplanetary voyages

1981

Lythande

American Fantasy fiction

1986

The Improbable Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

American Detective and mystery stories, English Detective and mystery stories, Fiction

A Sherlockiana primer / Christopher Roden -- [The doctor's case / Stephen King][1] -- The horror of the many faces / Tim Lebbon -- The case of the bloodless sock / Anne Perry -- The adventure of the other detective / Bradley H. Sinor -- A scandal in Montreal / Edward D. Hoch -- The adventure of the field theorems / Vonda N. McIntyre -- The adventure of the death-fetch / Darrell Schweitzer -- The shocking affair of the Dutch Steamship Friesland / Mary Robinette Kowal -- The adventure of the mummy's curse / H. Paul Jeffers -- The things that shall come upon them / Barbara Roden -- Murder to music / Anthony Burgess -- The adventure of the inertial adjustor / Stephen Baxter -- Mrs. Hudson's case / Laurie R. King -- The singular habits of wasps / Geoffrey A. Landis -- The affair of the 46th birthday / Amy Myers -- The Specter of Tullyfane Abbey / Peter Tremayne -- The vale of the white horse / Sharyn McCrumb -- The adventure of the Dorset Street lodger / Michael Moorcock -- The adventure of the lost world / Dominic Green -- The adventure of the antiquarian's niece / Barbara Hambly -- Dynamics of a hanging / Tony Pi -- Merridew of abominable memory / Chris Roberson -- Commonplaces / Naomi Novik -- The adventure of the Pirates of Devil's Cape / Rob Rogers -- The adventure of the Green Skull / Mark Valentine -- The human mystery / Tanith Lee -- A study in emerald / Neil Gaiman -- You see but you do not observe / Robert J. Sawyer. [1]: https://openlibrary.org/works/OL19650676W/The_Doctor's_Case

2009

Superluminal

science fiction, speculative fiction, space exploration

To pilot an interstellar spaceship a very special kind of human being is required. In the strange superluminal world which ships enter beyond the speed of light, ordinary humans age and wither and die apparently in seconds. Would-be space pilots are modified surgically; their hearts are removed and replaced by mechanical devices. Popularly known as "aztecs", they live mostly apart from the population at large. The story centres on three people: Laenea Trevelyan, a pilot; Radu Dracul, a scarred crewman from the colony world Twilight; and Orca, a woman who is a member of a community of divers — people surgically and genetically adapted for life under the oceans. Laenea and Radu are lovers, but their relationship seems doomed: Laenea's altered physiology makes it literally impossible for Radu to live in close proximity to her. But their destinies remain connected. During a routine mission Radu's ship becomes lost and he discovers that he can do what is hitherto been impossible, and survive superluminal transit without either surgery or drugs. After he returns home he discovers that Laenea's ship is missing, and, along with Orca and others, he joins a rescue mission.

1983