''Grimm's World'' is a 1969

science fiction Science fiction (sometimes shortened to Sci-Fi or SF) is a genre of speculative fiction which typically deals with imaginative and futuristic concepts such as advanced science and technology, space exploration, time travel, parallel uni ...

novel by

Vernor Vinge Vernor Steffen Vinge (; born October 2, 1944) is an American science fiction author and retired professor. He taught mathematics and computer science at San Diego State University. He is the first wide-scale popularizer of the technological singu ...

Background

In 1968,

Damon Knight Damon Francis Knight (September 19, 1922 – April 15, 2002) was an American science fiction author, editor, and critic. He is the author of " To Serve Man", a 1950 short story adapted for ''The Twilight Zone''.Stanyard, ''Dimensions Behind t ...

published Vinge's novella "Grimm's Story" as part of Orbit 4. Knight told Vinge that if he expanded the novella to book-length, then he would get Vinge a contract with Berkley Books, where Knight worked as a science fiction editor. Vinge wrote an extension, and it became his first published novel.Vinge, Vernor. Introduction to "The Barbarian Princess", a story by Vernor Vinge, in ''The Collected Stories of Vernor Vinge''

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, 2001, New York, In 1987, Vinge revised the novel for

Baen Books Baen Books () is an American publishing house for science fiction and fantasy. In science fiction, it emphasizes space opera, hard science fiction, and military science fiction. The company was established in 1983 by science fiction publisher an ...

and added a new opening section, changing the title to '' Tatja Grimm's World''.

Publication

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References

External links

''Grimm's World'' at Fantastic Fiction
1969 American novels 1969 science fiction novels American science fiction novels Novels by Vernor Vinge Berkley Books books 1969 debut novels {{1960s-sf-novel-stub