''Grimm's World'' is a 1969 science fiction

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by Vernor Vinge.

Background

In 1968, Damon Knight published Vinge's

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"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

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, 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'' Tor Books, 2001, New York, In 1987, Vinge revised the novel for Baen Books and added a new opening section, changing the title to ''

Tatja Grimm's World Tatja Grimm's World is a 1987 science fiction novel by American author Vernor Vinge. Background Eighteen years after the publication of ''Grimm's World'', Jim Baen of Baen Books offered to reprint the novel. Vinge revised the original text of ...

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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