The Vampire Tapestry

New York, NY: Simon and Schuster. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1980. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. 0671254154 . SIGNED EDITION. This copy has been signed by the author, with a short inscription, on the title page. The book is in Very Good+ condition and has a Very Good+ dust jacket. The spine ends of the book covers have some very beginning bumping. There is a very slight slant to the spine of the book. The text pages are clean and bright. The top edge of the text block has some spotting. The dust jacket is mostly clean and bright, but has two small spots of discoloration to the bottom spine joints - other than the two spots, the dust jacket is clean and bright. "Charnas' work focuses on the sociological and the anthropological—rather than exclusively the technological—dimensions of science fiction. Her background in history and economics, as well as her experiences in Nigeria, have had a profound impact on her work. [6] She had keenly explored the genres of Western, adventure, and science fiction in the books she had read earlier in her life, yet she realized that these books lacked strong female characters. She considers Ursula K. Le Guin's The Left Hand of Darkness to have been a major inspiration for the initiation of her writing career, as it was one of the first feminist novels she had encountered. Despite this, she did not intend to write feminist literature. Her work did not take a feminist slant until after the first draft of "Walk to the End of the World", which she had originally intended to be political satire. " (from Wikipedia) ; Signed by Author .