Scholarship and criticism on Joan Vinge
- Van Gelder, Lindsy.
- Review of The Snow Queen, Ms., v. 9, no. 1 (July 1980): p. 29.
- Yoke, Carl.
- Review, The Snow Queen. Extrapolation, v. 22, no. 1 (Spring 1981): p. 94.
- "From Alienation to Personal Triumph: The Science Fiction of Joan D. Vinge" in The Feminine Eye, edited by Tom Staicar, (Ungar: New York, 1982) pp. 103-130. Analyzes Vinge's works up to and including The Snow Queen.
- Thompson, William B.
- "Joan D. Vinge." Starship: The Magazine about Science fiction, v. 29, no. 1 (Nov. 1982): pp. 15-18. Interview discussing women writing sf and Vinge's anthropological perspective.