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Mitchell, Karen Anne

Pseudonym of US author Harold Torger Vedeler (1962-    ), of sf interest for two novels in the Vandhaqa sequence: The Usahar (2004) evokes Feminist speculations about Women in SF in its portrayal of the world Vandhaqa, where women are slaves under the thumb of a Robot entity, who is awakened to their plight; and in Finding Words (2009), the freed protagonist of the previous novel returns to the scene of her degradation to discover her soul. Vedeler has written at least two short stories under his own name. [JC]

Harold Torger Vedeler

born 1962

works

series

Vandhaqa

• The Usahar (New York: Barnes and Noble/iUniverse, 2004) [Vandhaqa: pb/]
• Finding Words (United States: Tuppshar Press, 2009) [Vandhaqa: pb/]

links

• Internet Speculative Fiction Database
• Picture Gallery

Entry from The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction (2011-current) edited by John Clute and David Langford.
Accessed 12:48 pm on 7 March 2026.
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