Vernor vinge has won five hugo awards, including one for each of his last three novels, a fire upon the deep 1992, a deepness in the sky 1999, and rainbows end 2006. A fire upon the deep is a 1992 science fiction novel by american writer vernor vinge. Other novels the witling tatja grimms world rainbows end. Click to read more about a fire upon the deep by vernor vinge.
Vernor vinge biography vernor steffen vinge pronounced vinjee, rhyming with stingy born february 10, 1944 is a mathematician, computer scientist and science fiction author who is best known for his hugo awardwinning novel a fire upon the deep, and for his 1993 essay the technological singularity, in which he argues that exponential growth in technology will reach a point beyond. A fire upon the deep zones of thought by vinge, vernor and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. A fire upon the deep, the children of the sky, a deepness in the sky. A fire upon the deep finishes really well, but of course theres plenty of space for more things to happen. Some of the comments may be more intelligible if i say a little about the history of the writing of a fire upon the deep.
A fire upon the deep by vernor vinge isfdb, wikipedia, sfe, who used to be a professor of mathematics before he retired to write fulltime, is the 1st novel in his zones of thought sequence of hard science fiction space opera novels set in a far future which has warring aliens, superintelligent beings, and a protousenet, this one kicking off the saga with the discovery that the earth. Librarything is a cataloging and social networking site for booklovers. He is a retired san diego state university professor of mathematics, a computer scientist and science fiction author. The books climactic battle is a little contrived relative to the freshness of the rest of the story.
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A fire upon the deep was the big breakout novel from vernor vinge, winner of the 1993 hugo award and nominated for the nebula. During christmas break 198788, i wrote a novella, the blabber first published by baen books, 1988. The book was published in multiple languages including english, consists of 6 pages and is available in mass market paperback format. Known for his rigorous hardscience approach to his science fiction, he became an iconic figure among cybernetic scientists with the publication in 1981 of his novella true names, which is considered a seminal, visionary work of internet fiction. They are taken captive by the tines, an alien race with a harsh medieval culture, and used as pawns in a ruthless power struggle. Apr 01, 2010 vernor vinge has won five hugo awards, two of them in the zones of thought series. This acclaimed book by vernor vinge is available at in several formats for your ereader. A fire upon the deep is a vast undertaking, but so well written that you immediately fit into the universe and get pulled into the story.
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There are lots of books that have fascinating universes, and. Martins press special annotated edition, ebook, 2,177 pages. Vernor vinge 1944 vernor steffen vinge was born in wisconsin in 1944. Vernor vinge has 36 books on goodreads with 229392 ratings. This discounted ebundle of the zones of thought series includes. It is a space opera involving superhuman intelligences, aliens, variable physics, space battles, love, betrayal, genocide, and a communication medium resembling usenet. A fire upon the deep download ebook pdf, epub, tuebl, mobi. Publication date 1992 topics life on other planets fiction. This is good, because vinge seems out of his element when writing about battles.
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