He is best known for his Hugo Award-winning novels and novellas A Fire Upon the Deep (), A Deepness in the Sky (), Rainbows End (), Fast Times at Fairmont High (), and The Cookie Monster (), as well as for his novel The Peace War and his essay "The Coming Technological Singularity", in which he argues that the creation of superhuman artificial intelligence /5(K). · It’s the rare book that can seamlessly blend intimate human (and non-human) drama with action and concepts of galactic proportions without compromising on detail, depth and passion, but that is exactly what Vernor Vinge’s A Fire Upon the Deep does so well. · Overview. Now in a new trade paperback edition for the Tor Essentials line, A Fire Upon the Deep is sure to bring a new generation of SF fans to Vinge's award-winning works. A Hugo Award-winning Novel! “Vinge is one of the best visionary writers of SF today.”-David Brin. Thousands of years in the future, humanity is no longer alone in a universe where a mind's potential is determined by its Brand: Tom Doherty Associates.
A Fire Upon the Deep is the first book in the Zone of Thought science fiction series by Vernor Vinge. Published in , it was named the Hugo Award for best novel of the year because of its complex, detailed, and thought-provoking dramatic plot about a galactic war taking place thousands of years in the future. A Fire upon the Deep by Vernor Vinge tells a tale of human scientists inadvertently releasing an ancient Blight on the universe, and the Blight racing an expedition to find what mystery has escaped their control: a secret that can make the Blight even more powerful or a Countermeasure that can once again defeat it. A Fire Upon The Deep (Zones of Thought series Book 1) - Kindle edition by Vinge, Vernor. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading A Fire Upon The Deep (Zones of Thought series Book 1).
A Fire Upon the Deep is a science fiction novel by American writer Vernor Vinge. 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 won the Hugo Award in , sharing it with Doomsday Book by Connie Willis. Overview. Now in a new trade paperback edition for the Tor Essentials line, A Fire Upon the Deep. He is best known for his Hugo Award-winning novels and novellas A Fire Upon the Deep (), A Deepness in the Sky (), Rainbows End (), Fast Times at Fairmont High (), and The Cookie Monster (), as well as for his novel The Peace War and his essay "The Coming Technological Singularity", in which he argues that the creation of superhuman artificial intelligence will mark the point at which "the human era will be ended", such that no current models of reality are.
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