They are taken captive by the Tines, an alien race with a harsh medieval culture, and used as pawns in a ruthless power struggle.Īt the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied. Nobody knows what strange force partitioned space into these 'regions of thought,' but when the warring Straumli realm use an ancient Transcendent artifact as a weapon, they unwittingly unleash an awesome power that destroys thousands of worlds and enslaves all natural and artificial intelligence.įleeing this galactic threat, Ravna crash lands on a strange world with a ship-hold full of cryogenically frozen children, the only survivors from a destroyed space-lab. See search resultsfor this author Vernor Vinge(Author) 4. Thousands of years in the future, humanity is no longer alone in a universe where a mind's potential is determined by its location in space, from superintelligent entities in the Transcend, to the limited minds of the Unthinking Depths, where only simple creatures, and technology, can function. A Fire Upon the Deep (SFBC 50th Anniversary Collection) Hardcover Decemby Vernor Vinge (Author) Visit Amazon's Vernor Vinge Page Find all the books, read about the author, and more. 'Vinge is one of the best visionary writers of SF today.'-David Brin OL1975714W Page_number_confidence 93.Now with a new introduction 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 Fire Upon the Deep won the Hugo Award in 1993, sharing it with. It is a space opera involving superhuman intelligences, aliens, variable physics, space battles, love, betrayal, genocide, and a communication medium resembling Usenet. OL25046005M Openlibrary_subject long_now_manual_for_civilization Openlibrary_work A Fire Upon the Deep is a 1992 science fiction novel by American writer Vernor Vinge. He has created a galaxy where different species are moving upwards through a series of 'zones of thought' as their technology becomes more sophisticated. As many others have mentioned, Vinges unique vision of the future is one of the novels biggest strengths. Vernor Vinge weaves an amazingly elaborate galaxy filled with alien species of all levels of technology, including sentient kelp on wheels. Urn:lcp:fireupondeep00ving_1:epub:3198e087-7b72-4b81-8294-396dc4d9debb Extramarc University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (PZ) Foldoutcount 0 Identifier fireupondeep00ving_1 Identifier-ark ark:/13960/t8rc12t0k Invoice 1213 Isbn 9780765329820Ġ765329824 Lccn 2011013445 Ocr_converted abbyy-to-hocr 1.1.20 Ocr_module_version 0.0.17 Openlibrary OL25046005M Openlibrary_edition 'A Fire Upon the Deep' is a fast-paced, exciting, and incredibly inventive book. Urn:lcp:fireupondeep00ving_1:lcpdf:329f1c58-262d-4685-8e39-d41dc427b7d0 A Fire Upon the Deep is the big, breakout book that fulfills the promise of Vinges career to date: a gripping tale of galactic war told on a cosmic scale. Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 15:59:34.84511 Bookplateleaf 0010 Boxid IA1145418 City New York Donorīostonpubliclibrary Edition 1st trade pbk.

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