A Fire Upon The Deep

Author : Vernor Vinge
Publisher : Tor Science Fiction
ISBN 13 : 1429981989
Total Pages : 626 pages
Book Rating : 4.89/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Fire Upon The Deep written by Vernor Vinge and published by Tor Science Fiction. This book was released on 2010-04-01 with total page 626 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 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 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. 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. Fleeing 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. They are taken captive by the Tines, an alien race with a harsh medieval culture, and used as pawns in a ruthless power struggle. Tor books by Vernor Vinge Zones of Thought Series A Fire Upon The Deep A Deepness In The Sky The Children of The Sky Realtime/Bobble Series The Peace War Marooned in Realtime Other Novels The Witling Tatja Grimm's World Rainbows End Collections Collected Stories of Vernor Vinge True Names At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Author : Vernor Vinge
Publisher : Hachette UK
ISBN 13 : 0575093706
Total Pages : 800 pages
Book Rating : 4.06/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Zones of Thought written by Vernor Vinge and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2010-10-21 with total page 800 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Vinge's masterpieces together at last, in one epic volume The Hugo Award winning A FIRE UPON THE DEEP and its epic companion novel A DEEPNESS IN THE SKY, set in the same universe but 20,000 years earlier, were benchmarks for SF in the last decade of the 20th century. In FIRE 'Vinge presents a galaxy divided into Zones - regions where different physical constraints allow very different technological and mental possibilities. Earth remains in the "Slowness" zone, where nothing can travel faster than light and minds are fairly limited. The action of the book is in the "Beyond", where translight travel and other marvels exist, and humans are one of many intelligent species. One human colony has been experimenting to find a path to the "Transcend", where intelligence and power are so great as to seem godlike. Instead they release the Blight, an evil power, from a billion-year captivity.' Publisher's Weekly In DEEPNESS, 'the story has the same sense of epic vastness despite happening mostly in one isolated solar system. Here there's a world of intelligent spider creatures who traditionally hibernate through the "Deepest Darkness" of their strange variable sun's long "off" periods, when even the atmosphere freezes. Now, science offers them an alternative. Meanwhile, attracted by spider radio transmissions, two human starfleets come exploring - merchants hoping for customers and tyrants who want slaves. Their inevitable clash leaves both fleets crippled, with the power in the wrong hands, which leads to a long wait in space until the spiders develop exploitable technology. Over the years Vinge builds palpable tension through multiple storylines and characters.' Dave Langford

Author : Vernor Vinge
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 0765399571
Total Pages : 1680 pages
Book Rating : 4.71/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Zones of Thought Series written by Vernor Vinge and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2017-06-13 with total page 1680 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This discounted ebundle includes: A Fire Upon the Deep, The Children of the Sky, A Deepness in the Sky “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 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. 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. A Fire Upon The Deep — Fleeing a galactic threat, Ravna crash lands on a strange world with a ship hold full of cryogenically frozen children, the only survivors. They are taken captive by the Tines, an alien race with a harsh medieval culture, and used as pawns in a ruthless power struggle. The Children of the Sky — Ten years have passed on Tines World, and Ravna and the children have survived a war. While there is peace among the Tines, there are those among them—and among the humans—who seek power...and no matter the cost, these malcontents are determined to overturn the fledgling civilization that has taken root since the humans landed. A Deepness in the Sky — Thirty-thousand years before A Fire Upon the Deep, two human groups, the Qeng Ho, a culture of free traders, and the Emergents, a ruthless society based on the technological enslavement of minds, stand on the verge of first contact with an alien race. Other Books by Vernor Vinge Realtime/Bobble Series The Peace War Marooned in Realtime Other Novels The Witling Tatja Grimm's World Rainbows End Collections Collected Stories of Vernor Vinge True Names At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

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ISBN 13 : 9780780730908
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.09/5 ( download)

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Author : Vernor Vinge
Publisher : Orion
ISBN 13 : 9781857980660
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.62/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Fire Upon the Deep (18 Copy D/Bin) written by Vernor Vinge and published by Orion. This book was released on 1992-09-17 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Vernor Vinge
Publisher : Turtleback Books
ISBN 13 : 9780606159814
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.19/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Fire Upon the Deep written by Vernor Vinge and published by Turtleback Books. This book was released on 1993 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A space ship crashs into an unfamilar world, leaving the sole survivors- a pair of children- at the mercies of a medieval, lupine race.

Author : Vernor Vinge
Publisher : St. Martin's Press
ISBN 13 : 9780812579925
Total Pages : 696 pages
Book Rating : 4.25/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Children of the Sky written by Vernor Vinge and published by St. Martin's Press. This book was released on 2012-04-24 with total page 696 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On a world of fascinating wonders and terrifying dangers, Vinge has created apowerful novel of adventure and discovery that will entrance the many readersof "A Fire Upon the Deep."

Author : Vernor Vinge
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 0765308843
Total Pages : 286 pages
Book Rating : 4.49/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Marooned in Realtime written by Vernor Vinge and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2004-10 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The exciting sequel to The Peace War by the author of A Fire Upon the Deep

Author : Vernor Vinge
Publisher : Gollancz
ISBN 13 : 9781473211964
Total Pages : 432 pages
Book Rating : 4.64/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Deepness in the Sky written by Vernor Vinge and published by Gollancz. This book was released on 2016-07-14 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is science fiction on the grandest of scales - a cast of thousands set across hundreds of years and in the farthest reaches of Human Space. A prequel to his earlier novel A Fire Upon the Deep, this new novel is epic in scope and a thoroughly riveting read. A Deepness In the Sky is the story of Pham Nuwen, a small cog in the interstellar trading fleet of the Queng Ho. Both they and the Emergents are orbiting Arachna, a dormant planet which will shortly wake up when its On/Off star relights after decades of darkness. Both groups hope to exploit the coming age of technology and commerce on Arachna. But while the Queng Ho seek only to trade aggressively, the Emergents plans are far more sinister, amounting to little short of genocide . . .

Author : Vernor Vinge
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 9780312875848
Total Pages : 468 pages
Book Rating : 4.43/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Collected Stories of Vernor Vinge written by Vernor Vinge and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2002-08-17 with total page 468 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From his earliest stories in the mid-1960s, to his longer works of the 1970s and '80s, these pieces display Vinge's sense of wonder. Those who love his novels will find his short fiction even more impressive.