A Fire Upon the Deep
A Fire Upon the Deep is a science fiction novel by American writer Vernor Vinge, a space opera involving superhuman intelligences, aliens, variable physics, space battles, love, betrayal, genocide, and a conversation medium resembling Usenet. A Fire Upon the Deep won the Hugo Award in 1993 (tied with Doomsday Book by Connie Willis).
Besides the normal print book editions, the novel was also...
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| Author: | Vernor Vinge |
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| Genre: | Science Fiction, Hard science fiction, Fiction, Fantasy , Speculative fiction |
| Awards: |
Hugo Award for Best Novel1993
Science Fiction Chronicle Reader Award for Best Novel1993
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Author of A Fire Upon the Deep
Vernor Vinge
Vernor Steffen Vinge ( /ˈvɪndʒiː/; born October 2, 1944 in Waukesha, Wisconsin, U.S.) is a retired San Diego State University (SDSU) Professor of Mathematics, computer scientist, and science...
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Animal groups as distributed systems + concentric galactic shells. Brilliant.