vernor vinge

  1. MrCHansen

    Vernor Vinge - Audiobooks (The Children of the Sky)

    Hi VV Fans, If you follow my threads you'll see I'm very much into consuming content in written and audio formats. I like to read a chapter and then listen to one in the car or at the gym. This allows me to get thru books faster then just reading them when time permits. That said, today's book...
  2. MrCHansen

    Vernor Vinge - Audiobooks (A Deepness in the Sky)

    Hi VV Fans, If you follow my threads you'll see I'm very much into consuming content in written and audio formats. I like to read a chapter and then listen to one in the car or at the gym. This allows me to get thru books faster then just reading them when time permits. That said, today's book...
  3. MrCHansen

    Vernor Vinge - Audiobooks (A Fire Upon the Deep)

    Hi VV Fans, If you follow my threads you'll see I'm very much into consuming content in written and audio formats. I like to read a chapter and then listen to one in the car or at the gym. This allows me to get thru books faster then just reading them when time permits. That said, today's book...
  4. nixie

    Vernor Vinge.

    Not an author I know much about but I saw a post on Facebook by Raymond E Feist saying he had passed away. https://www.theverge.com/2024/3/21/24107801/vernor-vinge-science-fiction-writer-and-creator-of-the-concept-of-the-technological-singularity-has
  5. A

    Rainbows End

    Rainbows End Vernor Vinge Tor, May 2006, $25.95 ISBN 0312856849 In 2025 in San Diego Robert Gu recovers from Alzheimer’s, but much of the world he once knew has changed dramatically since he originally fell into his fog state a few years ago and he even doubts his once highly recognized skill...
  6. A

    The Witling

    The Witling Vernor Vinge Tor, Dec 2006, $13.95 ISBN: 076530886X The male archeologist Bjault and the female space pilot Yoninne Leg-Wot disagree on how to go about their assignment to explore the planet Giri. She insists they know enough having “spied” from space on the feudal society below...
  7. A

    The Children of the Sky-Vernor Vinge

    The Children of the Sky Vernor Vinge Tor, Oct 11 2011, $25.99 ISBN: 9780312875626 A decade of survival problems have passed since Ravna Bergndot and the cryo Children of the Sky escaped the near extinction Blight of humanity by landing on Tines World (see A Fire Upon the Deep). They build a...
  8. S

    New Vernor Vinge novel out in November

    7th October 2011 05:19 PM Kerry Butters Due for release in November is a new novel from Hugo award winning author, Vernor Vinge, published by Tor. Nearly ten years ago, Ravna Bergnsdot and a number of human children survived a disaster that almost obliterated the human race and ended up on...
  9. Jojo999

    Vernor Vinge

    I was surprised to not find any references to Vernor Vinge here since he seems to have a bit of a fan base. I had thought that this was where I got the recommendation for his book 'A fire Upon The Deep'. I recently completed the sequel to this book and thought I would put a short...
  10. Coragem

    Vernor Vinge

    Okay, okay, I have too many books in my "to read" pile already ... But, I saw Vernor Vinge mentioned in another thread, and I'm interested. Zones of Thought then caught my eye, when I had a glance on Amazon. http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/0575093692/?tag=brite-21 I'd never heard of Vinge...
  11. antiloquax

    Singularity - Vernor Vinge

    I recently read this article by Vinge on The Singularity and I am reading his story "True Names". I am interested in this idea as I have been working on a story which includes some ideas about a benign AI and time-travel. If anyone can point me to some other key texts, I'd be grateful. :) a
  12. The Wanderer

    A Fire Upon the Deep - Vernor Vinge

    Opinions please?
  13. The Wanderer

    Vernor Vinge

    Never read any of his work, where do I start? :eek:
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