A Fire Upon the Deep
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| Rating | : | 4.40 (769 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B00355AR4Q |
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| Number of Pages | : | 248 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-10-18 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Serious complications follow. Low-tech war looms, with elaborately nested betrayals and schemes to seize Out of Band if it ever arrives. The tension becomes extreme while half the Beyond debates the issues on galactic Usenet. Primitive doesn't mean stupid, and opposed Tine leaders wheedle the young castaways for information about guns and radios. Faster-than-light travel remains impossible near Earth, deep in the galaxy's Slow Zone--but physical laws relax in the surrounding Beyond. This epic combines the flash and dazzle of old-style space opera with modern, polished thoughtfulnes
In 1992 Vernor Vinge amazed the science fiction world with this epic novel of star-spanning adventure. Now, with the long awaited sequel The Children of the Sky about to be published, we are proud to offer the first-ever trade paperback edition of this big-screen SF classic. A Fire Upon The Deep is the winner of the 1993 Hugo Award for Best Novel.. It won the Hugo Award for Best Novel, and has since become a landmark in the field
it gets you thinking when you put it down Sam This is the first book I have read by Vernor Vinge. It is full of mind boggling ideas and wonderfully complex aliens.One mind boggling idea that the galaxy has zones. The closer you get to the galaxy center, the dumber you are, and the slower you go, the longer you live. A fast, smart, malevolent force from the outermost re. "Highly original and intensely exciting" according to Brian K. Highly original and intensely exciting. The universe, along with the characters, are established quickly. While complex initially, the majority of the book adds little new information to digest. As such, I consider this book to be a more accessible version of Hyperion.Also interesting is the technological juxtaposition whic. Completely different I have never read anything quite like this book. I usually prefer fantasy and this is sci fi. The book does have a humanoid race, but also other completely unique races that are well developed. The way the universe works is also different than anything I have read before.This book was a complicated read that pulled me into