"Stunning hard sci-fi novel about a starship that is sent rocketing far into the future when an accident wrecks its deceleration system. Millions of years pass in the blink of an eye."
"Half the book is about man's transformation into a starfaring race, the other half about an alien race's exploration and its attempt to survive a catastrophic disaster. All of it is engaging."
"First of the 'Culture' novels, this is set on the background of a galactic war and features huge artifical stations, devastating weapons and sentient space craft. An epic space opera classic."
"Humanity has been quarantined from the rest of the universe, but why? Some heavy quantum theory talk but the grand concept and mind-expanding plot revelation mean it's never boring."
"Wormhole cameras are invented that allow the viewer to see anything, anywhere, and eventually any-when. Definitely a case of concept over characters, but the idea is so good you won't care."
"A soldier in a war with aliens becomes increasingly disconnected from humanity as the effects of relativity mean a few months tour of duty equals centuries on Earth."
"Vinge's 'zones of thought' is a brilliant concept, but it's only one of the many great ideas in this fantastic novel. One of the finest space operas ever written."
"Another Vinge classic, this compilation is centered around a technology that can enclose people and objects within an impenetrable bubble. A classic of the singularity sub-genre."
"The story follows one man trillions of years into the future. What begins as a quest to save his dying wife takes us to the very end of everything, the 'Omega Point'."
"All that remains of the Heechee are scattered artefacts, the most fantastic of which is Gateway, a station filled with automated craft that could lead to riches or death for its crew."
"What looks at first like an impressively large habitat formed from an asteroid turns out to be a never-ending corridor that stretches along infinite parallel universes."
