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by Vernor Vinge (Author) "I was a child in the 1950s, a little boy who could talk and write better than he could think, but who had a good..." (more)
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  • Hardcover: 320 pages
  • Publisher: Tor Books (Nov 2001)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0312873735
  • ISBN-13: 978-0312873738
  • Product Dimensions: 24.3 x 16.5 x 3.9 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 1,824,105 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Anticipates our future like nobody else. --Gregory Benford

Vinge is one of the visionary writers of SF today. --David Brin --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

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"A major SF author...you can see Vinge maturing from clever competence and slick storytelling to something rather special." --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

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5.0 out of 5 stars A must read for Vinge fans, 20 Jan 2004
After reading this collection one thing becomes completely obvious: the themes Vinge writes about in his later works - the technological singularity (A Fire upon the Deep), or the lack of it and the inevitable technological collapse (A Deepness in the sky), intelligence amplification and mind-machine interface (Fast time at fairmont high) - these are not new concepts for Vinge. He has been writing about them for nearly 40 years.

It is amazing how even his oldest stories has aged so little and is still very effective as near-future SF. Vinge seems to have a knack for prediction - Read "The accomplice" to see how he nailed dowwn computer generated movies decades before they became a reality.

Some stories have aged, though - the shadow of an all out nuclear war is evident in some. But still, for Vinge fans this is a book you just can't skip.

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