A Fire Upon the Deep

Name: A Fire Upon the Deep
Author: Vernor Vinge

by Vernor Vinge

Hard SF space opera with zones of altered physics and superintelligence emergence

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Vernor Vinge

Vernor Vinge was an American mathematician and science fiction author who coined the term technological singularity as used in futurist discourse. A Fire Upon the Deep and A Deepness in the Sky both won the Hugo Award for Best Novel. His vision of the zones of thought in the galaxy offered a radical new framework for hard science fiction cosmology.

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