Rainbows End - Softcover
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Praise for Vernor Vinge
A Deepness in the Sky
Winner of the 1999 Hugo Award for Best Science Fiction Novel
"A Deepness in the Sky more than justifies the old tag 'eagerly anticipated.' It's a space opera dealing with the age-old themes of exploration, first contact, different cultures, exploitation and, inevitably, conflict. An intriguing and mind-stretching epic. Highly recommended."
--SFX
A Fire Upon the Deep
Winner of the 1992 Hugo Award for Best Novel
"When I was young and had to write my address in a school notebook, I would begin with my street and apartment number and then go on through city, county, state, country and continent in a litany of ever more grandiose place names that did not end until I reached 'Earth, Solar System, Milky Way Galaxy, The Universe.' In those days, it thrilled me that my small corner of the Bronx was just a one part of the vastness I could see in the sky at night. This is the feeling I got from reading A Fire Upon the Deep by Vernor Vinge."
--Gerald Jonas, New York Times Book Review
Marooned in Realtime
"Marooned in Realtime is a cracking good story that leaves the reader with plenty to think about. Vernor Vinge draws fine characters and writes a compelling plot. In the end, almost all the mysteries are solved--the only loose ends are those which will leave you pondering the future of Mankind and of the earth for weeks after you finish the book"
--The Baltimore Sun
About the Author:
A Deepness in the Sky
Winner of the 1999 Hugo Award for Best Science Fiction Novel
"A Deepness in the Sky more than justifies the old tag 'eagerly anticipated.' It's a space opera dealing with the age-old themes of exploration, first contact, different cultures, exploitation and, inevitably, conflict. An intriguing and mind-stretching epic. Highly recommended."
--SFX
A Fire Upon the Deep
Winner of the 1992 Hugo Award for Best Novel
"When I was young and had to write my address in a school notebook, I would begin with my street and apartment number and then go on through city, county, state, country and continent in a litany of ever more grandiose place names that did not end until I reached 'Earth, Solar System, Milky Way Galaxy, The Universe.' In those days, it thrilled me that my small corner of the Bronx was just a one part of the vastness I could see in the sky at night. This is the feeling I got from reading A Fire Upon the Deep by Vernor Vinge."
--Gerald Jonas, New York Times Book Review
Marooned in Realtime
"Marooned in Realtime is a cracking good story that leaves the reader with plenty to think about. Vernor Vinge draws fine characters and writes a compelling plot. In the end, almost all the mysteries are solved--the only loose ends are those which will leave you pondering the future of Mankind and of the earth for weeks after you finish the book"
--The Baltimore Sun
Vernor Steffen Vinge est ne le 2 octobre 1944. C'est un ecrivain de science-fiction, citoyen des Etats-Unis, surtout connu pour son roman Un feu sur l'abime et son essai de 1993 sur la singularite technologique (ou singularite vingienne). Il est egalement professeur d'informatique et de mathematique a l'Universite de San Diego.
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- PublisherTORSF 1/1/2007 1/1/2007 1/1/20
- Publication date2007
- ISBN 10 0330451944
- ISBN 13 9780330451949
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages384
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Rainbows End
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(2007)
ISBN 10: 0330451944
ISBN 13: 9780330451949
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Book Description Paperback: 7" x 4½". Condition: Very Good: Light signs of wear. Cover Art: Stephan Martiniere (illustrator). 2007 Edition. © 2006:- A stand-alone novel by Vernor Vinge. 1st printing of 2007 edition:- Synopsis: The mysterious stranger and Mr Rabbit. World famous poet Robert Gu missed twenty years of progress while he nearly died from Alzheimer's. Now, when he awakens in San Diego in the year 2025, with his mind and health restored, reality's a shock. Books are just about gone. Computers are old news, replaced by 'smart' contact lenses that connect him to the Internet via his clothes and wireless nodes just about everywhere. Buildings look low-rent - unless your wearing. Then they look like whatever you want. Even he is different. He's seventy-five, but his treatment has made him look almost like a teenager. And that's just the tip of the iceberg in the new Digital Age. As Gu tries to catch up with his future, a mysterious stranger draws him and other innocents into a conspiracy that could have disastrous consequences. Before he knows it, he's in so deep that even his high-ranking military son and daughter-in-law are clueless. His only hope - the world's only hope - is that his thirteen-year-old- granddaughter Miri and her secret friend, Mr Rabbit, might be able to keep the worst from happening:- Review(s): "In the grand tradition of William Gibson and Neal Stephenson, Vernor Vinge just turned the future upside-down in 'Rainbows End' a deceptively charming return to the high school novel of yore, replete with bullying, family troubles. And grand terrorism" - Charles Stross, author of Accelerando / "A feverishly entertaining next-gen tech thriller" - SFreviews_com:- (original cost £6.99). Seller Inventory # 17.006.00017
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