by Vernor Vinge · tapa blanda · ISBN 9781857981278
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«A Fire Upon the Deep» is the science fiction novel by Vernor Vinge, published in 1995 by Gollancz in paperback (592 pages, in English).
In the Transcend there are near-divine intelligences; in the Depths of Unthinking, simple minds. The Straumli realm uses an ancient artefact as a weapon and unleashes a catastrophe that destroys worlds and enslaves intelligences. Ravna flees with cryo-frozen children, but falls into the hands of the Tines, medieval aliens who use her in their struggles.
First instalment of the Zones of Thought series, published by Gollancz in 1995.
A classic space opera of the nineties, for readers who enjoy alien civilisations, advanced technology and galactic intrigue.
Vernor Steffen Vinge was an American science fiction author and professor. He taught mathematics and computer science at San Diego State University. He was the first wide-scale popularizer of the technological singularity concept and among the first authors to present a fictional "cyberspace". He won the Hugo Award for his novels A Fire Upon the Deep (1992), A Deepness in the Sky (1999), and Rainbows End (2006), and novellas Fast Times at Fairmont High (2001) and The Cookie Monster (2004).
