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A Deepness in the Sky
Vernor Vinge
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Description for A Deepness in the Sky
Paperback. The Hugo and John W. Campbell Memorial Award-winning prequel to the magnificent A FIRE UPON THE DEEP. Series: S.F. Masterworks. Num Pages: 560 pages. BIC Classification: FL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 204 x 45. Weight in Grams: 376.
This is science fiction on the grandest of scales - a cast of thousands set across hundreds of years and in the farthest reaches of Human Space. A prequel to his earlier novel A Fire Upon the Deep, this new novel is epic in scope and a thoroughly riveting read. A Deepness In the Sky is the story of Pham Nuwen, a small cog in the interstellar trading fleet of the Queng Ho. Both they and the Emergents are orbiting Arachna, a dormant planet which will shortly wake ... Read more
This is science fiction on the grandest of scales - a cast of thousands set across hundreds of years and in the farthest reaches of Human Space. A prequel to his earlier novel A Fire Upon the Deep, this new novel is epic in scope and a thoroughly riveting read. A Deepness In the Sky is the story of Pham Nuwen, a small cog in the interstellar trading fleet of the Queng Ho. Both they and the Emergents are orbiting Arachna, a dormant planet which will shortly wake ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Series
S.F. Masterworks
Condition
New
Number of Pages
560
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781473211964
SKU
V9781473211964
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99-50
About Vernor Vinge
Vernor Vinge (1944 - ) Vernor Steffen Vinge was born in Wisconsin in 1944. He is a retired San Diego State University Professor of Mathematics, a computer scientist and science fiction author. He is best known for his two epic space operas A Fire Upon the Deep (1992) and A Deepness in the Sky (1999), both of which ... Read more
Reviews for A Deepness in the Sky
A feast of imagination. As always, Vinge satisfies with richly imagined worlds and a full-flavored story Revelatory space opera, galaxy spanning story . . . the book's immensity puts Vinge in the Golden New Age of Arthur C Clarke and Greg Bear - The Times The sort of epic take on a first-contact ... Read more