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Vernor Vinge

Born

in Waukesha, Wisconsin, The United States

October 02, 1944

Died

March 20, 2024

Genre

Science Fiction & Fantasy, Nonfiction

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Vernor Steffen Vinge is a retired San Diego State University Professor of Mathematics, computer scientist, and science fiction author. He is best known for his Hugo Award-winning novels A Fire Upon The Deep (1992), A Deepness in the Sky (1999) and Rainbows End (2006), his Hugo Award-winning novellas Fast Times at Fairmont High (2002) and The Cookie Monster (2004), as well as for his 1993 essay "The Coming Technological Singularity", in which he argues that exponential growth in technology will reach a point beyond which we cannot even speculate about the consequences.

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Average rating: 4.08 · 154,043 ratings · 8,186 reviews · 121 distinct works • Similar authors

	A Fire Upon the Deep (Zones of Thought, #1) 4.13 avg rating — 66,671 ratings — published 1992 — 88 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Deepness in the Sky (Zones of Thought, #2) 4.32 avg rating — 35,115 ratings — published 1999 — 49 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Rainbows End 3.77 avg rating — 18,954 ratings — published 2006 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Peace War (Across Realtime, #1) 3.97 avg rating — 7,340 ratings — published 1984 — 29 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Children of the Sky (Zones of Thought, #3) 3.69 avg rating — 7,760 ratings — published 2011	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Marooned in Realtime (Across Realtime, #2) 4.10 avg rating — 6,076 ratings — published 1986 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Across Realtime 4.15 avg rating — 2,437 ratings — published 1986 — 16 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	True Names: and the Opening of the Cyberspace Frontier 4.07 avg rating — 1,222 ratings — published 2001 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	True Names by Vernor Vinge, Bob Walters (Illustrator), Marvin Minsky (Afterword) 3.99 avg rating — 1,193 ratings — published 1981 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Collected Stories of Vernor Vinge 3.97 avg rating — 1,172 ratings — published 2001 — 21 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Quotes by Vernor Vinge (?)

“So much technology, so little talent.”
― Vernor Vinge, Rainbows End

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“I never guessed I could cry so hard my face hurt.”
― Vernor Vinge, A Fire Upon the Deep

tags: crying, hurting, sorrow

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“Sometimes the biggest disasters aren't noticed at all - no one's around to write horror stories.”
― Vernor Vinge, A Fire Upon the Deep

tags: disasters, history, writing-history

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June Sci-Fi Book -- Which book would you like to read in June

The Dispossessed: An Ambiguous Utopia, by Ursula K. Le Guin

34 votes, 15.4%

Altered Carbon, by Richard K. Morgan

32 votes, 14.5%

Fahrenheit 451, by Ray Bradbury

30 votes, 13.6%

Oryx and Crake, by Margaret Atwood

29 votes, 13.1%

The Sparrow, by Mary Doria Russell

21 votes, 9.5%

Little Brother, by Cory Doctorow

19 votes, 8.6%

The Caves of Steel, by Isaac Asimov

16 votes, 7.2%

A Deepness in the Sky, by Vernor Vinge

15 votes, 6.8%

Jurassic Park, by Michael Crichton

13 votes, 5.9%

Frankenstein, by Mary Shelley

12 votes, 5.4%

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