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Vernor Vinge


Born
in Waukesha, Wisconsin, The United States
October 02, 1944

Died
March 20, 2024

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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 worksSimilar authors
A Fire Upon the Deep (Zones...

4.13 avg rating — 66,671 ratings — published 1992 — 88 editions
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A Deepness in the Sky (Zone...

4.32 avg rating — 35,115 ratings — published 1999 — 49 editions
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Rainbows End

3.77 avg rating — 18,954 ratings — published 2006 — 4 editions
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The Peace War (Across Realt...

3.97 avg rating — 7,340 ratings — published 1984 — 29 editions
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The Children of the Sky (Zo...

3.69 avg rating — 7,760 ratings — published 2011
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Marooned in Realtime (Acros...

4.10 avg rating — 6,076 ratings — published 1986 — 2 editions
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Across Realtime

4.15 avg rating — 2,437 ratings — published 1986 — 16 editions
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True Names: and the Opening...

4.07 avg rating — 1,222 ratings — published 2001 — 11 editions
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The Collected Stories of Ve...

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

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

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

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