Which of the following is not said, even quoting others, by the character Pham Nuwen in Vernor Vinge's A Fire Upon The Deep?
a. It was not called the Net of a Million Lies for nothing."
b. "Politics may come and go, but Greed goes on forever."
c. "Death to vermin."
d. "Well, it beats being dead."
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a. It was not called the Net of a Million Lies for nothing."
b. "Politics may come and go, but Greed goes on forever."
c. "Death to vermin."
d. "Well, it beats being dead."
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Vernor Vinge
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October 02, 1944
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Waukesha, Wisconsin, The United States
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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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A Fire Upon The Deep by Vernor Vinge avg rating 4.23 — 1,494 ratings — published 1992 18 editions |
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A Deepness in the Sky by Vernor Vinge avg rating 4.32 — 996 ratings — published 1999 11 editions |
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Rainbows End by Vernor Vinge avg rating 3.56 — 886 ratings — published 2006 6 editions |
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Marooned in Realtime by Vernor Vinge avg rating 3.95 — 378 ratings — published 1986 9 editions |
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The Peace War by Vernor Vinge avg rating 3.82 — 362 ratings — published 1984 8 editions |
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Across Realtime by Vernor Vinge avg rating 4.00 — 194 ratings — published 1991 6 editions |
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True Names: and the Opening of the Cyberspace Frontier by Vernor Vinge, James Frenkel avg rating 3.95 — 122 ratings — published 2001 |
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The Collected Stories of Vernor Vinge by Vernor Vinge avg rating 3.99 — 95 ratings — published 2001 4 editions |
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Tatja Grimm's World by Vernor Vinge avg rating 3.00 — 96 ratings — published 1987 4 editions |
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The Witling by Vernor Vinge avg rating 3.14 — 77 ratings — published 1976 8 editions |
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"He claimed that nearby gun thunder cleared the mind - but most everybody else agreed it made you daft."
— Vernor Vinge (A Fire Upon The Deep)
— Vernor Vinge (A Fire Upon The Deep)
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