Vernor Vinge



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Vernor Vinge

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

gender
male

genre
Science Fiction & Fantasy, Nonfiction


About this author

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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Vernor Vinge's Books

Average rating: 4.04 · 41,522 ratings · 2,370 reviews · 31 distinct works · Similar authors
A Fire Upon the Deep (Zone...
4.12 of 5 stars 4.12 avg rating — 16,226 ratings — published 1992 — 44 editions
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A Deepness in the Sky (Zone...
4.29 of 5 stars 4.29 avg rating — 9,790 ratings — published 1999 — 26 editions
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Rainbows End
3.7 of 5 stars 3.70 avg rating — 5,845 ratings — published 2006 — 18 editions
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The Peace War (Across Realt...
3.89 of 5 stars 3.89 avg rating — 2,250 ratings — published 1984 — 14 editions
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Marooned in Realtime (Acros...
4.03 of 5 stars 4.03 avg rating — 1,993 ratings — published 1986 — 13 editions
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The Children of the Sky (Z...
3.47 of 5 stars 3.47 avg rating — 1,435 ratings — published 2011 — 7 editions
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Across Realtime
4.11 of 5 stars 4.11 avg rating — 1,054 ratings — published 1986 — 7 editions
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True Names: and the Opening...
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3.98 of 5 stars 3.98 avg rating — 419 ratings — published 2001
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The Collected Stories of Ve...
3.91 of 5 stars 3.91 avg rating — 411 ratings — published 2001 — 9 editions
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The Tatja Grimm's World
3.13 of 5 stars 3.13 avg rating — 353 ratings — published 1969 — 8 editions
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Series by Vernor Vinge

A Fire Upon the Deep A Deepness in the Sky The Children of the Sky
Zones of Thought (3 books)
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The Peace War Marooned in Realtime
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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
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“Intelligence is the handmaiden of flexibility and change.”
― Vernor Vinge, A Fire Upon the Deep
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