false 167845 8 The Peace War is quintessential hard-science adventure. This fast-paced hard-science thriller garnered Vinge the first of his four Hugo nominations for best novel. The Peace Authority conquered the world with a weapon that never should have been a weapon -the 'bobble,' a spherical force-field impenetrable by any force known to mankind. Encasing governmental installations and military bases in bobbles, the Author-ity becomes virtually omnipotent. But they've never caught Paul Hoehler, the maverick who invented the technology, and who has been working quietly for decades to develop a way to defeat the Authority. With the help of an underground network of determined, independent scientists and a teenager who may be the apprentice genius he's needed for so long, he will shake the world. 1269997 1984 The Peace War total:379|5:76|4:171|3:118|2:14|1:0| 379 1446 498 23 4 1 false false Fri Jun 26 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 21 23:02:25 -0700 2009 Sat Jun 27 17:05:23 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1990 Wed Jan 28 12:40:31 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 04 13:33:14 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Apr 13 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Apr 06 13:52:52 -0700 2008 Sun Apr 13 14:28:21 -0700 2008
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The Ungoverned (short story)
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