false 2979259 <![CDATA[Ein Feuer auf der Tiefe]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg Faster-than-light travel remains impossible near Earth, deep in the galaxy's Slow Zone--but physical laws relax in the surrounding Beyond. Outside that again is the Transcend, full of unguessable, godlike "Powers." When human meddling wakes an old Power, the Blight, this spreads like a wildfire mind virus that turns whole civilizations into its unthinking tools. And the half-mythical Countermeasure, if it exists, is lost with two human children on primitive Tines World.

Serious complications follow. One paranoid alien alliance blames humanity for the Blight and launches a genocidal strike. Pham Nuwen, the man who knows about Countermeasure, escapes this ruin in the spacecraft Out of Band--heading for more violence and treachery, with 500 warships soon in hot pursuit. On his destination world, the fascinating Tines are intelligent only in combination: named "individuals" are small packs of the doglike aliens. Primitive doesn't mean stupid, and opposed Tine leaders wheedle the young castaways for information about guns and radios. Low-tech war looms, with elaborately nested betrayals and schemes to seize Out of Band if it ever arrives. The tension becomes extreme... while half the Beyond debates the issues on galactic Usenet.

Vinge's climax is suitably mindboggling. This epic combines the flash and dazzle of old-style space opera with modern, polished thoughtfulness. Pham Nuwen also appears in the nifty prequel set 30,000 years earlier, A Deepness in the Sky. Both recommended. --David Langford, Amazon.co.uk

]]> 77711 19 1253374 1992 A Fire Upon The Deep (Zones of Thought) total:1635|5:737|4:609|3:229|2:48|1:12| 1635 6916 2323 179 44037 4.01 5381 586 41026297 321673 77711 0812515285 9780812515282 173 <![CDATA[A Fire Upon The Deep]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170900383m/77711.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170900383s/77711.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/77711.A_Fire_Upon_The_Deep 4.23 1573 A Fire Upon the Deep is the big, breakout book that fulfills the promise of Vinge's career to date: a gripping tale of galactic war told on a cosmic scale.

Thousands of years hence, many races inhabit a universe where a mind's potential is determined by its location in space, from superintelligent entities in the Transcend, to the limited minds of the Unthinking Depths, where only simple creatures and technology can function. Nobody knows what strange force partitioned space into these "regions of thought," but when the warring Straumli realm use an ancient Transcendent artifact as a weapon, they unwittingly unleash an awesome power that destroys thousands of worlds and enslaves all natural and artificial intelligence.

Fleeing the threat, a family of scientists, including two children, are taken captive by the Tines, an alien race with a harsh medieval culture, and used as pawns in a ruthless power struggle. A rescue mission, not entirely composed of humans, must rescue the children-and a secret that may save the rest of interstellar civilization.
]]> 1992 3 5 false Sat Jan 10 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Dec 27 13:52:32 -0800 2008 Sun Jan 11 09:51:40 -0800 2009
I enjoyed the story of the Tines, aliens with pack minds, and I came to like the concept of the "zones of thought", where different levels of technology ...more...]]> 41006502 899665 77711 0812515285 9780812515282 173 <![CDATA[A Fire Upon The Deep]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170900383m/77711.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170900383s/77711.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/77711.A_Fire_Upon_The_Deep 4.23 1635 A Fire Upon the Deep is the big, breakout book that fulfills the promise of Vinge's career to date: a gripping tale of galactic war told on a cosmic scale.

Thousands of years hence, many races inhabit a universe where a mind's potential is determined by its location in space, from superintelligent entities in the Transcend, to the limited minds of the Unthinking Depths, where only simple creatures and technology can function. Nobody knows what strange force partitioned space into these "regions of thought," but when the warring Straumli realm use an ancient Transcendent artifact as a weapon, they unwittingly unleash an awesome power that destroys thousands of worlds and enslaves all natural and artificial intelligence.

Fleeing the threat, a family of scientists, including two children, are taken captive by the Tines, an alien race with a harsh medieval culture, and used as pawns in a ruthless power struggle. A rescue mission, not entirely composed of humans, must rescue the children-and a secret that may save the rest of interstellar civilization.
]]> 1992 3 5 false Tue Jan 13 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Dec 27 09:05:30 -0800 2008 Sat Jan 17 05:58:56 -0800 2009 1
I must admit that only about a third or half of this story kept my interest. I was drawn in to the plight of Jefri and Johanna. And, ...more...]]> 40969896 1022982 77711 0812515285 9780812515282 173 <![CDATA[A Fire Upon The Deep]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170900383m/77711.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170900383s/77711.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/77711.A_Fire_Upon_The_Deep 4.23 1635 A Fire Upon the Deep is the big, breakout book that fulfills the promise of Vinge's career to date: a gripping tale of galactic war told on a cosmic scale.

Thousands of years hence, many races inhabit a universe where a mind's potential is determined by its location in space, from superintelligent entities in the Transcend, to the limited minds of the Unthinking Depths, where only simple creatures and technology can function. Nobody knows what strange force partitioned space into these "regions of thought," but when the warring Straumli realm use an ancient Transcendent artifact as a weapon, they unwittingly unleash an awesome power that destroys thousands of worlds and enslaves all natural and artificial intelligence.

Fleeing the threat, a family of scientists, including two children, are taken captive by the Tines, an alien race with a harsh medieval culture, and used as pawns in a ruthless power struggle. A rescue mission, not entirely composed of humans, must rescue the children-and a secret that may save the rest of interstellar civilization.
]]> 1992 3 2 true Fri Dec 26 18:26:56 -0800 2008 Tue Jan 13 13:58:42 -0800 2009 more...]]> 41092570 1836077 77711 0812515285 9780812515282 173 <![CDATA[A Fire Upon The Deep]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170900383m/77711.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170900383s/77711.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/77711.A_Fire_Upon_The_Deep 4.23 1635 A Fire Upon the Deep is the big, breakout book that fulfills the promise of Vinge's career to date: a gripping tale of galactic war told on a cosmic scale.

Thousands of years hence, many races inhabit a universe where a mind's potential is determined by its location in space, from superintelligent entities in the Transcend, to the limited minds of the Unthinking Depths, where only simple creatures and technology can function. Nobody knows what strange force partitioned space into these "regions of thought," but when the warring Straumli realm use an ancient Transcendent artifact as a weapon, they unwittingly unleash an awesome power that destroys thousands of worlds and enslaves all natural and artificial intelligence.

Fleeing the threat, a family of scientists, including two children, are taken captive by the Tines, an alien race with a harsh medieval culture, and used as pawns in a ruthless power struggle. A rescue mission, not entirely composed of humans, must rescue the children-and a secret that may save the rest of interstellar civilization.
]]> 1992 3 3 false Fri Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Sun Dec 28 10:36:06 -0800 2008 Sun Dec 28 10:36:26 -0800 2008 more...]]> 19473747 1039439 77711 0812515285 9780812515282 173 <![CDATA[A Fire Upon The Deep]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170900383m/77711.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170900383s/77711.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/77711.A_Fire_Upon_The_Deep 4.23 1635 A Fire Upon the Deep is the big, breakout book that fulfills the promise of Vinge's career to date: a gripping tale of galactic war told on a cosmic scale.

Thousands of years hence, many races inhabit a universe where a mind's potential is determined by its location in space, from superintelligent entities in the Transcend, to the limited minds of the Unthinking Depths, where only simple creatures and technology can function. Nobody knows what strange force partitioned space into these "regions of thought," but when the warring Straumli realm use an ancient Transcendent artifact as a weapon, they unwittingly unleash an awesome power that destroys thousands of worlds and enslaves all natural and artificial intelligence.

Fleeing the threat, a family of scientists, including two children, are taken captive by the Tines, an alien race with a harsh medieval culture, and used as pawns in a ruthless power struggle. A rescue mission, not entirely composed of humans, must rescue the children-and a secret that may save the rest of interstellar civilization.
]]> 1992 5 3 false Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005 Fri Apr 04 15:41:26 -0700 2008 Mon Apr 14 14:24:04 -0700 2008
This is an absolutely fantastic book.

On the outskirts of the Galaxy, far from the physical constraints of the Galactic core, faster-than-light travel is possible, and Tr...more...]]> 7050493 92292 77711 0812515285 9780812515282 173 <![CDATA[A Fire Upon The Deep]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170900383m/77711.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170900383s/77711.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/77711.A_Fire_Upon_The_Deep 4.23 1635 A Fire Upon the Deep is the big, breakout book that fulfills the promise of Vinge's career to date: a gripping tale of galactic war told on a cosmic scale.

Thousands of years hence, many races inhabit a universe where a mind's potential is determined by its location in space, from superintelligent entities in the Transcend, to the limited minds of the Unthinking Depths, where only simple creatures and technology can function. Nobody knows what strange force partitioned space into these "regions of thought," but when the warring Straumli realm use an ancient Transcendent artifact as a weapon, they unwittingly unleash an awesome power that destroys thousands of worlds and enslaves all natural and artificial intelligence.

Fleeing the threat, a family of scientists, including two children, are taken captive by the Tines, an alien race with a harsh medieval culture, and used as pawns in a ruthless power struggle. A rescue mission, not entirely composed of humans, must rescue the children-and a secret that may save the rest of interstellar civilization.
]]> 1992 4 2 false Sun Sep 30 17:04:40 -0700 2007 Mon Nov 19 13:12:04 -0800 2007 more...]]> 4948064 300992 77711 0812515285 9780812515282 173 <![CDATA[A Fire Upon The Deep]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170900383m/77711.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170900383s/77711.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/77711.A_Fire_Upon_The_Deep 4.23 1635 A Fire Upon the Deep is the big, breakout book that fulfills the promise of Vinge's career to date: a gripping tale of galactic war told on a cosmic scale.

Thousands of years hence, many races inhabit a universe where a mind's potential is determined by its location in space, from superintelligent entities in the Transcend, to the limited minds of the Unthinking Depths, where only simple creatures and technology can function. Nobody knows what strange force partitioned space into these "regions of thought," but when the warring Straumli realm use an ancient Transcendent artifact as a weapon, they unwittingly unleash an awesome power that destroys thousands of worlds and enslaves all natural and artificial intelligence.

Fleeing the threat, a family of scientists, including two children, are taken captive by the Tines, an alien race with a harsh medieval culture, and used as pawns in a ruthless power struggle. A rescue mission, not entirely composed of humans, must rescue the children-and a secret that may save the rest of interstellar civilization.
]]> 1992 5 2 false Wed Aug 22 11:55:19 -0700 2007 Sat Aug 25 17:20:18 -0700 2007 more...]]> 34526669 193515 77711 0812515285 9780812515282 173 <![CDATA[A Fire Upon The Deep]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170900383m/77711.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170900383s/77711.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/77711.A_Fire_Upon_The_Deep 4.23 1635 A Fire Upon the Deep is the big, breakout book that fulfills the promise of Vinge's career to date: a gripping tale of galactic war told on a cosmic scale.

Thousands of years hence, many races inhabit a universe where a mind's potential is determined by its location in space, from superintelligent entities in the Transcend, to the limited minds of the Unthinking Depths, where only simple creatures and technology can function. Nobody knows what strange force partitioned space into these "regions of thought," but when the warring Straumli realm use an ancient Transcendent artifact as a weapon, they unwittingly unleash an awesome power that destroys thousands of worlds and enslaves all natural and artificial intelligence.

Fleeing the threat, a family of scientists, including two children, are taken captive by the Tines, an alien race with a harsh medieval culture, and used as pawns in a ruthless power struggle. A rescue mission, not entirely composed of humans, must rescue the children-and a secret that may save the rest of interstellar civilization.
]]> 1992 3 1 false Wed Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Oct 04 14:47:13 -0700 2008 Wed Oct 22 00:22:24 -0700 2008 more...]]> 33877410 1124725 77711 0812515285 9780812515282 173 <![CDATA[A Fire Upon The Deep]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170900383m/77711.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170900383s/77711.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/77711.A_Fire_Upon_The_Deep 4.23 1635 A Fire Upon the Deep is the big, breakout book that fulfills the promise of Vinge's career to date: a gripping tale of galactic war told on a cosmic scale.

Thousands of years hence, many races inhabit a universe where a mind's potential is determined by its location in space, from superintelligent entities in the Transcend, to the limited minds of the Unthinking Depths, where only simple creatures and technology can function. Nobody knows what strange force partitioned space into these "regions of thought," but when the warring Straumli realm use an ancient Transcendent artifact as a weapon, they unwittingly unleash an awesome power that destroys thousands of worlds and enslaves all natural and artificial intelligence.

Fleeing the threat, a family of scientists, including two children, are taken captive by the Tines, an alien race with a harsh medieval culture, and used as pawns in a ruthless power struggle. A rescue mission, not entirely composed of humans, must rescue the children-and a secret that may save the rest of interstellar civilization.
]]> 1992 4 1 false Mon Oct 06 14:40:54 -0700 2008 Fri Sep 26 04:33:20 -0700 2008 Mon Oct 06 14:40:54 -0700 2008
I really enjoyed the well thought out, original and interes...more...]]> 38901284 1157679 77711 0812515285 9780812515282 173 <![CDATA[A Fire Upon The Deep]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170900383m/77711.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170900383s/77711.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/77711.A_Fire_Upon_The_Deep 4.23 1635 A Fire Upon the Deep is the big, breakout book that fulfills the promise of Vinge's career to date: a gripping tale of galactic war told on a cosmic scale.

Thousands of years hence, many races inhabit a universe where a mind's potential is determined by its location in space, from superintelligent entities in the Transcend, to the limited minds of the Unthinking Depths, where only simple creatures and technology can function. Nobody knows what strange force partitioned space into these "regions of thought," but when the warring Straumli realm use an ancient Transcendent artifact as a weapon, they unwittingly unleash an awesome power that destroys thousands of worlds and enslaves all natural and artificial intelligence.

Fleeing the threat, a family of scientists, including two children, are taken captive by the Tines, an alien race with a harsh medieval culture, and used as pawns in a ruthless power struggle. A rescue mission, not entirely composed of humans, must rescue the children-and a secret that may save the rest of interstellar civilization.
]]> 1992 4 1 false Mon Dec 15 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Nov 29 17:38:57 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 15 20:54:42 -0800 2008 more...]]> 1097496 79936 77711 0812515285 9780812515282 173 <![CDATA[A Fire Upon The Deep]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170900383m/77711.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170900383s/77711.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/77711.A_Fire_Upon_The_Deep 4.23 1635 A Fire Upon the Deep is the big, breakout book that fulfills the promise of Vinge's career to date: a gripping tale of galactic war told on a cosmic scale.

Thousands of years hence, many races inhabit a universe where a mind's potential is determined by its location in space, from superintelligent entities in the Transcend, to the limited minds of the Unthinking Depths, where only simple creatures and technology can function. Nobody knows what strange force partitioned space into these "regions of thought," but when the warring Straumli realm use an ancient Transcendent artifact as a weapon, they unwittingly unleash an awesome power that destroys thousands of worlds and enslaves all natural and artificial intelligence.

Fleeing the threat, a family of scientists, including two children, are taken captive by the Tines, an alien race with a harsh medieval culture, and used as pawns in a ruthless power struggle. A rescue mission, not entirely composed of humans, must rescue the children-and a secret that may save the rest of interstellar civilization.
]]> 1992 5 1 false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Tue May 08 06:17:24 -0700 2007 Tue May 08 06:27:34 -0700 2007 more...]]> 43793534 1256262 77711 0812515285 9780812515282 173 <![CDATA[A Fire Upon The Deep]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170900383m/77711.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170900383s/77711.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/77711.A_Fire_Upon_The_Deep 4.23 1635 A Fire Upon the Deep is the big, breakout book that fulfills the promise of Vinge's career to date: a gripping tale of galactic war told on a cosmic scale.

Thousands of years hence, many races inhabit a universe where a mind's potential is determined by its location in space, from superintelligent entities in the Transcend, to the limited minds of the Unthinking Depths, where only simple creatures and technology can function. Nobody knows what strange force partitioned space into these "regions of thought," but when the warring Straumli realm use an ancient Transcendent artifact as a weapon, they unwittingly unleash an awesome power that destroys thousands of worlds and enslaves all natural and artificial intelligence.

Fleeing the threat, a family of scientists, including two children, are taken captive by the Tines, an alien race with a harsh medieval culture, and used as pawns in a ruthless power struggle. A rescue mission, not entirely composed of humans, must rescue the children-and a secret that may save the rest of interstellar civilization.
]]> 1992 4 1 false Fri Jan 30 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 21 04:40:01 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 30 09:15:29 -0800 2009
Good spread and imagination. Loved the "Net of a Million Lies" line. That's so true.]]> 26305572 1063521 77711 0812515285 9780812515282 173 <![CDATA[A Fire Upon The Deep]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170900383m/77711.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170900383s/77711.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/77711.A_Fire_Upon_The_Deep 4.23 1635 A Fire Upon the Deep is the big, breakout book that fulfills the promise of Vinge's career to date: a gripping tale of galactic war told on a cosmic scale.

Thousands of years hence, many races inhabit a universe where a mind's potential is determined by its location in space, from superintelligent entities in the Transcend, to the limited minds of the Unthinking Depths, where only simple creatures and technology can function. Nobody knows what strange force partitioned space into these "regions of thought," but when the warring Straumli realm use an ancient Transcendent artifact as a weapon, they unwittingly unleash an awesome power that destroys thousands of worlds and enslaves all natural and artificial intelligence.

Fleeing the threat, a family of scientists, including two children, are taken captive by the Tines, an alien race with a harsh medieval culture, and used as pawns in a ruthless power struggle. A rescue mission, not entirely composed of humans, must rescue the children-and a secret that may save the rest of interstellar civilization.
]]> 1992 4 1 false Fri Aug 15 09:56:10 -0700 2008 Fri Jul 04 12:02:40 -0700 2008 Fri Aug 15 09:56:10 -0700 2008 more...]]> 43328589 1718283 77711 0812515285 9780812515282 173 <![CDATA[A Fire Upon The Deep]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170900383m/77711.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170900383s/77711.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/77711.A_Fire_Upon_The_Deep 4.23 1635 A Fire Upon the Deep is the big, breakout book that fulfills the promise of Vinge's career to date: a gripping tale of galactic war told on a cosmic scale.

Thousands of years hence, many races inhabit a universe where a mind's potential is determined by its location in space, from superintelligent entities in the Transcend, to the limited minds of the Unthinking Depths, where only simple creatures and technology can function. Nobody knows what strange force partitioned space into these "regions of thought," but when the warring Straumli realm use an ancient Transcendent artifact as a weapon, they unwittingly unleash an awesome power that destroys thousands of worlds and enslaves all natural and artificial intelligence.

Fleeing the threat, a family of scientists, including two children, are taken captive by the Tines, an alien race with a harsh medieval culture, and used as pawns in a ruthless power struggle. A rescue mission, not entirely composed of humans, must rescue the children-and a secret that may save the rest of interstellar civilization.
]]> 1992 2 0 false Mon Jun 15 00:00:00 -0700 1998 Sat Jan 17 01:51:20 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 17 02:03:03 -0800 2009 more...]]> 38363931 1677340 77711 0812515285 9780812515282 173 <![CDATA[A Fire Upon The Deep]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170900383m/77711.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170900383s/77711.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/77711.A_Fire_Upon_The_Deep 4.23 1635 A Fire Upon the Deep is the big, breakout book that fulfills the promise of Vinge's career to date: a gripping tale of galactic war told on a cosmic scale.

Thousands of years hence, many races inhabit a universe where a mind's potential is determined by its location in space, from superintelligent entities in the Transcend, to the limited minds of the Unthinking Depths, where only simple creatures and technology can function. Nobody knows what strange force partitioned space into these "regions of thought," but when the warring Straumli realm use an ancient Transcendent artifact as a weapon, they unwittingly unleash an awesome power that destroys thousands of worlds and enslaves all natural and artificial intelligence.

Fleeing the threat, a family of scientists, including two children, are taken captive by the Tines, an alien race with a harsh medieval culture, and used as pawns in a ruthless power struggle. A rescue mission, not entirely composed of humans, must rescue the children-and a secret that may save the rest of interstellar civilization.
]]> 1992 4 0 false Sun Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Nov 22 00:48:12 -0800 2008 Sat Nov 22 00:48:25 -0800 2008 more...]]> 18957723 1035457 77711 0812515285 9780812515282 173 <![CDATA[A Fire Upon The Deep]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170900383m/77711.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170900383s/77711.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/77711.A_Fire_Upon_The_Deep 4.23 1635 A Fire Upon the Deep is the big, breakout book that fulfills the promise of Vinge's career to date: a gripping tale of galactic war told on a cosmic scale.

Thousands of years hence, many races inhabit a universe where a mind's potential is determined by its location in space, from superintelligent entities in the Transcend, to the limited minds of the Unthinking Depths, where only simple creatures and technology can function. Nobody knows what strange force partitioned space into these "regions of thought," but when the warring Straumli realm use an ancient Transcendent artifact as a weapon, they unwittingly unleash an awesome power that destroys thousands of worlds and enslaves all natural and artificial intelligence.

Fleeing the threat, a family of scientists, including two children, are taken captive by the Tines, an alien race with a harsh medieval culture, and used as pawns in a ruthless power struggle. A rescue mission, not entirely composed of humans, must rescue the children-and a secret that may save the rest of interstellar civilization.
]]> 1992 5 1 false Tue Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Mar 29 19:33:51 -0700 2008 Mon Aug 04 19:52:30 -0700 2008 more...]]> 70477670 156885 77711 0812515285 9780812515282 173 <![CDATA[A Fire Upon The Deep]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170900383m/77711.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170900383s/77711.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/77711.A_Fire_Upon_The_Deep 4.23 1635 A Fire Upon the Deep is the big, breakout book that fulfills the promise of Vinge's career to date: a gripping tale of galactic war told on a cosmic scale.

Thousands of years hence, many races inhabit a universe where a mind's potential is determined by its location in space, from superintelligent entities in the Transcend, to the limited minds of the Unthinking Depths, where only simple creatures and technology can function. Nobody knows what strange force partitioned space into these "regions of thought," but when the warring Straumli realm use an ancient Transcendent artifact as a weapon, they unwittingly unleash an awesome power that destroys thousands of worlds and enslaves all natural and artificial intelligence.

Fleeing the threat, a family of scientists, including two children, are taken captive by the Tines, an alien race with a harsh medieval culture, and used as pawns in a ruthless power struggle. A rescue mission, not entirely composed of humans, must rescue the children-and a secret that may save the rest of interstellar civilization.
]]> 1992 0 0 false Tue Sep 08 10:27:07 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 08 10:27:18 -0700 2009 more...]]> 78764951 1084398 77711 0812515285 9780812515282 173 <![CDATA[A Fire Upon The Deep]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170900383m/77711.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170900383s/77711.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/77711.A_Fire_Upon_The_Deep 4.23 1635 A Fire Upon the Deep is the big, breakout book that fulfills the promise of Vinge's career to date: a gripping tale of galactic war told on a cosmic scale.

Thousands of years hence, many races inhabit a universe where a mind's potential is determined by its location in space, from superintelligent entities in the Transcend, to the limited minds of the Unthinking Depths, where only simple creatures and technology can function. Nobody knows what strange force partitioned space into these "regions of thought," but when the warring Straumli realm use an ancient Transcendent artifact as a weapon, they unwittingly unleash an awesome power that destroys thousands of worlds and enslaves all natural and artificial intelligence.

Fleeing the threat, a family of scientists, including two children, are taken captive by the Tines, an alien race with a harsh medieval culture, and used as pawns in a ruthless power struggle. A rescue mission, not entirely composed of humans, must rescue the children-and a secret that may save the rest of interstellar civilization.
]]> 1992 3 0 false Sat Dec 12 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 23 12:47:38 -0800 2009 Sat Dec 19 21:53:43 -0800 2009 Dune novel, I have trouble thinking of another science fiction book that I've read. Vernor Vinge was suggested by an old coworker, and I'm always willing to give a Hugo award winner a chance.

Fo...more...]]> 43731945 73 77711 0812515285 9780812515282 173 <![CDATA[A Fire Upon The Deep]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170900383m/77711.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170900383s/77711.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/77711.A_Fire_Upon_The_Deep 4.23 1635 A Fire Upon the Deep is the big, breakout book that fulfills the promise of Vinge's career to date: a gripping tale of galactic war told on a cosmic scale.

Thousands of years hence, many races inhabit a universe where a mind's potential is determined by its location in space, from superintelligent entities in the Transcend, to the limited minds of the Unthinking Depths, where only simple creatures and technology can function. Nobody knows what strange force partitioned space into these "regions of thought," but when the warring Straumli realm use an ancient Transcendent artifact as a weapon, they unwittingly unleash an awesome power that destroys thousands of worlds and enslaves all natural and artificial intelligence.

Fleeing the threat, a family of scientists, including two children, are taken captive by the Tines, an alien race with a harsh medieval culture, and used as pawns in a ruthless power struggle. A rescue mission, not entirely composed of humans, must rescue the children-and a secret that may save the rest of interstellar civilization.
]]> 1992 5 0 false Tue Feb 10 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 20 14:43:30 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 16 16:54:18 -0800 2009 A Deepness in the Sky, and thoguht it was a little to slow paced, some of the characters were a little silly, so I can in expecting this one to be a little better (based on other peoples reviews).


This book is awesome. It's an epic saga with evil...more...]]> 26397613 1269729 77711 0812515285 9780812515282 173 <![CDATA[A Fire Upon The Deep]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170900383m/77711.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170900383s/77711.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/77711.A_Fire_Upon_The_Deep 4.23 1635 A Fire Upon the Deep is the big, breakout book that fulfills the promise of Vinge's career to date: a gripping tale of galactic war told on a cosmic scale.

Thousands of years hence, many races inhabit a universe where a mind's potential is determined by its location in space, from superintelligent entities in the Transcend, to the limited minds of the Unthinking Depths, where only simple creatures and technology can function. Nobody knows what strange force partitioned space into these "regions of thought," but when the warring Straumli realm use an ancient Transcendent artifact as a weapon, they unwittingly unleash an awesome power that destroys thousands of worlds and enslaves all natural and artificial intelligence.

Fleeing the threat, a family of scientists, including two children, are taken captive by the Tines, an alien race with a harsh medieval culture, and used as pawns in a ruthless power struggle. A rescue mission, not entirely composed of humans, must rescue the children-and a secret that may save the rest of interstellar civilization.
]]> 1992 3 1 false Tue Jan 13 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Jul 05 19:05:39 -0700 2008 Fri Jan 23 08:11:41 -0800 2009 8 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=2979259