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false <![CDATA[A Fire Upon the Deep]]> 77711 19 Vernor Vinge gives us a wild new cosmology, a galaxy-spanning "Net of a Million Lies," some finely imagined aliens, and much nail-biting suspense. 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 1253374 1992 A Fire Upon The Deep (Zones of Thought) total:1591|5:719|4:593|3:222|2:45|1:12| 1591 6735 2260 175 3 5 false 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...]]> 3 5 false 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...]]> 3 2 false true Fri Dec 26 18:26:56 -0800 2008 Tue Jan 13 13:58:42 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 3 false 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...]]> 5 3 false 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...]]> 4 2 false false Sun Sep 30 17:04:40 -0700 2007 Mon Nov 19 13:12:04 -0800 2007 more...]]> 5 2 false false Wed Aug 22 11:55:19 -0700 2007 Sat Aug 25 17:20:18 -0700 2007 more...]]> 3 1 false 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...]]> 4 1 false 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...]]> 4 1 false 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...]]> 5 1 false 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...]]> 4 1 false 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.]]> 4 1 false 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...]]> 2 0 false 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...]]> 4 0 false 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...]]> 5 1 false 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...]]> 0 0 false false Tue Sep 08 10:27:07 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 08 10:27:18 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false 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...]]> 3 1 false 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 4 0 false true Tue Jan 20 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Dec 16 19:29:35 -0800 2008 Tue Jan 20 19:01:05 -0800 2009 1
Vernor Vinge does a great job of developing a highly advanced society and galaxy, creates a fascinating first contact scenario with a unique...more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=940484