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A Fire Upon the Deep (Zones of Thought, #1)

Vernor Vinge

Start date: September 1, 2016

Finish date: September 30, 2016

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Sep 30, 2007 Jlawrence rated it it was amazing

The first third of this book is some of the best science-fiction I have ever read: good writing, fast pace, some breathtaking action, excellent balance between narrative and explanation, and some really, REALLY cool ideas thoroughly thought-out and implemented. Several times my brain practically crackled and I said, "wow" out loud when certain ideas Vinge had been hinting at "clicked" and became clear. Vinge is also pretty skilled at keeping the vast hard-sci-fi-space-opera scope of the book fas ...more

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Mar 21, 2012 travelgirlut rated it liked it

This one started out a bit slow for me. I kept at it because I didn't have anything else to read at the time, and I'm glad I did. The story was good. The main bad guy, the Blight, is never really explained well, and the end of the book left me kind of meh on how it all wrapped up. It took me a long time to get attached to the dog-like race. I'm not an animal fan and being inside their heads was just not as fun as other parts of the story. But overall I enjoyed it and will probably pick up anothe ...more

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