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

Vernor Vinge

Start date: July 1, 2017

Finish date: July 24, 2017

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Hugo Award Winner 1993 (tie)
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Hugo Award Winner 1993 (tie)
#93 on NPR's Top 100 SF/F novels of all time (2011 poll) http://www.npr.org/2011/08/11/1390858...
#27 on Locus Magazines Best SciFi novels of the 20th century http://www.locusmag.com/2012/AllCentu...

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Nov 29, 2008 Netanella rated it really liked it

Shelves: science-fiction, space-opera, alien-encounters

I had a hard time getting into this book, the first 30 pages or so - the writing from the point of view of the aliens was difficult to get a feel for, until I realized it was a pack mind - the Tines were packs of dog-like creatures sharing an intelligence - that things started to get rolling. The characters in the book are believeable and loveable - especially Amdijefri, the human child-Tines puppy pack, and the Skroderiders, weird potted plants on jet skis. This book was well worth it, and I'm ...more

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