A FIRE UPON THE DEEP: Roll Call and First Impressions (*NO SPOILERS*)

[Candiss]

Please let us know if you've read or are planning to read A Fire Upon the Deep by Vernor Vinge .

Please, **NO SPOILERS!!**

[Jim]

Read it some years ago and all of Vinge's subsequent work as well. This one is one of my all time favorites.

[Shel, Moderator]

Ditto here. I would like to re-read this one this month if I have time, so I can contribute more to the discussion than my hazy memory.

[Philip]

Okay, I'm in on this one. It was on my "to read" shelf and has been so often and so heartily recommended to me I'm excited to dig in!

[Kathi, Moderator & Book Lover]

I read this near the end of last month and am looking forward to the discussion. I recently started the next book, A Deepness in the Sky.

[Jason]

About half way in and really enjoying it. All three of the settings/perspectives are pretty compelling.

[Kammera]

What is wrong with me? I am really hating this one.

[Nick]

Interesting comments. I am just starting this one.

[Janny]

Read this book awhile back - the ideas in it are never more pertinent, and have stuck with me for a very long time. The story is interesting in its own right, but it has been the powerful ideas that stuck with me, unforgettably.

[Philip]

Kammera wrote: "What is wrong with me? I am really hating this one."

I don't think anything's wrong with you. I can't say I'm _hating_ it, but I'm finding it to be a lot of work. I'll share some gripes over in the other thread. I have some issues with the writing, but so far the book has some great ideas, and very robust (too robust?) worldbuilding.

[Daniel]

I wont be able to start this one until December, but that is ok

[Bill]

I read this and others in the series when 1st published and this again about 6 years ago, but don't remember it at all. Even looking at the character names does not ring my bell. Sigh...

Janny, remind me of the 'powerful ideas' please.

[Philip]

I really wanted to actually finish this book along with the group, but was overwhelmed by work in December and couldn't finish it--barely started, in fact. It was slow going for me--an awful lot of information packed way too densely, so densely the characters seemed to be buried most of the time. Still, there was some next-level worldbuilding going on. I'll give this one a second chance in the months ahead.

[Gord]

This is definitely one of my favorite books. I've read it a while ago and the story is still with me. Since, I've tried to recapture the enjoyment with Vinge's later works, but to no avail.

[Ken]

Agreed Gord. Deepness in the Sky came close and Children of the Sky just didnt have it at all.

[Richard]

Just started this and love the ambition he shows. The aliens are really well depicted--so far, at least!