Jefri shouted, pointing. On his destination world, the fascinating Tines are intelligent only in combination: named "individuals" are small packs of the doglike aliens. Unable to add item to List. I think it was OK, but nothing more. You're listening to a sample of the Audible audio edition. 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 this galactic threat, Ravna crash lands on a strange world with a ship-hold full of cryogenically frozen children, the only survivors from a destroyed space-lab. A Tor book Notes. One of the best series ever . A Fire Upon the Deep. We begin with the destruction of the expedition, the few survivors fleeing down the galaxy to the very edge of the slowness with something that just might be able to save everyone. The hull buzzed with the force of the air stream--or turbulence from the jet? Three hundred and nine children lay there, all the kids except herself and her brother Jefri.The sleep boxes were light-duty hospital models. The plot is extremely well crafted, every page leads us deeper into an exciting story. View History. No_Favorite. We’d love your help. One paranoid alien alliance blames humanity for the Blight and launches a genocidal strike. it gets you thinking when you put it down, Reviewed in the United States on March 11, 2016. Nov 5, 2013 #10 JunkMonkey said: Having read both (a long time ago) I … A Deepness in the Sky (1999) was a prequel to Fire, following competing groups of humans in The Slow Zone as they struggle over who has the rights to exploit a technologically emerging alien culture. After viewing product detail pages, look here to find an easy way to navigate back to pages you are interested in. Find all the books, read about the author, and more. Now with a new introduction for the Tor Essentials line, A Fire Upon the Deep is sure to bring a new generation of SF fans to Vinge's award-winning works. flag. This is a hard science fiction story about a boy and his sister who are marooned on a distant planet in the far future. Listen to this audiobook excerpt from Vernor Vinge's science fiction novel A Fire Upon the Deep, winner of the 1993 Hugo Award for Best Novel. More reviews at www.allthebooks.net or join the ESSAY CLUB at www.allthebooks.net/essayclub/ Their parents are killed by the inhabitants of the planet, and they and their space ship are taken hostage by two warring factions. The torch lit again, at something like one gravity. “And no programs to make things right.…Where to, Love?”Mom looked back and forth between the display windows. This one is fine. “What is it like then?” He sounded curious, but there was a little tremor in his voice. by Tor Science Fiction. Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 7, 2018. It’s also been a terrifically busy time. Nov 4, 2013 #9 The Hyperion cantos everytime. Vinge has created a galaxy for the readers of the 90s to believe in...immense, ancient, athrum with data webs, dotted with wonders." This is sooo close to being a 5-star book for me. This is the first book, by Vinge that I've read and it couldn't have started much worse than it did or end much better. This is the galaxy in the unimaginably distant future, populated with millions of species. --David Langford, Amazon.co.uk, “Fleeing a menace of galactic proportions, a spaceship crashes on an unfamiliar world, leaving the survivors--a pair of children--to the not-so-tender mercies of a medieval, lupine race. A Fire Upon the Deep, by Vernor Vinge, US$21.95. Tor Books. They do not realize it, but their space ship holds the key to destroying an alien race that is destroying the civilizations of the galaxy. Sought widely as a speaker to both business and scientific groups, he lives in San Diego, California. Some hundreds of kilometers behind them, it coasted dead along their orbit.All they had left was the cargo shell. Looking forward eagerly to the two sequels. A Fire Upon the Deep (Zones of Thought, #1). Farther out is the “beyond,” where FTL drives function and cross-system communication passes on great data pipelines, and very advanced technology can begin to be truly sentient. As far as Johanna knew, they couldn’t move the Cameras or assign new ones. TOR Books: +1 (212) 388 0100. 4.5 stars. In fact, this story was a sequel to A Fire Upon the Deep. Vernor Vinge's A Fire Upon the Deep is the initial installment in his Zone of Thought series. PaperBack March 8, 2016. 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