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Vernor Vinge

Born

in Waukesha, Wisconsin, The United States

October 02, 1944

Died

March 20, 2024

Genre

Science Fiction & Fantasy, Nonfiction

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Vernor Steffen Vinge is a retired San Diego State University Professor of Mathematics, computer scientist, and science fiction author. He is best known for his Hugo Award-winning novels A Fire Upon The Deep (1992), A Deepness in the Sky (1999) and Rainbows End (2006), his Hugo Award-winning novellas Fast Times at Fairmont High (2002) and The Cookie Monster (2004), as well as for his 1993 essay "The Coming Technological Singularity", in which he argues that exponential growth in technology will reach a point beyond which we cannot even speculate about the consequences.

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Average rating: 4.08 · 152,429 ratings · 8,042 reviews · 122 distinct works • Similar authors

	A Fire Upon the Deep (Zones of Thought, #1) 4.13 avg rating — 65,816 ratings — published 1992 — 86 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Deepness in the Sky (Zones of Thought, #2) 4.32 avg rating — 34,823 ratings — published 1999 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Rainbows End 3.77 avg rating — 18,839 ratings — published 2006 — 43 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Peace War (Across Realtime, #1) 3.97 avg rating — 7,277 ratings — published 1984	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Children of the Sky (Zones of Thought, #3) 3.69 avg rating — 7,659 ratings — published 2011 — 22 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Marooned in Realtime (Across Realtime, #2) 4.10 avg rating — 6,036 ratings — published 1986 — 29 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Across Realtime 4.15 avg rating — 2,427 ratings — published 1986 — 16 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	True Names: and the Opening of the Cyberspace Frontier 4.07 avg rating — 1,211 ratings — published 2001 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	True Names by Vernor Vinge, Bob Walters (Illustrator), Marvin Minsky (Afterword) 3.99 avg rating — 1,176 ratings — published 1981 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Collected Stories of Vernor Vinge 3.97 avg rating — 1,162 ratings — published 2001 — 21 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Quotes by Vernor Vinge (?)

“So much technology, so little talent.”
― Vernor Vinge, Rainbows End

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“I never guessed I could cry so hard my face hurt.”
― Vernor Vinge, A Fire Upon the Deep

tags: crying, hurting, sorrow

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“Sometimes the biggest disasters aren't noticed at all - no one's around to write horror stories.”
― Vernor Vinge, A Fire Upon the Deep

tags: disasters, history, writing-history

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SEPTEMBER SCIENCE FICTION: This poll decides which two books move on to the run-off poll for September SF Book of the Month

Rainbows End by Vernor Vinge

18 votes, 24.7%

Native Tongue by Suzette Haden Elgin

13 votes, 17.8%

Alas, Babylon by Pat Frank

13 votes, 17.8%

Natural History by Justina Robson

9 votes, 12.3%

Soft Apocalypse by Will McIntosh

9 votes, 12.3%

City of Golden Shadow by Tad Williams

7 votes, 9.6%

All the Lives He Led by Frederik Pohl

4 votes, 5.5%

73 total votes

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