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Singular Vernor Vinge Page
Fan-maintained website. Comments on some of his books, and a copy of an essay by the author on the Category Arts Literature Authors V vinge, vernorSingular vernor vinge Page. Misc info vernor vinge has an email address, butI understand it is work-related and thus naturally not meant for fan mail.
http://www.ugcs.caltech.edu/~phoenix/vinge/

Extractions: Main page New! Interview at sysopmind. I consider Vernor Vinge to be one of the most visionary SF authors living today (it could be claimed this directly makes him one of the most visionary living authors, period, but I won't get into that.) His vision of technology is quite different from most SF, and on the surface seems quite fantastic, yet in fact feels the most realistic to me. His books have placed him in the extropian literary pantheon. Technology in much of SF is simply an effector of the vision of the work. FTL, anti-gravity, artificial gravity, all working to build interstellar empires regardless of the physical obstacles. Social changes are often minimal. Vernor Vinge is at the other extreme; in looking at the potential of realistic technology, particularly computers/AI or cognitive science, he has come to the conclusion that we must run into a Singularity beyond which meaningful prediction (and fiction) is impossible. Idealized nanotechnology also has potential for creating a singularity, although not as drastic as the one causable by control over the nature of intelligence. Much of his fiction is based on skirting around the Singularity and is quite interesting thereby. It is also well written. Vernor Vinge has an e-mail address, but I understand it is work-related and thus naturally not meant for fan mail. He was indeed married to Joan D. Vinge between 1972 and 1979. And in my experience he is extremely hard to find in used bookstores marginally better than
Vernor Vinge: The Singularity
vernor vinge. Novels. vinge, vernor . A Fire Upon the Deep, Tor, New York, 1992.
http://kuoi.asui.uidaho.edu/~kamikaze/documents/vinge.html
Vinge, Vernor
"Across Realtime", by vernor vinge Millennium, UK paperback, 1994, £5.99, 544 pages. Comprises "The Peace War" "Marooned in Realtime". Some editions may also contain the short story "The Ungoverned"
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Extractions: The Hallway The Library The Gallery The Music Room ... The Links "Across Realtime", by Vernor Vinge Millennium, UK paperback, 1994, £5.99, 544 pages. ISBN 1-85798-147-2 Comprises "The Peace War" & "Marooned in Realtime". Some editions may also contain the short story "The Ungoverned" Warning: This review contains some (I hope minor) spoilers. This diptych of novels has stuck in my mind ever since I read them as serials in Analog in 1984 & 1986. I always intended to read them again, but in the book versions, in case the serial had been cut, as sometimes happens. Recently, I came across this book in a second-hand shop, so I decided it was time to read these stories again. Unfortunately, I don't know how many people will get to read them for the first time, as this book is out of print, in both the UK and the US. This I do not understand. These two novels have a lot going for them, not least the fact that Vinge is now considered by many fans to be a major writer, as a result of "A Fire Upon the Deep" and "A Deepness in the Sky". I think we may consider the book at hand to be an important stage of the author's journey to that status. I hope we might see them reprinted shortly. So what about the stories? "The Peace War" is in many ways a fairly straightforward SF adventure, with the plot hanging on the consequences of one new invention: The Bobble. This is a new version of a fairly common SF gimmick, the stasis field. Unlike the traditional stasis field, bobbles can be projected, and once created need no power to maintain them. But they do eventually decay, dumping their contents into the future.
[Flashpoint Transcript:Vernor Vinge 6/24/99]
Transcript of an online chat with the author on June 24, 1999. From the Event Horizon web site.Category Arts Literature Authors V vinge, vernorTranscript of Chat with vernor vinge on June 24, 1999. EH_Rob, Welcometo Flashpoint. Tonight's guest is vernor vinge, author of such
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Extractions: Hi there, Vernor. Thanks for joining us. Glad to be here, Rob. Perhaps we can clear something up right at the start. A Deepness in the Sky is related to A Fire Upon the Deep , but the "Deep" in each title refers to something completely different, yes? Pretty much. Certainly, there is a very special meaning for "Deepness" in the newest novel. And the new one, Deepness takes place some 30,000 years or so before the previous book, right? Some where in my notes I have it written down. But off the top of my head, I think that 30,000 year figure showed up in some of the blurbs. It wasn't that long, more like 6000 years. Though that may work out logically, it is still a pretty short time for all the stuff that happens. Hmm. Wonder where the 30,000 came from ... Anyway, I loved Deepness , but I was surprised at first that the links between it and Fire were so distant. From some of the advance press, it sounded like the new one would follow up the earlier book more closely. Will your next book fill in the gaps between? Or take us somewhere else altogether in this vast future you're weaving?
Allscifi.com Vernor Vinge Fan Club
Analysis of the plot, setting, characters, theme, and structure of his novels.
http://www.allscifi.com/Topic.asp?TopicID=668
True Names By Vernor Vinge
This fandesigned e-book of the 1981 novella True Names by vernor vinge includes brief character expositions and the complete e-text of vinge's out-of-print novella.
http://members.tripod.com/erythrina/
Salon Technology | Vernor Vinge, Online Prophet
Salon magazine's take on the impact of vinge's fiction on SF.
http://www.salonmag.com/tech/feature/1999/04/05/vinge/

Extractions: By Andrew Leonard April 5, 1999 F or historians of cyberculture, science fiction author Vernor Vinge enjoys unimpeachable street cred. Three years before William Gibson dazzled the SF world with "Neuromancer," Vinge captured the essence of the online reality to come in his eerily prescient 1981 novella, "True Names." Vinge's breakthrough 1992 novel, "A Fire Upon the Deep," continued his tradition of incorporating Internet flavors the intergalactic civilizations that flourish in its far, far future communicate with each other via a system that's remarkably similar to the Net's Usenet newsgroups. Longtime fans might be in for a bit of a surprise, however, when they read Vinge's new offering, "A Deepness in the Sky." There is no Internet analog in this entertaining, intricately plotted space opera, nor is there any sign of another Vinge standby the ever-popular artificially intelligent superbeing. Instead, "A Deepness in the Sky" (set in the same future as "A Fire Upon the Deep," only about 30,000 years earlier) takes place in a time when computers have yet to break through to sentience. It's a dramatic change of pace for Vinge forced on him, he confesses, by the accelerating pace of events in his own, real-time life.
Salon Technology | Vernor Vinge, Online Prophet
Unsubscribe. - - - -. vernor vinge, _o n l i n e p r o ph e t. A DEEPNESS IN THE SKY BY vernor vinge TOR 606 PAGES.
http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/1999/04/05/vinge/

Extractions: By Andrew Leonard April 5, 1999 F or historians of cyberculture, science fiction author Vernor Vinge enjoys unimpeachable street cred. Three years before William Gibson dazzled the SF world with "Neuromancer," Vinge captured the essence of the online reality to come in his eerily prescient 1981 novella, "True Names." Vinge's breakthrough 1992 novel, "A Fire Upon the Deep," continued his tradition of incorporating Internet flavors the intergalactic civilizations that flourish in its far, far future communicate with each other via a system that's remarkably similar to the Net's Usenet newsgroups. Longtime fans might be in for a bit of a surprise, however, when they read Vinge's new offering, "A Deepness in the Sky." There is no Internet analog in this entertaining, intricately plotted space opera, nor is there any sign of another Vinge standby the ever-popular artificially intelligent superbeing. Instead, "A Deepness in the Sky" (set in the same future as "A Fire Upon the Deep," only about 30,000 years earlier) takes place in a time when computers have yet to break through to sentience. It's a dramatic change of pace for Vinge forced on him, he confesses, by the accelerating pace of events in his own, real-time life.
Salon | Vernor Vinge, Online Prophet
vernor vinge, online prophet. For historians of cyberculture, sciencefiction author vernor vinge enjoys unimpeachable street cred.
http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/1999/04/05/vinge/print.html

Extractions: By Andrew Leonard F or historians of cyberculture, science fiction author Vernor Vinge enjoys unimpeachable street cred. Three years before William Gibson dazzled the SF world with "Neuromancer," Vinge captured the essence of the online reality to come in his eerily prescient 1981 novella, "True Names." Vinge's breakthrough 1992 novel, "A Fire Upon the Deep," continued his tradition of incorporating Internet flavors the intergalactic civilizations that flourish in its far, far future communicate with each other via a system that's remarkably similar to the Net's Usenet newsgroups. Longtime fans might be in for a bit of a surprise, however, when they read Vinge's new offering, "A Deepness in the Sky." There is no Internet analog in this entertaining, intricately plotted space opera, nor is there any sign of another Vinge standby the ever-popular artificially intelligent superbeing. Instead, "A Deepness in the Sky" (set in the same future as "A Fire Upon the Deep," only about 30,000 years earlier) takes place in a time when computers have yet to break through to sentience. It's a dramatic change of pace for Vinge forced on him, he confesses, by the accelerating pace of events in his own, real-time life.
Fall 2000 Senior Associates Gathering
Speakers include Eric Drexler, vernor vinge, Neil Jacobstein, and Dave Krieger. Palo Alto, California.
http://www.foresight.org/SrAssoc/fall2000/

Extractions: Special thanks to Technanogy , this event's Principal Corporate Sponsor This event has been held. This page is for archival purposes only. Think you can handle rapid change? What, Who, When ... Confirmed Speakers Tentative Program ... Comments on previous events Think you can handle rapid change? Better hope so, because coming technologies will turn our world on its head. What we need to navigate the coming decades is the best-informed advice we can get, combined with the moral support of a community that shares our values and goals: Sounds great, but how? First, we need to get up to speed on the new tools already on the horizon:
Booklist: Vinge, Vernor. The Collected Stories Of Vernor Vinge.
How to subscribe to Booklist Magazine vinge, vernor. The Collected Storiesof vernor vinge. Jan. 2002. 416p. Tor, $27.95 (0312-87373-5).
http://www.ala.org/booklist/v98/de2/33vinge.html
Discussing Vinge's Singularity
Thirteen participants write essays on the Singularity; vernor vinge responds to each. Edited by Robin Hanson.
http://hanson.gmu.edu/vi.html

Extractions: Vernor Vinge begain speaking on his "singularity" concept in the 1980s, and collected his thoughts into his first article on the topic in 1993. Since then, Vinge has continued to give talks, and has elaborated on his concept in several media interviews The idea of an upcoming "singularity" has captured the imaginations of many, and has been the topic of thousands of conversations among those interested in the future. Such conversations, however, tend to be very wide ranging, and thus rarely focus on any one topic long enough to really give it a critical examination. (Some web commentary on the topic can be found here and here In the hopes of inducing a better critical examination of the singularity concept, I invited 34 people to write comments on Vinge's singularity concept. Thirteen of these people commented, and Vinge then responded to their comments. Finally, for a two weeks period (September 6-20, 1998) Vinge, the commentors, and anyone else who wanted to joined in an open discussion on the Extropians email list.
Vernor Vinge Book Reviews From Usenet
Reviews of several of the author's books, collected from Usenet. From the Swedish Linkoping S.F. Archives.
http://sf.www.lysator.liu.se/sf_archive/sf-texts/books/V/Vinge,Vernor.mbox

Extractions: < From rec.arts.sf.written Fri Aug 21 12:54:09 1992 Path: herkules.sssab.se!isy!liuida!sunic!mcsun!uunet!olivea!decwrl!csus.edu!netcom.com!dani From: dani@netcom.com (Dani Zweig) Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.written Subject: Vinge on A Fire Upon the Deep Message-ID: Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.reviews Subject: Review: A DEEPNESS IN THE SKY by Vernon Vinge Followup-To: rec.arts.sf.written Date: 07 May 1999 14:22:22 -0400 Organization: Sprynet News Service Lines: 131 Sender: wex@tinbergen.media.mit.edu Approved: wex@media.mit.edu Message-ID: Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.reviews Subject: Review: A Fire Upon the Deep by Vernor Vinge Followup-To: rec.arts.sf.written Date: 01 Jul 1999 17:49:15 -0400 Organization: GNU's Not Unix! Lines: 163 Sender: wex@tinbergen.media.mit.edu Approved: wex@media.mit.edu Message-ID: Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.reviews Subject: Review: A Deepness in the Sky by Vernor Vinge Followup-To: rec.arts.sf.written Date: 19 Jul 1999 14:36:42 -0400 Organization: GNU's Not Unix! Lines: 85 Sender: wex@tinbergen.media.mit.edu Approved: wex@media.mit.edu Message-ID:
A Fire Upon The Deep (Vernor Vinge)
A Fire Upon the Deep. vernor vinge. Orion Books 1992 A book reviewby Danny Yee http//dannyreviews.com/ - Copyright © 1993. In
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Extractions: Subjects Titles Authors ... Latest Orion Books 1992 A book review by Danny Yee In The Peace War and Marooned in Real Time Vinge took one idea, did a thorough working through of its consequences, and used it to build a whole future history on. A Fire Upon the Deep is rather different, being a space opera on the grand scale. It contains enough big ideas for a couple of books: distributed consciousness and personality in a dog-like race on the verge of a technological revolution, a heterogeneous universe where the laws of physics change with distance from the galactic centre, a galactic USENET (complete with ignorant, banal, and simply bizarre postings), Powers from the Beyond and lots more. But none of that is pushed too hard, or allowed to interfere with the plot, and A Fire Upon the Deep is a splendid entertainment, among the most compelling light science fiction novels around. 10 May 1993 science fiction
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Vernor Vinge
à l'Université de San Diego aux Etats-Unis, vernor vinge passe ses
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Extractions: - les créatures extraterrestres comme il en fut rarement imaginé, avec Les Cavaliers, fleurs pensantes aux instincts contemplatifs, et surtout les "Dards", meutes de "chiens" télépathes, dont la civilisation est décrite avec une réelle cohérence O n ne retrouvera là ni l'inventivité ni le rythme du "Feu sur l'abîme" : ce récit est plus lent, plus introspectif. On retrouve quand même l'amour de VINGE pour la construction de sociétés animales extra-terrestres dans les extraits du carnet de Martha.
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Translate this page libro. Autore vinge, vernor. Codice, Autore, Titolo, Collana, Uscita,Prezzo. CA0329, vinge, vernor, Il vero nome (True name, 1981). Cosmo
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Vinge, Vernor
vinge, vernor, ISBN 87 58801995. ET NAVN ER ET NAVN ER ET NAVN, Pris incl. momsSeriebetegnelse MIZAR, Udkommet år/uge 8618. Boglisten Udgået år 1988.
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Vernor Vinge @ Catharton Authors
vernor vinge. ? Bored? Meet people at Café Catharton Transcript of Chat with vernorvinge on June 24, 1999. Usenet reviews archive. vernor vinge caltech.edu.
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Extractions: all of Catharton just Authors Catharton Authors V : Vinge, Vernor Vernor Vinge Bored? Meet people at Café Catharton Websites: True Names Transcript of Chat with Vernor Vinge on June 24, 1999 Usenet reviews archive Vernor Vinge [caltech.edu] Message Boards: Suggest or Request a board Mailing Lists: Suggest or Request a list Chat Rooms: Suggest or Request a room Can't find what you want here? Try searching Google for Vernor Vinge List of Works:
Vinge, Vernor: Naufragio Su Giri.
Translate this page Clicca qui per maggiori informazioni. vinge, vernor Naufragio su Giri. Naufragiosu Giri / vernor vinge. - Milano Mondadori, 1991. - p. 159. - (Urania, 1144).
http://www.fantascienza.com/edf/recensioni/vinge-naufragio.html

Extractions: Naufragio su Giri / Vernor Vinge. - Milano: Mondadori, 1991. - p. 159. - ( Urania , 1144). - L. 4.500. - Titolo originale: The Witling , 1976. Traduzione di Maura Arduini. Testo avventuroso senza troppe pretese, Naufragio su Giri Urania ci abbia propinato ultimamente. La scacchiera del tempo di Hayford Peirce. Meglio comunque dei Serling, dei Bloch e dei Boucher d'annata che Lippi somministra in dosi non proprio omeopatiche. Chiude il fascicolo, infine, una discreta sezione informativa. Intervista a Vinge, scaffale librario, un articolo di Catani su "Lo scrittore di sf e le idee", l'ennesimo discorsetto sul "nome della fantascienza" (...che palle), firmato stavolta da Delio Zinoni, ed un racconto di Renato Pestriniero ("Autocidio", che pur non essendo scadente come certe cose lette recentemente su queste stesse pagine, bello non è) completato da un'intervista condotta da Nicoletta Vallorani. Mirko Tavosanis [recensione pubblicata su Recensioni e massacri n.2]

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