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Vernor Steffen Vinge ( ⫽ ˈvɜːrnər ˈvɪndʒiː ⫽ ⓘ; October 2, 1944 – March 20, 2024) was an American science fiction author and professor. He taught mathematics and computer science at San Diego State University.
Mar 21, 2024 · On Wednesday, author David Brin announced that Vernor Vinge, sci-fi author, former professor, and father of the technological singularity concept, died from Parkinson's disease at age 79 on March...
A Fire Upon the Deep is a 1992 science fiction novel by American writer Vernor Vinge. It is a space opera involving superhuman intelligences, aliens, variable physics, space battles, love, betrayal, genocide, and a communication medium resembling Usenet.
- Vernor Vinge
- 1992
Mar 28, 2024 · Vernor Vinge, a mathematician and prolific science fiction author who in the 1980s wrote a novella that offered an early glimpse of what became known as cyberspace, and who soon after that...
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- March 20, 2024
- October 2, 1944
- A Fire Upon the Deep (Zones of Thought, #1)
- A Deepness in the Sky (Zones of Thought, #2)
- Rainbows End.
- The Peace War (Across Realtime, #1)
Mar 21, 2024 · Vinge was a prolific and influential science-fiction writer who coined the term "Technological Singularity" and envisioned cyberspace. He also taught mathematics and computer science at San Diego State University and predicted the rise of artificial intelligence.
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Jan 1, 2001 · Vernor Vinge. 4.14. 62,053 ratings3,201 reviews. Alternate Cover Edition can be found here. A Fire upon the Deep is the big, breakout book that fulfills the promise of Vinge's career to date: a gripping tale of galactic war told on a cosmic scale.
