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Vernor Vinge
Books and Stories
Vernor Vinge (b. 1944) is an American science fiction writer, computer scientist and mathematician. He has written two Hugo award-winning novels (A Fire Upon the Deep A Deepness in the Sky) among a number of other well-liked works. His essay on the technological Singularity is also well-known; in it, he argues that exponential growth in technology will lead to a future that we cannot imagine. Vinge retired from teaching in 2002 to write full-time.Select a novel or story title to see the inventions from that work:
A Deepness in the Sky, Tor, 1999
A Fire Upon The Deep, Tor Books, 1992
Fast Times At Fairmont High, Not known, 2001
Long Shot, Conde Nast Publications, 1972
Rainbows End, Tor, 2006
The Peace War, Bluejay Books, 1984
True Names, Dell Binary Star, 1981
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