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Subject: Re: Vernor Vinge (1944 - 2024)
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On 3/21/2024 11:49 PM, Chris Buckley wrote:
> On 2024-03-22, Ted Nolan <tednolan> <ted@loft.tnolan.com> wrote:
>> In article <uticjg$2ffb5$3@dont-email.me>,
>> Lynn McGuire  <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> On 3/21/2024 8:24 AM, James Nicoll wrote:
>>>> SF author Vernor Vinge (1944 - 2024) is reported to have died, age 79.
>>>
>>> https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2024/03/vernor-vinge-father-of-the-tech-singularity-has-died-at-age-79/
>>>
>>> RIP.  I always thought his "Peace War" novels were his best works.  And
>>> his "Rainbows End" book was neat.
>>>
>>> Lynn
>>>
>>
>> I always remember encountering him first with a story about a mission on a
>> floating world to save an SF magazine's archives (but there's more going
>> on than the protag understands)..  I really liked that.
>>
>> I liked the bobble stories well enough, but wasn't really motivated
>> to seek him out.
> 
> Both _A Fire Upon the Deep_ and _A Deepness in the Sky_ are in my list of
> absolute top Favorites.  The novella _True Names_ is another Favorite, having
> a large impact when I first read it (it was the first real introduction
> of cyberspace.)  All three of these fell into a rare category for me: books
> that upon finishing my first reading demanded an immediate re-read.

I also thought those were great.

Mike Glyer's site has an appreciation.

https://file770.com/vernor-vinge-1944-2024/

-- 
Kevin R




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