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From: Chris Buckley <alan@sabir.com>
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Subject: Re: Vernor Vinge (1944 - 2024)
Date: 22 Mar 2024 03:49:59 GMT
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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.

Chris