A Fire Upon the Deep
by Vernor Vinge
Taste attributes: science fictionrobots/ai/spaceactionfresh & originalunsavouryimaginaryglossybig & variedfighting evilsolving the riddle/not as it seemscoming of age
Boxlist takeOtherworldly and expansive: a fresh science-fiction novel, glossy rather than gritty. Best if you like spectacle over intimacy.
Pace: balanced · Originality: fresh · Tone: balanced · Weight: balanced · Realism: imaginary world · Story: balanced · Structure: balanced · Look: glossy · Scale: big and varied · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score
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4.3 / 5
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About This Book
Thousands of years in the future, humanity is no longer alone in a universe where a mind's potential is determined by its location in space, from superintelligent entities in the Transcend, to the limited minds of the Unthinking Depths, where only simple creatures, and technology, can function.
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- Vernor Vinge
- Published
- 1992
- Pages
- 605
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