A Deepness in the Sky
Hugo Award winner 2000, John W. Campbell Memorial Award winner 2000, Prometheus Award winner 2000, Arthur C. Clarke Award nominee 2000, Nebula Award nominee 1999, HOMer Award nominee 1999.
After thousands of years searching, humans stand on the verge of first contact with an alien race. Two human groups: the Qeng Ho, a culture of free traders, and the Emergents, a ruthless society based on the technological enslavement of minds.
The group that opens trade with the aliens will reap unimaginable riches. But first, both groups must wait at the aliens' very doorstep for their strange star to relight and for their planet to reawaken, as it does every tow hundred and fifty years...
Then, following terrible treachery, the Qeng Ho must fight for their freedom and for the lives of the unsuspecting innocents on the planet below, while the aliens themselves play a role unsuspected by the Qeng Ho and Emergents alike.
More than just a great science fiction adventure, A Deepness in the Sky is a universal drama of courage, self-discovery, and the redemptive power of love.
Vernor Vinge
Vernor Steffen Vinge (born 1944) is a retired San Diego State University Professor of Mathematics, computer scientist and science fiction author.
Zones of Thought
Zones of Thought consists of three books. The current recommended reading order for the series is provided below.
