Zones of Thought Series by Vernor Vinge

4.11 · 108 ratings
  • A Fire Upon the Deep (Zones of Thought #1)
    #1

    A Fire Upon the Deep (Zones of Thought #1)

    Vernor Vinge

    Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars
    · 35 ratings · published 1992

    Alternate Cover Edition can be found here. A Fire upon the Deep is the big, breakout book that fulfills the promise of Vinge's career to date: a gripping tale of galactic war told on a cosmic scale.Thousands of years hence, many races inhabit 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... more

  • A Deepness in the Sky (Zones of Thought #2)
    #2

    A Deepness in the Sky (Zones of Thought #2)

    Vernor Vinge

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 43 ratings · published 1999

    Alternative Cover Edition can be found here. 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... more

  • Zones of Thought: A Fire Upon the Deep / A Deepness in the Sky (Zones of Thought #1-2)
    #1-2

    Zones of Thought: A Fire Upon the Deep / A Deepness in the Sky (Zones of Thought #1-2)

    Vernor Vinge

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings · published 2010

    Vinge's masterpieces together at last, in one epic volume.The Hugo Award winning A FIRE UPON THE DEEP and its epic companion novel A DEEPNESS IN THE SKY, set in the same universe but 20,000 years earlier, were benchmarks for SF in the last decade of the 20th century.In FIRE 'Vinge presents a galaxy divided into Zones - regions where different physical constraints allow very different technological and mental possibilities... more

  • The Children of the Sky (Zones of Thought #3)
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    The Children of the Sky (Zones of Thought #3)

    Vernor Vinge

    Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings · published 2011

    After nearly twenty years, Vernor Vinge has produced an enthralling sequel to his memorable bestselling novel A Fire Upon the Deep.Ten years have passed on Tines World, where Ravna Bergnsdot and a number of human children ended up after a disaster that nearly obliterated humankind throughout the galaxy. Ravna and the pack animals for which the planet is named have survived a war, and Ravna has saved more than one hundred children who were in cold-sleep aboard the vessel that brought them... more

  • The Zones of Thought Series: A Fire Upon the Deep, The Children of the Sky, A Deepness in the Sky (Zones of Thought #1-3)
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    The Zones of Thought Series: A Fire Upon the Deep, The Children of the Sky, A Deepness in the Sky (Zones of Thought #1-3)

    Vernor Vinge

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 2 ratings · published 2017

    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... more

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