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| Author | Vernor Vinge |
|---|---|
| Original title | Among the Tines |
| Cover artist | Boris Vallejo |
| Language | English |
| Series | Zones of Thought series |
| Genre | Hard science fiction |
| Publisher | Tor Books |
Publication date | April 1992 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print (hardcover and paperback) |
| Pages | 391 |
| ISBN | 0-312-85182-0 |
| OCLC | 24671893 |
| 813/.54 20 | |
| LC Class | PS3572.I534 F57 1992 |
| Followed by | A Deepness in the Sky |
A Fire Upon the Deep is a 1992 science fiction novel by American writer Vernor Vinge. It is a space opera involving superhuman intelligences, aliens, variable physics, space battles, love, betrayal, genocide, and a communication medium resembling Usenet. A Fire Upon the Deep won the Hugo Award in 1993, sharing it with Doomsday Book by Connie Willis.[1]
Besides the normal print book editions, the novel was also included on a CD-ROM sold by ClariNet Communications along with the other nominees for the 1993 Hugo awards. The CD-ROM edition included numerous annotations by Vinge on his thoughts and intentions about different parts of the book, and was later released as a standalone e-book.[2][3]
- ^ "1993 Award Winners & Nominees". Worlds Without End. Retrieved September 26, 2009.
- ^ [1] No longer on sale but available at the Internet Archive
- ^ Review of the annotated ebook edition of A Fire Upon the Deep at Slashdot