Vernor Vinge

Vernor Vinge
Vinge in 2006
Vinge in 2006
BornVernor Steffen Vinge
(1944-10-02)October 2, 1944[1]
Waukesha, Wisconsin, U.S.[1]
DiedMarch 20, 2024(2024-03-20) (aged 79)
La Jolla, California, U.S.
OccupationComputer scientist
EducationUniversity of California, San Diego (PhD)
Period1966–2011
GenreScience fiction
Notable works
Notable awardsHugo Awards:
  Best Novel: 1993, 2000, 2007;
  Best Novella: 2003, 2005
Prometheus Awards:
  1987, 2000, 2004, 2007, 2014 Special Award for Lifetime Achievement
Spouse
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(m. 1972; div. 1979)​

Vernor Steffen Vinge (/ˈvɜːrnər ˈvɪndʒiː/ ⓘ; October 2, 1944 – March 20, 2024) was an American science fiction author and professor. He taught mathematics and computer science at San Diego State University. He was the first wide-scale popularizer of the technological singularity concept and among the first authors to present a fictional "cyberspace".[3] He won the Hugo Award for his novels A Fire Upon the Deep (1992), A Deepness in the Sky (1999), and Rainbows End (2006), and novellas Fast Times at Fairmont High (2001) and The Cookie Monster (2004).

  1. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference SFE was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Vinge, Vernor (March 1993). "The Coming Technological Singularity: How to Survive in the Post-Human Era". San Diego State University. Archived from the original on May 8, 2017. Retrieved July 17, 2021.
  3. ^ Saffo, Paul (1991), "Consensual Realities in Cyberspace", in Denning, Peter J. (ed.), Computers Under Attack: Intruders, Worms, and Viruses, New York: ACM, pp. 416–20, doi:10.1145/102616.102644, ISBN 0-201-53067-8. Revised and expanded from "Viewpoint", Communications of the ACM 32 (6): 664–65, 1989, doi:10.1145/63526.315953.