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A Deepness in the Sky [Secure Microsoft Reader/eReader (recommended)]
by Vernor Vinge
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 High above the planet Arachna, Pham Nuwen and the Qeng Ho interstellar trading fleet orbit, waiting its dormant population, the Spiders, to awaken--to emerge into their Golden Age of technology and commerce. As the Emergents unleash an assault in hopes of stripping Arachna bare, Pham makes a final attempt to be worthy of his reputation as a hero. (Published: 2002) Hugo Award Winner
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A Fire Upon the Deep: Special Edition eBook [Secure Microsoft Reader/eReader (recommended)/Adobe]
by Vernor Vinge
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 After a spaceship crashes on an unfamiliar world, a rescue ship races against time to rescue the downed ship's only survivors--two children--and retrieve the weapon required to prevent the destruction of the universe. This special eBook edition adds hundreds of annotations from Vinge which were written during the time of his original composition of this groundbreaking Hugo Award winning novel. (Published: 2002) Hugo Award Winner
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Fast Times at Fairmont High [MultiFormat]
by Vernor Vinge
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 In a near future where everyone lives in a wireless-direct-mind-link, networked, sensory-enhanced world, two eighth-graders struggle to pass an exam for which using outside information sources is forbidden. [This work is part of a collection. Buy it here!] (Published: 2001) Hugo Award Winner
Words: 24983 - Reading Time: 71-99 min.
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A Fire Upon the Deep [Secure eReader (recommended)]
by Vernor Vinge
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Fleeing a menace of galactic proportions, a spaceship crashes on an unfamiliar world, leaving the survivors--a pair of children--to the not-so-tender mercies of a medieval, lupine race. Responding to the crippled ship’s distress signal, a rescue mission races against time to retrieve the children and recover the weapon they need to prevent the universe from being forever changed. ; 1993 John W. Campbell Memorial Award nominee ; 1993 SF Chronicle Award, best novel ; 1993 Hugo Award, ... more info>>
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The Collected Stories of Vernor Vinge [Secure Microsoft Reader/eReader (recommended)]
by Vernor Vinge
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 Vernor Vinge has been writing terrific hard SF since the early 1960s. Even before his first novel was published, he was writing short stories that brought him to the attention of the SF reading public. Here is the real deal. These stories have all the hallmarks of his longer work--great ideas, compelling characters, and fastpaced action. (Published: 2001)
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The Peace War [Secure eReader (recommended)]
by Vernor Vinge
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The novel that garnered Vinge his first "Best Novel" Hugo Finalist nomination, back in print after thirteen years. With a combination of hard-SF concepts, tight plotting, and appealing characters, Vinge tells a now-classic story of the Few triumphing over the Many. The Peace Authority, wielding a new state-of-the-art weapon, takes over the world, and claims to be "maintaining the peace" while really controlling the scattered survivors of the new world. The inventor of their weapon, which was nev... more info>>
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