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ANALOG 1972 (12 VOLS.) by Isaac; Pournelle, Jerry; Pohl, Frederik; Niven, Larry; Harrison, Harry; Anderson, Poul; Waldrop, Howard; Hadleman, Joe W.; Dickson, Gorndon R.; Vinge, Vernor; Schmitz, James H.; Simak, Clifford D.; Martin, George R. R.; Et. Al. Asimov, 1972 Analog 1986--May by Harry Turtledove (as Eric G. Iverson), Vernor Vinge. Contributors include Spider Robinson, 1986-01-01 A Dry Martini by Vernor (SIGNED!) Vinge, 2002-01-01 Der Besserwisser : Science Fiction Action by Vernor Vinge, 1984 Analog 1986--July by Harry Turtledove, Vernor Vinge, William F. Wu. Contributors include D. C. Poyer, 1986 Analog Science Fact & Fiction May 1968 by Vernor (SIGNED!) / Asimov, Isaac / Blish, James / Anderson, Poul & others Vinge, 1968-01-01 ANALOG 1968 (12 VOLS) by Poul; Harrison, Harry; Anvil, Christopher; Anthony, Piers; Asimov, Isaac; Vinge, Vernor; Tiptree, James Jr.; Schmitz, James H.; Schmidt, Stanley; Bova, Benet. al. Anderson, 1968 Rainbows End A Novel with One Foot in the Future by Vernor Vinge, 2006 Grimm's World by Vernor Vinge, 1969-01-01 Best Science Fiction Stories of the Year Fifth Annual Collection by Hayford Peirce. P.J. Plauger, Phyllis Eisenstein, Stephen Robinett, Robert Hoskins, Liz Jufford, Clifford Simak, Joan and Vernor Vinge Poul Anderson, 1977 Analog 1984--July by Vernor Vinge. Contributors include G. Harry Stine, 1984-01-01 ANALOG 1971 (12 VOLS) by Jerry; Vinge, Vernor; Bova, Ben; Schmitz, James H.; Schmidt, Stanley; Dickson, Gordon R.; Anvil, Christopher; Wilson, F. Paul; et. al. Pournelle, 1971 Analog 1986--August by Vernor Vinge, Jack Wodhams. Contributors include Elizabeth Moon, 1986 The Witling by Vernor Vinge, 1987

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61. Vernor Vinge Bibliography
    A bibliography of vernor vinge's books and short stories, with book covers and linksto related authors. vernor vinge USA (1944 ). Search Authors. Search Books.  
    http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/authors/Vernor_Vinge.htm
    
    Extractions: Nebula Best Novella nominee : True Names Hugo Best Novella nominee : True Names Hugo Best Novel nominee : The Peace War Hugo Best Novellette nominee : The Barbarian Princess Hugo Best Novel nominee : Marooned in Real Time Nebula Best Novel nominee : A Fire upon the Deep Hugo Best Novel winner : A Fire upon the Deep British Fantasy Society Best Novel nominee : A Deepness in the Sky Nebula Best Novel nominee : A Deepness in the Sky Hugo Best Novel winner : A Deepness in the Sky

62. A Fire Upon The Deep By Vernor Vinge
    A novel by vernor vinge Awards Nebula (nominee) Hugo. UK Price Check. TitleFire Upon the Deep Author(s) vinge, vernor ISBN 1857980212.  
    http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/books/n1/n5398.htm
    
    Extractions: "The author of The Peace War and Marooned in Realtime has created a raritya unique blend of hard science, high drama, and superb storytelling" (Library Journal). A rescue mission races against time to save a pair of children being held captive by a medieval lupine race, and recover the weapon that will keep the universe from being changed forever.

63. Vinge Discussion
    A Deepness in the Sky by vinge, vernor Released 01/2000. A Fire uponthe Deep by vinge, vernor Released 02/1993. True Names And the  
    http://www.gnooks.com/discussion/vinge.html

64. SFBookcase.com - Authors - Reference Of Science Fiction And Fantasy Authors.
    Vardeman, Robert E. 3, Verne, Jules, 5, Viehl, SL, 5, vinge, vernor, 1, vinge,Joan D. 10, vinge, vernor, 1, vinge, Joan D. 3, vinge, vernor, 2, vinge, JoanD. 1,  
    http://www.sfbookcase.com/authors.asp?sort=surname1&show=v

65. Vernor Vinge: Singularita
    29 vinge, vernor, Bookworm, Run! (Knihomole, utíkej!), Analog, brezen 1966,str. 31 vinge, vernor, First Word (První slovo), Omni, leden 1983, str.10.  
    http://www.phil.muni.cz/fil/texty/vernor_vinge_singularita.html
    
    Extractions: Czech translation (c) 1998 Jan Kuèera (Tento èlánek smí být rozšiøován k nekomerèním úèelùm, pokud zùstane úplný vèetnì tohoto upozornìní.) Pùvodní verze tohoto èlánku byla pøednesena na sympóziu VISION-21 sponsorovaném NASA Lewis Research Center a Ohio Aerospace Institute konaném 30.-31. 3. 1993. Ponìkud upravená verze se objevila v zimním vydání Whole Earth Review Do tøiceti let budeme mít technické prostøedky, abychom vytvoøili nadlidskou inteligenci. Krátce poté skonèí lidská éra. Je možno tomuto vývoji zabránit? Pokud ne, mùžeme øídit bìh událostí tak, abychom dokázali pøežít? Úvaha se zabývá tìmito otázkami a pøináší možné odpovìdi (i nìkterá další nebezpeèí). Ústøedním rysem tohoto století je zrychlování technického rozvoje. V tomto èlánku dovozuji, že jsme na pokraji zmìny srovnatelné s objevením èlovìka na Zemi. Vlastní pøíèinou této zmìny je to, že v brzké dobì vytvoøíme bytosti [Pozn. pøekl.: V originále se mluví o "entitách". Protože v èeštinì je slovo "entita" mnohem ménì bìžné a pociuji je jako termín se silnì filozofickým podtextem, pøekládám radìji jako "bytost".] s inteligencí vyšší než je lidská. Tohoto prùlomu mùže vìda dosáhnout více zpùsoby (a to je další dùvod, proè si mùžeme být jisti, že k tomu dojde). Mohou být vyvinuty poèítaèe, které budou mít vìdomí a nadlidskou inteligenci. (Doposud je sporné, zda mùžeme vytvoøit strojový ekvivalent èlovìka. Pokud však odpovìï zní "ano", lze sotva pochybovat o tom, že krátce poté mohou být vytvoøeny bytosti inteligentnìjší.)

66. Authors V
    vinge, Joan D Snow Queen, The. vinge, vernor A Fire Upon the Deep TrueNames. A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z All Authors.  
    http://www.scwu.com/bookreviews/a/V.shtml

67. Review: A Deepness In The Sky By Vernor Vinge
    A Deepness in the Sky by vernor vinge (buy). A vinge, vernor %TA Deepness in theSky %I Tor %D 199903 %G ISBN 0-312-85683-0 %P 607 pp. %0 hardcover, US$27.95.  
    http://www.urbanophile.com/arenn/sf/reviews/deepness-in-the-sky.html
    
    Extractions: SF Reviews by Aaron M. Renn By Author By Title By Date Reviewed Conclusion: Highly Recommended A Deepness in the Sky is billed as a prequel to Vinge's 1992 award winning A Fire Upon the Deep. But anyone who reads it just wanting to explore more of the wonderful universe Vinge created in that earlier work will be very disappointed. Deepness is connected to Fire by only the most tenuous of threads, that being the reminisces of Pham Nuwen about his life with the Qeng Ho. Deepness is different from Fire in all the ways I thought Fire was great. Where Fire deals with plots and mysteries extending over billions of years, Deepness covers a much shorter span of time. Where Fire spans a vast sweep of thousands of light years, Deepness takes place almost exclusively in one solar system. And in what will surely infuriate some, where Fire took place against the lush backdrop of the Zones of Thought universe, Deepness does not. While technically in the same milieu as Fire, the entire story takes place in the Slow Zone and nothing of the true order of affairs is known to the characters. With much of the best of Fire stripped away, I should have been very unhappy with Deepness. Instead I liked it more, finding it superior to Fire in almost every way. The plot was better. The characters were far better. Heck, there were even a few people I liked in there. The evil is more comprehensible. The ending vastly more satisfactory. I suspect because it takes place in the Slowness, Vinge had mercy on us and actually allows us to see and understand the technology used in the story. Many of the obnoxious plot weaknesses of Fire are absent in Deepness, though a few do slip in.

68. Review: Review: The Peace War By Vernor Vinge
    The Peace War by vernor vinge (buy). Conclusion Worth Reading. A vinge, vernor%T The Peace War %I Bluejay Books %D 198408 %G ISBN 0-312-94342-5 %P 286 pp.  
    http://www.urbanophile.com/arenn/sf/reviews/peace-war.html
    
    Extractions: SF Reviews by Aaron M. Renn By Author By Title By Date Reviewed Conclusion: Worth Reading This book, one of Vinge's first, is far shorter than A Fire Upon the Deep and A Deepness in the Sky - and that's a good thing. While not bad exactly, this book has little of the grandeur of those two more recent works. Perhaps this makes Vinge somewhat the opposite of what you often hear of people. You know, "I like his early stuff, but the new stuff is crap". It seems like the later the work by Vinge, the more I like it. Sometime around the present day, a researcher for the US DoD discovers a way to create impenetrable bubbles of space time to permanently separate small regions of space from the normal universe. These "bobbles" as they are called are immediately put to foul use by a group within the Lawrence Livermore labs. These rouges use the bobble generator to encapsulate all military and government facilities on earth and set themselves up as a dictatorial Peace Authority. Fast forward several years. The inevitable underground ragtag band of heroes is none too pleased with the Authority. This group includes the inventor of the bobbles and a super-genius kid. Together, pursued by the master hunter of the Authority, they set out to eliminate the Authority and restore freedom to mankind.

69. Vernor Vinge Keeps Raising The Bar For Space Opera
    i A Deepness in the Sky /i is a prequel to vernor vinge's i A FireUpon theDeep, /i but it doesn't share much plot, character or mood with that Hugo  
    http://www.space.com/sciencefiction/books/deepness_sky_000110.html
    
    Extractions: - exciting characters, innovative technology A Fire Upon the Deep was an epic, full of galactic threats and technology so advanced even its operators thought of it as approaching magic. Deepness has much less technology faster-than-light travel hasn't even been invented yet and feels almost claustrophobic in its focus on two starships orbiting one planet. Not too slow for thrills Slower-than-light (STL) settings are rare in science fiction, and for good reason. It's hard to believe that any society could be held together by the years of travel time between stars. How do you manage a civilization where each outpost is a hundred years from its nearest neighbor?

70. Guardian Unlimited Observer | Magazine | The Best And Brightest 2003: Vernor Vin
    The digital prophet vernor vinge He predicted the internet, but willhis notions about the posthuman era be as exact? John Hind  
    http://www.observer.co.uk/magazine/story/0,11913,865638,00.html
    
    Extractions: Go to: Guardian Unlimited home UK news World news Archive search Arts Books Business EducationGuardian.co.uk Film Football Jobs MediaGuardian.co.uk Money The Observer Online Politics Shopping SocietyGuardian.co.uk Sport Talk Travel Audio Email services Special reports The Guardian The weblog The informer The northerner The wrap Advertising guide Crossword Headline service Syndication services Events / offers Help / contacts Information Newsroom Soulmates Style guide Travel offers TV listings Weather Web guides Guardian Weekly Money Observer Home UK news International Politics ... Food

71. AllReaders.com Profile Of Ivy
    Books, Movies, SciFi/Fantasy, Mystery/Thriller, Literature, Romance, Biography,History. vernor vinge Profile for Ivy Name, Ivy. Title, Top (six star) Scholar.  
    http://www.allreaders.com/ProfileView.asp?Name=Ivy&TopicID=668

72. Sffworld.com - Book Voting By Authors - V
    Varley, John, Varley, John, Verne, Jules, Vian, Boris, vinge, Joan, vinge, vernor,vinge, Joan D. vinge, Joan, vinge, vernor, Vonnegut Jr, Kurt, Vukcevich, Ray,  
    http://www.sffworld.net/members/sff/vote.nsf/frmWebV!readform&a=v

73. Guardian Unlimited Books | By Genre | The Best And Brightest 2003: Vernor Vinge
    The best and brightest 2003 The digital prophet vernor vinge He predictedthe internet, but will his notions about the posthuman era be as exact?  
    http://books.guardian.co.uk/departments/sciencefiction/story/0,6000,865639,00.ht
    
    Extractions: Go to: Guardian Unlimited home UK news World news Archive search Arts Books Business EducationGuardian.co.uk Film Football Jobs MediaGuardian.co.uk Money The Observer Online Politics Shopping SocietyGuardian.co.uk Sport Talk Travel Audio Email services Special reports The Guardian The weblog The informer The northerner The wrap Advertising guide Crossword Headline service Syndication services Events / offers Help / contacts Information Newsroom Soulmates Style guide Travel offers TV listings Weather Web guides Guardian Weekly Money Observer Home Guardian Review By genre Reviews ... Help

74. Singularity : Singularity: Vernor Vinge
    Tuesday, October 9, 2001. vernor vinge was the first to conceptualize the Singularity. .Interviews The stunning Natasha VitaMore interviews vernor vinge.  
    http://singularity.manilasites.com/2001/10/09
    
    Extractions: Tuesday, October 9, 2001 Vernor Vinge was the first to conceptualize the Singularity. He is an excellent science fiction writer who I recommend highly (Gawd, his books are good). My personal conviction that the Singularity was going to happen came out of reading Vinge's "Across Real-time." In a note at the end of the book he said, and I am paraphrasing (which adds its own value): "I don't know about you but it is clear to me we are headed for a technological Singularity." That simple statement is all it took for me to "grok" the vision. Vinge's Singularity Vision Complete bibiliography More : Summary data and contact info. Interviews: The stunning Natasha Vita-More interviews Vernor Vinge. Overthehorizon chat. Tech TV . Big thinkers interview. NPR . Audio interview. Presentations: Darpa . Very nice presentation that goes relatively deep into Vernor's vision for the future. Salon profile of VV.

75. Technological Singularity By Vernor Vinge
    vinge, vernor, 'Bookworm, Run!', Analog, March 1966, 840. vinge, vernor,'True Names,' Binary Star Number 5, Dell, 1981. vinge, vernor  
    http://www.ciar.org/~ttk/techsing/vinge.html
    
    Extractions: The acceleration of technological progress has been the central feature of this century. We are on the edge of change comparable to the rise of human life on Earth. The precise cause of this change is the imminent creation by technology of entities with greater-than-human intelligence. Science may achieve this breakthrough by several means (and this is another reason for having confidence that the event will occur): Computers that are 'awake' and superhumanly intelligent may be developed. (To date, there has been much controversy as to whether we can create human equivalence in a machine. But if the answer is 'yes,' then there is little doubt that more intelligent beings can be constructed shortly thereafter.)

76. Vernor Vinge On The Technological Singularity
    vinge, vernor, Bookworm, Run! , Analog, March 1966, pp840. Reprinted vinge,vernor, True Names , Binary Star Number 5, Dell, 1981. Reprinted  
    http://togos.dhs.org/docs/techsing.html
    
    Extractions: (This article may be reproduced for noncommercial purposes if it is copied in its entirety, including this notice.) The original version of this article was presented at the VISION-21 Symposium sponsored by NASA Lewis Research Center and the Ohio Aerospace Institute, March 30-31, 1993. A slightly changed version appeared in the Winter 1993 issue of Whole Earth Review Within thirty years, we will have the technological means to create superhuman intelligence. Shortly after, the human era will be ended. Is such progress avoidable? If not to be avoided, can events be guided so that we may survive? These questions are investigated. Some possible answers (and some further dangers) are presented. The acceleration of technological progress has been the central feature of this century. I argue in this paper that we are on the edge of change comparable to the rise of human life on Earth. The precise cause of this change is the imminent creation by technology of entities with greater than human intelligence. There are several means by which science may achieve this breakthrough (and this is another reason for having confidence that the event will occur): There may be developed computers that are "awake" and superhumanly intelligent. (To date, there has been much controversy as to whether we can create human equivalence in a machine. But if the answer is "yes, we can", then there is little doubt that beings more intelligent can be constructed shortly thereafter.)

77. EXTROPY Journal Of Transhumanist Solutions: February 1998: Arterati On Ideas: Vi
    In notable style, Arterati on Ideas, in the person of Natasha Vita More, talks withthe eminent vernor vinge. vernor vinge (pronounced Vinjee) is a delight.  
    http://www.extropy.org/ideas/journal/previous/1998/02-01.html
    
    Extractions: by Natasha Vita-More Arterati on Ideas is an on-going series of conversations among outstanding and creative thinkers covering a wide range of views and the talents that produce them. In notable style, Arterati on Ideas, in the person of Natasha Vita More, talks with the eminent Vernor Vinge. Says Natasha: Vernor Vinge (pronounced Vin-jee) is a delight. My first impression was marked by the sparkle in his eyes and welcoming smile. Suddenly, the Singularity seemed not such a distant and unsettling event, but one that was certainly plausible, given its author. We met just north of San Diego at his favorite Greek restaurant. Sitting in a warm and hospitable atmosphere, listening to insightful analogies, detecting words such as "kindness" while admiring his acknowledgement of others whose vision influences his own, Vernor Vinge talks to me about the Singularity. There have been some misinterpretations about the Singularity. Can you explain what you mean by the term?

78. SCIENCE FICTION HARDCOVER BOOKS
    1.50 VG53 vinge, vernor MAROONED IN REAL TIME (BlueJay 1986) as newin dustjacket .. 15.00 VD01 vinge, vernor MAROONED IN  
    http://www.oldsfbooks.com/hctz.html
    
    Extractions: The hardcover books whose titles begins with the letters T through Z may be found below. Skip to the bottom of this page to find an index to my other Science Fiction hardcovers, and the way back to my homepage where you may find science fiction paperbacks, collectible paperbacks, postcards, plastic bags, as well as pulp magazines. Also my grading standards for hardcover books. If you choose to order some of these for your collection, be sure to carefully read my ordering instructions. I am presently set up to receive snail mail only, (why?) so send any orders to me at: Fantastic Collectibles

79. SF > Reviews > Vernor Vinge
    Susan Stepney's Home Page SF reviews index vernor vinge. 1988. In New Destinies Volume VI. Novels/Collections reviews. vernor vinge. Grimm's World. 1969.  
    http://www-users.cs.york.ac.uk/~susan/sf/books/v/vvinge.htm

80. Minicon 30 Guest Of Honor Vernor Vinge
    Minicon 30 Guest of Honor vernor vinge. Among serious science fiction writers, vernorvinge is considered one of the most highly respected writers in the field.  
    http://www.mnstf.org/minicon30/vernor-vinge.html
    
    Extractions: by Jim Frenkel Among serious science fiction writers, Vernor Vinge is considered one of the most highly respected writers in the field. For years, professional writers and editors would walk around saying things like, "Boy, that Vernor Vinge is really terrific. Its really a shame that more readers havent discovered his books." And for a number of years, this was quite true. Vernor Vinge was better known in the late 1960s and early 1970s than he was in 1983. His debut novel, GRIMMS WORLD, was quite highly regarded for its imaginative premise, well-worked out science, evocative depiction of life on a planet with an unusual geology, and its general "sense of wonder". He had written a number of intriguing and effective short stories for John W. Campbell's Analog. In the second half of the 1960s, he was definitely a young hard-SF writer to watch. His second novel, THE WITLING wasn't published until 1975, and by 1976 he had stopped writing SF, concentrating instead on his career in academe first as a mathematician and then, with the development of computer science as field independent of mathematics, as a computer scientist. He credits the fact that he had came to formal computer learning rather late as something of an advantage he didn't know what was "impossible". While Vernor was learning and teaching computer science, his then wife, Joan D. Vinge, was starting her own science fiction career, beginning in 1973. When she garnered a sizable advance for

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