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A Fire Upon The Deep

Auteur(s): Vernor Vinge
Narrateur(s): Peter Larkin
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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. Nobody knows what strange force partitioned space into these "regions of thought," but when the warring Straumli realm use an ancient Transcendent artifact as a weapon, they unwittingly unleash an awesome power that destroys thousands of worlds and enslaves all natural and artificial intelligence.

Fleeing the threat, a family of scientists, including two children, are taken captive by the Tines, an alien race with a harsh medieval culture, and used as pawns in a ruthless power struggle. A rescue mission, not entirely composed of humans, must rescue the children-and a secret that may save the rest of interstellar civilization.

A Fire Upon The Deep, which began the Zones of Thought series, is the winner of the 1993 Hugo Award for Best Novel.

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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 changed forever. Against a background depicting a space-time continuum stratified into 'zones of thought,' the author has created a rarity--a unique blend of hard science, high drama, and superb storytelling.” —Library Journal

“A tale that burns with the brazen energy of the best space operas of the golden age. Vinge has created a galaxy for the readers of the '90s to believe in...immense, ancient, athrum with data webs, dotted with wonders.” —John Clute, Interzone

“Vernor Vinge's best novel yet.” —Greg Bear, author of Moving Mars

“Vast, riveting, far-future saga.... The overall concept astonishes; the aliens are developed with memorable skill and insight, the plot twists and turns with unputdownable tension. A masterpiece of universe building.” —Kirkus Reviews

“The first grand SF I've read in ages...Vinge is one of the best visionary writers of SF today.” —David Brin, author of Earth

“Fiercely original...Compelling ideas in the book include problems and advantages of group mind, galactic communications turbidity, and the prospect of civilizations aspiring to godhood.” —Stewart Brand, founder of the Whole Earth Catalog

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the overall story was interesting but not like the best hard science fiction I've ever heard. I really hated the narration of the new stories, very monotone and hard to listen to. had to skip through most of it.

OK story but not sure what the hype is about

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Some minds won't understand why this book has the power to shape minds, our models of reality, languages, and our relationships for the better. It is a part of how to recover our own civilization from it's current unraveling (2023).
It's hope. A guide. A masterpiece.
I will attempt to teach some minds what it has to offer. You, dear reader, will likely never hear how this goes. What struggles, what power, what wisdom will be given birth?

Words fail to express: Exellence

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The voice act is not that good, Good story, bad performance , sometimes read too fast

Good story, bad performance

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This is a good six-go book with an engaging story, interesting and relatable characters and well thought out alien species. The narration is cartoonish, though, and I found that distracting.

Distracting Narration

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Fantastic book. Loved the complexities of the "Tynes" creatures (sorry for spelling, it was an audiobook after all). Narration took some getting used to, but I find that with many of the audio books I listen to.

A good read

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