A Deepness in the Sky

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Millennium, 2000 - Fiction - 757 pages
The prequel to A Fire Upon The Deep, this is the story of Pham Nuwen, a small cog in the interstellar trading fleet of the Queng Ho. The Queng Ho and the Emergents are orbiting the dormant planet Arachna, which is about to wake up to technology, but the Emergents' plans are sinister.

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SALES POINTS* Millennium Lead Title* Epic space opera in the grand tradition from the Hugo Award winning author of A FIRE UPON THE DEEP* 'Revelatory space opera, galaxy spanning story...the book's immensity puts Vinge in the Golden New Age of Arthur C Clarke and Greg Bear' ¿ The Times* ¿Vinge has done it again. A Deepness in the Sky is vivid, suspenseful, [and] realistic. Vinge's villains are chillingly believable, and so is his vision of a hopeful tomorrow." - David Brin *¿Vernor Vinge's latest novel is a triumph, continuing the most visionary, intelligent deep-space adventure of our time. Reason to cheer, indeed--and a great, long read it is." - Gregory Benford* 'The sort of epic take on a first-contact scenario that you would expect from a writer of Vernor Vinge's quality' ¿ Peter F. Hamilton

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