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Velius posted:A Fire Upon the Deep is my favorite of the three, but I'd say the prequel A Deepness in the Sky is more accessible, in that it's not ultratech. Fire has more revolutionary ideas/concepts, but I think the story of Deepness is better. For reference, I would venture that it's my favorite novel in the Sci-Fi/Fantasy genre overall right now. I cant beleive I've never read Vinge before this thread, being a big fan of the genre. Thanks heaps for bringing him up, I just finished Fire (great read) and am starting Deepness. You have any other reccomendations beyond all the usual suspects already mentioned here?
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shadok posted:I made several attempts to read this book over the years because Vinge is one of my favourite authors and "Marooned in Realtime" is one of my favourite books of all time, and I never made it much past the first couple of chapters. Last month I picked it up again randomly and bombed all the way through it. Sometimes books are like that. Probably should have rechecked this thread sooner, but the real charm I found about Fire Upon the Deep was the setting itself layered galaxy as well as the interpretation of a web as such and the communications between far flung species. I do agree that the Tines (whilst conceptually very interesting) chapters were sometimes more dull to push through. The writing, characters and plot in general are also not nearly as well developed as Deepness in the Sky which I read more recently and also loved. Overall I'd have to say that Deepness is probably a better novel, but the sheer scope and creativity in Fire still made it for me very enjoyable.
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