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Vernor Vinge - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
"Vernor Steffen Vinge ... (born February 10, 1944 in Waukesha, Wisconsin, USA) is a mathematician, computer scientist, and science fiction author. He is best known for his Hugo award-winning novels A Fire Upon the Deep and A Deepness in the Sky, as well as for his 1993 essay 'The Technological Singularity', in which he argues that exponential growth in technology will reach a point beyond which we cannot even speculate about the consequences. ..." |
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1987 Prometheus Best Novel Award, granted by Libertarian Futurist Society, Prometheus Best Novel Award
For Marooned in Realtime |
2000 Prometheus Best Novel Award, granted by Libertarian Futurist Society, Prometheus Best Novel Award
For A Deepness in the Sky |
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2004 Prometheus Hall of Fame Award, granted by Libertarian Futurist Society, Prometheus Hall of Fame Award
For The Ungoverned |
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A Deepness in the Sky, 1999
2000 Prometheus Award winner |
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Marooned in Realtime, 1986
1987 Prometheus Award winner |
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