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. ..."
Awards Received
1987 Prometheus Best Novel Award, granted by Libertarian Futurist Society, Prometheus Best Novel Award
For Marooned in Realtime
For Marooned in Realtime
2000 Prometheus Best Novel Award, granted by Libertarian Futurist Society, Prometheus Best Novel Award
For A Deepness in the Sky
For A Deepness in the Sky
2004 Prometheus Hall of Fame Award, granted by Libertarian Futurist Society, Prometheus Hall of Fame Award
For The Ungoverned
For The Ungoverned
Books Authored
A Deepness in the Sky, 1999
2000 Prometheus Award winner
2000 Prometheus Award winner
- ISBN 0312856830
: Hardcover, Tor Books, 1st edition, 1999
- ISBN 0812536355
: Paperback, Tor Books, Reprint edition, 2000
- ISBN 1857988515
: Paperback, Orion Pub Co, 2000
Marooned in Realtime, 1986
1987 Prometheus Award winner
1987 Prometheus Award winner
- ISBN 0312942958
: Hardcover, St. Martin's Press, 1986
- ISBN 0671656473
: Paperback, Baen Books, 1987
- ISBN 0765308843
: Paperback, Tor Books, Reprint edition, 2004