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Vernor Vinge


(Vernor Steffen Vinge)
USA flag (b.1944)

Vernor Vinge has won five Hugo Awards. Known for his rigorous hard-science approach to his science fiction, he became an iconic figure among cybernetic scientists with the publication in 1981 of his novella "True Names," which is considered a seminal, visionary work of Internet fiction.
 

Genres: Science Fiction
 
Novels
   Grimm's World (1969)
     aka Tatja Grimm's World
   The Witling (1976)
   Rainbows End (2006)
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Novellas and Short Stories
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Vernor Vinge recommends
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Ellay (2018)
Todd McCaffrey
"...gripping!."
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Dualism (2014)
(Archon Sequence, book 2)
Bill DeSmedt
"An exciting tale of another path to super intelligence."
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The Cassini Division (1997)
(Fall Revolution, book 3)
Ken MacLeod
"A brilliant novel of ideas."

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Anthologies containing stories by Vernor Vinge
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Sense of Wonder (2023)
A Century of Science Fiction
edited by
Leigh Ronald Grossman
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Digital Rapture (2012)
The Singularity Anthology
edited by
James Patrick Kelly and John Kessel
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Year's Best SF 16 (2011)
(Year's Best SF , book 16)
edited by
Kathryn Cramer and David G Hartwell

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Awards
Hugo Best Novella nominee (1982) : True Names [short story]
Nebula Awards Best Novella nominee (1982) : True Names [short story]
Hugo Best Novel nominee (1985) : The Peace War
Prometheus Award Best Novel winner (1985) : The Peace War
Hugo Best Novellette nominee (1987) : The Barbarian Princess
Hugo Best Novel nominee (1987) : Marooned in Realtime
Prometheus Award Best Novel winner (1987) : Marooned in Realtime
Hugo Best Novel winner (1993) : A Fire upon the Deep
John W Campbell Memorial Award Best Novel nominee (1993) : A Fire upon the Deep
Nebula Awards Best Novel nominee (1993) : A Fire upon the Deep
British Fantasy Society Best Novel nominee (1999) : A Deepness in the Sky
Arthur C. Clarke Award Best Book nominee (2000) : A Deepness in the Sky
Hugo Best Novel winner (2000) : A Deepness in the Sky
John W Campbell Memorial Award Best Novel winner (2000) : A Deepness in the Sky
Nebula Awards Best Novel nominee (2000) : A Deepness in the Sky
Prometheus Award Best Novel winner (2000) : A Deepness in the Sky
Hugo Best Novel winner (2007) : Rainbows End
John W Campbell Memorial Award Best Novel nominee (2007) : Rainbows End
Prometheus Award Best Novel nominee (2007) : Rainbows End
Prometheus Award Best Book nominee (2012) : The Children of the Sky


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