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<blockquote data-quote="dravot" data-source="post: 2445287" data-attributes="member: 137">By amazing coincidence, I'm re-reading the book right now.&nbsp; I'm about 2/3 through the book and re-enjoying it immensely.My only complaint is that I wish Vinge had explained how distance from the galactic core affected technology.&nbsp; Wayne's explanation is most excellent, thanks.I also wish that he had explained about Powers and transcending, and how a power can subsume an entire civilization.&nbsp; Not much, but some extra insight would have been nice.To date, I've read: A Deepness in the Sky, A Fire Upon the Deep, The Peace War, and Marooned in Realtime.&nbsp; I have an anthology of his short stories that I will be reading soon.&nbsp; I'm so impressed by his writing, and the characters and the alien races, and the complex ideas that he has, and I wish he'd written more.Deepness and Fire are my most favorite books, though.&nbsp; Vinge's alien races are truly alien, and not just anthropomorphized creatures, and I love that.&nbsp; I especially love his toying with anthropomorphizing the spiders in Deepness.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="dravot, post: 2445287, member: 137"] By amazing coincidence, I'm re-reading the book right now. I'm about 2/3 through the book and re-enjoying it immensely. My only complaint is that I wish Vinge had explained how distance from the galactic core affected technology. Wayne's explanation is most excellent, thanks. I also wish that he had explained about Powers and transcending, and how a power can subsume an entire civilization. Not much, but some extra insight would have been nice. To date, I've read: [U]A Deepness in the Sky[/U], [U]A Fire Upon the Deep[/U], [U]The Peace War[/U], and [U]Marooned in Realtime[/U]. I have an anthology of his short stories that I will be reading soon. I'm so impressed by his writing, and the characters and the alien races, and the complex ideas that he has, and I wish he'd written more. Deepness and Fire are my most favorite books, though. Vinge's alien races are truly alien, and not just anthropomorphized creatures, and I love that. I especially love his toying with anthropomorphizing the spiders in Deepness. [/QUOTE]

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