A Deepness in the Sky

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606 sidor

På English

Publicerades 15 februari 1999 av Tor.

ISBN:
978-0-312-85683-0
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OCLC-nummer:
40150541

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The story of the Spiders, inhabitants of a planet where the sun regularly stops shining for periods of 200 years, during which they are frozen in ice. The novel picks them up emerging from their most recent hibernation in a frenzy of activity and innovation to make up for lost time. By the author of A Fire upon the Deep.

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recenserade A Deepness in the Sky av Vernor Vinge (Zones of Thought, #2)

Captivating. Though-provoking

It is as good as the first book. Much more than "just a space opera", it offers lots of action coupled with deep pondering over culture, society, and technology. How would you envision a living, biological virus that is able to spread over computer networks?