More than just a great science fiction adventure, A Deepness in the Sky is a universal drama of courage, self-discovery, and the redemptive power of love.Ī Deepness in the Sky is a 1999 Nebula Award Nominee for Best Novel and the winner of the 2000 Hugo Award for Best Novel.

Then, following terrible treachery, the Qeng Ho must fight for their freedom and for the lives of the unsuspecting innocents on the planet below, while the aliens themselves play a role unsuspected by the Qeng Ho and Emergents alike. But first, both groups must wait at the aliens' very doorstep for their strange star to relight and for their planet to reawaken, as it does every two hundred and fifty years. The group that opens trade with the aliens will reap unimaginable riches. I dont think that it matter what order you read them in the important thing is that you read them. The stories are taking place in the same universe, but are otherwise not connected. That doesnt mean that its not a good book. There are good people like Ezr Vinh, who is forced to come of age after tragedy strikes, and Qiwi Lisolet, who is.

Long awaited prequel to A Fire Upon the Deep. Unfortunately, despite the intriguing premise, this can be a rather painful book to read. This a deceptively straight-forward story. Two human groups: the Qeng Ho, a culture of free traders, and the Emergents, a ruthless society based on the technological enslavement of minds. A Deepness in the Sky is the prequel to A Fire Upon the Deep by Vernor Vinge. Some 8,000 years hence, the Qeng Ho interstellar trading fleet investigates the enigmatic OnOffa star that shines for 35 years, then extinguishes for 250 once understood, its weird physics may yield an improved. After thousands of years searching, humans stand on the verge of first contact with an alien race. A distant prequel to Vinge’s 1992 masterpiece, A Fire Upon the Deep, with a single character in common.

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