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Kartik Agaram rated A Fire Upon The Deep: 4 stars
A Fire Upon The Deep by Vernor Vinge (Zones of Thought, #1)
Thousands of years in the future, humanity is no longer alone in a universe where a mind's potential is determined …
Kartik Agaram rated Excession: 4 stars
Excession by Iain M. Banks
Two and a half millennia ago, the artifact appeared in a remote corner of space, beside a trillion-year-old dying sun …
Kartik Agaram rated The Peace War: 3 stars
The Peace War by Vernor Vinge
First in a quintessential hard-science fiction adventure, Hugo Award-winning author Vernor Vinge's The Peace War follows a scientist determined to …
Kartik Agaram rated Marooned in Realtime: 3 stars
Marooned in Realtime by Vernor Vinge
From the back cover:
"In The Peace War Vernor Vinge introduced the technology of bobbles, creating spheres where time stands …
Kartik Agaram rated True Names...and Other Dangers: 4 stars
True Names...and Other Dangers by Vernor Vinge
"A marvellous mixture of hard-science SF and sword-and-sorcery imagery.... You wish the author were present so you could applaud." - …
Kartik Agaram rated 2010: Odyssey Two (Space Odyssey, #2): 4 stars
2010: Odyssey Two (Space Odyssey, #2) by Arthur C. Clarke
2010: Odyssey Two is a 1982 science fiction novel by British writer Arthur C. Clarke. It is the sequel to …
Kartik Agaram rated Cloud Atlas: 5 stars
Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell
Cloud Atlas is the third novel by British author David Mitchell. It was published in 2004. It won the British …
Kartik Agaram rated Rainbows End: 4 stars
Rainbows End by Vernor Vinge
Rainbows End is a 2006 science fiction novel by Vernor Vinge. It was awarded the 2007 Hugo Award for Best …
Kartik Agaram rated A Deepness in the Sky: 5 stars
A Deepness in the Sky by Vernor Vinge (Zones of Thought, #2)
After thousands of years searching, humans stand on the verge of first contact with an alien race. Two human groups: …
Kartik Agaram rated 2001: A Space Odyssey: 4 stars
2001: A Space Odyssey by Arthur C. Clarke
From the savannas of Africa at the dawn of mankind to the rings of Saturn as man ventures to the …
Kartik Agaram rated 3001: The Final Odyssey (Space Odyssey, #4): 3 stars
3001: The Final Odyssey (Space Odyssey, #4) by Arthur C. Clarke
3001: The Final Odyssey is a 1997 science fiction novel by British writer Arthur C. Clarke. It is the fourth …
Kartik Agaram rated 2061: Odyssey Three (Space Odyssey, #3): 3 stars
2061: Odyssey Three (Space Odyssey, #3) by Arthur C. Clarke
2061: Odyssey Three is a science-fiction novel by the British writer Arthur C. Clarke, published in 1987. It is the …
Kartik Agaram rated The City and the Stars / The Sands of Mars: 3 stars
Kartik Agaram rated The Light of Other Days: 4 stars
The Light of Other Days by Stephen Baxter, Arthur C. Clarke
The Light of Other Days is a 2000 science fiction novel written by Stephen Baxter based on a synopsis by …