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reviewed A Fire Upon The Deep by Vernor Vinge (Zones of Thought, #1)

Vernor Vinge: A Fire Upon The Deep (Paperback, 1993, Tor Science Fiction)

Thousands of years in the future, humanity is no longer alone in a universe where …

Review of 'A Fire Upon The Deep' on 'Goodreads'

3.5/5 stars, I went in with really high expectations maybe.

It's a enjoyable space opera with two interlinked plots happening at the same time, one about a transcendent being taking over civilizations, and one about a 'medieval' one with psychic dogs and a crashed spaceship.

I have a theory about this book; for the first plot above, the author is actually writing about flame wars on internet bulletin boards, and IRC (relays, 'netsplits'), some people having dial-up and some having 'broadband'.