Vernor Vinge

Mathematician and science fiction writer Vernor Steffen Vinge (pronounced VIN-jee [1]) (1944 - ) is best known for his Hugo award winning novel A Fire Upon the Deep, and for his 1993 essay Singularity, in which he argues that exponential growth in technology will reach a point beyond which we cannot even speculate about the consequences.

The Singularity was a theme in many of his earlier stories, as collected in [True Names and Other Dangers]?. The anthology's title story is an early (1980) depiction of virtual reality (before the "cyberspace" of William Gibson's Neuromancer).

His latest novel is a prequel to A Fire Upon the Deep, entitled [A Deepness in the Sky]?.

Mr. Vinge recently retired from teaching at [San Diego State University]?, where he was a computer science professor, in order to write full-time.

His ex-wife [Joan Vinge]? is also an accomplished science fiction author.

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External links

• A bibliography summary at www.sfsite.com:
  • http://www.sfsite.com/isfdb-bin/exact_author.cgi?Vernor_Vinge
• The Vernor Vinge directory at google:
  • http://directory.google.com/Top/Arts/Literature/Genres/Science_Fiction/Authors/V/Vinge,_Vernor/