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