Wikipedia: History of Vernor Vinge

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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.

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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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/

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