Vernor Vinge, 1944-2024
Vernor Vinge, 1944-2024
Vernor Vinge, author of many influential hard science fiction works, died March 20 at the age of 79. Vinge sold his first science-fiction story in 1964, "Apartness", which appeared in the June 1965 issue of New Worlds. In 1971, he received a PhD (Math) from UCSD, and the next year began teaching at ...
Thank you for the great work, Vernor. You'll be missed.
This is sad news. He was deeply influential and at the same time a somewhat obscure author. At least, in my experience, he didn’t have the name recognition other - dare I say lesser - authors had.
One lesson I learned as a young person from reading A Fire Upon the Deep was to never believe anything just because it was on the internet. That alone makes his legacy worth remembering.
aww, A Fire Upon the Deep is high on my reread list! Still one of the more thought provoking books i've read
He's one of my main recommendations for anyone even vaguely interested in sci-fi. Sad news.
RIP
Really liked the fire upon the deep and it's sequels.
Oh man, I loved True Names, A Fire Upon The Deep and A Deepness In The Sky. I never got around to read ling the rest or his stuff but maybe it's time
Blueshell, noooooooooo!
I literally finished A Deepness in The Sky a couple weeks ago and enjoyed it.
RIP
He used to go to library conferences somewhat regulary. I meet him a few times and he was always extremely nice. Laste time I saw him was pre covid. He was looking pretty frail even then but still signing books for a line of fans.
What a legend. Hexapodia as the key insight.