Vernor Vinge, first author to describe cyberspace and 'The Singularity,' dies at 79 ( www.theregister.com )

cyborganism , 3 months ago

Oh wow! Ok I never even heard of him. I’m going to have to look up his bibliography and read some of his work.

Thanks for posting this!

runjun , 3 months ago

Several people on Lemmy and other places recommended ‘A Fire Upon the Deep’ and ‘A Deepness in the Sky’ to me and I plowed through them. Really enjoyable reads with actually unique takes that I haven’t seen in other media even though it’s 30 years old. The aliens feel actually alien but follow a logic which I appreciate. The ‘zones of thought’ is now just forever in my head.

RIP Vernor