X-Message-Number: 12808 Date: Sat, 20 Nov 1999 14:03:03 -0500 From: <> (Jeffrey Soreff) Subject: Re: A SHALLOWNESS IN THE SKY >Vernor Vinge writes prize-winning science fiction; he is also a Professor of >computer science at San Diego State U. One of his recent books is called A >DEEPNESS IN THE SKY, and I have been dipping into it at odd moments for a >little relaxation. Impressive and interesting in some ways, it also shares >the extreme weakness of most far-future fiction, viz., a laughable assumption >of a more or less "steady state" humanity. Vinge _knows_ that. Look at all his "Singularity" books: Marooned in Realtime, The Peace War, etc., or at what happens in his A Fire upon the Deep. Best wishes, -Jeff Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=12808