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

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