A Deepness in the Sky

图书标准信息

• 作者 Vernor Vinge 著
• 出版社 Tor Books
• 出版时间 2000-01
• ISBN 9780812536355
• 定价 76.80元
• 装帧 平装
• 开本 其他
• 纸张 其他
• 页数 774页
• 正文语种 英语

【内容简介】

Afterthousandsofyearssearching,humansstandonthevergeoffirstcontactwithanalienrace.Twohumangroups:theQengHo,acultureoffreetraders,andtheEmergents,aruthlesssocietybasedonthetechnologicalenslavementofminds.Thegroupthatopenstradewiththealienswillreapunimaginableriches.Butfirst,bothgroupsmustwaitatthealiens'verydoorstepfortheirstrangestartorelightandfortheirplanettoreawaken,asitdoeseverytwohundredandfiftyyears....Then,followingterribletreachery,theQengHomustfightfortheirfreedomandforthelivesoftheunsuspectinginnocentsontheplanetbelow,whilethealiensthemselvesplayaroleunsuspectedbytheQengHoandEmergentsalike.Morethanjustagreatsciencefictionadventure,"ADeepnessintheSky"isauniversaldramaofcourage,selfdiscovery,andtheredemptivepoweroflove."""ADeepnessintheSky"isa1999NebulaAwardNomineeforBestNovelandthewinnerofthe2000HugoAwardforBestNovel.

【作者简介】

Vernor Steffen Vinge is a retired San Diego State University Professor of Mathematics, computer scientist, and science fiction author. He is best known for his Hugo Award-winning novels A Fire Upon The Deep (1992), A Deepness in the Sky (1999) and Rainbows End (2006), his Hugo Award-winning novellas Fast Times at Fairmont High (2002) and The Cookie Monster (2004), as well as for his 1993 essay "The Coming Technological Singularity", in which he argues that exponential growth in technology will reach a point beyond which we cannot even speculate about the consequences.