Fire Upon the Deep - Vinge Vernor
Fire Upon the Deep - Vinge Vernor Thousands of years hence, many races inhabit a universe where a mind's potential is determined by its location in space - from superintelligent entities in the…
Specifikacia Fire Upon the Deep - Vinge Vernor
Fire Upon the Deep - Vinge Vernor
Thousands of years hence, many races inhabit a universe where a mind's potential is determined by its location in space - from superintelligent entities in the Transcend, to the limited minds of the Unthinking Depths, where only simple creatures and technology can function. Fleeing the threat, a family of scientists, including two children, are taken captive by the Tines - an alien race with a harsh medieval culture - and used as pawns in a ruthless power struggle. Nobody knows what strange force partitioned space into these 'zones of thought', but when the warring Straumli realm use an ancient Transcendent artefact as a weapon, they unwittingly unleash an awesome power that destroys thousands of worlds and enslaves all natural and artificial intelligence.
A rescue party, not entirely composed of humans, must free the children - and retrieve a secret that may save the rest of interstellar civilization.