# Zones of Thought

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- Authors: [Vernor Vinge](https://www.bookquiver.com/vernor-vinge)
- Language: en_GB
- Published: 2010-10-21

## Description

Vinge's masterpieces together at last, in one epic volume The Hugo Award winning A FIRE UPON THE DEEP and its epic companion novel A DEEPNESS IN THE SKY, set in the same universe but 20,000 years earlier, were benchmarks for SF in the last decade of the 20th century. In FIRE 'Vinge presents a galaxy divided into Zones - regions where different physical constraints allow very different technological and mental possibilities. Earth remains in the " Slowness" zone, where nothing can travel faster than light and minds are fairly limited. The action of the book is in the " Beyond", where translight travel and other marvels exist, and humans are one of many intelligent species. One human colony has been experimenting to find a path to the " Transcend", where intelligence and power are so great as to seem godlike. Instead they release the Blight, an evil power, from a billion-year captivity.' Publisher's Weekly In DEEPNESS, 'the story has the same sense of epic vastness despite happening mostly in one isolated solar system. Here there's a world of intelligent spider creatures who traditionally hibernate through the " Deepest Darkness" of their strange variable sun's long " off" periods, when even the atmosphere freezes. Now, science offers them an alternative. Meanwhile, attracted by spider radio transmissions, two human starfleets come exploring - merchants hoping for customers and tyrants who want slaves. Their inevitable clash leaves both fleets crippled, with the power in the wrong hands, which leads to a long wait in space until the spiders develop exploitable technology. Over the years Vinge builds palpable tension through multiple storylines and characters.' Dave Langford

## Editions

### Zones of Thought

- Publisher: gateway
- Medium: ebook
- ISBN: 978-05-7509-370-6
- Published: 2010-10-21
- Language: en_GB

### Zones of Thought

- Publisher: Gollancz
- ISBN: 978-05-7509-369-0
- Published: 2010-10-21
- Language: en_GB