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Re:A Fire Upon the Deep by Vernor Vinge (1992) by joe-collins on Sunday October 03, 2021 @12:31PM (#28738374)
It was definitely dark, and before I was halfway through I was desperate for the alien chapters just because all of the humans were just so damned miserable.
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Re:A Fire Upon the Deep by Vernor Vinge (1992) by btown on Sunday October 03, 2021 @01:36PM (#28738912)
It’s almost like the way in which a society is described to you affects how engaged you are in their success… which is entirely the meta-textual point!
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Re:A Fire Upon the Deep by Vernor Vinge (1992) by Stratoscope on Sunday October 03, 2021 @03:16PM (#28739761)
I am a little confused. Which of the books are you and GP talking about that is so dark?
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Re:A Fire Upon the Deep by Vernor Vinge (1992) by db48x on Sunday October 03, 2021 @03:52PM (#28739983)
They are talking about A Deepness in the Sky. The good guys lose pretty hard and suffer as a result.
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