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Re:A Fire Upon the Deep by Vernor Vinge (1992) by rsync on Sunday October 03, 2021 @02:23PM (#28739304)
Agreed that _Deepness in the Sky_ is better than _Fire Upon the Deep_.

However, in my opinion, _Fire Upon the Deep_ should be the better book and has, in many ways, deeper and more thought-provoking concepts at play.

The problem is, none of them get fully explained or resolved.

The book wraps up the character driven story arcs and the much deeper, conceptual story arcs involving non-human actors just peter out ...

Re:A Fire Upon the Deep by Vernor Vinge (1992) by jl6 on Sunday October 03, 2021 @03:00PM (#28739628)
Fire has the most breathtaking, hooking first chapter of any book I’ve read.