"Vernor Vinge has won five Hugo Awards, two of them for novels in the Zones of Thought series, A Fire Upon the Deep and A Deepness in the Sky. Known for his rigorous hard-science approach to science fiction, he became an iconic figure among cybernetic scientists with the publication in 1981 of his novella ""True Names,"" which is considered a seminal, visionary work of Internet fiction. His many novels also include Marooned in Realtime, Rainbows End and The Peace War."
A feast of imagination. As always, Vinge satisfies with richly imagined worlds and a full-flavored story. --Greg Bear Every bit as much a mindblower, every bit as involving and innovative, as A Fire Upon the Deep. --Larry Niven A brilliant book, one of the best, well worth reading again and again. --Jo Walton With A Deepness in the Sky, Vernor Vinge adds another title to the canon of Big Picture space adventures that Gardner Dozois has called New Space Opera. A Deepness in the Sky, like A Fire Upon the Deep, presents a careful mix of the dire and the comfy--it confronts some dreadful evils. --Locus