A Fire Upon The Deep (Zones of Thought) by Vinge, Vernor

Tor Books, 2011. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. Pages Are Clean, Tight And Bright..

Brand: Tor Books, 2011-08-01. paperback. Used: Good.

Tor Books, 2011-08-01. Paperback. Like New.

Tor Books, 2011-08-01. Paperback. New.

Tor, New York, 2011. First trade paperback printing. Condition: Very good plus, light edge wear and slight bottom front corner crease, light nicks at spine ends.A Fire upon the Deep is the big, breakout book that fulfills the promise of Vinge's career to date: a gripping tale of galactic war told on a cosmic scale.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. Nobody knows what strange force partitioned space into these "regions of thought," but when the warring Straumli realm use an ancient Transcendent artifact as a weapon, they unwittingly unleash an awesome power that destroys thousands of worlds and enslaves all natural and artificial intelligence.Fleeing the threat, a family of scientists, including two children, are taken captive by the Tines, an alien race with a harsh… Read More

Tor Books, 2011-08-01. Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!