I hadn’t read much of anything by Vernor Vinge until just recently, but man – I’ve sure been hearing the name about. When I was last in Queen Anne Avenue Books, I just went ahead and picked up a few titles.
I’ve just finished The Peace War. He’s quite an exceptional writer – at least by judging off this novel. Very engaging with characters that have a nice arc, a flip or two of science and the social implications – a very well rounded piece.
For the next one, I have a copy of Rainbow’s End waiting for me to spend some quality time with it. I think it’ll be a little bit, because his books are engaging enough to not really want to put down once you start – a dangerous thing for weekday evening.
If you haven’t checked him out (and you enjoy SciFi), he’s worth a read.
I read A Fire Upon The Deep a couple of months ago and got a big kick out of it. The alien race in it is very interesting, plus I like all the transhuman/singularity stuff. I already have a few more Vernor Vinge novels in my reading list.
I just finished reading Peace War myself. I found it exemplary of SciFi in the purest Asimovian tradition—filled with wonderfully stimulating scientific ideas, but also filled with characters that are flat, one-dimensional, and unbelievable =).
Still, it was an interesting read, and it does really make you think.