- Fiction, science fiction, general, Science fiction, Life on other planets, Fiction
Multiple Hugo Award winner Vernor Vinge's first full-length novel
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Classical in form, grave, earnest and cool.
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
- earnestironic
- cooloverwhelming
- intimateepic
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About the book
- Author
- Vernor Vinge
- First published
- July 1, 1987
- Pages
- 288
- Publisher
- Tor Books, Pan, Baen Books
- Editions
- 4
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780765308856
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First sentence
“Fair Haven at South Cape was a squalid little town.”
About Vernor Vinge · 1944–2024
A retired San Diego State University Professor of Mathematics, computer scientist, and science fiction author.
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