Reviews

A Fire Upon the Deep by Vernor Vinge

ldscavo's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

mathematicalcoffee's review

4.0

Great ideas

pikamonster's review

It feels too confusing 

rhoadesd20's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

jryans's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No

4.5

aan2328's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

shards23's review

adventurous mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

One of the best sci fi books I've ever read.  Very unique concepts that feel almost believable as far as that goes for something set millions of years in the future.

richter10's review

adventurous challenging dark sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.5

grassdog's review

Didn’t grab me early.

erikinthedistrict's review against another edition

tense slow-paced

3.5

Wild premise and interesting execution. A bit slow and would have liked more exploration of the universe instead of what was fundamentally a moderately boring plot 

You can definitely see the influence this had on a lot of people, it felt like I was reading a Stellaris campaign for like half of it.