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288 pages • first pub 1986 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780765308849
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Publication date: 01 October 2004
Description
Multiple Hugo Award winner Vernor Vinge takes readers on a fifty-million-year trip to a future where humanity's fate will be decided in a dangerous game of high-tech survival. In this taut thriller, a Hugo finalist for Best Novel, nobody knows why...
Community Reviews Summary of 350 reviews
Moods
adventurous 83%
tense 50%
hopeful 16%
inspiring 16%
reflective 16%
Pace
fast 28%
slow 14%
Plot- or character-driven?
Plot: 42% | A mix: 42% | Character: 14%Strong character development?
No: 42% | Yes: 42% | It's complicated: 14%Loveable characters?
No: 57% | Yes: 28% | It's complicated: 14%Diverse cast of characters?
Yes: 100%Flaws of characters a main focus?
No: 40% | Yes: 40% | It's complicated: 20%Average rating
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288 pages • first pub 1986 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780765308849
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Publication date: 01 October 2004
Description
Multiple Hugo Award winner Vernor Vinge takes readers on a fifty-million-year trip to a future where humanity's fate will be decided in a dangerous game of high-tech survival. In this taut thriller, a Hugo finalist for Best Novel, nobody knows why...
Community Reviews Summary of 350 reviews
Moods
adventurous 83%
tense 50%
hopeful 16%
inspiring 16%
reflective 16%
Pace
fast 28%
slow 14%
Plot- or character-driven?
Plot: 42% | A mix: 42% | Character: 14%Strong character development?
No: 42% | Yes: 42% | It's complicated: 14%Loveable characters?
No: 57% | Yes: 28% | It's complicated: 14%Diverse cast of characters?
Yes: 100%Flaws of characters a main focus?
No: 40% | Yes: 40% | It's complicated: 20%Average rating
Content Warnings
This book doesn't have any content warnings yet!
If you're the author of this book and want to add author-approved content warnings, please email us at [email protected] to request the content warning form.