Questions tagged [a-fire-upon-the-deep]
"A Fire Upon the Deep" is a science fiction novel published in 1992, and set in Vernor Vinge's "Zones of Thought" setting. Questions on this title should also be tagged [zones-of-thought].
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Other galaxies in "A Fire Upon the Deep"
In A Fire Upon the Deep at the beginning I distinctly remember a mention to the Sculptor Galaxy.
Do they ever make another reference to a galaxy outside the Milky Way, or is this the only one?
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What is an ultradrive spine?
I've read the whole of A Fire Upon the Deep and I still can't figure out what an ultradrive spine is? Is it an engine or something else?
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References to What's on the Other Side of the Transcend
I've been re-reading A Fire Upon the Deep again, and browsing some of the content under the Zones of Thought tag here led me to an answer under this question.
The answer asserts that Vinge ...
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What happened to the Sjandra Kei Commercial Security Fleet?
What happened to the Sjandra Kei Commercial Security Fleet after its encounter with the Blight?
Does the book ever specify how many Sjandra Kei ships survived?
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