A Deepness in the Sky - The Library of the Uncommons

Mass Market Paperback, 792 pages

English language

Published Jan. 15, 2000 by Tor Books.

ISBN:: 978-0-8125-3635-5

(7 reviews)

After thousands of years searching, humans stand on the verge of first contact with an alien race. Two human groups: the Qeng Ho, a culture of free traders, and the Emergents, a ruthless society based on the technological enslavement of minds.

The group that opens trade with the aliens will reap unimaginable riches. But first, both groups must wait at the aliens' very doorstep for their strange star to relight and for their planet to reawaken, as it does every two hundred and fifty years....

Then, following terrible treachery, the Qeng Ho must fight for their freedom and for the lives of the unsuspecting innocents on the planet below, while the aliens themselves play a role unsuspected by the Qeng Ho and Emergents alike.

More than just a great science fiction adventure, A Deepness in the Sky is a universal drama of courage, self-discovery, and the redemptive power of love. …

After thousands of years searching, humans stand on the verge of first contact with an alien race. Two human groups: the Qeng Ho, a culture of free traders, and the Emergents, a ruthless society based on the technological enslavement of minds.

The group that opens trade with the aliens will reap unimaginable riches. But first, both groups must wait at the aliens' very doorstep for their strange star to relight and for their planet to reawaken, as it does every two hundred and fifty years....

Then, following terrible treachery, the Qeng Ho must fight for their freedom and for the lives of the unsuspecting innocents on the planet below, while the aliens themselves play a role unsuspected by the Qeng Ho and Emergents alike.

More than just a great science fiction adventure, A Deepness in the Sky is a universal drama of courage, self-discovery, and the redemptive power of love.

A Deepness in the Sky is a 1999 Nebula Award Nominee for Best Novel and the winner of the 2000 Hugo Award for Best Novel.

7 editions

Alyanorne reviewed A Deepness in the Sky by Vernor Vinge

Review of 'A Deepness in the Sky' on 'Goodreads'

2 stars

I tried to read Rainbow's End, and just couldn't get past the first chapter. I thought maybe a different book by the same author might work. So I read this one. It wasn't bad. But it wasn't great, either. I think it was hard for me to get through because I was completely disinterested in some of the story lines. The story is told from several characters points of view, and I felt particularly endeared to none of them. I wasn't interested in any of the three cultures that were presented, either.