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  • Re: A Fire On the Deep. Was: ?The Carbon Bure,,,,

    From Titus G@3:633/10 to All on Fri May 22 16:33:07 2026
    On 15/04/2026 11:56, William Hyde wrote:
    snip

    Vernor Vinge wrote "A fire on the deep", the best usnet inspired novel.
    I've read it three times, and it has an equally or perhaps even more
    admired sequel, "A deepness in the Sky".

    Having reread A Fire Upon the Deep, I am continuing the trilogy and am
    about a third of the way through a reread of A Deepness In The Sky which
    I am enjoying more than the five star A Fire... and it is only going to
    get better when the races meet.


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  • From Cryptoengineer@3:633/10 to All on Fri May 22 15:50:19 2026
    On 5/22/2026 12:33 AM, Titus G wrote:
    On 15/04/2026 11:56, William Hyde wrote:
    snip

    Vernor Vinge wrote "A fire on the deep", the best usnet inspired novel.
    I've read it three times, and it has an equally or perhaps even more
    admired sequel, "A deepness in the Sky".

    Having reread A Fire Upon the Deep, I am continuing the trilogy and am
    about a third of the way through a reread of A Deepness In The Sky which
    I am enjoying more than the five star A Fire... and it is only going to
    get better when the races meet.


    There's a third book "The Children of the Sky" which I liked a lot, but
    lacks the grand scale of the other two, being set entirely on the Tines'
    world.

    pt

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  • From William Hyde@3:633/10 to All on Fri May 22 15:56:16 2026
    Cryptoengineer wrote:
    On 5/22/2026 12:33 AM, Titus G wrote:
    On 15/04/2026 11:56, William Hyde wrote:
    snip

    Vernor Vinge wrote "A fire on the deep", the best usnet inspired novel. >>>> I've read it three times, and it has an equally or perhaps even more
    admired sequel, "A deepness in the Sky".

    Having reread A Fire Upon the Deep, I am continuing the trilogy and am
    about a third of the way through a reread of A Deepness In The Sky which
    I am enjoying more than the five star A Fire... and it is only going to
    get better when the races meet.


    There's a third book "The Children of the Sky" which I liked a lot, but
    lacks the grand scale of the other two, being set entirely on the Tines' world.

    I liked it quite a bit. I had to adjust my perspective a bit, but it
    was a good read and I'm quite sorry that we won't see more.


    William Hyde

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  • From Titus G@3:633/10 to All on Sat May 23 17:14:31 2026
    On 23/05/2026 07:56, William Hyde wrote:
    Cryptoengineer wrote:
    On 5/22/2026 12:33 AM, Titus G wrote:
    On 15/04/2026 11:56, William Hyde wrote:
    snip

    Vernor Vinge wrote "A fire on the deep", the best usnet inspired
    novel.
    I've read it three times, and it has an equally or perhaps even more >>>>> admired sequel, "A deepness in the Sky".

    Having reread A Fire Upon the Deep, I am continuing the trilogy and am
    about a third of the way through a reread of A Deepness In The Sky which >>> I am enjoying more than the five star A Fire... and it is only going to
    get better when the races meet.


    There's a third book "The Children of the Sky" which I liked a lot, but
    lacks the grand scale of the other two, being set entirely on the Tines'
    world.

    I liked it quite a bit.ÿ I had to adjust my perspective a bit, but it
    was a good read and I'm quite sorry that we won't see more.

    It only has two stars in my Calibre library but I will reread it and
    hopefully revise that opinion as I incorrectly had remembered A Fire
    Upon the Deep as having a lot more emphasis on the Tines and those
    memories probably come from Children of the Sky. I recall it being about
    power conflicts between Humans, between Tines, and between Humans and
    Tines. Great scope for Vinge to work with but the intrigues, deceptions, betrayals caused by the differing philosophies of the Trilateral
    Emergents and Qeng Ho combined with the Spiders in the Deepness in the
    Sky together with all the back stories and sub plots will be difficult
    to equal.

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  • From Lynn McGuire@3:633/10 to All on Sat May 23 23:19:28 2026
    On 5/22/2026 2:50 PM, Cryptoengineer wrote:
    On 5/22/2026 12:33 AM, Titus G wrote:
    On 15/04/2026 11:56, William Hyde wrote:
    snip

    Vernor Vinge wrote "A fire on the deep", the best usnet inspired novel. >>>> I've read it three times, and it has an equally or perhaps even more
    admired sequel, "A deepness in the Sky".

    Having reread A Fire Upon the Deep, I am continuing the trilogy and am
    about a third of the way through a reread of A Deepness In The Sky which
    I am enjoying more than the five star A Fire... and it is only going to
    get better when the races meet.


    There's a third book "The Children of the Sky" which I liked a lot, but
    lacks the grand scale of the other two, being set entirely on the Tines' world.

    pt

    It is waiting in my SBR but there are 200+ books ahead of it. My SBR is
    two stages now with 50+ books in the first stage.

    Lynn


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  • From William Hyde@3:633/10 to All on Sun May 24 15:19:38 2026
    Lynn McGuire wrote:
    On 5/22/2026 2:50 PM, Cryptoengineer wrote:
    On 5/22/2026 12:33 AM, Titus G wrote:
    On 15/04/2026 11:56, William Hyde wrote:
    snip

    Vernor Vinge wrote "A fire on the deep", the best usnet inspired
    novel.
    I've read it three times, and it has an equally or perhaps even more >>>>> admired sequel, "A deepness in the Sky".

    Having reread A Fire Upon the Deep, I am continuing the trilogy and am
    about a third of the way through a reread of A Deepness In The Sky which >>> I am enjoying more than the five star A Fire... and it is only going to
    get better when the races meet.


    There's a third book "The Children of the Sky" which I liked a lot, but
    lacks the grand scale of the other two, being set entirely on the Tines'
    world.

    pt

    It is waiting in my SBR but there are 200+ books ahead of it.ÿ My SBR is
    two stages now with 50+ books in the first stage.

    So that's what, fifty days from now?

    William Hyde

    --- PyGate Linux v1.5.14
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  • From Scott Lurndal@3:633/10 to All on Sun May 24 21:53:50 2026
    William Hyde <wthyde1953@gmail.com> writes:
    Lynn McGuire wrote:
    On 5/22/2026 2:50 PM, Cryptoengineer wrote:
    On 5/22/2026 12:33 AM, Titus G wrote:
    On 15/04/2026 11:56, William Hyde wrote:
    snip

    Vernor Vinge wrote "A fire on the deep", the best usnet inspired
    novel.
    I've read it three times, and it has an equally or perhaps even more >>>>>> admired sequel, "A deepness in the Sky".

    Having reread A Fire Upon the Deep, I am continuing the trilogy and am >>>> about a third of the way through a reread of A Deepness In The Sky which >>>> I am enjoying more than the five star A Fire... and it is only going to >>>> get better when the races meet.


    There's a third book "The Children of the Sky" which I liked a lot, but
    lacks the grand scale of the other two, being set entirely on the Tines' >>> world.

    pt

    It is waiting in my SBR but there are 200+ books ahead of it.ÿ My SBR is
    two stages now with 50+ books in the first stage.

    So that's what, fifty days from now?

    If he isn't re-reading the Liaden books, Honor Harrington or
    Mutineer's moon for the n**2 time.


    --- PyGate Linux v1.5.14
    * Origin: Dragon's Lair, PyGate NNTP<>Fido Gate (3:633/10)
  • From Lynn McGuire@3:633/10 to All on Sun May 24 17:44:18 2026
    On 5/24/2026 2:19 PM, William Hyde wrote:
    Lynn McGuire wrote:
    On 5/22/2026 2:50 PM, Cryptoengineer wrote:
    On 5/22/2026 12:33 AM, Titus G wrote:
    On 15/04/2026 11:56, William Hyde wrote:
    snip

    Vernor Vinge wrote "A fire on the deep", the best usnet inspired
    novel.
    I've read it three times, and it has an equally or perhaps even more >>>>>> admired sequel, "A deepness in the Sky".

    Having reread A Fire Upon the Deep, I am continuing the trilogy and am >>>> about a third of the way through a reread of A Deepness In The Sky
    which
    I am enjoying more than the five star A Fire... and it is only going to >>>> get better when the races meet.


    There's a third book "The Children of the Sky" which I liked a lot, but
    lacks the grand scale of the other two, being set entirely on the Tines' >>> world.

    pt

    It is waiting in my SBR but there are 200+ books ahead of it.ÿ My SBR
    is two stages now with 50+ books in the first stage.

    So that's what, fifty days from now?

    William Hyde

    1 or 2 books a week with constant refreshing from Big River.

    Lynn


    --- PyGate Linux v1.5.14
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  • From Lynn McGuire@3:633/10 to All on Sun May 24 18:04:32 2026
    On 5/24/2026 4:53 PM, Scott Lurndal wrote:
    William Hyde <wthyde1953@gmail.com> writes:
    Lynn McGuire wrote:
    On 5/22/2026 2:50 PM, Cryptoengineer wrote:
    On 5/22/2026 12:33 AM, Titus G wrote:
    On 15/04/2026 11:56, William Hyde wrote:
    snip

    Vernor Vinge wrote "A fire on the deep", the best usnet inspired >>>>>>> novel.
    I've read it three times, and it has an equally or perhaps even more >>>>>>> admired sequel, "A deepness in the Sky".

    Having reread A Fire Upon the Deep, I am continuing the trilogy and am >>>>> about a third of the way through a reread of A Deepness In The Sky which >>>>> I am enjoying more than the five star A Fire... and it is only going to >>>>> get better when the races meet.


    There's a third book "The Children of the Sky" which I liked a lot, but >>>> lacks the grand scale of the other two, being set entirely on the Tines' >>>> world.

    pt

    It is waiting in my SBR but there are 200+ books ahead of it.ÿ My SBR is >>> two stages now with 50+ books in the first stage.

    So that's what, fifty days from now?

    If he isn't re-reading the Liaden books, Honor Harrington or
    Mutineer's moon for the n**2 time.

    That reminds me, I need to reread Mutineer's Moon again for the 6th or
    10th time. Somebody on reddit tripped me up on it recently.

    I think that I have reread only one of the Liaden books to date. I
    would like to reread the entire series as I got confused about the time
    of each book.

    I do not remember rereading any of the Honor Harrington books. I would
    like the reread that and the Safehold series.

    I would like to reread the Starfire books and see if I still like them a
    lot. I recommended them to someone on reddit the other day.

    Lynn


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