Thank you for the great work, Vernor. You’ll be missed.
This is sad news. He was deeply influential and at the same time a somewhat obscure author. At least, in my experience, he didn’t have the name recognition other - dare I say lesser - authors had.
One lesson I learned as a young person from reading A Fire Upon the Deep was to never believe anything just because it was on the internet. That alone makes his legacy worth remembering.
Blueshell, noooooooooo!
He’s one of my main recommendations for anyone even vaguely interested in sci-fi. Sad news.
aww, A Fire Upon the Deep is high on my reread list! Still one of the more thought provoking books i’ve read
Oh man, I loved True Names, A Fire Upon The Deep and A Deepness In The Sky. I never got around to read ling the rest or his stuff but maybe it’s time
