“Sst. Johanna? Are you okay? Telemetry showed a problem with the skiff. Johanna?” It was Nevil’s voice, a loud whisper. She reached… — Vernor Vinge Copy Share Image
“Vernor Vinge's novel, A Deepness in the Sky, describes a spacefaring trading civilization tens of thousands of years (hundreds of gigaseconds) in… — Vernor Vinge Copy Share Image
“The hours came to minutes, the minutes to seconds. And now each second was as long as all the time before” — Vernor Vinge Copy Share Image
But every time our ability to access information and to communicate it to others is improved, in some sense we have achieved… — Vernor Vinge Copy Share Image
“Programming went back to the beginning of time. It was a little like the midden out back of his father's castle.” — Vernor Vinge Copy Share Image
Once upon a time I was such a good liar; I could talk the fish right into my mouths. — Vernor Vinge Copy Share Image
“Enormous cemeteries existed among sedentary civilizations, where the weight of the past grew larger than any present time.” — Vernor Vinge Copy Share Image
I have come to kill you."The death's heads shrugged. "You have come to try. — Vernor Vinge Copy Share Image
“From this era on, I think invention will be the parent of necessity – and not the other way around.’ That was easy for… — Vernor Vinge Copy Share Image
How to explain? How to describe? Even the omniscient viewpoint quails. — Vernor Vinge Copy Share Image
All his life he had lived by the law. Often his job had been to stop acts of revenge....And now revenge was all that… — Vernor Vinge Copy Share Image
Animals can adapt to problems and make inventions, but often no faster than natural selection can do its work - the world acts as… — Vernor Vinge Copy Share Image
Within thirty years, we will have the technological means to create superhuman intelligence. Shortly after, the human era will be ended. — Vernor Vinge Copy Share Image
It is a point where our old models must be discarded and a new reality rules. — Vernor Vinge Copy Share Image
“I’m a librarian, not a leader.” “You’re both! Librarians and archeologists have always been the ones to bring civilization back.” — Vernor Vinge Copy Share Image
“While We are out of Touch or How to Survive and Prosper during the Next Thirty Minutes by Your Friend, the Mysterious Stranger” — Vernor Vinge Copy Share Image
