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A Fire Upon the Deep

Vernor Vinge

Book 1 of Zones of Thought

613 pages

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About this book

After a spaceship crashes in unknown and unfriendly territory, two young children, the only survivors, are left to fend for themselves, but with time being of the essence, a rescue plan must be put into place quickly before the clock runs out on their lives. Reissue.

Themes
Epic & AdventurousMysteriousPhilosophy & Big IdeasThought-ProvokingStrange & UnsettlingCosmic scale of intelligenceSurvival against impossible oddsThe fragility of human life
Zones of Thought
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