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SUMMARY:SF Book Club - A Fire Upon the Deep by Vernor Vinge
DESCRIPTION:A Fire Upon the Deep by Vernor Vinge. Thousands of years 
 hence\, many races inhabit a universe where a mind's potential is 
 determined by its location in space\, from super-intelligent entities in 
 the Transcend\, to the limited minds of the Unthinking Depths\, where only 
 simple creatures and technology can function. Nobody knows what strange 
 force partitioned space into these "regions of thought\," but when the 
 warring Straumli realm use an ancient Transcendent artifact as a weapon\, 
 they unwittingly unleash an awesome power that destroys thousands of worlds 
 and enslaves all natural and artificial intelligence. Fleeing the threat\, 
 a family of scientists\, including two children\, are taken captive by the 
 Tines\, an alien race with a harsh medieval culture\, and used as pawns in 
 a ruthless power struggle. A rescue mission\, not entirely composed of 
 humans\, must rescue the children--and a secret that may save the rest of 
 interstellar civilization. A Fire Upon The Deep\, which began the Zones of 
 Thought series\, is the winner of the 1993 Hugo Award for Best Novel.
LOCATION:West Windsor Room 2/3\, West Windsor Branch
ORGANIZER;CN="Dennis Beebe":MAILTO:dbeebe@mcl.org
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CONTACT;CN="Dennis Beebe":MAILTO:dbeebe@mcl.org
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