{"product_id":"9780765308856","title":"The Tatja Grimm's World","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eThe Tatja Grimm's World\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Vernor Vinge\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eMultiple Hugo Award winner Vernor Vinge's first full-length novel\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs a mud-spattered youngster, Tatja quickly realized she was different from the stone-age primitives with whom she grew up. Her insatiable curiosity and thirst for knowledge could not be quenched among them; she had to explore and learn more about the strange world she lived on. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eShe finds the bastion of all culture, arts, entertainment and history for the entire planet, the seven-hundred-year-old science fiction magazine \u003ci\u003eFantasie\u003c\/i\u003e, which is produced entirely aboard a gargantuan floating vessel the size of a small city. But despite the printing presses, sail-powered vessels, and mind-expanding technology, Tatja is still dissatisfied. Rising through the ranks, she finds that the people on the enormous barge are just as unintelligent as the primitives she grew up with. But others have come to the planet who not only challenge her intelligence, but offer her a tantalizing opportunity to uncover answers to mysteries that have long plagued her.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut with opportunity comes risk. And if she acts unwisely, she could bring doom to the only world she knows.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“An excellent and intricate story that provides further evidence that Vinge has become one of the major voices in modern SF.” —\u003ci\u003eScience Fiction Chronicle on A Deepness in the Sky\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“This is top-drawer hard SF--fast-paced, packed with action, intellectually challenging and, above all, capable of invoking SF's grail: a genuine sense of wonder.” —\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly \"Top 10 of 1999\" on A Deepness in the Sky\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“This new epic shares the breadth of imagination and vivid storytelling which made the earlier book so justly popular.” —\u003ci\u003eThe Denver Post on A Deepness in the Sky\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Sporting enough action for a dozen \u003ci\u003eStar Wars\u003c\/i\u003e sequels, \u003ci\u003eA Deepness in the Sky\u003c\/i\u003e is filled with unsettling images of mind control and slavery.” —\u003ci\u003eThe Dallas Morning News\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“An ingenious and engaging tale of epic proportions, the kind of feast that fans of true science fiction have been hungry for for a long time.” —\u003ci\u003eSFSite on A Deepness in the Sky\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A masterful novel. Breathtaking, one of the premier science fiction novels of the past few years. Vinge is truly an original writer.” —\u003ci\u003eNOVA Express on A Deepness in the Sky\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Wow! \u003ci\u003eA Deepness in the Sky\u003c\/i\u003e is his best book yet and is a damn good example of what first-rate SF can be. Besides a good story with good characters, Vinge has enough throwaway ideas in the background for any three books.” —\u003ci\u003eAboriginal SF\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Vast, riveting far-future saga involving evil gods, interstellar war, and manipulative aliens. No summary can do justice to the depth and conviction of Vinge's ideas. The overall concept astonishes; the aliens are developed with memorable skill and insight; the plot twists and turns with unputdownable tension.” —\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews (starred review) on A Fire Upon the Deep\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“With uninterrupted pacing, suspense without contrivance, and deftly drawn aliens who can be pleasantly comical without becoming cute, Vinge offers heart-pounding, mind-expanding science fiction at its best.” —\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly (Starred review) on A Fire Upon the Deep\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A wide-screen science fiction epic of the type few writers attempt any more, probably because nobody until Vinge has ever done it well. Has Hugo Winner written all over it.” —\u003ci\u003eWashington Post Book World on A Fire Upon the Deep\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9780765308856\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Tor Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":40673494401230,"sku":"9780765308856","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/getimage_614990e7-582a-425c-b7ef-830a4274cabb.jpg?v=1639885742","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9780765308856","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}