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amazing author IMO. came out of nowhere, wrote very little, kubrickian in that he doesn't want to repeat himself, idea quality is astounding in that his ideas a
by awinter-py 5y ago
amazing author IMO. came out of nowhere, wrote very little, kubrickian in that he doesn't want to repeat himself, idea quality is astounding in that his ideas are new, influential, and fully formed. You can read true names every 5 years and still be like 'oh that piece came true'.
Rainbow's End is the icing on the cake.
Everyone has N novels in them, maybe he just reached N.
- carapace 5y ago(Not to nitpick but it's "Rainbows End", without apostrophe. More evocative, eh?) And yeah, he's amazing! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vernor_Vinge https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vernor_Vinge
- floren 5y ago> Rainbow's End is the icing on the cake. What Silicon Valley keeps forgetting is that Rainbow's End wasn't supposed to be aspirational. Except for the robot EV taxis, that's pretty cool I guess.
- awinter-py 5y agono user serviceable parts within
- addaon 5y ago"Rainbows End" (no apostrophe) -- different meaning.