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I liked Children of The Sky, but in terms of plot it seems clearly meant to be a bridge to a next book, and seemed to suffer from the "middle book" syndrome of
by ineedasername 5y ago
I liked Children of The Sky, but in terms of plot it seems clearly meant to be a bridge to a next book, and seemed to suffer from the "middle book" syndrome of trilogies, losing a lot of the faster pace of the first book as it slowly builds up the details and tension to be resolved in the next book.
- undersuit 5y agoThere is a short story "The Babbler" set after Children but I don't think there will be another full book.
- duskwuff 5y ago"The Blabber" (not Babbler!) was actually written some time before "A Fire Upon The Deep". Some of the details in Blabber aren't fully consistent with the later novels; it's best seen as a first draft of the Zones of Thought universe. In an interview, Vinge has stated his hope to continue Children, but without much conviction: https://ttdlabyrinth.wordpress.com/2013/08/18/reprint-in-deep/ https://ttdlabyrinth.wordpress.com/2013/08/18/reprint-in-dee...
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