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Vernor Vinge has some hits and some misses, but A Deepness in the Sky (best to just take the plunge and read it without googling — it's good either way, but bet
by veidr 5mo ago
Vernor Vinge has some hits and some misses, but A Deepness in the Sky (best to just take the plunge and read it without googling — it's good either way, but better if you don't even read the back of the paperback).
Then, a bit further afield but for me, at least, exercised what I liked in The Culture series, even though stylistically different: Spin by Robert Charles Wilson.
- derektank 5mo agoI think A Fire Upon the Deep would be a more enjoyable starting place for someone that likes the Culture series, even though A Deepness in the Sky is generally considered the better novel.
- veidr 5mo agoThat is probably true, and I was assuming that if you read A Deepness in the Sky, you would go on to read A Fire Upon the Deep. But I got it backwards. While A Deepness in the Sky is set earlier than A Fire Upon the Deep, it was actually published later, as a prequel. So I agree. Read the first-published one, and if you like it, read the other.
- dooglius 5mo agoI wish I had read Deepness first as Fire sort of spoils it (granted, either direction will spoil some things)
- veidr 4mo agoOK now I reverse my reversal; you — and original me — are/am right: read Deepness first. First! haha