{"id":59932,"date":"2024-03-21T07:57:33","date_gmt":"2024-03-21T11:57:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pappp.net\/?guid=1d4d6bf0d44117933b2132ddb9905201"},"modified":"2024-03-21T07:57:33","modified_gmt":"2024-03-21T11:57:33","slug":"science-fiction-master-vernor-vinge-dead-at-79","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pappp.net\/?p=59932","title":{"rendered":"Science fiction master Vernor Vinge dead at 79"},"content":{"rendered":"

Source: Boing Boing<\/a><\/p>\n

Article note: Aw man, \"True Names\" and his Zones of Thought books (\"A Fire Upon the Deep\" and even more \"A Deepness in the Sky\") are things that I refer to all the time because they shaped how I think about the world.<\/div>\"\"<\/a>

Triple Hugo Award-winning author Vernor Vinge died Wednesday at 79.<\/a><\/p>\n

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Vinge sold his first science-fiction story in 1964, \"Apartness\", which appeared in the June 1965 issue of New Worlds<\/em>.<\/p>\n

In 1971, he received a PhD (Math) from UCSD, and the next year began teaching at San Diego State University.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Triple Hugo Award-winning author Vernor Vinge died Wednesday at 79.<\/p>\n

Vinge sold his first science-fi…<\/p>\n

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