Show #28: Pre-show Discussion

by Summer
February 20, 2007, 11:15 pm | In Show Topics |

Show #28, due out mid-March, will be on Vernor Vinge’s Hugo Award-winning “A Fire Upon the Deep”.

Start reading now… it’s about 600 pages of space-faring adventure!

For those of you who are curious what our upcoming topics are, and what we’re considering for Ninja topics, don’t forget to check out our Future Topics section!

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  1. Oooooo! I’m looking forward to your discussion of this one. I’m a big fan of space opera, and this is a modern classic, complete with truly alien aliens (the Tines), ancient threats awoken, and thought provoking high concepts.

    Comment by tim — February 21, 2007 #

  2. I tried reading book, but stoppped a 1/3 through, just found it too boring. Will interesting to see what the ninjas make if it.

    Comment by Vanamonde — March 3, 2007 #

  3. This is one of my all time favorites. This and the Prequel “Deepness in the Sky”. To me putting it down halfway through was not an option - Fire Upon the Deep is non-stop action!

    The way Vinge flicks between two groups of protagonists - one in a Space-Opera race-against-time and a second group, children trapped in a pseudo-medeval war - is just breathtaking. When you add to the the way in which he chucks around philosophies like softballs and you don’t get a minute to rest.

    The different species (animal, vegetable, mineral and other) are pretty smegging inventive - software dieties and buggy-riding houseplants…

    Seriously hope you ninjas like this one.

    Comment by Will — March 19, 2007 #

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