Each "soul" can survive and evolve by adding members to replace those who die, potentially for hundreds of years, as Woodcarver does. ===Kalir=== A race of insectoid humanoids which constitutes one of the "majority races" of the Vrinimi organization. ==Related works== Vinge first used the concepts of "Zones of Thought" in a 1988 novella The Blabber, which occurs after Fire.
In the novel, the Net is depicted as working much like the Usenet network in the early 1990s, with transcripts of messages containing header and footer information as one would find in such forums. The outermost layer, containing the galactic halo, is the Transcend, within which incomprehensible, superintelligent beings dwell.
A Fire Upon the Deep is a 1992 science fiction novel by American writer Vernor Vinge.
The book was nominated for the 1992 Nebula Award for Best Novel, the 1993 John W.
A Fire Upon the Deep won the Hugo Award in 1993, sharing it with Doomsday Book by Connie Willis. Besides the normal print book editions, the novel was also included on a CD-ROM sold by ClariNet Communications along with the other nominees for the 1993 Hugo awards.
These include "The Outcasts of Heaven Belt", "Legacy", and (as of 2008) a planned novel featuring Pham Nuwen. ==Title== Vinge's original title for the novel was "Among the Tines"; its final title was suggested by his editors. ==Awards and nominations== A Fire Upon the Deep shared the 1993 Hugo Award for Best Novel with Doomsday Book.
The book was nominated for the 1992 Nebula Award for Best Novel, the 1993 John W.
Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Novel, and the 1993 Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel. ==Critical reactions== Jo Walton wrote: "Any one of the ideas in A Fire Upon the Deep would have kept an ordinary writer going for years.
These include "The Outcasts of Heaven Belt", "Legacy", and (as of 2008) a planned novel featuring Pham Nuwen. ==Title== Vinge's original title for the novel was "Among the Tines"; its final title was suggested by his editors. ==Awards and nominations== A Fire Upon the Deep shared the 1993 Hugo Award for Best Novel with Doomsday Book.
Vinge's The Children of the Sky, "a near-term sequel to A Fire Upon the Deep, set ten years later, was released in October 2011. Vinge's former wife, Joan D.
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