{"product_id":"rainbows-end-paperback","title":"Rainbows End - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eVernor Vinge\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFour time Hugo Award winner Vernor Vinge has taken readers to the depths of space and into the far future in his bestselling novels \u003ci\u003eA Fire Upon the Deep\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eA Deepness in the Sky\u003c\/i\u003e. Now, he has written a science-fiction thriller set in a place and time as exciting and strange as any far-future world: San Diego, California, 2025. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRobert Gu is a recovering Alzheimer's patient. The world that he remembers was much as we know it today. Now, as he regains his faculties through a cure developed during the years of his near-fatal decline, he discovers that the world has changed and so has his place in it. He was a world-renowned poet. Now he is seventy-five years old, though by a medical miracle he looks much younger, and he's starting over, for the first time unsure of his poetic gifts . Living with his son's family, he has no choice but to learn how to cope with a new information age in which the virtual and the real are a seamless continuum, layers of reality built on digital views seen by a single person or millions, depending on your choice. But the consensus reality of the digital world is available only if, like his thirteen-year-old granddaughter Miri, you know how to wear your wireless access--through nodes designed into \u003ci\u003esmart\u003c\/i\u003e clothes--and to see the digital context--through \u003ci\u003esmart\u003c\/i\u003e contact lenses. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith knowledge comes risk. When Robert begins to re-train at Fairmont High, learning with other older people what is second nature to Miri and other teens at school, he unwittingly becomes part of a wide-ranging conspiracy to use technology as a tool for world domination. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn a world where every computer chip has Homeland Security built-in, this conspiracy is something that baffles even the most sophisticated security analysts, including Robert's son and daughter-in law, two top people in the U.S. military. And even Miri, in her attempts to protect her grandfather, may be entangled in the plot. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs Robert becomes more deeply involved in conspiracy, he is shocked to learn of a radical change planned for the UCSD Geisel Library; all the books there, and worldwide, would cease to physically exist. He and his fellow re-trainees feel compelled to join protests against the change. With forces around the world converging on San Diego, both the conspiracy and the protest climax in a spectacular moment as unique and satisfying as it is unexpected. This is science fiction at its very best, by a master storyteller at his peak.\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for Vernor Vinge\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Deepness in the Sky\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWinner of the 1999 Hugo Award for Best Science Fiction Novel\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eA Deepness in the Sky\u003c\/i\u003e more than justifies the old tag 'eagerly anticipated.' It's a space opera dealing with the age-old themes of exploration, first contact, different cultures, exploitation and, inevitably, conflict. An intriguing and mind-stretching epic. Highly recommended.\"\u003cbr\u003e--\u003ci\u003eSFX\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Fire Upon the Deep\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWinner of the 1992 Hugo Award for Best Novel\u003cbr\u003e\"When I was young and had to write my address in a school notebook, I would begin with my street and apartment number and then go on through city, county, state, country and continent in a litany of ever more grandiose place names that did not end until I reached 'Earth, Solar System, Milky Way Galaxy, The Universe.' In those days, it thrilled me that my small corner of the Bronx was just a one part of the vastness I could see in the sky at night. This is the feeling I got from reading \u003ci\u003eA Fire Upon the Deep\u003c\/i\u003e by Vernor Vinge.\"\u003cbr\u003e--Gerald Jonas, \u003ci\u003eNew York\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eMarooned in Realtime\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eMarooned in Realtime \u003c\/i\u003eis a cracking good story that leaves the reader with plenty to think about. Vernor Vinge draws fine characters and writes a compelling plot. In the end, almost all the mysteries are solved--the only loose ends are those which will leave you pondering the future of Mankind and of the earth for weeks after you finish the book\"\u003cbr\u003e--\u003ci\u003eThe \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eBaltimore\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e Sun\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eVernor Vinge\u003c\/b\u003e, author of such acclaimed novels as \u003ci\u003eTrue Names\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Peace War\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMarooned in Realtime\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eA Fire Upon the Deep\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eA Deepness in the Sky\u003c\/i\u003e, has won four Hugo Awards. A mathematician and computer scientist, he lives in San Diego, California.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 368\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.89 x 8 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 03, 2007\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42702869856319,"sku":"9781250841506","price":31.19,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/b6c9e87ee177ffdca3e0f4e701e94b80.webp?v=1765026762","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/rainbows-end-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}