A Fire upon the Deep (Magill’s Guide to Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature)
At a glance:
- Author: Vernor Vinge
- First Published: 1992
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Science fiction—catastrophe
- Time of Work: Org years 52089-52091
- Setting: Relay, Tines World, Harmonious Repose, and on board the spaceship
- Genres: Long fiction, Science fiction
- Subjects: Other worlds, Space ships, stations, or vehicles, Good and evil, Thought or thinking
- Locales: Space, Fictional planets
The Plot
A Fire upon the Deep tells the story of the Perversions attack on civilization and of the countermeasures taken against it. The Perversion is unwittingly unleashed by an advanced society, but the process also produces a countermeasure. As the Perversion advances, the unusual crew of the spaceship Out of Band II races to activate and guide the countermeasure. They succeed, and the galaxy is saved, although a substantial piece of high civilization has been set back for some period of time.
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