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Summary: Vinge explores a world where all technology is banned
Review: Another excellent novel from Vinge. In The Peace War, one of his first novels, Vinge explores a world where all technology is banned by the "Peace Authority" in the name of protecting the peace. In this weird anachronistic society underground groups (the Tinkers) create very high tech devices, while travelling around on horseback. With the help of a crippled prodigy, the Tinkers believe they have one final chance to attack the Peace Authority and wrest the world from their control. The Peace War contains scads of hard science and the mechanism by which the Peace Authority controls the peace, the Bobble which is a bubble in which time does not move, is quite ingenious.
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Summary: Vinge explores a world where all technology is banned
Review: Another excellent novel from Vinge. In The Peace War, one of his first novels, Vinge explores a world where all technology is banned by the "Peace Authority" in the name of protecting the peace. In this weird anachronistic society underground groups (the Tinkers) create very high tech devices, while travelling around on horseback. With the help of a crippled prodigy, the Tinkers believe they have one final chance to attack the Peace Authority and wrest the world from their control. The Peace War contains scads of hard science and the mechanism by which the Peace Authority controls the peace, the Bobble which is a bubble in which time does not move, is quite ingenious.
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Summary: loved it when I read it in science fiction analoge
Review: I first read his story in SF analogue, its gripping and hold a new take on the fermi solution. . the first 2 stories are brillently written and the third story I first read in sf analogue in the 1980's. A must read for anyone who is interested....
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Summary: the war to end all wars is a perfect concept
Review: I love this book
it has been inspirational to my life and V Vinge is of the caliber of orson scott card and the other great scifi writers of this new era!
I know you will like it.
the multiplicity of concepts presented is deep and wide, cyperpunk combined with mono directional time travel and high tech AI, bio weapons and tinkers, The Peace War is truly a masterpiece.
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Summary: a reprieve from too much sunshine...
Review: I tend to steer clear of fiction in general but read this because I was going to meet the author... Thank goodness! Thought provoking ideas abound, excellent characters that behave realistically in a 'realistic' story - suspended disbelief is not merely hanging by a thread here. I won't spoil it, but the ending does not blow sunshine up one's rear in an attempt to have that 'happily ever after' that I absolutely loathe about fiction. AND the author is a nice guy. Excellent book.
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Summary: Not a mere "Bobble" of a book!
Review: I think it's great that some of these "older" works are getting reprinted lately. They are bringing a vitality back into Sci-Fi which is currently lacking. As book stores seem to be filled with nothing more then Star Trek knock offs and bad fantasy novels (yes, this means you, Mr. Jordan), it's great to be able to come to Amazon and find an older book worth reading. Vernor Vinge's "The Peace War" is such a book. Although it was written over 20 years ago, it still comes across as fresh and vital (although you have to overlook the occassional reference to the "Soviets"). Set in a futuristic, apocalyptic California, the story revolves around a guilty older scientist and a bright young genius who are attempting to stage a revolution against the benign dictatorship which has ruled the world for over fifty years. (The government has this weapon called a "bobble" that has encapsulated all the old armies and weapons in a type of stasis field). It's a great story, very interesting and in many respects, still totally believable. If there's a flaw in the book, it's that the author never really describes what the problems with the new Peace Authority are to begin with and why anyone should want to revolt. There's also a sub-plot involving a crashed Air Force jet that seems to have been improperly edited into the book in the very beginning. Just get past that and the story really takes off. Again, I am happy to have read his book, even so long after it was published. I was surprised that I did not read it when it was first published, which may only show that the problem currently affecting the sci-fi aisles in our book stores has been around longer then I want to admit. Enjoy this one.
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Summary: Not a mere "Bobble" of a book!
Review: I think it's great that some of these "older" works are getting reprinted lately. They are bringing a vitality back into Sci-Fi which is currently lacking. As book stores seem to be filled with nothing more then Star Trek knock offs and bad fantasy novels (yes, this means you, Mr. Jordan), it's great to be able to come to Amazon and find an older book worth reading. Vernor Vinge's "The Peace War" is such a book. Although it was written over 20 years ago, it still comes across as fresh and vital (although you have to overlook the occassional reference to the "Soviets"). Set in a futuristic, apocalyptic California, the story revolves around a guilty older scientist and a bright young genius who are attempting to stage a revolution against the benign dictatorship which has ruled the world for over fifty years. (The government has this weapon called a "bobble" that has encapsulated all the old armies and weapons in a type of stasis field). It's a great story, very interesting and in many respects, still totally believable. If there's a flaw in the book, it's that the author never really describes what the problems with the new Peace Authority are to begin with and why anyone should want to revolt. There's also a sub-plot involving a crashed Air Force jet that seems to have been improperly edited into the book in the very beginning. Just get past that and the story really takes off. Again, I am happy to have read his book, even so long after it was published. I was surprised that I did not read it when it was first published, which may only show that the problem currently affecting the sci-fi aisles in our book stores has been around longer then I want to admit. Enjoy this one.
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Summary: Not a mere "Bobble" of a book!
Review: I think it's great that some of these "older" works are getting reprinted lately. They are bringing a vitality back into Sci-Fi which is currently lacking. As book stores seem to be filled with nothing more then Star Trek knock offs and bad fantasy novels (yes, this means you, Mr. Jordan), it's great to be able to come to Amazon and find an older book worth reading. Vernor Vinge's "The Peace War" is such a book. Although it was written over 20 years ago, it still comes across as fresh and vital (although you have to overlook the occassional reference to the "Soviets"). Set in a futuristic, apocalyptic California, the story revolves around a guilty older scientist and a bright young genius who are attempting to stage a revolution against the benign dictatorship which has ruled the world for over fifty years. (The government has this weapon called a "bobble" that has encapsulated all the old armies and weapons in a type of stasis field). It's a great story, very interesting and in many respects, still totally believable. If there's a flaw in the book, it's that the author never really describes what the problems with the new Peace Authority are to begin with and why anyone should want to revolt. There's also a sub-plot involving a crashed Air Force jet that seems to have been improperly edited into the book in the very beginning. Just get past that and the story really takes off. Again, I am happy to have read his book, even so long after it was published. I was surprised that I did not read it when it was first published, which may only show that the problem currently affecting the sci-fi aisles in our book stores has been around longer then I want to admit. Enjoy this one.
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Summary: riveted
Review: I'm a new reader of this author and I have to say this book kept me going through the pages. The plot is well designed and the imagination involved is amazing. Vinge reminds me strangely of Orson Scott Card in that his characters aren't necessarily well-developed in their personalities but they are sufficient to move a well-crafted story to its purpose. I really liked the book and I recommend it to anyone who is looking for a fun read.
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Summary: riveted
Review: I'm a new reader of this author and I have to say this book kept me going through the pages. The plot is well designed and the imagination involved is amazing. Vinge reminds me strangely of Orson Scott Card in that his characters aren't necessarily well-developed in their personalities but they are sufficient to move a well-crafted story to its purpose. I really liked the book and I recommend it to anyone who is looking for a fun read.
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