Rating: 
Summary: A very uneven writer
Review: This book is actually two novels:"The Peace War" and "Marooned in Realtime".
"The Peace War" is very well written and places Vernor Vinge with the old time sci fi great writers.
"Marooned in Realtime" is a very bad mystery and with a very bad plot.
The result is a five star mixed with a one star for the whole book. It is worth buying for "The Peace War".
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Summary: Amazing concept, two stories in one book but woven together
Review: This book is beyond description and review. I don't have the words to give it justice, but if you are an avid SF reader this is one to try.
Rating: 
Summary: One of the classics
Review: This is one of SF's true classics -- this falls in with The_Stars_My_Destination to Lord_Of_Light to the Hyperion series -- and is a thoroughly entertaining read.
Rating:
Summary: Original and entertaining at many levels
Review: This is one of the best science fiction novels I have ever read. It amazes me that most science fiction fans have never even heard of this novel much less read it. Across Realtime deserves to be listed among the greatest science fiction works of all time. Find it and read it, it's brilliant.
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Summary: Please re-print
Review: To the publishers: Please reprint this title. I loved this book as a kid. With the help of a good samaritan was able to find the title of this again and now I want it on my bookshelf!
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Summary: Good Singularity description.Change++!
Review: Vernor Vinge is one of the best minds on the planet.
Ever accelarating change leading to a real qualitative
phase-change in the beings concerned(ie the singularity),
is described in a format understandable to pre-singularity
beings.See short story "True Names" by same author.
Rating:
Summary: most satisfying
Review: Vinge delivers facinating hard SF with truely adept storytelling. The science fiction is almost as good as science fact, and the storytelling is among the elite for highly readable authors. Cross Gribbin with Tolkien and you get Vinge.
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Summary: Worth It Just for "Marooned in Realtime"
Review: You know by now that this book comprises the novel "Peace War", the short story "The Ungoverned" and the novel "Marooned in Realtime." The first two stories are interesting, but probably not something that I would rush out to recommend to friends. However, "Marooned in Realtime" is an amazing joyride! If you like the big ideas, big consequences, big time-spans, all carried out their logical conclusions, this is the story for you! Vinge clearly shows his skills in writing stories with a "sense of awe and wonder" that he later showcases in his "A Fire Upon the Deep" and "A Deepness in the Sky" novels. If you liked those two novels, you'll most probably like "Marooned in Realtime". One note: If you wonder if you "need" to read the "Peace War" and "The Ungoverened" in order to fully enjoy "Marooned in Realtime," there are a couple of concepts and characters that are introduced that are important to fully understanding "Marooned in Realtime." In fact, the conclusion to the "murder mystery" in "Marooned" hinges on your being familiar with a certain character introduced in the earlier stories. I was surpirsed by this since I was hoping that "Marooned" could stand alone by itself without too much backreferencing.
Rating:
Summary: Worth It Just for "Marooned in Realtime"
Review: You know by now that this book comprises the novel "Peace War", the short story "The Ungoverned" and the novel "Marooned in Realtime." The first two stories are interesting, but probably not something that I would rush out to recommend to friends. However, "Marooned in Realtime" is an amazing joyride! If you like the big ideas, big consequences, big time-spans, all carried out their logical conclusions, this is the story for you! Vinge clearly shows his skills in writing stories with a "sense of awe and wonder" that he later showcases in his "A Fire Upon the Deep" and "A Deepness in the Sky" novels. If you liked those two novels, you'll most probably like "Marooned in Realtime". One note: If you wonder if you "need" to read the "Peace War" and "The Ungoverened" in order to fully enjoy "Marooned in Realtime," there are a couple of concepts and characters that are introduced that are important to fully understanding "Marooned in Realtime." In fact, the conclusion to the "murder mystery" in "Marooned" hinges on your being familiar with a certain character introduced in the earlier stories. I was surpirsed by this since I was hoping that "Marooned" could stand alone by itself without too much backreferencing.
Rating:
Summary: Worth It Just for "Marooned in Realtime"
Review: You know by now that this book comprises the novel "Peace War", the short story "The Ungoverned" and the novel "Marooned in Realtime." The first two stories are interesting, but probably not something that I would rush out to recommend to friends. However, "Marooned in Realtime" is an amazing joyride! If you like the big ideas, big consequences, big time-spans, all carried out their logical conclusions, this is the story for you! Vinge clearly shows his skills in writing stories with a "sense of awe and wonder" that he later showcases in his "A Fire Upon the Deep" and "A Deepness in the Sky" novels. If you liked those two novels, you'll most probably like "Marooned in Realtime". One note: If you wonder if you "need" to read the "Peace War" and "The Ungoverened" in order to fully enjoy "Marooned in Realtime," there are a couple of concepts and characters that are introduced that are important to fully understanding "Marooned in Realtime." In fact, the conclusion to the "murder mystery" in "Marooned" hinges on your being familiar with a certain character introduced in the earlier stories. I was surpirsed by this since I was hoping that "Marooned" could stand alone by itself without too much backreferencing.
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