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Mathematician and science fiction writer Vernor Steffen Vinge (pronounced VIN-jee [1]) (1944 - ) is best known for his Hugo award winning novel A Fire Upon the Deep, and for his 1993 essay Singularity, in which he argues that exponential growth in technology will reach a point beyond which we cannot even speculate about the consequences.
The Singularity was a theme in many of his earlier stories, as collected in True Names and Other Dangers. The anthology's title story is an early (1980) depiction of virtual reality (before the "cyberspace" of William Gibson's Neuromancer).
His latest novel is a prequel to A Fire Upon the Deep, entitled A Deepness in the Sky.
Mr. Vinge recently retired from teaching at San Diego State University, where he was a computer science professor, in order to write full-time.
His ex-wife Joan Vinge is also an accomplished science fiction author.
External links
- A bibliography summary at www.sfsite.com:
- The Vernor Vinge directory at google: