內容簡介
內容簡介 2008誠品小說節獨家販售Vernor Vinge只要一出手,代表科幻文學的最高榮譽之一雨果獎(Hugo Award)就幾乎到手。1993年的《A Fire Upon the Deep》、2000年的《A Deepness in the Sky》到最新的一本《Rainbows End》則是第四次獲得了2007年的雨果獎。這本《Rainbows End》故事是發生在2025年的舊金山,主角Robert Gu是罹患了老年痴呆的詩人,他最後的記憶是2005年的世界,不過在他患病的二十年裡,醫界已經發展了新的老年痴呆症治療方法,讓他可以有機會恢復他的記憶與生活,甚至是更年輕的身體。就在他逐漸康復之際,他發現他不得不重新適應新的科技帶來的生活改變,他透過他十三歲的外孫女學習新的科技技巧技能,不過就在康復之際,他發現一個利用科技想要統治整個世界的陰謀。
作者介紹
作者介紹 Vernor Vinge has won five Hugo Awards, two of them in the Zones of Thought series: A Fire Upon the Deep and A Deepness in the Sky. Known for his rigorous hard-science approach to his science fiction, he became an iconic figure among cybernetic scientists with the publication in 1981 of his novella ""True Names,"" which is considered a seminal, visionary work of Internet fiction. His many books also include Marooned in Realtime, Rainbows End and The Peace War.