Science Fiction

The Children of the Sky

by Vernor Vinge · Zones of Thought series

Decades after the first contact, the medieval-level Tines civilization faces fracture and manipulation by human refugees. Vinge returns to his universe of stratified intelligence with a novel about culture clash, technological leapfrogging, and the consequences of meddling. Complex, patient, and unafraid of letting centuries pass between volumes.

Zones of Thought in reading order

• 1. A Fire Upon the Deep — Vernor Vinge
• 2. A Deepness in the Sky — Vernor Vinge
• 3. The Children of the Sky — Vernor Vinge

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