Product Description

'The intricately plotted progress of characters from near to farfuture... on an Earth which, like an abandon playground, has long ago been left behind by an evolving humanity... human-scale action within a vast canvas' The Excyclopedia of Science Fiction. Encompassing time-travel, powerful mystery and the future history of humanity to its last handful of survivors, Across Realtime spans millions of years and isan utterly engrossing SF classic. 'You can hardly turn the pages fast enough. As sheer entertainment, it's a winner' Locus

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #197781 in Books
• Published on: 1994-12-01
• Original language: English
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• 532 pages

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Customer Reviews

Warning
Vernor Vinge Fans, I recommend all of his books but please note 'Across Realtime'is 'The Peace War' and 'Marooned In Realtime' printed as one book called don't waste your money buying all three, as Amazon recommends, just buy this one.

Most excellent and visionary!
I actually thought that this book is better than his two later books "A Fire Upon the Deep", and "A Darkness in the Sky". I was hooked when I first read "A Darkness in the Sky".

This book is very good SF. There is a lot of imaginative science/technological elements in here. I think some of these are even visionary, for example, Vernor talks about honing smart bullets, which are only recently being developed, and direct human/computer interfaces that increases one's conciousness and intelligence exponentially, which is a possible furture scenario in today's IT world - primitive precursors that follow one eyes' movements or electromagnetic brain waves already exist. Consider that he thought of all these in 1984, when most people havent even heard of the PC!

Like his later books, there is heavy duty scheming between his characters. His characters play each other like a chess game, and this can be enjoyable to watch. This book is actually two stories, the second story is the sequel to the first, and builds on the same world. Recommended!

Ground-breaking science fiction
Vinge has come up with the some of the core concepts of modern science fiction yet his books have always been criminally hard to find. Get these two novels in this new imprint while you can. A superb tale of life across a longer timescale, crucially introducing the concept of 'the singularity' in human affairs- an idea way ahead of it's time, now starting to loom large in the real-life human world. In short, a superb read, and an enlightening experience - essential for properly informed living in a rapidly advancing human society.