PixelJones on Nostr: Vernor Vinge, the dazzling science fiction visionary of cyberspace has died. He was a ...
Vernor Vinge, the dazzling science fiction visionary of cyberspace has died.
He was a working PhD math professor while writing award-winning brain-exploding & heart-pounding exciting novels of breathtaking futurism.
Back when modems still squealed & phones were dumb, his fiction dropped you head-first into deep waters of AI, accelerationism, augmented/virtual reality in futures so vivid & lived-in we still haven't caught up.
#VernorVinge #SciFi npub1hykucplphuhelaxutcw4jw3vuu7gcg42czhqmk7jhchs8vdga4fsj73p33 (npub1hyk…3p33)
https://file770.com/vernor-vinge-1944-2024/
He was a working PhD math professor while writing award-winning brain-exploding & heart-pounding exciting novels of breathtaking futurism.
Back when modems still squealed & phones were dumb, his fiction dropped you head-first into deep waters of AI, accelerationism, augmented/virtual reality in futures so vivid & lived-in we still haven't caught up.
#VernorVinge #SciFi npub1hykucplphuhelaxutcw4jw3vuu7gcg42czhqmk7jhchs8vdga4fsj73p33 (npub1hyk…3p33)
https://file770.com/vernor-vinge-1944-2024/