In a message dated 9/12/00 1:14:53 PM Central Daylight Time, hal@finney.org
writes:
>
> Vernor Vinge's A Deepness in the Sky, much discussed here, won
> for best science fiction novel of the year. It beat the fascinating
> past-and-future crypto novel Cryptonomicon,
Close race...in my opinion....I've read each several times....and both
authors are on my "buy onsight" list...
one of the Harry Potter books,
This is SF?
> and Greg Bear's Darwin's Radio, which I've been reading but which I find
> completely unbelievable.
The cover blurb didn't induce me to buy it once when I was HUNTING for a new
book....
> Congratulations to Vernor Vinge. Someone said he had quit his day job
> to write full time, good news for fans. This award should help validate
> that decision. I'm certainly looking forward to seeing his next work.
>
Ditto....some of the most FASCINATING concepts I've come across in his
books.....
EvMick
Dunnigan Calif..
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