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A deepness in the sky

by Vernor Vinge

Set thirty thousand years before A Fire upon the Deep, two human factions orbit a planet of dormant aliens. While one group enslaves its rival, a resistance forms in space as the civilisation below undergoes a rapid technological revolution.

Accession 32104 ISBN 0312856830 Publisher Tor Books
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