Vernor Vinge, the San Diego State University professor whose award-winning science fiction novels helped foretell the rise and impact of the Internet, virtual reality and artificial intelligence, died ...
Vernor Vinge, whose expansive science fiction brought the concepts of The Singularity and cyberspace to a wider audience, died from Parkinson’s disease at age 79 on March 20 in La Jolla, California.
According to Ars Technica, Vinge, a professor and computer scientist who was well-known for his hard science fiction novels such as A Fire Upon the Deep and Rainbow’s End, passed away yesterday. A ...
Vernor Vinge, science-fiction author and professor who popularized the idea of an artificial intelligence singularity and the term “cyberspace,” has died at 79. He’s best known for his works “True ...
Science fiction pioneer and inspiration to many a cypherpunk, Vernor Steffen Vinge, passed away Wednesday at the age of 79 in La Jolla, California. The five-time winner of the prestigious Hugo Award ...
Vernor Vinge is one of the first thinkers to popularize a technological Singularity. 31,136 people played the daily Crossword recently. Can you solve it faster than others?31,136 people played the ...
A real loss. Glad to hear he was at least comfortable. A Fire Upon the Deep and A Deepness in the Sky are really unlike anything else I've read; they really don't hold your hand, and I can see that ...
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