@ajbobo @catvalente

Freaking hard agree! It did win the Best Novel Hugo 30 years ago (or rather, tied with Doomsday Book by Connie Willis).

But how do we get a new generation to try it? (Aside from a TV series…Though even CGI might, er, get stuck on the Tines.)

My heart leaped up when I saw AFUTD on her luncheon table in that picture by Cat V, who knows a great story because she's written so many. Might be time for another reread ...

#books #ScienceFiction #HugoAwards #AFireUponTheDeep

Does anyone have good examples of #HardSF that explores the concepts of alien software? I'm thinking of something like #VernorVinge's #AFireUponTheDeep, but where there's a little more meat on the bone of what a truly alien approach to computation might be like? #ScienceFiction