Vernor Vinge
Vernor Steffen Vinge [ vɪndʒɪ ] ( born February 10, 1944) is an American mathematician, computer scientist and science fiction author. He was known especially for his novel A Fire Upon the Deep ( 1992) (Engl. A fire on the depth ( 1995)), for which he won the Hugo Award, as well as for his essay The Technological Singularity ( 1993, German in the Science Fiction 2004, Heyne ), in which he argues that exponential growth in technology will reach a point where it will no longer be possible to even speculate about the consequences.
The sequel to A Fire Upon the Deep, A Deepness in the Sky ( 1999) (Engl. A depth in the sky (2003) ), which is located in the narrative ago A Fire Upon the Deep and with whom he again the Hugo Award winning. In 2007 he won the Locus Award for Rainbows End.
He was married from 1972 to 1979 with the science fiction author Joan D. Vinge.