The Witling AUTH-2284192 as clever as it is

as clever as it is wise” (Elizabeth Gilbert)

The Big U is required reading for anyone interested in the early work of this singular writer

This book is one you should read

Marshal at her side

and he sees action with the Southern cavalry at Hanover

The Witling AUTH-2284192 as clever as it isThis second novel by multiple award winner Vernor Vinge, from 1976, is a fast paced adventure where galactic policies collide and different cultures clash as two scientists and their faith in technology are pitted against an elusive race of telekinetic beings. Marooned on a distant world and slowly dying of food poisoning, two anthropologists are caught between warring alien factions engaged in a battle that will affect the future of the world's