![]() ![]() ![]() In the Slow Zone, Vinge posits that human technological advance reached an apex with the "Age of Failed Dreams", during which it was discovered that faster than light travel, immortality, strong AI, and a few other things are impossible.Ī Deepness in the Sky takes place in the Slow Zone, next to a very peculiar star. Thus, as you head out of the galaxy, you see the same progression of advancing technologies as you'd expect to see over time if our technology went through a Singularity. ![]() In the Unthinking Depths near the core of the galaxy, no intelligence is possible in the Slow Zone, where Earth is, Mundane Dogmatic rules apply the Beyond allows soft SF tropes such as Faster-Than-Light Travel or Antigravity and in the Transcend, everyone is Sufficiently Advanced. In the Zones of Thought verse, the basic gimmick is that The Singularity is turned sideways, becoming a boundary in space instead of time. ![]() The Blabber, published in Threats and Other Promises (1988).It currently consists of three books and one short story: The Zones of Thought is a science-fiction setting created by Vernor Vinge. ![]()
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