Sky and abyss

Author: Wenqi
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Publish Date: 2005-04-01
Features: The World Science Fiction Master Series. After thousands of years of searching, humanity has finally discovered signs of alien civilization. This is the greatest business opportunity in human history. Thus, the two major human groups scattered across space simultaneously rush to the switch star system where the aliens reside. One group is the free interstellar merchant guild, the Qinghe people, and the other is the Yemojin people. The Qinghe people aim to achieve common prosperity through trade, while the Yemojin rulers are the most ruthless tyrants in human history. This sets off an epic space saga of freedom versus slavery, oppression versus resistance. Within the switch star system, battles and conspiracies, betrayals and loyalties unfold, as the two human fleets nearly annihilate each other. The survivors continue their desperate struggle. Meanwhile, the alien race "Spider People" on the planet's surface is also rapidly growing. At first, they are oblivious to the space war above, only focusing on their own "world war" within their small world. Then, the Spider People gradually become aware, and eventually actively participate in the conflict, determining their own fate and becoming a crucial force in the struggle. This book is the prequel to Vernor Vinge's Hugo Award-winning novel A Fire Upon the Deep—set three thousand years before the events of A Fire Upon the Deep. The entire story revolves around Van Neumann, with the plot gradually revealing the life of this legendary figure, detailing the origins of the Qinghe people, and telling the story of A Fire Upon the Deep from a different perspective. A Deepness in the Sky was awarded the Hugo Award shortly after its publication and is hailed as Vernor Vinge's best work.