18 Best science fiction books like A Deepness in the Sky (Zones of Thought, #2) by Vernor Vinge

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A Deepness in the Sky (Zones of Thought, #2)

By: Vernor Vinge

4.32

Format: 775 pages, Mass Market Paperback

The prequel to A Fire Upon The Deep, this is the story of Pham Nuwen, a small cog in the interstell…

"So even in hell, there are clowns."

-Vernor Vinge, A Deepness in the Sky (Zones of Thought, #2)

"So even in hell, there are clowns."

-Vernor Vinge, A Deepness in the Sky (Zones of Thought, #2)

"So High, So Low, So Many Things to Know"

-Vernor Vinge, A Deepness in the Sky (Zones of Thought, #2)

"So High, So Low, So Many Things to Know"

-Vernor Vinge, A Deepness in the Sky (Zones of Thought, #2)

If you liked the science fiction plot in A Deepness in the Sky (Zones of Thought, #2) by Vernor Vinge , here is a list of 18 books like this:

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1. Heavy Weather

By: Bruce Sterling

3.68

Format: 310 pages, Paperback

Bruce Sterling, one of the founding fathers of the cyberpunk genre, now presents a novel of vivid i… read more

Similar categories in Bruce Sterling's Heavy Weather book and Vernor Vinge's A Deepness in the Sky (Zones of Thought, #2)

  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • speculative fiction
  • fantasy
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2. Fifty Degrees Below (Science in the Capital, #2)

By: Kim Stanley Robinson

3.77

Format: 342 pages, Paperback

After years of denial and non-action, a near-future Earth faces a crossroad when it is threatened w… read more

Similar categories in Kim Stanley Robinson's Fifty Degrees Below (Science in the Capital, #2) book and Vernor Vinge's A Deepness in the Sky (Zones of Thought, #2)

  • science fiction
  • speculative fiction
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
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3. A Deepness in the Sky (Zones of Thought, #2)

By: Vernor Vinge

4.32

Format: 775 pages, Mass Market Paperback

The prequel to A Fire Upon The Deep, this is the story of Pham Nuwen, a small cog in the interstell… read more

Similar categories in Vernor Vinge's A Deepness in the Sky (Zones of Thought, #2) book and Vernor Vinge's A Deepness in the Sky (Zones of Thought, #2)

  • science fiction fantasy
  • space opera
  • hard science fiction
  • speculative fiction
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • aliens
  • hugo awards
  • space
  • fantasy
"So even in hell, there are clowns."

-Vernor Vinge, A Deepness in the Sky (Zones of Thought, #2)

"So High, So Low, So Many Things to Know"

-Vernor Vinge, A Deepness in the Sky (Zones of Thought, #2)

"So high, so low, so many things to know."

-Vernor Vinge, A Deepness in the Sky (Zones of Thought, #2)

"The light shining through was a rainbow from hell."

-Vernor Vinge, A Deepness in the Sky (Zones of Thought, #2)

Cover of Deadhouse Gates (The Malazan Book of the Fallen, #2) by Steven Erikson, Gabriel Stoian

4. Deadhouse Gates (The Malazan Book of the Fallen, #2)

By: Steven Erikson , Gabriel Stoian

3.75

Format: 148 pages, Hardcover

In the vast dominion of Seven Cities, in the Holy Desert Raraku, the seer Sha'ik and her followers … read more

Similar categories in Steven Erikson's Deadhouse Gates (The Malazan Book of the Fallen, #2) book and Vernor Vinge's A Deepness in the Sky (Zones of Thought, #2)

  • science fiction fantasy
  • fantasy
  • fiction
Cover of Diamond Dogs, Turquoise Days by Alastair Reynolds

5. Diamond Dogs, Turquoise Days

By: Alastair Reynolds

5.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

Diamond Dogs The planet Golgotha--supposedly lifeless--resides in a remote star system, far from th… read more

Similar categories in Alastair Reynolds's Diamond Dogs, Turquoise Days book and Vernor Vinge's A Deepness in the Sky (Zones of Thought, #2)

  • space opera
  • hard science fiction
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • space
Cover of Rimrunners (The Company Wars, #3) by C.J. Cherryh

6. Rimrunners (The Company Wars, #3)

By: C.J. Cherryh

3.87

Format: 280 pages, Paperback

Loki is a mercenary ship and bounty hunter. Bet Yeager is a killer elite Earth Company Marine whose… read more

Similar categories in C.J. Cherryh's Rimrunners (The Company Wars, #3) book and Vernor Vinge's A Deepness in the Sky (Zones of Thought, #2)

  • science fiction fantasy
  • space opera
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • speculative fiction
  • space
  • fantasy

7. The Weapon Shops of Isher

By: A.E. van Vogt

3.95

Format: 253 pages,

With the publication, in the July 1941 issue of Astounding Science Fiction magazine, of the story S… read more

Similar categories in A.E. van Vogt's The Weapon Shops of Isher book and Vernor Vinge's A Deepness in the Sky (Zones of Thought, #2)

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8. Quicksilver (The Baroque Cycle, #1)

By: Neal Stephenson

3.93

Format: 927 pages, Paperback

Quicksilver is the story of Daniel Waterhouse, fearless thinker and conflicted Puritan, pursuing kn… read more

Similar categories in Neal Stephenson's Quicksilver (The Baroque Cycle, #1) book and Vernor Vinge's A Deepness in the Sky (Zones of Thought, #2)

  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • speculative fiction
  • fantasy
"he's surprised your tits come wi' a head attached"

-Neal Stephenson, Quicksilver (The Baroque Cycle, #1)

"Your diligence is setting an example for all of us—stop it!"

-Neal Stephenson, Quicksilver (The Baroque Cycle, #1)

"Most men would rather be shot through with a broad-headed arrow than be described by you."

-Neal Stephenson, Quicksilver (The Baroque Cycle, #1)

"If money is a science, then it is a dark science...it has gone on developing...by its own rules"

-Neal Stephenson, Quicksilver (The Baroque Cycle, #1)

9. Borders of Infinity (Vorkosigan Saga [Publication] #5.1-5.3)

By: Lois McMaster Bujold

3.81

Format: None pages, Paperback

Limited edition volume. Contents: Frame story that follows Miles' time on Earth in Brothers in Arms… read more

Similar categories in Lois McMaster Bujold's Borders of Infinity (Vorkosigan Saga [Publication] #5.1-5.3) book and Vernor Vinge's A Deepness in the Sky (Zones of Thought, #2)

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10. System Collapse (The Murderbot Diaries, #7)

By: Martha Wells

4.22

Format: 245 pages, Hardcover

Am I making it worse? I think I'm making it worse. Everyone's favorite lethal SecUnit is back. … read more

Similar categories in Martha Wells's System Collapse (The Murderbot Diaries, #7) book and Vernor Vinge's A Deepness in the Sky (Zones of Thought, #2)

  • science fiction fantasy
  • space opera
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • space
  • fantasy
"(I'm going to have to code a patch for threat assessment.)"

-Martha Wells, System Collapse (The Murderbot Diaries, #7)

"I said, “Have you done something that you feel you should be threatened for?"

-Martha Wells, System Collapse (The Murderbot Diaries, #7)

"Bad things may not be more statistically possible but it sure seems like they are."

-Martha Wells, System Collapse (The Murderbot Diaries, #7)

"Then he sent me a note back. So, you may not know this but I read your letter to Dr. Mensah, the one you sent when you left Port FreeCommerce. I think you're absolutely the right person to write this…"

-Martha Wells, System Collapse (The Murderbot Diaries, #7)

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11. Translation State

By: Ann Leckie

4.09

Format: 422 pages, Hardcover

The mystery of a missing translator sets three lives on a collision course that will have a ripple … read more

Similar categories in Ann Leckie's Translation State book and Vernor Vinge's A Deepness in the Sky (Zones of Thought, #2)

  • science fiction fantasy
  • space opera
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • space
  • fantasy
"I am not a potato."

-Ann Leckie, Translation State

"You have only small and seemingly pointless choices available to you. But if there is anything I have been trying to teach you, it is that small actions can have larger consequences. If one has only …"

-Ann Leckie, Translation State

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12. Starter Villain

By: John Scalzi

4.16

Format: 264 pages, Hardcover

Inheriting your uncle's supervillain business is more complicated than you might think. Particularl… read more

Similar categories in John Scalzi's Starter Villain book and Vernor Vinge's A Deepness in the Sky (Zones of Thought, #2)

  • science fiction
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fantasy
  • fiction
"So we’re like Spotify, but for evil."

-John Scalzi, Starter Villain

"Wait, is there a plot to take over the world with a giant laser?"

-John Scalzi, Starter Villain

"DOGS ARE THE WORST. THEY’LL SELL YOU OUT FOR A TREAT AND A HEAD PAT."

-John Scalzi, Starter Villain

"Dogs are the worst. They'll sell you out for a treat and a head pat."

-John Scalzi, Starter Villain

Cover of Machine Vendetta (Prefect Dreyfus Emergency, #3) by Alastair Reynolds

13. Machine Vendetta (Prefect Dreyfus Emergency, #3)

By: Alastair Reynolds

4.36

Format: 416 pages, Paperback

From the king of modern space opera comes a new adventure in the Prefect Dreyfus series— Machine Ve… read more

Similar categories in Alastair Reynolds's Machine Vendetta (Prefect Dreyfus Emergency, #3) book and Vernor Vinge's A Deepness in the Sky (Zones of Thought, #2)

  • space opera
  • hard science fiction
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • speculative fiction
"A small request like that, who am I to turn it down? There is something you can do for me in return, though, especially now that you’re practically on our doorstep."

-Alastair Reynolds, Machine Vendetta (Prefect Dreyfus Emergency, #3)

Cover of Titanium Noir (Titanium Noir, #1) by Nick Harkaway

14. Titanium Noir (Titanium Noir, #1)

By: Nick Harkaway

4.03

Format: 236 pages, Hardcover

A virtuosic mashup of Philip K. Dick and Raymond Chandler by way of Marvel—the story of a detective… read more

Similar categories in Nick Harkaway's Titanium Noir (Titanium Noir, #1) book and Vernor Vinge's A Deepness in the Sky (Zones of Thought, #2)

  • science fiction
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fantasy
  • fiction
"In her hands, a corpse is like one of those old Bibles chained up in a dusty room, not only the printed text and the rich colours of the pictures, but the records of marriages and births and deaths i…"

-Nick Harkaway, Titanium Noir (Titanium Noir, #1)

Cover of Children of Memory (Children of Time, #3) by Adrian Tchaikovsky

15. Children of Memory (Children of Time, #3)

By: Adrian Tchaikovsky

4.02

Format: 486 pages, Kindle Edition

The modern classic of space opera that began with Children of Time continues in this extraordinary … read more

Similar categories in Adrian Tchaikovsky's Children of Memory (Children of Time, #3) book and Vernor Vinge's A Deepness in the Sky (Zones of Thought, #2)

  • science fiction fantasy
  • space opera
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • aliens
  • speculative fiction
  • space
  • fantasy
"The essential fallacy,' Ghoti picks up, 'is that humans and other biologically evolved, calculating engines feel themselves to be sentient, when sufficient investigation suggests this is not so. And …"

-Adrian Tchaikovsky, Children of Memory (Children of Time, #3)

Cover of Slow Time Between the Stars (The Far Reaches, #6) by John Scalzi

16. Slow Time Between the Stars (The Far Reaches, #6)

By: John Scalzi

4.18

Format: 28 pages, Kindle Edition

An artificial intelligence on a star-spanning mission explores the farthest horizons of human poten… read more

Similar categories in John Scalzi's Slow Time Between the Stars (The Far Reaches, #6) book and Vernor Vinge's A Deepness in the Sky (Zones of Thought, #2)

  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • speculative fiction
  • space
Cover of Eyes of the Void (The Final Architecture, #2) by Adrian Tchaikovsky

17. Eyes of the Void (The Final Architecture, #2)

By: Adrian Tchaikovsky

4.20

Format: 596 pages, ebook

The Arthur C. Clarke award-winning author of Children of Time brings us the second novel in an extr… read more

Similar categories in Adrian Tchaikovsky's Eyes of the Void (The Final Architecture, #2) book and Vernor Vinge's A Deepness in the Sky (Zones of Thought, #2)

  • science fiction fantasy
  • space opera
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • aliens
  • speculative fiction
  • space
Cover of Shards of Earth (The Final Architecture, #1) by Adrian Tchaikovsky

18. Shards of Earth (The Final Architecture, #1)

By: Adrian Tchaikovsky

4.19

Format: None pages, Audiobook

The Arthur C. Clarke award-winning author of Children of Time brings us an extraordinary space oper… read more

Similar categories in Adrian Tchaikovsky's Shards of Earth (The Final Architecture, #1) book and Vernor Vinge's A Deepness in the Sky (Zones of Thought, #2)

  • science fiction fantasy
  • space opera
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • aliens
  • space
  • fantasy
Cover of Infinity Gate (Pandominion, #1) by M.R. Carey

19. Infinity Gate (Pandominion, #1)

By: M.R. Carey

4.17

Format: 499 pages, Paperback

 From bestselling author M. R. Carey comes a brilliant genre-defying story of humanity's expansion … read more

Similar categories in M.R. Carey's Infinity Gate (Pandominion, #1) book and Vernor Vinge's A Deepness in the Sky (Zones of Thought, #2)

  • science fiction fantasy
  • space opera
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • aliens
  • space
  • fantasy
Cover of Season of Skulls (Laundry Files, #12; New Management, #3) by Charles Stross

20. Season of Skulls (Laundry Files, #12; New Management, #3)

By: Charles Stross

4.20

Format: 376 pages, Kindle Edition

Season of Skulls continues Hugo Award-winning author Charles Stross's Lovecraftian Laundry Files se… read more

Similar categories in Charles Stross's Season of Skulls (Laundry Files, #12; New Management, #3) book and Vernor Vinge's A Deepness in the Sky (Zones of Thought, #2)

  • science fiction
  • fantasy
  • fiction
Cover of Lords of Uncreation (The Final Architecture, #3) by Adrian Tchaikovsky

21. Lords of Uncreation (The Final Architecture, #3)

By: Adrian Tchaikovsky

4.35

Format: 608 pages, Hardcover

The Arthur C. Clarke award-winning author of Children of Time brings us the third and final novel i… read more

Similar categories in Adrian Tchaikovsky's Lords of Uncreation (The Final Architecture, #3) book and Vernor Vinge's A Deepness in the Sky (Zones of Thought, #2)

  • science fiction fantasy
  • space opera
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • aliens
  • space
  • fantasy

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Kim Stanley Robinson

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4.32

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Peter Watts

4.01

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Gary Gibson

4.17

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Cory Doctorow

4.13

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