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Vernor Vinge
Vernor Vinge
	Vinge in 2006
Born	Vernor Steffen Vinge; October 2, 1944; Waukesha, Wisconsin, U.S.
Died	March 20, 2024 (aged 79); La Jolla, California, U.S.
Occupation	Computer scientist
Nationality	American
Education	University of California, San Diego (PhD)
Period	1966–2011
Genre	Science fiction
Notable works	True Names (1981); A Fire Upon the Deep (1992); The Coming Technological Singularity (1993); Fast Times at Fairmont High (2001);
Notable awards	Hugo Awards: ; Best Novel: 1993, 2000, 2007; ; Best Novella: 2003, 2005 ; Prometheus Awards: ; 1987, 2000, 2004, 2007, 2014 Special Award for Lifetime Achievement
Spouse	Joan D. Vinge (m. 1972; div. 1979)

Vernor Steffen Vinge (/ˈvɜːrnər ˈvɪndʒiː/ ^ⓘ; October 2, 1944 – March 20, 2024) was an American science fiction author and professor. He taught mathematics and computer science at San Diego State University. He was the first wide-scale popularizer of the technological singularity concept and among the first authors to present a fictional "cyberspace".^[3] He won the Hugo Award for his novels A Fire Upon the Deep (1992), A Deepness in the Sky (1999), and Rainbows End (2006), and novellas Fast Times at Fairmont High (2001) and The Cookie Monster (2004).

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^ Vinge, Vernor (March 1993). "The Coming Technological Singularity: How to Survive in the Post-Human Era". San Diego State University. Archived from the original on May 8, 2017. Retrieved July 17, 2021.
^ Saffo, Paul (1991), "Consensual Realities in Cyberspace", in Denning, Peter J. (ed.), Computers Under Attack: Intruders, Worms, and Viruses, New York: ACM, pp. 416–20, doi:10.1145/102616.102644, ISBN 0-201-53067-8. Revised and expanded from "Viewpoint", Communications of the ACM 32 (6): 664–65, 1989, doi:10.1145/63526.315953.

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[Upcoming-2] Vinge, Vernor (March 1993). "The Coming Technological Singularity: How to Survive in the Post-Human Era". San Diego State University. Archived from the original on May 8, 2017. Retrieved July 17, 2021.

[Saffo_416–20-3] Saffo, Paul (1991), "Consensual Realities in Cyberspace", in Denning, Peter J. (ed.), Computers Under Attack: Intruders, Worms, and Viruses, New York: ACM, pp. 416–20, doi:10.1145/102616.102644, ISBN 0-201-53067-8. Revised and expanded from "Viewpoint", Communications of the ACM 32 (6): 664–65, 1989, doi:10.1145/63526.315953.

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Vernor Vinge
Vinge in 2006
Born	Vernor Steffen Vinge (1944-10-02)October 2, 1944^[1] Waukesha, Wisconsin, U.S.^[1]
Died	March 20, 2024(2024-03-20) (aged 79) La Jolla, California, U.S.
Occupation	Computer scientist
Nationality	American
Education	University of California, San Diego (PhD)
Period	1966–2011
Genre	Science fiction
Notable works	True Names (1981) A Fire Upon the Deep (1992) The Coming Technological Singularity (1993)^[2] Fast Times at Fairmont High (2001)
Notable awards	Hugo Awards: Best Novel: 1993, 2000, 2007; Best Novella: 2003, 2005 Prometheus Awards: 1987, 2000, 2004, 2007, 2014 Special Award for Lifetime Achievement
Spouse	Joan D. Vinge (m. 1972; div. 1979)