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Rainbows End

Vernor Vinge · 2007 · Novel

Setting: 2025

Synopsis

From the back cover: World famous poet Robert Gu missed twenty years of progress while he nearly died from Alzheimer's. Now, when he awakens in San Diego, in the year 2025, with his mind and health restored, reality's a shock. Books are just about gone. Computers are old news, replaced by "smart" contact lenses that connect him to the Internet via his clothes and wireless nodes just about everywhere.

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Metadata

Source: Awards

Tags: hugo-winneraward-winner

isfdb_id: 181278

openlibrary_id: OL1975712W

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