Vernor Vinge
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| 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 |
| Education | University of California, San Diego (PhD) |
| Period | 1966–2011 |
| Genre | Science fiction |
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| 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 |
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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". 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).