Vernor Vinge citations

Vernor Steffen Vinge, né le 2 octobre 1944 à Waukesha au Wisconsin, est un écrivain de science-fiction américain, surtout connu pour son roman Un feu sur l'abîme et son essai de 1993 sur la singularité technologique . Il a également été professeur d’informatique et de mathématique à l'Université d'État de San Diego. Wikipedia  

✵ 2. octobre 1944
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Un feu sur l'abîme
Un feu sur l'abîme
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Au tréfonds du ciel
Au tréfonds du ciel
Vernor Vinge
Rainbows End
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“So much technology, so little talent.”

Vernor Vinge livre Rainbows End

Source: Rainbows End (2006)

“Even the largest avalanche is triggered by small things.”

The Coming Technological Singularity (1993)
Contexte: I have argued above that we cannot prevent the Singularity, that its coming is an inevitable consequence of the humans' natural competitiveness and the possibilities inherent in technology. And yet … we are the initiators. Even the largest avalanche is triggered by small things. We have the freedom to establish initial conditions, make things happen in ways that are less inimical than others. Of course (as with starting avalanches), it may not be clear what the right guiding nudge really is...

“And now each second was as long as all the time before.”

Vernor Vinge Un feu sur l'abîme

Prologue (p. 4).
A Fire Upon the Deep (1992)
Contexte: The hours came to minutes, the minutes to seconds. And now each second was as long as all the time before.

“How to explain? How to describe? Even the omniscient viewpoint quails.”

Vernor Vinge Un feu sur l'abîme

Prologue (p. 1; opening words).
A Fire Upon the Deep (1992)

“We realize that this means the destruction of solar systems, but consider the alternative.”

Vernor Vinge Un feu sur l'abîme

Source: A Fire Upon the Deep (1992), Chapter 14 (p. 161).
Contexte: If during the last thousand seconds you have received any High-Beyond-protocol packets from "Arbitration Arts," discard them at once. If they have been processed, then the processing site and all locally netted sites must be physically destroyed at once. We realize that this means the destruction of solar systems, but consider the alternative. You are under Transcendent attack.

“Sometimes the biggest disasters aren’t noticed at all—no one’s around to write horror stories.”

Vernor Vinge Un feu sur l'abîme

Source: A Fire Upon the Deep (1992), Chapter 33 (p. 443).

““I have come to kill you.”
The death’s heads shrugged. “You have come to try.””

Vernor Vinge Un feu sur l'abîme

Source: A Fire Upon the Deep (1992), Chapter 39 (p. 555).

“So high, so low, so many things to know.”

Vernor Vinge livre Au tréfonds du ciel

A Deepness in the Sky (1999)

“If there be only hours, at least learn what there is time to learn.”

Vernor Vinge Un feu sur l'abîme

Source: A Fire Upon the Deep (1992), Chapter 41 (p. 580).

“We've watched the Homo Sapiens interest group since the first appearance of the Blight. Where is this "Earth" the humans claim to be from? "Half way around the galaxy," they say, and deep in the Slow Zone. Even their proximate origin, Nyjora, is conveniently in the Slowness. We see an alternative theory: Sometime, maybe further back than the last consistent archives, there was a battle between Powers. The blueprint for this "human race" was written, complete with communication interfaces. Long after the original contestants and their stories had vanished, this race happened to get in position where it could Transcend. And that Transcending was tailor-made, too, re-establishing the Power that had set the trap to begin with.We're not sure of the details, but a scenario such as this is inevitable. What we must do is also clear. Straumli Realm is at the heart of the Blight, obviously beyond all attack. But there are other human colonies. We ask the Net to help in identifying all of them. We ourselves are not a large civilization, but we would be happy to coordinate the information gathering, and the military action that is required to prevent the Blight's spread in the Middle Beyond. For nearly seventeen weeks, we've been calling for action. Had you listened in the beginning, a concerted strike might have been sufficient to destroy the Straumli Realm. Isn't the Fall of Relay enough to wake you up? Friends, if we act together we still have a chance.Death to vermin.”

Vernor Vinge Un feu sur l'abîme

Source: A Fire Upon the Deep (1992), p. 245.

“Well, what do you know," Pham said. "Butterflies in jackboots.”

Vernor Vinge Un feu sur l'abîme

Source: A Fire Upon the Deep (1992), Chapter 26 (p. 318).

“"Poor humans; they will all die."
"Poor us; we will not."”

Vernor Vinge Un feu sur l'abîme

Prologue (p. 2).
A Fire Upon the Deep (1992)

“He was guided by what he saw rather than by what he wanted to believe.”

Vernor Vinge Un feu sur l'abîme

Source: A Fire Upon the Deep (1992), Chapter 11 (p. 109).

“He claimed that nearby gun thunder cleared the mind—but most everybody else agreed it made you daft.”

Vernor Vinge Un feu sur l'abîme

Source: A Fire Upon the Deep (1992), Chapter 31 (p. 373).

“Effective translation of natural languages comes awfully close to requiring a sentient translator program.”

Vernor Vinge Un feu sur l'abîme

Source: A Fire Upon the Deep (1992), Chapter 32 (p. 397).

“Life is a green madness just now, trying to squeeze the last bit of warmth from the season.”

Vernor Vinge Un feu sur l'abîme

Source: A Fire Upon the Deep (1992), Chapter 12 (p. 119).

“The heart of manipulation is to empathize without being touched.”

Vernor Vinge Un feu sur l'abîme

Source: A Fire Upon the Deep (1992), Chapter 37 (p. 519).

“It was not called the Net of a Million Lies for nothing.”

Vernor Vinge Un feu sur l'abîme

Source: A Fire Upon the Deep (1992), Chapter 18 (p. 228).

“The voice was gentle, like a scalpel petting the short hairs of your throat.”

Vernor Vinge Un feu sur l'abîme

Source: A Fire Upon the Deep (1992), Chapter 5 (p. 51).

“There is a deepness in the sky, and it extends forever.”

Vernor Vinge livre Au tréfonds du ciel

A Deepness in the Sky (1999)

“I say, let’s learn more and then speculate.”

Vernor Vinge Un feu sur l'abîme

Source: A Fire Upon the Deep (1992), Chapter 12 (p. 122).

“Peregrine Wickwrackrum was of two minds about evil: when enough rules get broken, sometimes there is good amid the carnage.”

Vernor Vinge Un feu sur l'abîme

Source: A Fire Upon the Deep (1992), Chapter 2 (p. 18).

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