num_pages: 608
description: After thousands of years searching, humans stand on the verge of first contact with an alien race. Two human the Qeng Ho, a culture of free traders, and the Emergents, a ruthless society based on the technological enslavement of minds.The group that opens trade with the aliens will reap unimaginable riches. But first, both groups must wait at the aliens' very doorstep for their strange star to relight and for their planet to reawaken, as it does every two hundred and fifty years....Then, following terrible treachery, the Qeng Ho must fight for their freedom and for the lives of the unsuspecting innocents on the planet below, while the aliens themselves play a role unsuspected by the Qeng Ho and Emergents alike.More than just a great science fiction adventure, A Deepness in the Sky is a universal drama of courage, self-discovery, and the redemptive power of love. A Deepness in the Sky is a 1999 Nebula Award Nominee for Best Novel and the winner of the 2000 Hugo Award for Best Novel.
language: English
title: A Deepness in the Sky
titlecomplete: A Deepness in the Sky (Zones of Thought, #2)
characters: Pham Nuwen
genres: Fantasy, Space, Science Fiction Fantasy, Hard Science Fiction, Speculative Fiction, Hugo Awards, Fiction, Aliens, Science Fiction, Space Opera
ratings_count: 32477
series: Zones of Thought
awards: awardedAt: 946713600000
name: Hugo Award
category: Best Novel, awardedAt: 915177600000
name: Nebula Award
category: Best Novel, awardedAt: 946713600000
name: Locus Award
category: Best SF Novel, awardedAt: 946713600000
name: Arthur C. Clarke Award, awardedAt: 1072944000000
name: Kurd-Laßwitz-Preis
category: Foreign Novel, awardedAt: 946713600000
name: John W. Campbell Memorial Award
category: Best Science Fiction Novel, awardedAt: 946713600000
name: Prometheus Award
category: Best Novel
publisher: Tor Books