num_pages: 775
description: The prequel to A Fire Upon The Deep, this is the story of Pham Nuwen, a small cog in the interstellar trading fleet of the Queng Ho. The Queng Ho and the Emergents are orbiting the dormant planet Arachna, which is about to wake up to technology, but the Emergents' plans are sinister.
language: English
title: A Deepness in the Sky
titlecomplete: A Deepness in the Sky (Zones of Thought, #2)
characters: Pham Nuwen
genres: Space, Fantasy, Speculative Fiction, Aliens, Science Fiction Fantasy, Hard Science Fiction, Space Opera, Fiction, Science Fiction, Hugo Awards
ratings_count: 32469
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 Science Fiction