num_pages: 757
description: This is science fiction on the grandest of scales - a cast of thousands set across hundreds of years and in the farthest reaches of Human Space. A prequel to his earlier novel A Fire Upon the Deep, this new novel is epic in scope and a thoroughly riveting read. A Deepness In the Sky is the story of Pham Nuwen, a small cog in the interstellar trading fleet of the Queng Ho. Both they and the Emergents are orbiting Arachna, a dormant planet which will shortly wake up when it’s On/Off star relights after decades of darkness. Both groups hope to exploit the coming age of technology and commerce on Arachna. But while the Queng Ho seek only to trade aggressively, the Emergents plans are far more sinister, amounting to little short of genocide . . .
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: 32467
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: Millennium