Re: WIR 46: The Short Stories of Vernor Vinge

On 4 May 2006 13:36:08 -0700, "Gary Thompson" <quuxa23@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

ALMOST complete. It is missing what is arguably his single most
important work, "True Names". In order to own that one, I bought a
separate hardcover. And it was worth the price just for that one story.


Pre-internet boom, "True Names" was so hard to find, I had to buy
galley proofs of the original Ace double just to read it!

I first heard it at the WorldCon in Denver where his ex read it in a
reading room a day before winning her Hugo. It was easy to find and
buy back then.
.

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