• Vithar@lemmy.ml
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    1 year ago

    There is a fun fun sci-fi book called “Deepness in the Sky” by Vernor Vinge. The Humans use epoch time with si prefixed Seconds for time,

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        1 year ago

        Did you say sequels??? I’ve read A Fire Upon the Deep and a Deepness in the Sky. There are others???

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            I’ll have to check that out. I’ve enjoyed some of Vinge’s other work as well. The Peace War, Marooned in Realtime, and Rainbow’s End were all pretty great reads as I recall (been awhile).