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The introduction of this edition is by hari kunzru, whom ive never heard of, to be honest. The peace war the ungoverned marooned in realtime a fire upon the deep a deepness in the sky collected stories of vernor vinge true names and the opening of the cyberspace frontier denotes a tor book acknowledgments. True names and the opening of the cyberspace frontier 2001 isbn 0312862075 contains true names plus essays by others the collected stories of vernor vinge 2001 isbn 0312873735 hardcover or isbn 0312875843 paperback this volume collects vinges short fiction through 2001 except true names, including vinges comments. True names is about roger pollack, a welltodo individual living in the early 21st century.
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