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Title.
Vinge's original title for the novel was "Among the Tines"; its final title was suggested by his editors.
Awards and nominations.
"A Fire Upon the Deep" shared the 1993 Hugo Award for Best Novel with "Doomsday Book". The book was nominated for the 1992 Nebula Award for Best Novel, the 1993 John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Novel, and the 1993 Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel.
Critical reactions.
Jo Walton wrote
The Children of the Sky
The Children of the Sky is a science fiction novel by American writer Vernor Vinge. It is a direct sequel to "A Fire Upon the Deep" and shares the Zones of Thought universe with "A Deepness in the Sky". Unlike "A Fire Upon the Deep", the novel is set completely on the Tines' world. It was nominated for the 2012 Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel and the Prometheus Award.
Plot.
Two years pass after the Battle on