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I'm looking for the title of a book I read a long time ago in which programming code or snippets of code have amassed on board spaceships. This process took a long long time.
The story uses these ancient code snippets to let the main character escape by 'hacking' the ship.
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I'm looking for the title of a book I read a long time ago in which programming code or snippets of code have amassed on board spaceships. This process took a long long time.
The story uses these ancient code snippets to let the main character escape by 'hacking' the ship.
story-identification books
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Do you know roughly how long ago a long time ago is? I.e. when did you read this? Was it new at that time? Do you remember why the code was amassing on spaceships? Why was the character trying to escape etc.
– TheLethalCarrot
17 hours ago
This is indeed almost certainly A deepness in the sky - part of one of the greatest of all sci-fi series!
– Fattie
11 hours ago
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I'm looking for the title of a book I read a long time ago in which programming code or snippets of code have amassed on board spaceships. This process took a long long time.
The story uses these ancient code snippets to let the main character escape by 'hacking' the ship.
story-identification books
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The story uses these ancient code snippets to let the main character escape by 'hacking' the ship.
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Do you know roughly how long ago a long time ago is? I.e. when did you read this? Was it new at that time? Do you remember why the code was amassing on spaceships? Why was the character trying to escape etc.
– TheLethalCarrot
17 hours ago
This is indeed almost certainly A deepness in the sky - part of one of the greatest of all sci-fi series!
– Fattie
11 hours ago
add a comment |
Do you know roughly how long ago a long time ago is? I.e. when did you read this? Was it new at that time? Do you remember why the code was amassing on spaceships? Why was the character trying to escape etc.
– TheLethalCarrot
17 hours ago
This is indeed almost certainly A deepness in the sky - part of one of the greatest of all sci-fi series!
– Fattie
11 hours ago
Do you know roughly how long ago a long time ago is? I.e. when did you read this? Was it new at that time? Do you remember why the code was amassing on spaceships? Why was the character trying to escape etc.
– TheLethalCarrot
17 hours ago
Do you know roughly how long ago a long time ago is? I.e. when did you read this? Was it new at that time? Do you remember why the code was amassing on spaceships? Why was the character trying to escape etc.
– TheLethalCarrot
17 hours ago
This is indeed almost certainly A deepness in the sky - part of one of the greatest of all sci-fi series!
– Fattie
11 hours ago
This is indeed almost certainly A deepness in the sky - part of one of the greatest of all sci-fi series!
– Fattie
11 hours ago
add a comment |
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While there's not a lot to go on in the question, one possible match is Vernor Vinge's A Deepness in the Sky. In this two fleets of spaceships arrive at the same planet, inhabited by a Spiderlike race of sentient beings.
After thousands of years searching, humans stand on the verge of first contact with an alien race. Two human groups: the Qeng Ho, a culture of free traders, and the Emergents, a ruthless society based on the technological enslavement of minds.
After the Emergents take control of the Qeng Ho fleet, Pham Nuwen organises a small resistance to fight back. Pham Nuwen is really old, having been kept alive though cold-sleep and relativistic travel and knows back-door entries to the Qeng Ho fleet's technology using older legacy code functions and physical capabilities of some of the fleet's technology, that were never revealed to the general users when the technology was bought, that Pham Nuwen only knows about because he arranged the purchase.
answered 17 hours ago
JontiaJontia
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Actually, I guess it could be part one, A fire upon the deep.
– Fattie
11 hours ago
@Fattie No, "A Deepness in the Sky" is the prequel to "A Fire Upon the Deep". The latter does feature any hint about ancient coding. The former has Pham Nuwen doing "half-arsed programming" at some point in time, whereupon he reflects that the time 0 must have have been the time of the Moon Landings. But then actually finds out that it is slightly afterwards, namely 1970-01-01 00:00 UTC, i.e. the Unix epoch.
– David Tonhofer
5 hours ago
2
Hi @DavidTonhofer - for th sake of anyone who picks them up, the first book, book 1, the first book written , the first book to read in the series, is "A Fire Upon the Deep". i think you're right that the programming part the OP refers to is in Deepness. Cheers.
– Fattie
4 hours ago
I read Deepness before I even knew there was something for it to be a prequel to, and I liked it perfectly well. To this day I prefer it over Fire, especially when comparing the two Pham Nuwens.
– Henning Makholm
2 hours ago
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While there's not a lot to go on in the question, one possible match is Vernor Vinge's A Deepness in the Sky. In this two fleets of spaceships arrive at the same planet, inhabited by a Spiderlike race of sentient beings.
After thousands of years searching, humans stand on the verge of first contact with an alien race. Two human groups: the Qeng Ho, a culture of free traders, and the Emergents, a ruthless society based on the technological enslavement of minds.
After the Emergents take control of the Qeng Ho fleet, Pham Nuwen organises a small resistance to fight back. Pham Nuwen is really old, having been kept alive though cold-sleep and relativistic travel and knows back-door entries to the Qeng Ho fleet's technology using older legacy code functions and physical capabilities of some of the fleet's technology, that were never revealed to the general users when the technology was bought, that Pham Nuwen only knows about because he arranged the purchase.
answered 17 hours ago
JontiaJontia
5,61032346
Actually, I guess it could be part one, A fire upon the deep.
– Fattie
11 hours ago
@Fattie No, "A Deepness in the Sky" is the prequel to "A Fire Upon the Deep". The latter does feature any hint about ancient coding. The former has Pham Nuwen doing "half-arsed programming" at some point in time, whereupon he reflects that the time 0 must have have been the time of the Moon Landings. But then actually finds out that it is slightly afterwards, namely 1970-01-01 00:00 UTC, i.e. the Unix epoch.
– David Tonhofer
5 hours ago
2
Hi @DavidTonhofer - for th sake of anyone who picks them up, the first book, book 1, the first book written , the first book to read in the series, is "A Fire Upon the Deep". i think you're right that the programming part the OP refers to is in Deepness. Cheers.
– Fattie
4 hours ago
I read Deepness before I even knew there was something for it to be a prequel to, and I liked it perfectly well. To this day I prefer it over Fire, especially when comparing the two Pham Nuwens.
– Henning Makholm
2 hours ago
add a comment |
While there's not a lot to go on in the question, one possible match is Vernor Vinge's A Deepness in the Sky. In this two fleets of spaceships arrive at the same planet, inhabited by a Spiderlike race of sentient beings.
After thousands of years searching, humans stand on the verge of first contact with an alien race. Two human groups: the Qeng Ho, a culture of free traders, and the Emergents, a ruthless society based on the technological enslavement of minds.
After the Emergents take control of the Qeng Ho fleet, Pham Nuwen organises a small resistance to fight back. Pham Nuwen is really old, having been kept alive though cold-sleep and relativistic travel and knows back-door entries to the Qeng Ho fleet's technology using older legacy code functions and physical capabilities of some of the fleet's technology, that were never revealed to the general users when the technology was bought, that Pham Nuwen only knows about because he arranged the purchase.
answered 17 hours ago
JontiaJontia
5,61032346
Actually, I guess it could be part one, A fire upon the deep.
– Fattie
11 hours ago
@Fattie No, "A Deepness in the Sky" is the prequel to "A Fire Upon the Deep". The latter does feature any hint about ancient coding. The former has Pham Nuwen doing "half-arsed programming" at some point in time, whereupon he reflects that the time 0 must have have been the time of the Moon Landings. But then actually finds out that it is slightly afterwards, namely 1970-01-01 00:00 UTC, i.e. the Unix epoch.
– David Tonhofer
5 hours ago
2
Hi @DavidTonhofer - for th sake of anyone who picks them up, the first book, book 1, the first book written , the first book to read in the series, is "A Fire Upon the Deep". i think you're right that the programming part the OP refers to is in Deepness. Cheers.
– Fattie
4 hours ago
I read Deepness before I even knew there was something for it to be a prequel to, and I liked it perfectly well. To this day I prefer it over Fire, especially when comparing the two Pham Nuwens.
– Henning Makholm
2 hours ago
add a comment |
While there's not a lot to go on in the question, one possible match is Vernor Vinge's A Deepness in the Sky. In this two fleets of spaceships arrive at the same planet, inhabited by a Spiderlike race of sentient beings.
After thousands of years searching, humans stand on the verge of first contact with an alien race. Two human groups: the Qeng Ho, a culture of free traders, and the Emergents, a ruthless society based on the technological enslavement of minds.
After the Emergents take control of the Qeng Ho fleet, Pham Nuwen organises a small resistance to fight back. Pham Nuwen is really old, having been kept alive though cold-sleep and relativistic travel and knows back-door entries to the Qeng Ho fleet's technology using older legacy code functions and physical capabilities of some of the fleet's technology, that were never revealed to the general users when the technology was bought, that Pham Nuwen only knows about because he arranged the purchase.
answered 17 hours ago
JontiaJontia
5,61032346
While there's not a lot to go on in the question, one possible match is Vernor Vinge's A Deepness in the Sky. In this two fleets of spaceships arrive at the same planet, inhabited by a Spiderlike race of sentient beings.
After thousands of years searching, humans stand on the verge of first contact with an alien race. Two human groups: the Qeng Ho, a culture of free traders, and the Emergents, a ruthless society based on the technological enslavement of minds.
After the Emergents take control of the Qeng Ho fleet, Pham Nuwen organises a small resistance to fight back. Pham Nuwen is really old, having been kept alive though cold-sleep and relativistic travel and knows back-door entries to the Qeng Ho fleet's technology using older legacy code functions and physical capabilities of some of the fleet's technology, that were never revealed to the general users when the technology was bought, that Pham Nuwen only knows about because he arranged the purchase.
answered 17 hours ago
JontiaJontia
5,61032346
answered 17 hours ago
JontiaJontia
5,61032346
answered 17 hours ago
JontiaJontia
5,61032346
answered 17 hours ago
JontiaJontia
5,61032346
5,61032346
Actually, I guess it could be part one, A fire upon the deep.
– Fattie
11 hours ago
@Fattie No, "A Deepness in the Sky" is the prequel to "A Fire Upon the Deep". The latter does feature any hint about ancient coding. The former has Pham Nuwen doing "half-arsed programming" at some point in time, whereupon he reflects that the time 0 must have have been the time of the Moon Landings. But then actually finds out that it is slightly afterwards, namely 1970-01-01 00:00 UTC, i.e. the Unix epoch.
– David Tonhofer
5 hours ago
2
Hi @DavidTonhofer - for th sake of anyone who picks them up, the first book, book 1, the first book written , the first book to read in the series, is "A Fire Upon the Deep". i think you're right that the programming part the OP refers to is in Deepness. Cheers.
– Fattie
4 hours ago
I read Deepness before I even knew there was something for it to be a prequel to, and I liked it perfectly well. To this day I prefer it over Fire, especially when comparing the two Pham Nuwens.
– Henning Makholm
2 hours ago
add a comment |
Actually, I guess it could be part one, A fire upon the deep.
– Fattie
11 hours ago
@Fattie No, "A Deepness in the Sky" is the prequel to "A Fire Upon the Deep". The latter does feature any hint about ancient coding. The former has Pham Nuwen doing "half-arsed programming" at some point in time, whereupon he reflects that the time 0 must have have been the time of the Moon Landings. But then actually finds out that it is slightly afterwards, namely 1970-01-01 00:00 UTC, i.e. the Unix epoch.
– David Tonhofer
5 hours ago
2
Hi @DavidTonhofer - for th sake of anyone who picks them up, the first book, book 1, the first book written , the first book to read in the series, is "A Fire Upon the Deep". i think you're right that the programming part the OP refers to is in Deepness. Cheers.
– Fattie
4 hours ago
I read Deepness before I even knew there was something for it to be a prequel to, and I liked it perfectly well. To this day I prefer it over Fire, especially when comparing the two Pham Nuwens.
– Henning Makholm
2 hours ago
Actually, I guess it could be part one, A fire upon the deep.
– Fattie
11 hours ago
Actually, I guess it could be part one, A fire upon the deep.
– Fattie
11 hours ago
@Fattie No, "A Deepness in the Sky" is the prequel to "A Fire Upon the Deep". The latter does feature any hint about ancient coding. The former has Pham Nuwen doing "half-arsed programming" at some point in time, whereupon he reflects that the time 0 must have have been the time of the Moon Landings. But then actually finds out that it is slightly afterwards, namely 1970-01-01 00:00 UTC, i.e. the Unix epoch.
– David Tonhofer
5 hours ago
@Fattie No, "A Deepness in the Sky" is the prequel to "A Fire Upon the Deep". The latter does feature any hint about ancient coding. The former has Pham Nuwen doing "half-arsed programming" at some point in time, whereupon he reflects that the time 0 must have have been the time of the Moon Landings. But then actually finds out that it is slightly afterwards, namely 1970-01-01 00:00 UTC, i.e. the Unix epoch.
– David Tonhofer
5 hours ago
2
2
Hi @DavidTonhofer - for th sake of anyone who picks them up, the first book, book 1, the first book written , the first book to read in the series, is "A Fire Upon the Deep". i think you're right that the programming part the OP refers to is in Deepness. Cheers.
– Fattie
4 hours ago
Hi @DavidTonhofer - for th sake of anyone who picks them up, the first book, book 1, the first book written , the first book to read in the series, is "A Fire Upon the Deep". i think you're right that the programming part the OP refers to is in Deepness. Cheers.
– Fattie
4 hours ago
I read Deepness before I even knew there was something for it to be a prequel to, and I liked it perfectly well. To this day I prefer it over Fire, especially when comparing the two Pham Nuwens.
– Henning Makholm
2 hours ago
I read Deepness before I even knew there was something for it to be a prequel to, and I liked it perfectly well. To this day I prefer it over Fire, especially when comparing the two Pham Nuwens.
– Henning Makholm
2 hours ago
add a comment |
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Do you know roughly how long ago a long time ago is? I.e. when did you read this? Was it new at that time? Do you remember why the code was amassing on spaceships? Why was the character trying to escape etc.
– TheLethalCarrot
17 hours ago
This is indeed almost certainly A deepness in the sky - part of one of the greatest of all sci-fi series!
– Fattie
11 hours ago