Originally Posted by Dellaster
My bad calling Deepness a "semi-sequel" since, as you note, it's a loose prequel written seven years later. Somehow I missed Fire and read Deepness first. I think that reading order works well. A Fire Upon the Deep explains things about the galaxy that are mysteries in A Deepness in the Sky.
But either order probably works okay. Certainly most fans of Vernor Vinge read them as they came out and didn't have a problem.
-- Ted
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