Reddit mentions of A Fire Upon The Deep (Zones of Thought)

There's actually quite a bit of good post-singularity literature. You should check some of it out. Here's a quick list of a few of my favorites:

• Ventus by Karl Schroeder
  
• Lady of Mazes by Karl Schroeder
  
• Singularity Sky by Charles Stross
  
• Accelerando by Charles Stross
  
• Excession by Iain M. Banks
  
• Hyperion by Dan Simmons
  
• A Fire Upon the Deep by Vernor Vinge

>What happens when one dies? Does the other die with it, or do they become half a person? If they meet someone else who is half a person, can they form a bond and become whole again?

You should read Vernor Vinge's novel A Fire Upon The Deep wherein he explores the idea of an alien culture where individuals are made up of four or more creatures with a much more animal-level intelligence. He really gets into the weird nitty gritty of trying to maintain a single consistent identity, how individuals cope with the death of one of their members, or the integration of another, and also interestingly how no external over-mind exists for these beings, but rather how they are in constant auditory communication which makes large group settings extremely awkward, confusing and in some cases identity stripping.

Vinges novels tend to deal with matters of consciousness, identity, and how hypothetical circumstances, technology or in this case alien biology might affect those things. It's pretty fun stuff to read, and, as with most questions and comments on this sub-reddit, way fucking better if you're stoned, haha.

• A Fire Upon The Deep
  
• Blindsight
  
• Embassytown

Just started getting into harder Sci-Fi and I don't know why I didn't start sooner. I just finished Vernor Vinge's Fire Upon the Deep and it is absolutely mesmerizing.

Here is a list of some of my favorites so far:

• Ender's Game
  
  
• Dune
  
  
• Foundation
  
  
• Snow Crash
  
  
• Ringworld
  
  
• Anathem
  
  
• The Forever War
  
  
• The Word for World is Forest
  
  
• The Mote in God's Eye
  
  
• A Fire Upon the Deep
  
  
• The Moon is a Harsh Mistress