Marooned in Realtime
Vernor Vinge's Marooned in Realtime (1986) is a time-travel fiction novel. Readers will find themes of life on other planets and time travel.
Open Library readers give it an average of 3.5 out of 5 from 11 ratings, and 11 more have it on their want-to-read list. It has been published in 8 editions.
It runs to roughly 288 pages — 5–6 hours of reading at an average pace.
About Marooned in Realtime
From the back cover: "In *The Peace War* Vernor Vinge introduced the technology of bobbles, creating spheres where time stands still while minutes, years, or eons pass by outside. Originally used to counter the nucler threat, then to enforce an oppressive government, they don't really come into their own until the century after the Peace War. What better means for one-way time travel? With the bobble plus longevity treatments, human achievements would seem to have no limits... You can hardly turn the pages fast enough... (Marooned in Realtime) is a winner." -- Locus
Awards & lists
- ✦Hugo Awards 1987 — Best Novel (nominee)
- ✦Locus Awards 1987 — Best Science Fiction Novel (nominee)
Quick answers
Who wrote Marooned in Realtime?
Marooned in Realtime was written by Vernor Vinge and first published in 1986.
What genre is Marooned in Realtime?
It is usually shelved as Time Travel.
How long is Marooned in Realtime?
The median edition has 288 pages, about 5–6 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.
What books are similar to Marooned in Realtime?
Readers who like it often enjoy Dragonflight, The Merchant of Death (Pendragon #1) and The Dispossessed.
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