Roger Pollack is Mr Slippery, a computer hacker who inhabits the 'other plane' - where like-minded individuals penetrate the world's computers for profit or kicks.
Vernor Vinge is a computer scientist, mathematics professor and
science fiction author. He is best known for his Hugo Award-winning
Zones of Thought series, including novels A Fire Upon the Deep and
The Children of the Sky. He published True Names in 1981 and it was
awarded the Prometheus Hall of Fame Award in 2007.
Vinge retired from teaching at San Diego State University in 2000
and currently sits on the selection committee for the Free Software
Foundation's Award for the Advancement of Free Software.
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