Submission + - Vernor Vinge, father of the tech singularity, has died at age 79 (arstechnica.com)
Felix Baum writes: Vernor Vinge, who three times won the Hugo for best novel, has died. A titan in the literary genre that explores a limitless range of potential destinies, Vernor enthralled millions with tales of plausible tomorrows, made all the more vivid by his polymath masteries of language, drama, characters and the implications of science.
