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Hello, Stranger. Let's talk about Vernor Vinge's  Children of the Sky. The Short of It Plot: Enemies old and new threaten the fragile stability of the alliance between humans on tines. Page Count:  444 Award:  Sequel to A Fire Upon the Deep Worth a read : No. Primary Driver:  (Plot, World, or  Character ) Bechdel Test : Pass Technobabble:  Moderate Review:  Disappointing. Almost exclusively focused on underdeveloped interpersonal relationships between characters. Works within an established world and adds only negligible new details. Dull story beats and poorly executed limited omnipotence regularly eject the reader from the story. This is not a tale that needed to be told. The Short of It Spoiler Free! On its own, or in a different series, perhaps this book would be easier to stomach. As it stands, however, it is a frustrating and disappointing slog, a smudge on the legacy of an otherwise fantastic series. A Fire Upon the Deep is a comp...