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Fast Times at Fairmont High

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Fast Times at Fairmont High

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Author: Vernor Vinge
Publisher: Tor, 2001
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Book Type: Novella
Genre: Science-Fiction
Sub-Genre Tags: Near-Future
Virtual Reality
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Hugo Award winning novella.

In a near future where wireless mind links and wearable computers blur the line between artificial reality and "real" reality, it's final exam time at San Diego's Fairmont Junior High. Juan Orozco and his friends have a killer idea for their off-line project. But can a bunch of 13-year-olds really figure out the secret of what's going on at Torrey Pines Park?

The story originally appeared in the collection The Collected Stories of Vernor Vinge (2001). It can also be found in the anthology The Hard SF Renaissance (2002), edtied by David G. Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer.


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