Across Realtime Author:Vernor Vinge Contains two novels, The Peace War and Marooned in Realtime. In "The Peace War" - spheres in which time stands still are developed as the perfect weapon defence. Ultimately they become weapons themselves. In "Marooned in Realtime" a handful of humans emerge from the spheres to discover humanity's near-extinction.
Both books in this compendium are original and very creative uses of an idea. Although early works of Vinge, they set the tone and stage for his later works. I enjoyed each book and was very surprised by the originality of the ideas presented.