Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rat miru | 1984 | Vernor Vinge | N/A |
| 2 | The Peace War | 1984 | Vernor Vinge | Buy |
| 3 | Marooned in Realtime | 1986 | Vernor Vinge | Buy |
| 4 | Across Realtime | 1986 | Vernor Vinge | Buy |
Vernor Vinge’s Across Realtime series consists of four entries published in 1984 and 1986. It starts with Rat miru and The Peace War, both from 1984, then continues with Marooned in Realtime in 1986. The fourth entry, also titled Across Realtime (1986), is an omnibus volume collecting the earlier works together.
Vinge is one of the big names in hard science fiction, and this series comes from relatively early in his career, before A Fire Upon the Deep made him a household name among SF readers. The Peace War and Marooned in Realtime are the core novels here, dealing with advanced technology and its consequences over vast stretches of time. The whole series fits into a tight two-year publication window, so it reads as a cohesive body of work rather than something that evolved over decades.