Blabber is a short story, Vinge's first foray into the Zones of Thought Universe, and features several cameos from A Fire Upon the Deep: http://books.google.co

Blabber is a short story, Vinge's first foray into the Zones of Thought Universe, and features several cameos from A Fire Upon the Deep: http://books.google.com/books?id=txBNZiQw2GUC&pg=PA78&dq=blabber+vinge&hl=en&ei=8N5JTePkJIqcsQOR-4XwCg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCcQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=blabber%20vinge&f=false http://books.google.com/books?id=txBNZiQw2GUC&pg=PA78&#3...