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I've tried so many times to read that book, but I can never get past the packs of communal-brain dogs.

Indeed, it's essentially two books in one, and that half of it was always a slog to get through.

Marooned in Realtime is better for getting the Singularity across, although you really need to read The Peace War first; this collection has both plus a bridging short: http://www.amazon.com/Across-Realtime-Vernor-Vinge/dp/185798...