Zones of Thought comprises three novels currently: A Fire Upon the Deep, its direct sequel The Children of the Sky, and a distantly related book in the same universe, A Deepness in the Sky.
Here's the TVTropes page: http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Literature/ZonesOfThought All the nominated characters are from AFUtD/TCotS. You can find them if you ctl-f on the TVTropes page. There is no convenient list of them anywhere that I can find on the web.
Zones of Thought series - Vernor Vinge
Here's the TVTropes page: http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Literature/ZonesOfThought
All the nominated characters are from AFUtD/TCotS. You can find them if you ctl-f on the TVTropes page. There is no convenient list of them anywhere that I can find on the web.