David Brin, Author . Tor $25.95 (336p) ISBN 978-0-7653-0355-4
Bestselling novelist Brin (Startide Rising; The Postman; etc.) restricts the action to planet Earth, but still allows his imagination to roam the cosmos in this ambitious SF/mystery hybrid whose grasp occasionally exceeds its reach. Thanks to the...
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David Brin, Author Bantam Books $22 (528p) ISBN 978-0-553-89015-0
This is the first volume in a projected trilogy set in the universe of Brin's Hugo-winning The Uplift War. It's a multivoice narrative concerning the six diverse cultures living on the banned planet Jijo--and what happens to their peaceful society...
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David Brin, Author Spectra Books $23.95 (544p) ISBN 978-0-553-10173-7
The Uplift War-a deep-future conflict that spans both galaxies and centuries-continues in this rich middle volume (after Brightness Reef) of Brin's second Uplift trilogy. On the planet Jijo, the painfully developed cooperation among six sapient...
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David Brin, Author HarperCollins Publishers $25 (328p) ISBN 978-0-06-105241-5
With the permission of the estate of Isaac Asimov, Gregory Benford (Foundations Fear), Greg Bear (Foundation and Chaos) and Brin, collectively billed as the Killer Bs, took on the Second Foundation Trilogy. Unhappily, Brins preachy, gelatinous...
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David Brin, Author Spectra Books $24.95 (464p) ISBN 978-0-553-10174-4
The final book in Brin's Uplift Storm Trilogy (Infinity's Shore; Brightness Reef) sets space opera against a canvas that spans the galaxies, colored with interstellar conflict and peopled with smart-mouthed chimpanzees, overwhelmed humans and neo-dol
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David Brin, Author Phantasia Press $18 (0p) ISBN 978-0-932096-38-8
In its original paperback editon of 1983, this novel won both the Hugo and Nebula awards. Brin's extensive revisions make this first hardcover edition an SF event. What remains most impressive is the complex background of political, cultural,...
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David Brin, Author Bantam Books $19.95 (0p) ISBN 978-0-553-05778-2
Weaving an epic of complex dimensions, Brin ( Startide Rising ) plaits initially divergent story lines, all set in the year 2038, into an outstandingly satisfying novel. At the center is a type of mystery: after a failed murder attempt, a group of...
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David Brin, Author Spectra Books $22.95 (0p) ISBN 978-0-553-07645-5
Moving into territory heretofore eschewed by male SF writers, Brin ( Earth ) here presents a world settled by radical feminist separatists, where through genetic engineering most reproduction occurs parthenogenetically, yielding clones of the...
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David Brin. Tor, $27.99 (560p) ISBN 978-0-7653-0361-5
The discovery of alien artifacts pushes an already troubled Earth to the brink of chaos in bestseller Brin’s exciting story of first contact. Gerald Livingston finds an alien “egg” while cleaning space garbage out of valuable satellite orbits. When...
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David Brin, Author, G. David Brin, Author Basic Books $25 (384p) ISBN 978-0-201-32802-8
Science fiction writer Brin (The Uplift War) departs from technological fantasy to focus on the social and political ramifications of our information age. While addressing the technology-vs.-privacy debate, he offers an informed overview of the...
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David Brin, Author, Scott Hampton, Illustrator . WildStorm/ DC Comics $29.95 (144p) ISBN 978-1-4012-0098-5
In 1986, science fiction writer Brin (Startide Rising
; The Kiln People
) published a novella, "Thor Meets Captain America," an alternate-history story in which the Nazis win WWII by enlisting the aid of the Norse gods (except for Loki, who...
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David Brin, Author, Scott Hampton, Illustrator . Subterranean $35 (0p) ISBN 978-1-59606-109-5
H
ugo- and Nebula-winner Brin paves the way for his new YA series Colony High (co-written with Jeff Carlson) with a somewhat clumsy story of teen adventure. Except for the nearby air base and top secret Cirocco Labs, Twenty-Nine Palms High isn't
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David Brin, Author, Kevin Lenagh, Author, Kevin Lenagh, Joint Author Bantam $14.95 (208p) ISBN 978-0-553-37796-5
Hugo and Nebula award-winning author David Brin teams up with illustrator Kevin Lenagh to offer Contacting Aliens: An Illustrated Guide to David Brin's Uplift Universe, the definitive guide for any fan of the Uplift series or, as Brin would have
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David Brin. Subterranean, $45 (624p) ISBN 978-1-64524-009-9
Spanning over three decades, these 21 short stories from Brin, best known for his Uplift universe novels, demonstrate the author’s mastery of detailed worldbuilding in short-form works. This skill is most evident in the Hugo Award-winner, “The...
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