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David Brin

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David Brin is a scientist, speaker, and world-known author. His novels have been New York Times Bestsellers, winning multiple Hugo, Nebula and other awards. At least a dozen have been translated into more than twenty languages.

Existence, his latest novel, offers an unusual scenario for first contact. His ecological thriller, Earth, foreshadowed global warming, cyberwarfare and near-future trends such as the World Wide Web. A movie, directed by Kevin Costner, was loosely based on his post-apocalyptic novel, The Postman. Startide Rising won the Hugo and Nebula Awards for best novel. The Uplift War also won the Hugo Award.

His non-fiction book -- The Transparent Society: Will Technology Force Us to Choose Between Freedom and Privacy? -- deals ...more

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Joe & Mark do these now! My own post-mortem can wait.

Here I offer two time-critical suggestions, below.

So skip past my blowhard prelude!

Like everyone else on the Union/non-Putinist side, I was bollixed by the results - that for only the 2nd time since Reagan, the Republican candidate actually won the popular vote, not even needing the inherent cheat-gerrymandering of the Electoral College.

I confess I imagined that one central Read more of this blog post »

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	The Postman 3.89 avg rating — 36,300 ratings — published 1985 — 102 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Startide Rising (The Uplift Saga, #2) 4.04 avg rating — 32,654 ratings — published 1983 — 71 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Uplift War (The Uplift Saga, #3) 4.07 avg rating — 26,949 ratings — published 1987 — 50 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sundiver (The Uplift Saga, #1) 3.69 avg rating — 26,926 ratings — published 1980 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Foundation's Triumph (Second Foundation Trilogy, #3) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 11,535 ratings — published 1999 — 45 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Brightness Reef (Uplift Storm Trilogy, #1) 3.91 avg rating — 10,763 ratings — published 1995 — 43 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Infinity's Shore (Uplift Storm Trilogy, #2) 3.98 avg rating — 8,749 ratings — published 1996 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Earth by David Brin (Goodreads Author), Jensen, Bruce (Illustrator) 3.92 avg rating — 8,025 ratings — published 1990 — 50 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Heaven's Reach (Uplift Storm Trilogy, #3) by David Brin (Goodreads Author), Jim Burns (Illustrator) 3.97 avg rating — 7,099 ratings — published 1998 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Existence 3.77 avg rating — 6,969 ratings — published 2012 — 28 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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The Uplift Saga (6 books)
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Jim Burns (Illustrator)

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Uplift Storm Trilogy (3 books)
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Jim Burns (Illustrator)

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Earth (1 book)
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David Brin (Goodreads Author),

Jensen, Bruce (Illustrator)

3.92 avg rating — 8,052 ratings

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“When it comes to privacy and accountability, people always demand the former for themselves and the latter for everyone else.”
― David Brin

tags: accountability, judgement, judging, privacy

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“It is said that power corrupts, but actually it's more true that power attracts the corruptible. The sane are usually attracted by other things than power.”
― David Brin

tags: life, power

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“Creative people see Prometheus in a mirror, never Pandora.”
― David Brin, Brightness Reef

tags: science

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3rd Quarter 2023 - Science Fiction #3

The Splinter in the Sky by Kemi Ashing-Giwa

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The Deep Sky by Yume Kitasei

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The Blighted Stars by Megan E. O'Keefe

1 vote, 16.7%

The Ten Percent Thief by Lavanya Lakshminarayan

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The Ferryman by Justin Cronin

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Sundiver by David Brin

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