David Brin

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Glen David Brin (born October 6 1950) is a well known American author of science fiction. He is the winner of both the Hugo and Nebula Awards as well as the Interstella War Award. He lives in Southern California and has been both a NASA consultant and a physics professor.

1 Biographical timeline
2 Work
- 2.1 Fiction
- 2.2 Nonfiction
3 External links
- 3.1 References

Biographical timeline

6 October 1950 - born in Glendale, California
1973 - received Bachelor of Science in astronomy from California Institute of Technology
1978 - received Master of Science in applied physics from University of California, San Diego
1981 - received Doctor of Philosophy in space science from University of California, San Diego

Work

Fiction

His Uplift series (two trilogies) are well recognised and deal with the concept of a huge galactic civilization responsible for "uplifting" all known intelligent forms of oxygen breathing life. Humanity within the context of these novels represents an anomaly since there is no known "patron" species responsible for their uplift and hence they lack a basic understanding and appreciation of the subtleties of galactic culture.

The Uplift Series

Sundiver (1980)
Startide Rising (1983)
The Uplift War (1987)
The Uplift Storm Trilogy:
- Brightness Reef (1995)
- Infinity's Shore (1996)
- Heaven's Reach (1998) ISBN 0553574736
Contacting Aliens: An Illustrated Guide to David Brin's Uplift Universe written with Kevin Lenagh

There is also an Uplift supplement for the roleplaying game GURPS allowing players to play out adventures in the universe detailed in these novels. Although he did not write it, he did contribute information to it.

Other well known works by David Brin include his book set in Asimov's Foundation Universe:

Foundation's Triumph (1999)

and his stand alone novels:

The Practice Effect (1984)
The Postman (1985) (also a major motion picture)
Heart of the Comet (1986) (with Gregory Benford)
Earth (1990)
Glory Season (1993)
Kiln People (2002)
- Kiln People (published in the UK as Kil'n People) had the dubious distinction of finishing second in four different awards for best SF/fantasy novel of 2002--the Hugo, the Locus, the John W. Campbell Award, and the Arthur C. Clarke Award--each time finishing behind a different book.