It feels so personal to me, so rich, and endlessly enriching. I must have read this 6 or 7 times now and I’m always shocked at how rich it is, from the dolphin goddess to the blind idiot chimp scientist, to the great friendship from the young mel and fin to Gillian and Orley to our tragic dolphin captain. I mean, across the board, it’s so intelligent, overflowing with alien species, great worldbuilding, amazing subtext on galactic-level slavery and racism, and above all… it’s deeply, deeply fascinating. Honestly, I’m still amazed at how well this book holds up. Sure, a bit of atavistic regression, but damn, what a pressure cooker they’re under. It won the Freedom of Speech Prize from the American Library Association.īrin serves on advisory committees dealing with subjects as diverse as national defense and homeland security, astronomy and space exploration, SETI, nanotechnology, and philanthropy.ĭavid appears frequently on TV, including 'The Universe' and on the History Channel's 'Life After People.'

His non-fiction book - The Transparent Society: Will Technology Force Us to Choose Between Freedom and Privacy? - deals with secrecy in the modern world. Startide Rising won the Hugo and Nebula Awards for best novel. A movie, directed by Kevin Costner, was loosely based on his post-apocalyptic novel, The Postman. His ecological thriller, Earth, foreshadowed global warming, cyberwarfare and near-future trends such as the World Wide Web. At least a dozen have been translated into more than twenty languages.Įxistence, his latest novel, offers an unusual scenario for first contact.

His novels have been New York Times Bestsellers, winning multiple Hugo, Nebula and other awards. David Brin is a scientist, speaker, and world-known author.

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