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David Brin
Author · 49 books

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 with secrecy in the modern world. It won the Freedom of Speech Prize from the American Library Association. Brin serves on advisory committees dealing with subjects as diverse as national defense and homeland security, astronomy and space exploration, SETI, nanotechnology, and philanthropy. David appears frequently on TV, including "The Universe" and on the History Channel's "Life After People." Full and updated at: http://www.davidbrin.com/biography.htm

Series

Books

Reality Check book cover

Reality Check

2011

Temptation (Excerpt) book cover

Temptation (Excerpt)

2023

Élévation - 2 book cover

Élévation - 2

1987

Wastelands 2 book cover

Wastelands 2

More Stories of the Apocalypse

2015

Heart of the Comet book cover

Heart of the Comet

1986

Colony High book cover

Colony High

2021

The Transparent Society book cover

The Transparent Society

Will Technology Force Us To Choose Between Privacy And Freedom?

1998

Existence book cover

Existence

2012

Lightspeed Magazine, June 2012 book cover

Lightspeed Magazine, June 2012

2012

The Postman book cover

The Postman

1985

Startide Rising book cover

Startide Rising

1983

The Giving Plague book cover

The Giving Plague

1988

Foundation's Triumph book cover

Foundation's Triumph

1999

Élévation - 1 book cover

Élévation - 1

1988

Star Trek book cover

Star Trek

The Next Generation: Forgiveness

2001

Thor Meets Captain America book cover

Thor Meets Captain America

1986

Infinity's Shore book cover

Infinity's Shore

1996

Future Science Fiction Digest, Issue 8, September 2020 book cover

Future Science Fiction Digest, Issue 8, September 2020

2020

The Ancient Ones book cover

The Ancient Ones

2020

The Tumbledowns of Cleopatra Abyss book cover

The Tumbledowns of Cleopatra Abyss

2015

The Loom of Thessaly book cover

The Loom of Thessaly

2011

Forgiveness book cover

Forgiveness

2020

The Practice Effect book cover

The Practice Effect

1984

Tank Farm Dynamo book cover

Tank Farm Dynamo

2011

The Uplift War book cover

The Uplift War

1987

Stones of Significance book cover

Stones of Significance

2011

The Crystal Spheres book cover

The Crystal Spheres

1984

Piecework book cover

Piecework

1991

Twelve Tomorrows 2013 book cover

Twelve Tomorrows 2013

2013

The River of Time book cover

The River of Time

1986

Sky Horizon book cover

Sky Horizon

2007

Brightness Reef book cover

Brightness Reef

1995

Dr. Pak's Preschool book cover

Dr. Pak's Preschool

1992

Polemical Judo book cover

Polemical Judo

Memes for our Political Knife-fight

2019

Aficionado book cover

Aficionado

1998

Through Stranger Eyes book cover

Through Stranger Eyes

Reviews, Introductions, Tributes & Iconoclastic Essays

2008

Earth book cover

Earth

1990

Insistence of Vision book cover

Insistence of Vision

Stories

1885

Gorilla, My Dreams book cover

Gorilla, My Dreams

2011

Heaven's Reach book cover

Heaven's Reach

1998

Otherness book cover

Otherness

1994

Contacting Aliens book cover

Contacting Aliens

An Illustrated Guide to David Brin's Uplift Universe

2002

King Kong Is Back! An Unauthorized Look at One Humongous Ape! book cover

King Kong Is Back! An Unauthorized Look at One Humongous Ape!

2005

Star Wars on Trial book cover

Star Wars on Trial

Science Fiction And Fantasy Writers Debate the Most Popular Science Fiction Films of All Time

2006

The Best of David Brin book cover

The Best of David Brin

2021

Sundiver book cover

Sundiver

1980

Smart Pop Preview 2013 book cover

Smart Pop Preview 2013

Standalone Essays and Exclusive Extras on the Hunger Games, Ender's Game, Percy Jackson, the Mortal Instruments, Munchkin, the Dragonriders of Pern, and More

2013

Glory Season book cover

Glory Season

1993

Kiln People book cover

Kiln People

2002

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