David Brin

About the Author

David Brin is a scientist, writer, and public speaker. He was born in Pasadena, California, on October 9, 1950. Brin attended the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) and later earned a doctorate at the University of California. He accepted a position as an engineer at Hughes Aircraft show more Company. Brin is a former fellow at the California Space Institute and serves on several government and nongovernment advisory committees dealing with issues involved with technological growth. Brin has lectured all over the world on such topics as space flight, ecology, and the search for extraterrestrial life. Brin deals with global warming, the destruction of the ozone layer, and pollution of Earth. His 1987 novel, The Uplift War, received the Hugo Award and the Locus Award. His novels have been translated into 20 languages. (Bowker Author Biography) show less

Includes the names: David Brin, Dėvid Brin, David Brinn, G. David Brin, Glen David Brin

Image credit: Cheryl Brin

Series

Uplift Saga

Second Uplift Trilogy

First Uplift Trilogy

High Horizon

Works by David Brin

Popular Recent

The Postman (1985) 4,177 copies

Startide Rising (1983) 4,146 copies

Sundiver (1980) 3,930 copies

The Uplift War (1987) 3,250 copies

Brightness Reef (1995) 2,502 copies

Earth (1990) 2,412 copies

Infinity's Shore (1996) 2,050 copies

Heaven's Reach (1998) 1,927 copies

Kiln People (2002) 1,888 copies

Glory Season (1993) 1,554 copies

The Practice Effect (1984) 1,501 copies

Foundation's Triumph (1999) — Author — 1,340 copies

Heart of the Comet (1986) 1,199 copies

Existence (2012) 931 copies

Otherness (1994) 885 copies

The River of Time (1986) 837 copies

The Transparent Society: Will Technology Force Us to Choose Between Privacy and Freedom? (1998) — Author — 493 copies

Earthclan (Startide Rising / The Uplift War) (1983) 466 copies

Star Wars on Trial: Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Debate the Most Popular Science Fiction Films of All Time (2006) — Editor — 183 copies

Contacting Aliens: An Illustrated Guide to David Brin's Uplift Universe (2002) 155 copies

The Life Eaters (2003) 142 copies

Tomorrow Happens (2003) 82 copies

Uplift: The Complete Original Trilogy (Sundiver / Startide Rising / The Uplift War) (1980) 73 copies

Forgiveness (2001) 68 copies

The Giving Plague [short fiction] (1988) 59 copies

Earth, The Postman, The Practice Effect (1994) 56 copies

Insistence of Vision (2016) 52 copies

The Crystal Spheres {story} (1984) — Author — 50 copies

Reality Check {story} (2000) 50 copies

Exiles: The Uplift Storm Trilogy (2013) 43 copies

Sky Horizon (2007) 39 copies

Brightness Reef, Part 1 (1995) 39 copies

Brightness Reef, Part 2 (1995) 37 copies

Infinity's Shore, Part 2 (1996) 36 copies

Chasing Shadows: Visions of Our Coming Transparent World (2017) — Editor; Contributor — 35 copies

The Uplift War, Part 2 (1999) 33 copies

Dr. Pak's Preschool (1990) 31 copies

The Uplift War, Part 1 (1999) 31 copies

Thor Meets Captain America (1986) 29 copies

The Best of David Brin (2021) 27 copies

Infinity's Shore, Part 1 (1996) 27 copies

Stones of Significance (1998) 27 copies

Piecework (1988) 25 copies

The Loom of Thessaly (1981) 24 copies

Earth I (1990) 20 copies

Temptation (1999) 20 copies

Earth II (1990) 19 copies

Tank Farm Dynamo (1983) 19 copies

King Kong Is Back!: An Unauthorized Look at One Humongous Ape! (Smart Pop series) (2005) — Editor — 18 copies

The Second Foundation Trilogy: Foundation's Fear, Foundation and Chaos, Foundation's Triumph (2004) 18 copies

Heaven's Reach, Part I (1999) 15 copies

Tribes: It's 50,000 B.C. Where Are Your Children? (1998) 15 copies

Heaven's Reach, Part II (1999) 13 copies

Through Stranger Eyes: Reviews, Introductions, Tributes & Iconoclastic Essays (2008) 11 copies

The Ancient Ones (2020) 10 copies

Extreme Planets: A Science Fiction Anthology of Alien Worlds (Chaosium fiction) (2014) — Contributor — 10 copies

Gorilla My Dreams (2009) 9 copies

What Continues What Fails (1991) 9 copies

Lungfish (1986) 9 copies

Those Eyes (1994) 8 copies

Vivid Tomorrows: On Science Fiction and Hollywood (2021) 8 copies

Just A Hint (1980) 8 copies

Life in the Extreme [short story] (1998) 7 copies

Colony High (High Horizon Book 1) (2021) 7 copies

Natulife (1994) 7 copies

The Fourth Vocation of George Gustaf {short story} (1984) 6 copies

Polemical Judo: Memes for our Political Knife-fight (2019) 6 copies

Bubbles (1987) 6 copies

Bonding to Genji [novelette] (1992) 6 copies

Senses Three and Six {short story} (1986) 6 copies

A Stage of Memory {short story} (1986) 6 copies

The Warm Space (1985) 6 copies

Toujours Voir {short story} (1986) 6 copies

Detritus Affected {short story} (1992) 5 copies

Ambiguity (1990) 5 copies

Sshhh . . . {short story} (1988) 5 copies

The River of Time [short story] (1981) 5 copies

Myth Number 21 [short story] (1990) 4 copies

Paris Conquers All (1996) 4 copies

Privacy (1989) 4 copies

Startide Rising, Part I 4 copies

The Diplomacy Guild (1990) 3 copies

Kil'n Time (2005) 3 copies

Castaways of New Mojave (2021) 3 copies

Neoteny and Two-Way Sexual Selection In Human Evolution 3 copies

Startide Rising, Part II 3 copies

An Ever-Reddening Glow (1996) 3 copies

The Lord of the Rings: J.R.R. Tolkien vs the Modern Age 2 copies

The Tumbledowns of Cleopatra Abyss {short story} 2 copies

Glory Season, Part II 2 copies

A Professor at Harvard 2 copies

Existence 1: A létezés csapdája (2014) 2 copies

Fortitude [short story] [podcast] 2 copies

Smart Pop Preview 2013: Standalone Essays and Exclusive Extras on the Hunger Games, Ender's Game, Percy Jackson,… (2013) 2 copies

Uplift: 6 - Infinity's Reef 2 copies

The Other Culture War: Beleaguered Professionals vs. Disempowered Citizens 2 copies

The Smartest Mob 2 copies

Glory Season, Part I (1994) 2 copies

The Ancient Ones 1 1 copy

The Escape: A Confrontation in Four Scenes (2020) 1 copy

The Ancient Ones 2 1 copy

Rainbows End 1 copy

Shoresteading 1 1 copy

Fondazione: Il trionfo (Urania Jumbo) 1 copy

How Will the World End? (2016) 1 copy

Singularity and Nightmares (2016) 1 copy

3 CHEERS FOR THE SURVEILLANC M (2016) 1 copy

DO WE REALLY WANT IMMORTALIT M (2016) 1 copy

A Guerra da Elevação II Livro 1 1 copy

Out of Time The Game of Worlds 1 copy

Out of Time Yanked! 1 copy

Out of Time Tiger in the Sky 1 copy

Existence by Brin, David (2012) Paperback 1 copy

The Postman / Startide Rising / The Uplift War 1 copy

Gli sterminatori: Olocausto (Vol. 1) (2015) — Illustrator — 1 copy

Startide Rising [STARTIDE RISING] [Mass Market Paperback] 1 copy

The Ancient Ones 3 1 copy

Mars Opposition 1 copy

Brin, David - Infinity Flight 1 copy

The Matrix: Tomorrow May Be Different 1 copy

Shoresteading 2 1 copy

The Ancient Ones 5 1 copy

Cyclops (novella) 1 copy

News From 2025 1 copy

The Other Side of the Hill 1 copy

[[no brin paperbacks???] 1 copy

I Could've Done Better 1 copy

The Uplift War, Sundiver, Startide Rising, Brightness Reef, Infinity's Shore and Heaven's Reach. (The Uplift… (1980) 1 copy

Dogma of Otherness [essay] 1 copy

George Orwell and the Self-Fulfilling Prophecy 1 copy

The Dark Side: Star Wars, Mythology, and Ingratitude 1 copy

The Log {short story} 1 copy

Existence Excerpt 1 copy

Uplift saga's, books 1 - 7 1 copy

Existence 2: A létezés titka 1 copy

The Tell (short) 1 copy

Transition Generation 1 copy

The Ancient Ones 4 1 copy

Visions of the Future 1 copy

"How Dangerous is Republican manic-depressive disease? Both bipolar phases are destructive, but the manic ones kill?"… 1 copy

Shoresteading (2008) 1 copy

Glory Season / Vorkosigan's Game 1 copy

The Startide Effect 1 copy

Work Explorer

Associated Works

Alas, Babylon (1959) — Foreword, some editions — 4,974 copies

Stand on Zanzibar (1968) — Introduction, some editions — 3,219 copies

N-Space (1990) — Contributor — 1,150 copies

Far Horizons (1999) — Contributor — 774 copies

The Oxford Book of Science Fiction Stories (1992) — Contributor — 446 copies

Seven Seasons of Buffy: Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Discuss Their Favorite Television Show (2003) — Contributor — 408 copies

The Ascent of Wonder: The Evolution of Hard SF (1994) — Contributor — 396 copies

The Hard SF Renaissance (2003) — Contributor — 347 copies

Year's Best SF 6 (2001) — Contributor — 283 copies

The Space Opera Renaissance (2007) — Contributor — 283 copies

Year's Best SF 4 (1999) — Contributor — 264 copies

The 1989 Annual World's Best SF (1989) — Contributor — 238 copies

War of the Worlds: Global Dispatches (1997) — Contributor — 235 copies

Murasaki (1992) — Contributor — 227 copies

The New Hugo Winners: Award Winning Science Fiction Stories (1989) — Contributor — 210 copies

Diplomacy Guild (1990) — Contributor — 203 copies

Future Visions: Original Science Fiction Inspired by Microsoft (2015) — Contributor — 195 copies

Wastelands 2: More Stories of the Apocalypse (2013) — Contributor — 187 copies

Old Venus (2015) — Contributor — 172 copies

Live Without a Net (2003) — Contributor — 143 copies

Dragonwriter: A Tribute to Anne McCaffrey and Pern (2013) — Contributor — 132 copies

The Postman [1997 film] (1997) — Original book — 129 copies

Exploring the Matrix: Visions of the Cyber Present (2003) — Contributor — 122 copies

Full Spectrum 2 (1990) — Contributor — 117 copies

The Universe (1987) — Contributor — 114 copies

Isaac Asimov's Wonderful Worlds of Science Fiction, Volume 9: Robots (1989) — Contributor — 113 copies

Full Spectrum 4 (1993) — Contributor — 106 copies

The Best Science Fiction of the Year: Volume 1 (2016) — Contributor — 101 copies

Project Solar Sail (1990) — Contributor — 100 copies

Gateways: A Feast of Great New Science Fiction Honoring Grand Master Frederik Pohl (2010) — Contributor — 95 copies

Alien Pregnant by Elvis (1994) — Contributor — 90 copies

Skylife: Space Habitats in Story and Science (2000) — Contributor — 84 copies

Ring of Fire IV (2016) — Contributor, some editions — 79 copies

Shadows of the New Sun: Stories in Honor of Gene Wolfe (2013) — Contributor — 78 copies

Multiverse: Exploring Poul Anderson's Worlds (2015) — Contributor — 71 copies

The Microverse (1989) — Contributor — 66 copies

All Star Zeppelin Adventure Stories (2004) — Contributor — 57 copies

Speculative Japan: Outstanding Tales of Japanese Science Fiction and Fantasy (2007) — Preface — 55 copies

Interzone: The 3rd Anthology (1988) — Contributor — 50 copies

Before They Were Giants: First Works from Science Fiction Greats (2010) — Contributor — 48 copies

The Williamson Effect (1996) — Introduction — 38 copies

Starship Century: Toward the Grandest Horizon (2013) — Contributor — 35 copies

Twelve Tomorrows - Visionary stories of the near future inspired by today's technologies (2013) — Contributor — 35 copies

Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction (2011) — Contributor — 32 copies

The Orbit Science Fiction Yearbook: No. 3 (1990) — Contributor — 32 copies

Space Cadets (2006) — Contributor — 30 copies

The Year's Best Military & Adventure SF, Volume 2 (2016) — Contributor — 29 copies

Interzone: The 5th Anthology (1991) — Contributor — 22 copies

Novel Ideas: Science Fiction (2006) — Contributor — 21 copies

Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact: Vol. CI, No. 5 (April 1981) (1981) — Contributor — 19 copies

Worst Contact (2015) — Contributor — 18 copies

Isaac Asimov's tomorrow's voices (1984) — Contributor — 14 copies

Aliens: The Complete History of Extra Terrestrials: From Ancient Times to Ridley Scott (2017) — Foreword, some editions — 12 copies

Alternative Theologies: Parables for a Modern World (Alternatives Book 3) (2018) — Contributor — 12 copies

More Alternative Truths: Stories from the Resistance (2017) — Contributor — 12 copies

Pwning Tomorrow (2015) — Contributor — 12 copies

Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine: Vol. 6, No. 11 [November 1982] (1982) — Author — 11 copies

Vital: The Future of Healthcare (2021) — Contributor — 10 copies

Orbiter (2002) — Introduction — 9 copies

Ikarus 2002 (2002) — Contributor — 8 copies

Lightspeed Magazine, Issue 16 • September 2011 (2011) — Contributor — 8 copies

I mondi del possibile (1993) — Contributor — 7 copies

ZomerSFeer : nieuwe verhalen van John Barnes, David Brin, Walter Jon Williams (1996) — Contributor — 7 copies

Ikarus 2001. Best of Science Fiction. (2001) — Contributor — 7 copies

Galaxy's Edge Magazine Issue 5, November 2013 (2013) — Contributor — 6 copies

The Chronicles of Davids (2019) — Contributor — 6 copies

The Profession of Science Fiction: SF Writers on Their Craft and Ideas (Insights) (1992) — Contributor — 6 copies

Wassermans Roboter (1988) — Contributor — 6 copies

Free Stories 2016 (2016) — Contributor, some editions — 6 copies

Abortion Stories: Fiction on Fire (1992) — Foreword; Contributor — 5 copies

Analog 5 (1982) — Contributor, some editions — 5 copies

Overview: Stories in the Stratosphere (2017) — Contributor — 5 copies

Lightspeed Magazine, Issue 96 • May 2018 (2018) — Contributor — 5 copies

Interzone 033 (1990) — Contributor — 5 copies

StarShipSofa Stories Volume 3 — Contributor — 4 copies

Interzone 023 (1988) — Contributor — 4 copies

Science Fiction Age: Vol. 3, No. 1 (November 1994) (1994) — Contributor — 4 copies

Papa Godzilla (1989) — Contributor — 3 copies

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Common Knowledge

Legal name: Brin, Glen David
Birthdate: 1950-10-06
Gender: male
Nationality: USA
Birthplace: Glendale, California, USA
Places of residence: San Diego, California, USA
Education: California Institute of Technology (BS|Astronomy|1973)
University of California, San Diego (MS|Electrical Engineering|1978)
University of California, San Diego (PhD|Space Physics|1981)
Occupations: Writer
Public speaker
NASA consultant
Relationships: Brin, Herb (father)
Organizations: California Space Institute
Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America
Agent: Danny Baror

Members

Discussions

***Group Read: The Postman in 75 Books Challenge for 2011 (April 2011)

Science Fiction: Post-industrial, forest planet, retainment dam? in Name that Book (June 2009)

Reviews

The Postman by David Brin

Pretty good on the second re-read.

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lethalda | 91 other reviews | May 31, 2024 |

Existence (Kiln) by David Brin

This is David Brin's best book in quite a few years. OK, I know that's not saying a lot, but I found this to be a worthy and enjoyable space opera. The pacing is all wrong -- the first half of the book drags on and is boring -- but keep reading, because it gets better. The last half of the book is fascinating and thought-provoking. It's basically a take on the Fermi paradox (think Alastair Reynolds), but with a bunch of new twists I haven't seen before. Good stuff, once you get past the boring beginning.… (more)

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dwagon17 | 50 other reviews | Apr 29, 2024 |

Existență by David Brin

Unconventional first contact story touching a lot of actual or near future issues that humanity could have to deal with. Much more anchored in what might be physically possible than other first contact stories, and follows the situation over a significant period of time allowing the possibility to touch many aspects and situations and see characters in evolution. Due to the size gives a bit the feeling of connected short stories (although the main topics remain central), as some characters appear for short stretches not to be talked again after or development that looked important at some point are set aside. Very enjoyable overall and thought provoking.… (more)

½

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vladmihaisima | 50 other reviews | Apr 20, 2024 |