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David Brin's "Uplift" series gives us a remarkable, believable and exciting universe. I enjoyed "The Postman" (The movie, of course, got everything wrong) and "Glory Season."

Voted favorite writer of the 1980's by the readers of Locus. Winner of the Hugo, Nebula, Locus and J. W. Campbell awards. Holds a Doctorate in Astrophysics, has worked as a consultant to NASA and taught graduate level physics and writing.

Uplift Series

Sundiver Jim Burns
Startide Rising David Cherry	Startide Rising Jim Burns
The Uplift War Fred Gambino	The Uplift War Micheal Whelan
Brightness Reef Fred Gambino	Brightness Reef Micheal Whelan
Infintiy's Shore Fred Gambino	Inifinity's Shore Jim Burns
Heaven's Reach Fred Gambino	Heaven's Reach Jim Burns

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Sundiver (1979)

Before the arrival of homo sapiens, five Patron Lines were established to govern the creation and interaction of species. Over time the Lines and the Galactic Library have been corrupted. But a human expedition to the sun begins to uncover hidden secrets. Winner of the Hugo and Nebula award.

Startide Rising (1983)

Brin's tales are set in a future universe in which no species can reach sentience without being "uplifted" by a patron race. But the greatest mystery of all remains unsolved: who uplifted humankind?
The Terran exploration vessel Streaker has crashed in the uncharted water world of Kithrup, bearing one of the most important discoveries in galactic history. Below, a handful of her human and dolphin crew battles armed rebellion and a hostile planet to safeguard her secret - the fate of the Progenitors, the fabled First Race who seeded wisdom throughout the stars.

The Uplift War (1987)

This is the third book in the "Uplift" series. Humanity has contacted their Patron Line and uplifted chimpanzees and dolphins to full partnership. But on a distant planet occupied by Earth humans and neo-chimps, it seems the chimps have information concerning the location of the Progenitors.
Won the 1988 Hugo Award.

Brightness Reef (1995)

On the distant planet of Jijo, five exiled races established by the Progenitors, live side by side. How they arrived there is no longer known - the only clues are ancient relics and fragmented stories. But then a craft appears in the sky, and it seems that the races of Jijo have not been forgotten.

Infinity's Shore (1996)

For 2000 years, Jijo's six exiled races have lived together. Their greatest wish: to be left alone. Their greatest fear: an inevitable Judgement Day, when godlike Galactic authorities will punish their illegal colony. Now they have been found and starships darken their skies.

Heaven's Reach (1998)

After centuries of peace, the six fugitive races that escaped to Jijo from the Five Galaxies have been discovered by the terrifying Jophur. Their only hope is the ship that led Jophur to them - it contains ancient artefacts which could unlock their past.

"Temptations" in Far Horizons, edited by Robert Silverberg gives us a little more of the Uplift Universe.

Colony High

Sky Horizon
Scott Hampton

Sky Horizon (2007)

"Some of the Math Club nerds have got a real live alien! They're hiding it in a basement rec room." High School junior Mark Bamford didn't believe the silly rumor. For one thing, California homes don't have basements. Besides. A stranded alien? Such a cliche. A movie rip-off. Couldn't the math geeks think up a better hoax? Only... was it a hoax? What about all those black vans from the super-secret Cirrocco Corp cruising all over town, as if searching for something? Time to do some investigating of his own. Only, who could he turn to for help? The skateboarding "X" crowd? The varsity climbing team? When it it came right down to it, should he turn to the least likely ally of them all? Sky Horizon explores a possibility that has always fascinated, since the days of Homer -- that of strangers from beyond

Second Foundation Trilogy

The dark forces of the Chaos worlds threaten Hari Seldon's plan for humanity in the breathtaking conclusion to the Second Foundation Trilogy.

A light-hearted adventure in a parallel world where magic takes a strange form.

In post-apocalypse America, a survivor wanders the aftermath of a devastating war, trading tales for food and shelter. Fate touches him when he borrows the jacket of a long-dead postal worker and begins to weave his greatest tale - that of a world on the way to recovery.

Alex Lustig, a scientist working on experimental forms of energy in South America, unleashes a monster. This monster escapes from its cage and begins to orbit within the earth, having disastrous effects on earth and mankind.

An odyssey of discovery, from a shattered society through the solar system with a handful of men and women who ride a cold, hurtling ball of ice to the shaky promise of a distant, unknowable future.

Colonized by pioneering women and run by matriarchal clans, Stratos is home to Maia and Leie. They are at the age when they must learn to use their skills to make their way in the world, sailing the vast seas in the boats that are the province of mysterious men.

Kil'n People (2001)

Thanks to the new technology of imprinting, people in a near-future America can copy their personalities into animated clay bodies (called "dittos" or "golems"), which last a single day. Albert Morris, private investigator, is his own sidekick as he attempts to uncover the murderer of a prominent imprinting research scientist, capture a criminal mastermind specializing in ditto the major ditto manufacturer and pinning the blame on several Alberts.

Collections

River of Time
Barclay Shaw

Otherness
Fred Gambino

Tomorrow Happens
Jim Burns

The River of Time

This collection of short science-fiction stories by the author of the 'Uplift' series includes 'The Crystal Tears' which won a Hugo Award on publication.

Otherness

A collection of science-fiction short stories by the award-winning author of "Earth" and "Glory Season". The volume includes "The Giving Plague" and "Dr Pak's Preschool".

Tomorrow Happens

Contents:
Introduction by Vernor Vinge Aficionado (fiction)
Probing the Near Future (essay)
Stones of Significance (fiction)
Go Ahead, Stand on My Shoulders! (essay)
Reality Check (fiction)
The Future Keeps Surprising Us (essay)
Paris Conquers All (with Gregory Benford) (fiction)
The Self-Preventing Prophecy (essay)
Fortitude (fiction)
Do We Really Want Immortality? (essay)
The Diplomacy Guild (fiction)
Goodbye, Mir! (Sniff!) (essay)
The Open-Ended Science Fiction Story (essay + ficton)
News from 2025 (fiction)
Seeking a New Fulcrum (essay)
A Professor at Harvard (fiction)
The Robots and Foundation Universe (essay)
An Ever-Reddening Glow (fiction)
We Hobbits Are a Merry Folk (essay)

The Other Side of the Hill (fiction)

Graphic Novel

The Life Eaters
Scott Hampton

The Norse Gods help Hitler win World War II…Imagine a world in which the Axis forces of World War II — sliding toward inevitable defeat — were suddenly propelled to victory over the Allies…prompted by aid from the ancient gods of Norse mythology! Welcome to the alternate reality of LIFE EATERS, a 144-page WildStorm hardcover graphic novel written by award-winning author David Brin with lush painted art by Scott Hampton. These acclaimed creators weave a tapestry of a world turned upside down, in which Gods walk among us and change the course of human history! This tale is based upon Brin's Hugo-nominated novella "Thor Meets Captain America"