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Glen David Brin (born October 6, 1950) is an American science fiction author. He has won the Hugo , [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Locus , [ 3 ] [ 4 ] [ 5 ] Campbell [ 6 ] and Nebula Awards . [ 7 ] His novel The Postman was adapted into a 1997 feature film starring Kevin Costner .
At least one more Uplift book is planned by Brin, as he has stated in 2012 that Temptation "will be a core element of the next Uplift novel... and answers several unresolved riddles left over from Heaven's Reach." [3] GURPS Uplift is a sourcebook for a science fiction themed role-playing game based on the Uplift Universe. [4]
Foundation's Triumph (1999) is a science fiction novel by American writer David Brin, set in Isaac Asimov's Foundation universe. It is the third book of the Second Foundation trilogy, which was written after Asimov's death by three authors, authorized by the Asimov estate.
The story is based on Brin's Hugo-nominated novella Thor Meets Captain America; the first third of the novel is a retelling of that story. [7] [8]In the author's notes for Thor Meets Captain America, David Brin records that he was invited by Gregory Benford to write a piece for an alternate history collection, entitled Hitler Victorious, but voiced the opinion that he could not think of a ...
Set in the year 2038, Earth is a cautionary tale of the harm humans can cause their planet via disregard for the environment and reckless scientific experiments. The book has a large cast of characters and Brin uses them to address a number of environmental issues, including endangered species, global warming, refugees from ecological disasters, ecoterrorism, and the social effects of ...
Hard science fiction is a category of science fiction characterized by concern for scientific accuracy and logic. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The term was first used in print in 1957 by P. Schuyler Miller in a review of John W. Campbell 's Islands of Space in the November issue of Astounding Science Fiction .
Murasaki is a 1992 "shared universe" hard science fiction novel in six parts to which Poul Anderson, Greg Bear, Gregory Benford, David Brin, Nancy Kress and Frederik Pohl each contributed one chapter; it was edited by Robert Silverberg. It is the first anthology of this type to be entirely conceived and written by winners of the Nebula Award.
The Uplift War is a 1987 science fiction novel by American writer David Brin, the third book of six set in his Uplift Universe. It was nominated as the best novel for the 1987 Nebula Award [1] and won the 1988 Hugo and Locus Awards. [1] The previous two books are Sundiver and Startide Rising.