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Startide Rising is a 1983 science fiction novel by American writer David Brin, the second book of six set in his Uplift Universe (preceded by Sundiver and followed by The Uplift War). It earned both Hugo and Nebula Awards for Best Novel in 1984.
This Study Guide consists of approximately 72 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more - everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of Startide Rising.
Sep 1, 1983 · Sundiver, Startide Rising, and The Uplift War—a New York Times bestseller—together make up one of the most beloved sagas of all time. Brin's tales are set in a future universe in which no species can reach sentience without being "uplifted" by a patron race.
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David Brin's Ph.D in Physics from the University of California at San Diego (the lab of nobelist Hannes Alfven) followed a masters in optics and an undergraduate degree in astrophysics from Caltech. Every science show that depicts a comet now portrays the model developed in Brin's PhD research. Learn More
Brin's non-fiction book, The Transparent Society: Will Technology Force Us to Choose Between Freedom and Privacy?, continues to receive acclaim for its accuracy in predicting 21st Century concerns about online security, secrecy, accountability and privacy. Learn More
Brin speaks plausibly and entertainingly about trends in technology and society to audiences willing to confront the challenges that our rambunctious civilization will face in the decades ahead. He also talks about the field of science fiction, especially in relation to his own novels and stories. To date he has presented at more than 200 meetings,...
Brin advises corporations and governmental and private defense- and security-related agencies about information-age issues, scientific trends, future social and political trends, and education. Urban Developer Magazine named him one of four World's Best Futurists, and he was appraised as "#1 influencer" in Onalytica's Top 100 report of Artificial I...
May 25, 2021 · Startide Rising is the second book in the Uplift Saga series by David Brin. The first book introduced us to aliens and to uplifted chimpanzees ("chims") and dolphins ("fins"). This book embeds in the crew of the first star ship crewed primarily by dolphins.
May 25, 2021 · Startide Rising. David Brin. Open Road Media, May 25, 2021 - Fiction - 332 pages. A starship crew of humans and dolphins skirts the brink of interstellar war in this epic adventure by the New...
Startide Rising's large number of characters presents one of the books few problems, since while most are wonderfully drawn and far more than one note affairs, and several feature some extremely well executed and surprising turns of development, such as the young midshipman Toshio learning to grow up and take command in a difficult situation, a ...
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