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DAVID BRIN

Change may not be good, but it’s often unavoidable—especially when it’s your whole world that’s about to change …

David Brin entered the science-fiction field in the late 1970s, and has been one of the most prominent SF writers in the business ever since, winning three Hugo Awards and one Nebula Award for his work. Brin is best known for his Uplift series, which started in 1980 with Sundiver, and subsequently has continued in Startide Rising, which won both a Hugo in 1984 and a Nebula in 1983, The Uplift War, which won a Hugo in 1988, and then on through Brightness Reef, Infinity’s Shore, Heaven’s Reach, and Gorilla, My Dreams. There’s also a guide to the Uplift universe, Contacting Aliens: An Illustrated Guide to David Brin’s Uplift Universe, by Brin and Kevin Lenagh. He won another Hugo Award in 1985 for his short story “The Crystal Spheres,” and won the John W. Campbell Memorial Award in 1986 for his novel The Postman, which was later made into a big-budget film starring Kevin Costner. Brin’s other novels include Kiln People, Kiln Time, The Practice Effect, Earth, Glory Season, Sky Horizon, and, with Gregory Benford, Heart of the Comet. His short work has been collected in The River of Time, Otherness, and Tomorrow Happens. He edited the anthology Project Solar Sail with Arthur C. Clarke, and has published several nonfiction books such as The Transparent Society, Through Stranger Eyes, and King Kong Is Back!: An Unauthorized Look at One Humongous Ape. His most recent book is a new novel, Existence.