75% of the way into the book, my interest was piqued and I began to really wonder how Brin was going to write himself out of his holes. Since I read it on my kindle, I know exactly at what point it became interesting. I cannot think of a harsher critique for a storyteller, but that's the simple truth. Put simply, this book is not much more than a re-hash of previously published stories (he follows their publication dates in the afterword to magazines to the early 80s) and stale characterization. Yet, like Clarke, Brin seems to have jumped the metaphorical shark (or dolphin, as the case may be). His stories have the power of an Asimov or Arthur C.
It won the Freedom of Speech Prize from the American Library Association.īrin serves on advisory committees dealing with subjects as diverse as national defense and homeland security, astronomy and space exploration, SETI, nanotechnology, and philanthropy.ĭavid appears frequently on TV, including "The Universe" and on the History Channel's "Life After People."įirst of all, Brin is among the foremost respected science-fiction authors on the market today. His non-fiction book - The Transparent Society: Will Technology Force Us to Choose Between Freedom and Privacy? - deals with secrecy in the modern world. Startide Rising won the Hugo and Nebula Awards for best novel. A movie, directed by Kevin Costner, was loosely based on his post-apocalyptic novel, The Postman. His ecological thriller, Earth, foreshadowed global warming, cyberwarfare and near-future trends such as the World Wide Web.
At least a dozen have been translated into more than twenty languages.Įxistence, his latest novel, offers an unusual scenario for first contact.
His novels have been New York Times Bestsellers, winning multiple Hugo, Nebula and other awards. David Brin is a scientist, speaker, and world-known author.
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