David Brin

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David Brin (2005)

Glen David Brin (* 6. October 1950 in Glendale , California ) is an American science fiction - author .

His works have been awarded numerous prizes - including the Hugo , Nebula and Locus Awards. He lives in Southern California, studied astronomy at the California Institute of Technology, and earned a doctorate in astrophysics from the University of California, San Diego .

He worked as a NASA consultant and physics professor. In 1994 the asteroid (5748) Davebrin was named after him.

In 1983 David Brin proposed an extended Drake equation .

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Uplift cycle

The idea of ​​the uplift universe goes back to Erich von Däniken's hypothesis that the gods were extraterrestrial. The original »progenitors« must have always been intelligent, but every other potentially intelligent form of life was only "lifted" to a galactic level by a "patronage race" (increase in intelligence and possibly also physical abilities through genetic manipulation ). Humanity is an anomaly, a "wolf breed", because it has no cartridge or at least it is unknown. Hence, people also lack a basic understanding of the intricacies of galactic culture.

There is also an "uplift" addition to the role-playing game GURPS , which allows role-players to experience adventures in the universe in which these novels are set. This addition was not written by David Brin, but is based on his work.

Second foundation cycle

Another work by David Brin is his novel set in Isaac Asimov's Foundation universe. It is the third, final volume of the second Foundation cycle.

The Practice Effect / The exercise effect

The physicist Dennis Nuel arrives in a parallel world through an experiment. Although this is similar to ours, one of the laws of nature seems to be turned on its head. Objects of daily use such as furniture, clothes and weapons do not wear out, on the contrary, they have to be used ("practiced") for the intended purpose from initially rough templates, so that they fulfill this better and better!

Kiln People / Copy

Albert Morris is a private investigator. However, he leaves the more unpleasant and dangerous research to his ditos, copies of himself with a life expectancy of a maximum of 24 hours. However, when investigating his current case, one of his ditos goes into business for himself. So in the end he has to take it personally and risk his own body.

criticism

“Multibody physical problems tend to be unsolvable, and social problems are. After nine hundred and fifty pages, David Brin has brought the world spirit to life, while a scientist more accidentally became the creator of a new universe. Apparently it couldn't be any smaller. Mother Earth itself is networked with the global network and, wise Gaia, takes over the regime, a pleasure for all people (well, most of them). And once again an otherwise respectable and competently written SF novel, which is firmly established on the boards of the scientific worldview, ultimately saves itself in the spiritual, defuses its own questions and lays the ax of transcendence to its own roots. If the world spirit takes over anyway, we can continue to muddle. Worrying fact: Authors who perceive the misery of this world with wide open eyes can only save themselves to a dubious happy ending with the help of a mythical world mother Gaia. "

- Karsten Kruschel on earth : Wolfgang Jeschke (Ed.): The Science Fiction Year 1998 . Wilhelm Heyne Verlag Munich, ISBN 3-453-13313-7 , pp. 716f.

Awards

  • 1984 Analog Award for The Deadly Thing at 2.4 Kiloparsecs in the "Fact Article" category
0000 Hugo Award for Startide Rising as best novel
0000 Locus Award for Startide Rising as best science fiction novel
0000 Nebula Award for Startide Rising as best novel
  • 1985 Analog Award for The Crystal Spheres for Best Short Story
0000 Balrog Award for The Practice Effect as best novel
0000Hugo Award for The Crystal Spheres as best short story
  • 1986 Analog Award in the category "Fact Article"
0000 John W. Campbell Memorial Award for The Postman
0000Locus Award for The Postman in for best science fiction novel
  • 1987 Locus Award for Thor Meets Captain America for best short novel
  • 1988 Hugo Award for The Uplift War for best novel
0000Locus Award in the “80's Author” category and for The Uplift War as best science fiction novel
0000Interzone Readers Poll for The Giving Plague in the "Fiction" category
  • 1991 Interzone Readers Poll for piecework in the category "Fiction"
0000 Seiun Award for The Uplift War for best foreign language novel
  • 1995 Locus Award for Otherness as best collection
  • 1998 Forry Award
  • 2001 Analog Award for Stones of Significance as best short novel
0000 Italia Award for Infinity's Shore for best foreign language novel
  • 2004 Analog Award for A Professor at Harvard for Best Short Story
0000Seiun Award for Heaven's Reach as the best foreign language novel
  • 2008 Golden Duck Award (Hal Clement Young Adult Award) for Sky Horizon: Colony High, Book One

bibliography

Uplift

Uplift / development cycle (first uplift trilogy)
  • 1 Sundiver (1980)
    • German: Sonnentaucher. Translated by Rainer Schmidt. Heyne SF&F # 5278, 1995, ISBN 3-453-07982-5 .
  • 2 Startide Rising (1983)
    • German: Star Flood. Translated by Rainer Schmidt. Droemer Knaur (Knaur Science Fiction & Fantasy # 5794), 1985, ISBN 3-426-05794-8 .
  • 3 The Uplift War (1987)
    • German: War of Development. Translated by Gottfried Feidel. Heyne SF&F # 4634, 1990, ISBN 3-453-03896-7 .

Collective issues:

  • Earthclan (collective edition of 2 and 3; 1987)
  • Uplift: The Complete Original Trilogy (collective edition from 1–3; 2012)
Uplift Storm / Uplift Universe (second uplift trilogy)
  • 1 Brightness Reef (1995)
    • German in 2 parts:
      • Part 1 (Chapters 1-16): Star Reef. Translated by Marcel Bieger. Goldmann Science Fiction # 24759, 1997, ISBN 3-442-24759-4 .
      • Part 2 (Chapters 17–28): Strangers of the Five Galaxies. Translated by Marcel Bieger. Goldmann Science Fiction # 24760, 1997, ISBN 3-442-24760-8 .
  • 2 Infinity's Shore (1996)
    • German in 2 parts:
      • Part 1 (Chapters 1-6): The Shores of Infinity. Translated by Marcel Bieger. Goldmann Science Fiction # 24761, 1998, ISBN 3-442-24761-6 .
      • Part 2 (Chapters 7-10): The Dolphins' Message. Translated by Marcel Bieger. Goldmann Science Fiction # 24803, 1998, ISBN 3-442-24803-5 .
  • 3 Heaven's Reach (1998)
    • German in 2 parts:
      • Part 1 (Chapters 1–2): Ring of the Suns. Translated by Marcel Bieger. Goldmann Science Fiction # 24804, 1999, ISBN 3-442-24804-3 .
      • Part 2 (Chapters 3–5): At the limit of eternity. Translated by Marcel Bieger. Goldmann Science Fiction # 24805, 1999, ISBN 3-442-24805-1 .

Collective issue:

  • Exiles: The Uplift Storm Trilogy (Collective Edition from 1–3; 2013)
Short stories from the Uplift universe
  • The Tides of Kithrup (in: Analog Science Fiction / Science Fact, May 25, 1981 )
  • Life in the Extreme (1998; also: Aficionado , 2003)
  • Temptation (1999, in: Robert Silverberg (Ed.): Far Horizons: All New Tales from the Greatest Worlds of Science Fiction )
  • Ickies (1999, in: Altair, Issue Four )
  • Ickies in Mirrorshades (2006, in: Mike Resnick (Ed.): This is My Funniest: Leading Science Fiction Writers Present Their Funniest Stories Ever )
  • Gorilla My Dreams (in: Jim Baen's Universe, June 2009 )
more uplift books
  • Contacting Aliens: An Illustrated Guide to David Brin's Uplift Universe (2002; with Kevin Lenagh)

Series and cycles

The Postman
  • The Postman (in: Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, November 1982 )
  • Cyclops (in: Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, March 1984 )
  • The Postman (1985)
    • German: Gordon's calling. Translated by Jürgen Langowski. Heyne SF&F # 4594, 1989, ISBN 3-453-03460-0 . Also as: Postman. Translated by Jürgen Langowski. Heyne General Series # 20012, 1998, ISBN 3-453-13898-8 .
Existence
  • Lungfish (1986, in: David Brin: The River of Time )
  • Shoresteading (2 parts in: Jim Baen's Universe, October 2008  ff.)
  • The Smartest Mob ... (in: Jim Baen's Universe, February 2008 ; also: The Smartest Mob , 2015)
  • Existence (2012, novel)
  • The Shelter of Tradition (excerpt from Existence in: Lightspeed, June 2012 )
  • Latecomers (2014, in: Greg Bear and Gardner Dozois (Eds.): Multiverse: Exploring Poul Anderson's Worlds )
Kil'n
  • 1 Kiln People (2002; also: Kil'n People )
    • German: Copy. Translated by Andreas Brandhorst. Heyne SF & F # 52036, 2005, ISBN 3-453-52036-X .
  • 2 Kil'n Time (2006)

Novels

  • The Practice Effect (1983)
    • German: The practice effect. Translated by Rainer Schmidt. Droemer Knaur (Knaur Science Fiction & Fantasy # 5834), 1986, ISBN 3-426-05834-0 .
  • Heart of the Comet (1986, also The Heart of the Comet , 2011; with Gregory Benford )
    • German: In the heart of the comet. Translated by Walter Brumm. Heyne SF&F # 4236, 1986, ISBN 3-453-31224-4 .
  • Earth (1990)
    • German: Earth. Translated by Winfried Petri. Heyne SF&F # 5145, 1994, ISBN 3-453-07764-4 .
  • Glory Season (1992)
    • English: The Clans of Stratos. Translated by Christine Strüh. Heyne SF&F # 5931, 1998, ISBN 3-453-13327-7 .
  • Foundation's Triumph (3rd part of the second Foundation cycle ; 1999)
    • German: The Foundation's Victory. Translated by Irene Holicki. Heyne SF&F # 8303, 2001, ISBN 3-453-17938-2 .
  • Tiger in Sky (first part of the cycle Out of Time , 1999; with Sheila Finch )
  • Forgiveness ( graphic novel for Star Trek: The Next Generation ; 2001)
  • The Life Eaters (short novel, 2003)
  • The Ancient Ones (5 episodes in: Jim Baen's Universe , June 2006 - February 2008, novel version 2020)
  • Sky Horizon (first volume of the Colony High cycle ; 2007)

Collections

  • The River of Time (1986)
  • Otherness (1994)
  • Tomorrow Happens (2003)
  • Insistence of Vision (2016)

Short stories

1981:

  • Just a Hint (in: Analog Science Fiction / Science Fact, April 27, 1981 )
  • The Loom of Thessaly (in: Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, November 23, 1981 )

1982:

  • Co-Existence (in: Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, May 1982 ; also: The River of Time , 1986)

1983:

  • Tank-Farm Dynamo (in: Analog Science Fiction / Science Fact, November 1983 ; also: Tank Farm , 2000)
    • German: Tankfarm-Dynamo. In: Wolfgang Jeschke (Ed.): Papa Godzilla. Heyne SF&F # 4560, 1989, ISBN 3-453-03152-0 .

1984:

  • The Crystal Spheres (in: Analog Science Fiction / Science Fact, January 1984 )
    • German: Die Kristallhüllen. In: Jonathan Gates (Ed.): The 20 Best SF Stories. Goldmann SF # 25029, 1997, ISBN 3-442-25029-3 .
  • The Fourth Vocation of George Gustaf (1984, in: Isaac Asimov's Tomorrow's Voices )

1985:

1986:

  • Senses Three and Six (1986, in: David Brin: The River of Time )
  • A Stage of Memory (1986, in: David Brin: The River of Time )
    • German: Stage of Remembrance. In: Wolfgang Jeschke (Ed.): Papa Godzilla. Heyne SF&F # 4560, 1989, ISBN 3-453-03152-0 .
  • Thor Meets Captain America (1986, in: David Brin: The River of Time )
    • English: Thor meets Captain America. In: Wolfgang Jeschke (Ed.): Wasserman's robots. Heyne SF&F # 4513, 1988, ISBN 3-453-02768-X .
  • Toujours Voir (1986, in: David Brin: The River of Time )

1987:

1988:

1989:

  • Dr. Pak's Preschool (1989)
    • German: Dr. Paks preschool. In: Wolfgang Jeschke (Ed.): At the border. Heyne SF&F # 4610, 1989, ISBN 3-453-03475-9 .
  • Shhhh (in: Amazing Stories, May 1989 ; also: Sshhh ... , 1994)
    • German: Pssssst. In: Wolfgang Jeschke (Ed.): The road to Candarei. Heyne SF&F # 5275, 1995, ISBN 3-453-07974-4 .
  • Privacy (in: The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, September 1989 )
  • Ambiguity (1989, in: Byron Preiss (Ed.): The Microverse )

1990:

  • Piecework (in: Interzone, # 33 January-February 1990 )
  • The Diplomacy Guild (in: Amazing Stories, March 1990 )
  • Peacekeeper (in: Aboriginal Science Fiction, March-April 1990 )
  • Ice Pilot (1990, in: Arthur C. Clarke, David Brin and Arthur C Clarke: Project Solar Sail )
  • The Secret of Life (in: Amazing Stories, July 1990 )
  • Myth Number 21 (1990)
  • Piecework (1990)

1991:

  • What Continues, What Fails… (in: Interzone, # 54 December 1991 ; also: What Continues… And What Fails… , 1994)

1992:

1993:

  • Detritus Affected (in: The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, March 1993 )

1994:

  • NatuLife ® (in: The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, April 1994 )
  • Those Eyes (1994, in: Esther M. Friesner and Martin H. Greenberg (Eds.): Alien Pregnant by Elvis )
  • The Other Side of the Hill (in: Science Fiction Age, November 1994 )

1996:

  • Fortitude (in: Science Fiction Age, January 1996 )
  • An Ever-Reddening Glow (in: Analog Science Fiction and Fact, February 1996 )
  • Paris Conquers All (in: The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, March 1996 ; with Gregory Benford)
    • English: Paris strikes back. In: Ronald M. Hahn (Ed.): Der Dunkelstern. Heyne SF&F # 5934, 1998, ISBN 3-453-13331-5 .

1998:

  • Stones of Significance (1998, in: James Cahill (Ed.): Lamps on the Brow )

2000:

  • Reality Check (in: Nature, March 16, 2000 )

2003:

  • News from 2025: A Glitch in Medicine Cabinet 3.5 (2003, in: David Brin: Tomorrow Happens ; also: News from 2035: A Glitch in Medicine Cabinet 3.5 , 2016)
  • A Professor at Harvard (2003, in: David Brin: Tomorrow Happens )

2004:

  • Sky Light (2004, in: David Moles and Jay Lake (Eds.): All-Star Zeppelin Adventure Stories )

2005:

  • Mars Opposition (in: Analog Science Fiction and Fact, January-February 2005 )
  • Free the Mississippi? (2005)

2006:

  • Eloquent Elepents Pine Away for the Moon's Crystal Forests (2006, in: Mike Resnick (Ed.): Space Cadets )

2007:

  • I Could've Done Better (in: Jim Baen's Universe, February 2007 ; with Gregory Benford )
  • Gawkers (in: Michael Nelson (Ed.): Nippon2007 Souvenir Book , 2007)

2013:

  • The Heavy Generation (2013, in: Gregory Benford and James Benford (Eds.): Starship Century: Toward the Grandest Horizon )
  • The Log (2013, in: JE Mooney and Bill Fawcett (Eds.): Shadows of the New Sun: Stories in Honor of Gene Wolfe ; also: The Logs , 2016)
  • Insistence of Vision (2013, in: Stephen Cass (Ed.): Twelve Tomorrows )
  • Banner of the Angels (2013, in: David Conyers, David Kernot and Jeff Harris (Eds.): Extreme Planets ; with Gregory Benford)

2014:

  • The Avalon Missions (in: Analog Science Fiction and Fact, March 2014 ; also: Avalon Probes , 2016)
  • Transition Generation (2014, in: Ed Finn and Kathryn Cramer (Eds.): Hieroglyph: Stories and Visions for a Better Future )
  • Chrysalis (in: Analog Science Fiction and Fact, October 2014 )

2015:

  • The Tumbledowns of Cleopatra Abyss (2015, in: Gardner Dozois and George RR Martin (Eds.): Old Venus )
  • A Need for Heroes (2015, in: August Cole (Ed.): The Atlantic Council Art of Future Warfare Project: War Stories from the Future )
  • The Tell (2015, in: Jennifer Henshaw and Allison Linn (Eds.): Future Visions: Original Science Fiction Inspired by Microsoft )

2016:

  • Six-Word Tales (2016, in: David Brin: Insistence of Vision )
  • 71 (2016, in: Eric Flint (Ed.): Ring of Fire IV )

2017:

  • High Awareness (2017, in: Michael G. Bennett, Joey Eschrich and Ed Finn (Eds.): Overview: Stories in the Stratosphere ; with Tobias S. Buckell )

2020:

  • The Escape (2020)

Anthologies

  • Project Solar Sail (1986; with Arthur C. Clarke )
  • Chasing Shadows: Visions of Our Coming Transparent World (2017; with Stephen W. Potts)

Non-fiction

  • Evolution of Polarized Light in an Inhomogeneous Anisotropic Medium (Master thesis, 1977)
  • Evolution of Cometary Nuclei as Influenced by a Dust Component (Dissertation, 1981)
  • The Transparent Society (1987)
  • Extraterrestrial Civilization (1989; with Thomas BH Kuiper)
  • The Transparent Society - Will Technology Force Us to Choose Between Privacy and Freedom? (1998)
  • King Kong Is Back! An Unauthorized Look at One Humongous Ape (2005; with Leah Wilson)
  • The Other Culture War: Beleaguered Professionals vs. Disempowered Citizens (2005)
  • Star Wars On Trial: Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Debate the Most Popular Science-fiction Films of All Time (2006; with Matthew Stover )
  • Through Stranger Eyes: Reviews, Introductions, Tributes & Iconoclastic Essays (2008)
  • The Dark Side (2010)
  • George Orwell and the Self-Fulfilling Prophecy (2010)
  • The Lord of the Rings (2010)
  • The Matrix (2010)
  • Disputation Arenas (2011)

literature

Web links

Commons : David Brin  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Brian MacConnell: Beyond contact - a guide to SETI and communicating with Alien civilizations. O'Reilly, Beijing 2001, ISBN 0-596-00037-5 , pp. 68ff. (Google books)  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / books.google.at  
  2. ↑ NASA ADS: GD Brin: The Great Silence - the Controversy Concerning Extraterrestrial Intelligent Life , accessed December 24, 2010
personal data
SURNAME Brin, David
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Brin, Glen David (full name); Brin, GD (alternative spelling)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American science fiction writer
DATE OF BIRTH October 6, 1950
PLACE OF BIRTH Glendale , California