New Releases by David Brin

The essential companion to one of the most celebrated science fiction series of all time. Beginning with the novel Sundiver, David Brin introduced one of the most inventive, thought-provoking, and richly-imagined universes in all of science fiction. Now, Brin collaborates with acclaimed artist Kevyn Lenagh to present the definitive guide to the societies, technology, and species of his epic, award-winning series. Written as a handbook for Terran field agents, Contacting Aliens offers a detailed and comprehensive look at Uplift''s many alien races—from the friendly Tymbrimi to the warlike Tandu, the wise Kanten to the reptilian Soro, and the bureaucratic Hoon to the manipulative Thennanin. Readers will discover fascinating information about their physiology, psychology, and history; their clans and alliances; and their shifting attitudes toward Earth and its representatives. The volume also includes a history of Earth''s contact with the Civilization of Five Galaxies, a look at its institutions, languages, and customs, plus a timeline of momentous events going back three billion years. Contacting Aliens is an essential reference work for Uplift fans, filled with never-before-seen illustrations that reveal the keys to the ambitious vision and bold speculation of the Uplift universe.

Roman lauréat des prix Hugo, Nebula et Locus Le vaisseau d''exploration Streaker a amerri en catastrophe sur la planète aquatique et peu connue de Kithrup, après avoir fait une des plus grandes découvertes de l''histoire galactique. En haut, dans l''espace, des flottes de guerre appartenant à diverses races extraterrestres s''affrontent dans une bataille titanesque pour s''emparer de l''astronef terrien. En bas, cachés sous la mer, des membres de l''équipage - composé d''humains et de dauphins - doivent lutter contre une mutinerie à bord et une planète hostile pour protéger son secret : le sort des Progéniteurs, la légendaire race fondatrice de la civilisation galactique. « David Brin marque une rupture dans l''histoire du space opera. Après lui, on ne peut plus regarder le genre du même oeil. » ActuSF « Les livres du Cycle de l''Élévation fournissent de la lecture compulsive presque sans égale dans la science-fiction. » The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction « Marée stellaire est un exploit extraordinaire, un livre si plein d''idées fascinantes qu''elles auraient pu remplir un ouvrage deux fois plus long. » Poul Anderson « Un des romans SF les plus mémorables à paraître ces dernières années. » Publishers Weekly Court extrait : Extrait du journal de Gillian Baskin « Car, bien sûr, ils ne manqueront pas de venir. Il n''existe pas trente-six voies interspatiales que le Streaker ait pu emprunter sans s''être servi d''un point de transfert. Le seul problème est de savoir si les réparations du vaisseau seront terminées à temps pour que nous puissions repartir d''ici avant que les Galactiques ne nous tombent dessus. Comme nous disposions, Tom et moi, de quelques heures à nous consacrer - les premières depuis des jours et des jours -, nous sommes retournés dans notre cabine pour y faire l''amour. Il dort à présent, et j''en profite pour prendre ces quelques notes. Je ne sais pas si l''occasion s''en représentera de sitôt. Le capitaine Creideiki vient justement de nous appeler. Il désire que nous soyons tous deux présents sur la passerelle, vraisemblablement pour que les fen puissent nous voir et savoir ainsi que leurs patrons humains sont à leurs côtés. Même un spationaute dauphin compétent tel que Creideiki éprouve de temps à autre le besoin d''être ainsi rassuré. Si seulement nous autres, les hommes, nous avions la possibilité de nous réfugier dans un giron psychologique similaire ! Il est temps pour moi d''interrompre ce journal et de tirer mon compagnon d''un sommeil réparateur. Mais auparavant, je tiens à jeter sur le papier ce que Tom m''a dit hier soir alors que nous contemplions les océans tumultueux de Kithrup. Il s''est tourné vers moi et il m''a souri avec cette expression étrange qu''il a lorsqu''une pensée ironique lui traverse l''esprit. Puis il m''a siffloté un petit haïku en delphinien ternaire. * Orages d''étoiles Sur le tonnerre des flots Crois-tu que ça mouille ? * Il m''a bien fallu rire. Parfois, je me dis que Tom est un demi-dauphin. » © Bragelonne 2017

Doppelgänger mit Verfallsdatum Stellen Sie sich vor, Sie könnten eine Kopie Ihres Körpers anfertigen lassen – eine Kopie, die genauso aussieht, genauso handelt und genauso denkt wie Sie. Eine Kopie jedoch, deren Lebenszeit auf wenige Stunden begrenzt ist. Was würden Sie mit dieser Kopie tun? Oder anders gefragt: Was würde diese Kopie mit Ihnen tun? Albert Morris ist Privatdetektiv. Unangenehme oder gefährliche Recherchen überlässt er den Ditos, seinen Kopien, die zwar über seine Erinnerungen verfügen, aber nur 24 Stunden lang überleben. Als Yosil Maharal, einer der Mitbegründer des Konzerns, der die Rohlinge für die Ditos herstellt, erst spurlos verschwindet und dann tot aufgefunden wird, beauftragt dessen Tochter Ritu Morris mit den Ermittlungen. Sie ist davon überzeugt, dass ihr Vater ermordet wurde. Als Morris‘ Ditos anfangen, sich eigenartig zu benehmen, ahnt er, dass weit mehr hinter der Geschichte steckt als nur ein Mord ...

Sur une planète où l''essentiel de la population est constitué de clones, Maïa est une var, une humaine conçue naturellement. En raison de leur naissance, Maïa et sa soeur jumelle Leie doivent quitter leur ville natale et leurs demi-soeurs privilégiées pour sillonner les routes maritimes et trouver leur propre place. Mais au cours d''un périple où elle doit affronter la faim et l''emprisonnement, la solitude et les batailles, Maïa rencontre un autre voyageur venu de loin, dont la seule existence menace le monde parfaitement réglé de Stratos...

Dans une Amérique sombre et violente issue d''une guerre dévastatrice, Gordon est un comédien errant, troquant des histoires contre nourriture et un toit provisoire. Jusqu''à cette froide nuit d''hiver où il endosse la veste d''un facteur depuis longtemps décédé. Car le vieil uniforme est un symbole qui fera renaître l''espoir chez ceux qui survivent encore dans quelques communautés isolées. Héros malgré lui, il sera obligé de les défendre contre des forcenés ennemis des valeurs civilisées. « Un livre exaltant qui contient tout, de l''action palpitante à des moments doux d''intimité finement décrits. » Locus « Ce roman va vous absorber jusqu''à la dernière page. » Chicago Tribune

Hugo and Nebula award-winning author David Brin is one of the most eloquent, imaginative voices in science fiction. Now he returns with a new novel rich in texture, universal in theme, monumental in scope--pushing the genre to new heights. Young Maia is fast approaching a turning point in her life. As a half-caste var, she must leave the clan home of her privileged half sisters and seek her fortune in the world. With her twin sister, Leie, she searches the docks of Port Sanger for an apprenticeship aboard the vessels that sail the trade routes of the Stratoin oceans. On her far-reaching, perilous journey of discovery, Maia will endure hardship and hunger, imprisonment and loneliness, bloody battles with pirates and separation from her twin. And along the way, she will meet a traveler who has come an unimaginable distance--and who threatens the delicate balance of the Stratoins'' carefully maintained, perfect society.... Both exciting and insightful, Glory Season is a major novel, a transcendent saga of the human spirit.

NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE • “A moving experience . . . a powerful cautionary tale.”—Whitley Strieber He was a survivor—a wanderer who traded tales for food and shelter in the dark and savage aftermath of a devastating war. Fate touches him one chill winter’s day when he borrows the jacket of a long-dead postal worker to protect himself from the cold. The old, worn uniform still has power as a symbol of hope, and with it he begins to weave his greatest tale, of a nation on the road to recovery. This is the story of a lie that became the most powerful kind of truth. A timeless novel as urgently compelling as War Day or Alas, Babylon, David Brin’s The Postman is the dramatically moving saga of a man who rekindled the spirit of America through the power of a dream, from a modern master of science fiction. “The Postman will keep you engrossed until you’ve finished the last page.”—Chicago Tribune

In a universe filled with habitable worlds why have we had no contact with extraterrestrial intelligence? David Brin''s short story, "The Crystal Spheres," offers a fantastic explanation for the Great Silence. Instead of being late-comers - might humanity have come upon the scene too early? This haunting tale was voted one of the "most beautiful" of the eighties. Winner of the 1985 Hugo Award.

David Brin''s Uplift novels are among the most thrilling and extraordinary science fiction ever written. 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. But the greatest mystery of all remains unsolved: who uplifted humankind? The Terran exploration vessel Streaker has crashed in the uncharted water world of Kithrup, bearing one of the most important discoveries in galactic history. Below, a handful of her human and dolphin crew battles armed rebellion and a hostile planet to safeguard her secret--the fate of the Progenitors, the fabled First Race who seeded wisdom throughout the stars.

David Brin’s Uplift novels—Sundiver, Hugo award winner The Uplift War, and Hugo and Nebula winner Startide Rising—are among the most thrilling and extraordinary science fiction tales ever written. Now David Brin returns to this future universe for a new Uplift trilogy, packed with adventure, passion and wit. The planet Jijo is forbidden to settlers, its ecology protected by guardians of the Five Galaxies. But over the centuries it has been resettled, populated by refugees of six intelligent races. Together they have woven a new society in the wilderness, drawn together by their fear of Judgment Day, when the Five Galaxies will discover their illegal colony. Then a strange starship arrives on Jijo. Does it bring the long-dreaded judgment, or worse—a band of criminals willing to destroy the six races of Jijo in order to cover their own crimes?

Nebula and Hugo award-winning author David Brin continues his bestselling Uplift series in this second novel of a bold new trilogy. Imaginative, inventive, and filled with Brin''s trademark mix of adventure, passion, and wit, Infinity''s Shore carries us further than ever before into the heart of the most beloved and extraordinary science fiction sagas ever written. For the fugitive settlers of Jijo, it is truly the beginning of the end. As starships fill the skies, the threat of genocide hangs over the planet that once peacefully sheltered six bands of sapient beings. Now the human settlers of Jijo and their alien neighbors must make heroic--and terrifying--choices. A scientist must rally believers for a cause he never shared. And four youngsters find that what started as a simple adventure--imitating exploits in Earthling books by Verne and Twain--leads them to the dark abyss of mystery. Meanwhile, the Streaker, with her fugitive dolphin crew, arrives at last on Jijo in a desperate search for refuge. Yet what the crew finds instead is a secret hidden since the galaxies first spawned intelligence--a secret that could mean salvation for the planet and its inhabitants...or their ultimate annihilation.

David Brin''s Uplift novels are among the most thrilling and extraordinary science fiction ever written. 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. But the greatest mystery of all remains unsolved: who uplifted humankind? As galactic armadas clash in quest of the ancient fleet of the Progenitors, a brutal alien race seizes the dying planet of Garth. The various uplifted inhabitants of Garth must battle their overlords or face ultimate extinction. At stake is the existence of Terran society and Earth, and the fate of the entire Five Galaxies. Sweeping, brilliantly crafted, inventive and dramatic, The Uplift War is an unforgettable story of adventure and wonder from one of today''s science fiction greats.

The classic apocalyptic novel that stunned the world.

Depuis le Contact avec les Galactiques, les Terriens font figure d''exception. Si les extraterrestres ont tous été initiés par une espèce plus ancienne à laquelle ils doivent obéissance avant de pouvoir eux-mêmes " élever " une nouvelle espèce, il n''y a aucune trace des " parents " de l''humanité. Se peut-il qu''elle ait accédé d''elle-même à la civilisation galactique ? C''est d''autant plus surprenant que l''homme a déjà élevé à la conscience les dauphins et les chimpanzés. Peut-être les patrons de l''humanité se sont-ils réfugiés au cœur du Soleil où d''étranges troupeaux de magnétovores ont été observés ? C''est ce que vont tenter de découvrir Jacob Demwa et les membres extraterrestres du Projet Plongée Solaire. Premier volume du Cycle de l''Elévation, jusqu''au cœur du Soleil est un roman de science-fiction haletant, où suspense, rigueur scientifique et réflexion se côtoient.

In a perilous future where disposable duplicate bodies fulfill every legal and illicit whim of their decadent masters, life is cheap. No one knows that better than Albert Morris, a brash investigator with a knack for trouble, who has sent his own duplicates into deadly peril more times than he cares to remember. But when Morris takes on a ring of bootleggers making illegal copies of a famous actress, he stumbles upon a secret so explosive it has incited open warfare on the streets of Dittotown. Dr. Yosil Maharal, a brilliant researcher in artificial intelligence, has suddenly vanished, just as he is on the verge of a revolutionary scientific breakthrough. Maharal''s daughter, Ritu, believes he has been kidnapped-or worse. Aeneas Polom, a reclusive trillionaire who appears in public only through his high-priced platinum duplicates, offers Morris unlimited resources to locate Maharal before his awesome discovery falls into the wrong hands. To uncover the truth, Morris must enter a shadowy, nightmare world of ghosts and golems where nothing -and no one-is what they seem, memory itself is suspect, and the line between life and death may no longer exist. David Brin''s Kiln People is a 2003 Hugo Award Nominee for Best Novel. At the Publisher''s request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Argues that the privacy of individuals actually hampers accountability, which is the foundation of any civilized society and that openness is far more liberating than secrecy

"One last adventure!" And so begins the final quest of Hari Seldon, creator of the science of Psychohistory, as he escapes from exile for a last look at the star-flung Empire whose fate he has plotted with such care, and as he now sees, such futility. Isaac Asimov''s Foundation Trilogy is one of the high-water marks of science fiction. The monumental story of a Galactic Empire in decline, and the secret society of scientists who seek to shorten the inevitable Dark Age with the science of Psychohistory, Foundation pioneered many of the familiar themes of modern science fiction. Now, with the permission and blessing of the Asimov estate, three of today''s most acclaimed science fiction authors have conspired to complete the epic the Grand Master left unfinished. The Second Foundation Trilogy begins with Gregory Benford''s Foundation''s Fear with the origins of the Foundation''s creator, Hari Seldon. It continues in Greg Bear''s Foundation and Chaos with the epic tale of Seldon''s downfall, and the first stirrings of robotic rebellion. Now, in David Brin''s Foundation''s Triumph, Seldon is about to risk everything for knowledge--and the power it bestows. Effectively imprisoned on the all-steel planet Trantor, Seldon knows that his Second Foundation is growing in secrecy on the far planet Terminus, safe in the hands of "The Fifty." His work complete, Seldon is prepared to die content--until he learns of a new theory that may explain the Chaos Planets that have threatened his Foundation from its very inception. Escaping in the company of a bureaucrat, a pirate and a beautiful stowaway, Seldon roams the galaxy by star shunt, a wormhole link, and later, by private spaceship, searching for the answer to what he thinks is the last remaining mystery. But instead he finds a tangle of ambition, doubt, and treachery. Lodovik Trema, no longer bound by the Three Laws, is gathering rebellious robots in an Empire-wide conspiracy. And Daneel Olivaw, who has devoted twenty thousand years to humankind, now has a new master. The Secret Foundation itself is at risk. Are The Fifty with their awesome mentalic powers enough to assure humankind''s future? Or will the Second Foundation succeed the first only to fall to the powers of chaos that have bedeviled--and beguiled--Hari Seldon from the beginning? Foundation''s Triumph is a fitting climax to the most ambitious and successful science fictional enterprise of the century''s end--an undertaking which Asimov himself--like Hari Seldon--set in motion and would surely approve.

A group of adventurers escapes from a nightmarish planet and enters a marvelous new universe that guards a secret with the potential to change the course of civilization