David Brin
Forfatter af The Postman
Om forfatteren
David Brin is a scientist, writer, and public speaker. He was born in Pasadena, California, on October 9, 1950. Brin attended the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) and later earned a doctorate at the University of California. He accepted a position as an engineer at Hughes Aircraft vis mere Company. Brin is a former fellow at the California Space Institute and serves on several government and nongovernment advisory committees dealing with issues involved with technological growth. Brin has lectured all over the world on such topics as space flight, ecology, and the search for extraterrestrial life. Brin deals with global warming, the destruction of the ozone layer, and pollution of Earth. His 1987 novel, The Uplift War, received the Hugo Award and the Locus Award. His novels have been translated into 20 languages. (Bowker Author Biography) vis mindre
Image credit: Cheryl Brin
Serier
Værker af David Brin
The Transparent Society: Will Technology Force Us to Choose Between Privacy and Freedom? (1998) — Forfatter — 493 eksemplarer
Star Wars on Trial: Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Debate the Most Popular Science Fiction Films of All Time (2006) — Redaktør — 180 eksemplarer
Uplift: The Complete Original Trilogy (Sundiver / Startide Rising / The Uplift War) (1980) 71 eksemplarer
Chasing Shadows: Visions of Our Coming Transparent World (2017) — Redaktør; Bidragyder — 35 eksemplarer
The Second Foundation Trilogy: Foundation's Fear, Foundation and Chaos, Foundation's Triumph (2004) 18 eksemplarer
King Kong Is Back!: An Unauthorized Look at One Humongous Ape! (Smart Pop series) (2005) — Redaktør — 18 eksemplarer
Extreme Planets: A Science Fiction Anthology of Alien Worlds (Chaosium fiction) (2014) — Bidragyder — 10 eksemplarer
Startide Rising, Part I 4 eksemplarer
Neoteny and Two-Way Sexual Selection In Human Evolution 3 eksemplarer
Startide Rising, Part II 3 eksemplarer
Uplift: 6 - Infinity's Reef 2 eksemplarer
The Tumbledowns of Cleopatra Abyss {short story} 2 eksemplarer
Smart Pop Preview 2013: Standalone Essays and Exclusive Extras on the Hunger Games, Ender's Game, Percy Jackson,… (2013) 2 eksemplarer
The Smartest Mob 2 eksemplarer
A Professor at Harvard 2 eksemplarer
The Lord of the Rings: J.R.R. Tolkien vs the Modern Age 2 eksemplarer
Glory Season, Part II 2 eksemplarer
Fortitude [short story] [podcast] 2 eksemplarer
The Ancient Ones 2 1 eksemplar
Rainbows End 1 eksemplar
The Ancient Ones 4 1 eksemplar
The Postman / Startide Rising / The Uplift War 1 eksemplar
The Ancient Ones 3 1 eksemplar
A Guerra da Elevação II Livro 1 1 eksemplar
The Ancient Ones 1 1 eksemplar
Fondazione: Il trionfo (Urania Jumbo) 1 eksemplar
Out of Time Tiger in the Sky 1 eksemplar
Out of Time Yanked! 1 eksemplar
Out of Time The Game of Worlds 1 eksemplar
Brin, David - Infinity Flight 1 eksemplar
Transition Generation 1 eksemplar
The Log {short story} 1 eksemplar
The Matrix: Tomorrow May Be Different 1 eksemplar
The Other Side of the Hill 1 eksemplar
Shoresteading 2 1 eksemplar
Shoresteading 1 1 eksemplar
[[no brin paperbacks???] 1 eksemplar
I Could've Done Better 1 eksemplar
The Uplift War, Sundiver, Startide Rising, Brightness Reef, Infinity's Shore and Heaven's Reach. (The Uplift… (1980) 1 eksemplar
Dogma of Otherness [essay] 1 eksemplar
The Ancient Ones 5 1 eksemplar
George Orwell and the Self-Fulfilling Prophecy 1 eksemplar
Glory Season / Vorkosigan's Game 1 eksemplar
Existence Excerpt 1 eksemplar
Cyclops (novella) 1 eksemplar
Existence 2: A létezés titka 1 eksemplar
The Tell (short) 1 eksemplar
Uplift saga's, books 1 - 7 1 eksemplar
News From 2025 1 eksemplar
Mars Opposition 1 eksemplar
Visions of the Future 1 eksemplar
The Startide Effect 1 eksemplar
Associated Works
Seven Seasons of Buffy: Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Discuss Their Favorite Television Show (2003) — Bidragyder — 407 eksemplarer
Future Visions: Original Science Fiction Inspired by Microsoft (2015) — Bidragyder — 190 eksemplarer
Isaac Asimov's Wonderful Worlds of Science Fiction, Volume 9: Robots (1989) — Bidragyder — 113 eksemplarer
Gateways: A Feast of Great New Science Fiction Honoring Grand Master Frederik Pohl (2010) — Bidragyder — 94 eksemplarer
Speculative Japan: Outstanding Tales of Japanese Science Fiction and Fantasy (2007) — Preface — 55 eksemplarer
Before They Were Giants: First Works from Science Fiction Greats (2010) — Bidragyder — 47 eksemplarer
Twelve Tomorrows - Visionary stories of the near future inspired by today's technologies (2013) — Bidragyder — 35 eksemplarer
Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact: Vol. CI, No. 5 (April 1981) (1981) — Bidragyder — 18 eksemplarer
Aliens: The Complete History of Extra Terrestrials: From Ancient Times to Ridley Scott (2017) — Forord, nogle udgaver — 12 eksemplarer
Alternative Theologies: Parables for a Modern World (Alternatives Book 3) (2018) — Bidragyder — 11 eksemplarer
Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine: Vol. 6, No. 11 [November 1982] (1982) — Forfatter — 11 eksemplarer
ZomerSFeer : nieuwe verhalen van John Barnes, David Brin, Walter Jon Williams (1996) — Bidragyder — 7 eksemplarer
The Profession of Science Fiction: SF Writers on Their Craft and Ideas (Insights) (1992) — Bidragyder — 6 eksemplarer
StarShipSofa Stories Volume 3 — Bidragyder — 4 eksemplarer
Satte nøgleord på
Almen Viden
- Juridisk navn
- Brin, Glen David
- Fødselsdato
- 1950-10-06
- Køn
- male
- Nationalitet
- USA
- Fødested
- Glendale, California, USA
- Bopæl
- San Diego, California, USA
- Uddannelse
- California Institute of Technology (BS|Astronomy|1973)
University of California, San Diego (MS|Electrical Engineering|1978)
University of California, San Diego (PhD|Space Physics|1981) - Erhverv
- Writer
Public speaker
NASA consultant - Relationer
- Brin, Herb (father)
- Organisationer
- California Space Institute
Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America - Agent
- Danny Baror
Medlemmer
Discussions
***Group Read: The Postman i 75 Books Challenge for 2011 (april 2011)
Science Fiction: Post-industrial, forest planet, retainment dam? i Name that Book (juni 2009)
Anmeldelser
Lister
Favourite Books (3)
Best Dystopias (2)
First Novels (1)
Nebula Award (1)
Future Visions (1)
Hæderspriser
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Statistikker
- Værker
- 141
- Also by
- 78
- Medlemmer
- 37,113
- Popularitet
- #492
- Vurdering
- 3.8
- Anmeldelser
- 550
- ISBN
- 449
- Sprog
- 19
- Udvalgt
- 157