David Brin
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Born | Glen David Brin October 6, 1950 Glendale, California, U.S. |
Nationality | American |
Education | University of California, San Diego (PhD, MS) California Institute of Technology (BS) |
Occupation(s) | Novelist, NASA consultant |
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Genre | Science fiction |
Notable works | Uplift series, The Postman, Earth, "The Transparent Society" |
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Thesis | Evolution of cometary nuclei as influenced by a dust component (1981) |
Doctoral advisor | D. Asoka Mendis |
Website | davidbrin |
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Glen David Brin (born October 6, 1950) is an American
Early life and education
Brin was born in Glendale, California, in 1950 to Selma and Herb Brin. He graduated from the California Institute of Technology with a Bachelor of Science in astronomy, in 1973.[9][10] At the University of California, San Diego, he earned a Master of Science in electrical engineering (optics) in 1978 and a Doctor of Philosophy degree in astronomy in 1981.[11][12]
Career
From 1983 to 1986, he was a postdoctoral research fellow at the California Space Institute, of the University of California, at the San Diego campus in La Jolla.[9] In 2010, Brin became a fellow of the Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies.[13][14] He helped establish the Arthur C. Clarke Center for Human Imagination at UCSD. He serves on the advisory board of NASA's Innovative and Advanced Concepts group and frequently does futurist consulting for corporations and government agencies. [citation needed]
As of 2013, he served on the Board of Advisors for the Museum of Science Fiction.[15]
Personal life
Brin has
As of 2022, Brin was living in San Diego County, California, with his wife and children.[17]
Works
Most of Brin's fiction is categorized as hard science fiction, in that they apply some degree of plausible scientific or technological change as important plot elements. About half of Brin's works are in his Uplift Universe. These have twice won the Hugo Award for Best Novel.
Much of Brin's work outside the Uplift series focuses on technology's effects on human society,[18] a common theme of contemporary North American science fiction.
Bibliography
Fiction
The Uplift stories
The Uplift novels are:
- ISBN 0-553-13312-8
- The Uplift Trilogy (sometimes called the Uplift Storm trilogy):
- ISBN 0-553-10034-3. Hugo and Locus SF Awards nominee, 1996[23]
- ISBN 0-553-57777-8
- ISBN 0-553-57473-6
Short stories:
- "Aficionado" (1998) was first published as "Life in the Extreme" in Popular Science magazine, republished in the 2003 limited-edition collection Tomorrow Happens, and included in Brin's 2012 novel Existence. It is available on Brin's website. "Aficionado" takes place before the novels.
- "Temptation" (1999) appeared in Robert Silverberg's anthology Far Horizons: All New Tales from the Greatest Worlds of Science Fiction and is set after the events of Infinity's Shore.
Contacting Aliens: An Illustrated Guide to David Brin's Uplift Universe (2002),
High Horizon
- Colony High (February 2021) ISBN 978-1953034526
- Castaways of New Mojave (August 2021) 978-1956015126 – with Jeff Carlson
Other fiction
Stand-alone novels:
- ISBN 978-0-553-23992-8
- Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine. Filmed by Kevin Costner as a major motion picture.
- ISBN 0-553-07064-9 – Hugo and Locus SF Awards nominee, 1991.[26] Contains many successful predictions of current trends (such as email spam) and technologies.
- ISBN 0-553-07645-0 – Hugo and Locus SF Awards nominee, 1994[27]
- John W. Campbell Award, and the Arthur C. Clarke Award; each time finishing behind a different book.
- Existence, ISBN 978-0-765-30361-5
- The Ancient Ones, self-published, (2020), ISBN 978-1-70798-865-5
Graphic novels:
- Forgiveness (2002), ISBN 978-1563898501 – set in the Star Trek: The Next Generationuniverse
- The Life Eaters (2003), Wildstorm imprint of DC Comics, art by Scott Hampton
- Tinkerers (2010) – discussion of the causes of the decline of American manufacturing[29]
His short fiction has been collected in:
- ISBN 0-913165-11-5
- ISBN 1-85723-310-7
- Tomorrow Happens (2003), ISBN 978-1886778436
- Insistence of Vision (2016), ISBN 978-1611882216
- The Best of David Brin (2021), ISBN 978-1645240099
Other works by Brin include his addition to
- ISBN 978-0-06-105639-0
and his addition to Eric Flint's 1632-verse:
- "71" in ISBN 978-1476781242
Brin designed the game Tribes, published in 1998 by Steve Jackson Games,[30] and wrote the storyline for the 2000 Dreamcast video game Ecco the Dolphin: Defender of the Future.
Nonfiction
Ongoing:
- Articles in professional journals, including The Astrophysical Journal and Information Technology and Libraries; as well as popular magazines, such as Omni, Nature, and Popular Science.[9]
Books:
- Extraterrestrial Civilization by Thomas Kuiper and Glen David Brin, (1989) ISBN 0917853385
- ISBN 0-7382-0144-8—won the Eli M. Oboler Award for intellectual freedom from the American Library Association
- ISBN 1-932100-89-X
- Polemical Judo: Memes for our Political Knife-fight (2019) ISBN 978-1704368030
Honors and awards
- 1984 Nebula Award for Best Novel[31]
- 1984, 1988 Hugo Award for Best Novel
- 1985 Inkpot Award[32]
- 1984, 1986, 1988 Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel
- 1985 Hugo Award for Best Short Story
- Minor planet Eleanor Helin in 1991, is named in his honor.[33]
References
- ^ 1984 Hugo Awards Archived 2007-12-25 at the Wayback Machine, Best Novel:Startide Rising by David Brin (Bantam, 1983), The Hugo Awards
- Reason
- ^ Startide Rising Archived 2009-03-30 at the Wayback Machine, Science Fiction & Fantasy Books, WWEnd
- ^ The Postman Archived 2009-03-29 at the Wayback Machine, Science Fiction & Fantasy Books, WWEnd
- ^ The Uplift War Archived 2009-03-29 at the Wayback Machine, Science Fiction & Fantasy Books, WWEnd
- ^ 1986: 1st - The Postman, David Brin Archived 2011-10-25 at the Wayback Machine, 2003: 2nd - Kiln People, David Brin, The John W. Campbell Memorial Award
- ^ "Nebula Award Winners: 1965 – 2011 Archived 2015-01-31 at the Wayback Machine". Section: 1983. Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers of America. sfwa.org. "Best Novel: Startide Rising by David Brin". Retrieved 2018-02-04.
- ^ Jones, Fiona M (March 20, 2021). "David Brin: The Postman". Mythaxis Review. Retrieved October 26, 2021.
- ^ a b c "David Brin". Contemporary Authors Online. Detroit: Gale, 2004. Retrieved via Biography in Context database, 2018-02-01. Available online via Encyclopedia.com Archived 2018-02-03 at the Wayback Machine.
- ^ "Caltech Commencement Program" (PDF). Caltech Campus Publications. June 8, 1973. p. 5. Archived (PDF) from the original on February 9, 2015. Retrieved March 29, 2013.
- ^ "David Brin." St. James Guide to Science Fiction Writers. New York: St. James Press, 1996. Retrieved via Biography in Context database, 2018-02-01.
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- ^ "David Brin". ieet.org. Archived from the original on January 23, 2010.
- ^ "David Brin | Closer to Truth". www.closertotruth.com. Retrieved March 17, 2022.
- ^ Snider, Mike (November 3, 2013). "Funds sought for science fiction museum lift-off". USA Today. Archived from the original on August 8, 2014. Retrieved September 7, 2014.
- ^ Wojtowicz, Slawek (2002). "DAVID BRIN REVEALED: A two-year-long interview with Slawek Wojtowicz". www.slawcio.com. Archived from the original on October 2, 2011.
- ^ "David Brin's biography". davidbrin.com. Retrieved July 15, 2022.
- ^ "David Brin on future societies of transparency and freedom". Future Thinkers. March 31, 2016. Archived from the original on November 7, 2017.
- ^ "1984 Award Winners & Nominees | Science Fiction & Fantasy Books by Award | WWEnd". Worldswithoutend.com. Archived from the original on July 16, 2011. Retrieved July 26, 2011.
- ^ "1983 Award Winners & Nominees | Science Fiction & Fantasy Books by Award | WWEnd". Worldswithoutend.com. Archived from the original on July 22, 2012. Retrieved July 26, 2011.
- ^ "1988 Award Winners & Nominees | Science Fiction & Fantasy Books by Award | WWEnd". Worldswithoutend.com. Archived from the original on February 25, 2012. Retrieved July 26, 2011.
- ^ a b "1987 Award Winners & Nominees | Science Fiction & Fantasy Books by Award | WWEnd". Worldswithoutend.com. Archived from the original on February 25, 2012. Retrieved July 26, 2011.
- ^ "1996 Award Winners & Nominees | Science Fiction & Fantasy Books by Award | WWEnd". Worldswithoutend.com. Archived from the original on April 19, 2012. Retrieved July 26, 2011.
- ^ "1986 Award Winners & Nominees | Science Fiction & Fantasy Books by Award | WWEnd". Worldswithoutend.com. Archived from the original on July 22, 2012. Retrieved July 26, 2011.
- ^ "1985 Award Winners & Nominees | Science Fiction & Fantasy Books by Award | WWEnd". Worldswithoutend.com. Archived from the original on July 16, 2011. Retrieved July 26, 2011.
- ^ "1991 Award Winners & Nominees | Science Fiction & Fantasy Books by Award | WWEnd". Worldswithoutend.com. Archived from the original on February 15, 2009. Retrieved July 26, 2011.
- ^ "1994 Award Winners & Nominees | Science Fiction & Fantasy Books by Award | WWEnd". Worldswithoutend.com. Archived from the original on October 1, 2009. Retrieved July 26, 2011.
- ^ "2003 Award Winners & Nominees | Science Fiction & Fantasy Books by Award | WWEnd". Worldswithoutend.com. Archived from the original on July 16, 2011. Retrieved July 26, 2011.
- ^ "Forward | Graphic Novel". Forward.msci.org. Archived from the original on July 27, 2011. Retrieved July 26, 2011.
- ISBN 978-1-907702-58-7.
- ISBN 0-911818-71-5.
- ^ Inkpot Award
- ISBN 978-3-540-29925-7.
External links
- Official website
- David Brin's blog, Contrary Brin
- David Brin at IMDb
- David Brin at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
- "David Brin Awards". Locus Science Fiction Foundation.
- David Brin at the Internet Book List
- Interviews
- Critical Resources :: David Brin
- Interview with David Brin at SFFWorld.com(2002-07-19)
- Interview with David Brin at Actusf.com
- All of David Brin's audio interviews on the podcast The Future And You, in which he describes his expectations of the future
- Metareview, Kiln/Kil'n People
- Video of conversation between David Brin and James Pinkerton on Bloggingheads.tv
- David Brin and Sheldon Brown on "Third Millennium Problem Solving" at Google. on YouTube
- Alliance for Progress Encyclopedia, encyclopedia of David Brin's Uplift Universe