Contacting Aliens: An Illustrated Guide to David Brin's Uplift Universe - Paperback
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Availability:In StockContributor:David Brin, Kevyn LenaghSeries:The Uplift SagaPublish date:8/12/2025Pages:222
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Open Road Integrated Media Inc.ISBN-13:9798337202877UPC:9798337202877Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Science FictionBook Topic:Hard Science FictionSize:8.00 x 5.25 x 0.65 inchesWeight:0.67Product ID:SCYAJ996KR
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.
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.
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Open Road Integrated Media Inc.ISBN-13:9798337202877UPC:9798337202877Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Science FictionBook Topic:Hard Science FictionSize:8.00 x 5.25 x 0.65 inchesWeight:0.67Product ID:SCYAJ996KR
David Brin is an astrophysicist whose international-bestselling novels include Earth, Existence, Startide Rising, and The Postman, which was adapted into a film in 1998. Brin serves on several advisory boards, including NASA's Innovative Advanced Concepts program, or NIAC, and speaks or consults on topics ranging from AI, SETI, privacy, and invention to national security. His nonfiction book about the information age, The Transparent Society, won the Freedom of Speech Award of the American Library Association. Brin's latest nonfiction work is Polemical Judo. Visit him at www.davidbrin.com.
Publisher: Open Road Integrated Media Inc.
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