The Uplift Saga Series by David Brin, Kathryn Cramer, Edmond Hamilton, Jack Williamson, Leigh Brackett, Geoffrey Cobbe, Cordwainer Smith, Samuel R. Delany, Robert Sheckley, David Drake, Lois McMaster Bujold, Iain M. Banks, Dan Simmons, Colin Greenland, Peter F. Hamilton, David Weber, Catherine Asaro, R. Garcia y Robertson, Allen M. Steele, Gregory Benford, Donald Kingsbury, Sarah Zettel, Ursula K. Le Guin, Robert Reed, Paul McAuley, Stephen Baxter, Michael Moorcock, Michael Kandel, Tony Daniel, Scott Westerfeld, Alastair Reynolds, Charles Stross, John C. Wright, Vernor Vinge

3.88 · 181 ratings
  • The Space Opera Renaissance (The Uplift Saga # "Temptation)
    # "Temptation

    The Space Opera Renaissance (The Uplift Saga # "Temptation)

    Kathryn Cramer, Edmond Hamilton, Jack Williamson, Leigh Brackett, Geoffrey Cobbe, Cordwainer Smith, Samuel R. Delany, Robert Sheckley, David Brin, David Drake, Lois McMaster Bujold, Iain M. Banks, Dan Simmons, Colin Greenland, Peter F. Hamilton, David Weber, Catherine Asaro, R. Garcia y Robertson, Allen M. Steele, Gregory Benford, Donald Kingsbury, Sarah Zettel, Ursula K. Le Guin, Robert Reed, Paul McAuley, Stephen Baxter, Michael Moorcock, Michael Kandel, Tony Daniel, Scott Westerfeld, Alastair Reynolds, Charles Stross, John C. Wright

    Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings · published 2006

    "Space opera", once a derisive term for cheap pulp adventure, has come to mean something more in modern SF: compelling adventure stories told against a broad canvas, and written to the highest level of skill. Indeed, it can be argued that the "new space opera" is one of the defining streams of modern SF.Now, World Fantasy Award-winning anthologists David G... more

  • Sundiver (The Uplift Saga #1)
    #1

    Sundiver (The Uplift Saga #1)

    David Brin

    Rated: 3.63 of 5 stars
    · 40 ratings · published 1980

    In all the universe, no species reached for the stars without “uplift” guidance, except possibly humankind. Did some cryptic patron race begin the job long ago, then abandon us? Or did we leap all by ourselves? That question burns, yet a greater mystery looms ahead, in the furnace of a star. Under the caverns of Mercury, Expedition Sundiver prepares for the most momentous voyage in our history – into the boiling inferno of the sun, seeking our destiny in the cosmic order of life.

  • Startide Rising (The Uplift Saga #2)
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    Startide Rising (The Uplift Saga #2)

    David Brin

    Rated: 3.93 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings · published 1983

    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... more

  • The Uplift War (The Uplift Saga #3)
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    The Uplift War (The Uplift Saga #3)

    David Brin

    Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings · published 1987

    This is the third book in the Uplift series. Humanity has contacted their Patron Line and uplifted chimpanzees and dolphins to full partnership. But on a distant planet occupied by Earth humans and neo-chimps, it seems the chimps have information concerning the location of the Progenitors.

  • Earthclan (The Uplift Saga #2-3)
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    Earthclan (The Uplift Saga #2-3)

    David Brin

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings · published 1986

    David Brin's Uplift Universe portrays humanity's desperate struggle for survival in a dangerous universe... and how we may cope by taking wise partners with us on this journey. Artificial intelligence is one way that we may add diversity to our civilization. But in this series we've done it by giving a boost in intelligence to some of our fellow creatures on Planet Earth... more

  • Uplift: The Complete Original Trilogy (The Uplift Saga #1-3)
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    Uplift: The Complete Original Trilogy (The Uplift Saga #1-3)

    David Brin

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings · published 2012

    Circling the sun, under the caverns of Mercury, Expedition Sundiver prepares for the most momentous voyage in our history: a journey into the boiling inferno of the sun, to seek our destiny in the cosmic order of life. This omnibus contains the first three novels of David Brin's classic science fiction series.

  • Elevation-1 (The Uplift Saga #3, part 1 of 2)
    #3, part 1 of 2

    Elevation-1 (The Uplift Saga #3, part 1 of 2)

    David Brin

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 1 ratings · published 1995

    Inquiétées par les mystérieux agissements du Streaker, le vaisseau des néo-dauphins héros de Marée stellaire, les Cinq Galaxies veulent donner une leçon aux trop ambitieux humains.Or, sur Garth colonisée par les hommes et les néo-chimpanzés, les envahisseurs semblent poursuivre un autre but : selon la légende, la planète mourante abriterait toujours une race intelligente. Mais.. more

  • Brightness Reef (The Uplift Saga #4)
    #4

    Brightness Reef (The Uplift Saga #4)

    David Brin

    Rated: 3.76 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings · published 1995

    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... more

  • Infinity's Shore (The Uplift Saga #5)
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    Infinity's Shore (The Uplift Saga #5)

    David Brin

    Rated: 3.95 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings · published 1996

    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 turn against the benefactors she's been trained to love. A heretic must rally believers for a cause he never shared... more

  • Heaven's Reach (The Uplift Saga #6)
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    Heaven's Reach (The Uplift Saga #6)

    David Brin

    Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings · published 1998

    Winner of the Nebula and Hugo Awards, David Brin brings his bestselling Uplift series to a magnificent conclusion with his most imaginative and powerful novel to date--the shattering epic of a universe poised on the brink of revelation...or annihilation.The brutal enemy that has relentlessly pursued them for centuries has arrived. Now the fugitive settlers of Jijo--both human and alien--brace for a final confrontation... more

  • Tomorrow Happens (The Uplift Saga #"Life in the Extreme"\"Aficionad)
    #"Life in the Extreme"\"Aficionad

    Tomorrow Happens (The Uplift Saga #"Life in the Extreme"\"Aficionad)

    David Brin, Vernor Vinge, Gregory Benford

    Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars
    · 2 ratings · published 2003

    An insightful, quicksilver romp through Brin's own mind. In the 20 essays, short stories, and little wonders in this book, David will take you from the worlds of Galileo Galilei and Jules Verne, through thoughtful explorations of Orwell and Tolkien, and on into tomorrows that just may happen... more

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