false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172970044m/234489.jpg 234489 8 Billions of years ago, an alien race known as the Progenitors began the genetically engineered techniques by which non-intelligent creatures are given intelligence by one of the higher races in the galaxy. Once "Uplifted," these creature must serve their patron race before they, in turn, can Uplift other races. Human intelligence, which developed by itself (and brought about the Uplifting of chimpanzees and dolphins), is an affront to the aliens who plan an attack, threatening a human experiment aimed at producing the next Uplift. Such is the premise of this novel, which won the 1988 Hugo Award. 98235 book 1 6 1987 The Uplift War (The Uplift Saga, Book 3) total:1085|5:305|4:458|3:280|2:39|1:3| 1085 4278 1359 43 4 0 false false Mon Mar 09 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 10 05:19:19 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 10 05:31:36 -0700 2009 David Brin is an excellent storyteller and this was quite a fun read. Most interesting are the bits and pieces about the greater workings of Brin's Galactic society, wherein sentience is gained through patron races "uplifting" species into sapientcy (after which they are indentured to the...more...]]> 2 0 false false Mon Feb 16 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 16 11:47:38 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 16 12:33:16 -0800 2009 http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/fiction_rule...

As a sci-fi fan, I grieved over this book, as I discovered it was a Nebula-award winning piece, amongst many other awards, but a wretched and grueling read.
I find out today that what I read was book three of a larger series. That explains ...more...]]> 3 1 false false Mon Aug 31 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 31 09:56:26 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 31 10:09:27 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Aug 09 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 02 22:43:01 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 09 14:30:03 -0700 2009 My on...more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Nov 25 05:34:05 -0800 2008 Tue Nov 25 05:37:44 -0800 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat May 23 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Mar 29 16:56:32 -0700 2009 Sat May 23 18:42:40 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Feb 17 09:10:41 -0800 2009 Mon May 11 10:32:13 -0700 2009
The story itself ...more...]]> 3 1 false false Mon May 12 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Sep 27 07:51:58 -0700 2007 Tue May 27 09:16:03 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Jul 01 01:57:56 -0700 2007 Sat Aug 25 12:11:07 -0700 2007 He has created a universe known as "The Uplift Universe," ...more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sun Oct 07 23:00:53 -0700 2007 Sat Nov 03 03:33:23 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Mar 29 09:00:17 -0700 2009 Sun Mar 29 09:02:59 -0700 2009
I would rather give this a 4.5 but I guess the star gods can't let me squeeze a half star in there. Speaking of star gods. There aren't any in this book. But actual chimps that are smarter than me. And David Brin is supposedly pretty smart too. He...more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Jan 20 03:19:21 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 20 03:19:21 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Jan 24 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 31 17:20:13 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 31 17:25:09 -0800 2009 2 2 0 false false Mon Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 1996 Wed Jul 11 17:13:43 -0700 2007 Wed Jul 11 17:16:51 -0700 2007 more...]]> 2 0 false false Thu Feb 19 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 23 03:38:36 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 23 03:43:30 -0800 2009 5 0 false false Thu Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Sun Mar 01 17:25:41 -0800 2009 Sun Mar 01 17:25:41 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Mon May 11 18:36:17 -0700 2009 Mon May 11 18:37:59 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Thu Jul 30 14:41:50 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 30 14:42:37 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Sun May 01 00:00:00 -0700 1988 Sun Jan 27 15:52:05 -0800 2008 Sun Jan 27 15:56:20 -0800 2008
Brin...more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Jun 16 17:10:21 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 16 17:10:42 -0700 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=234489