false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172970140m/234501.jpg 234501 18 David Brin's Uplift novels are among the most thrilling and extraordinary science fiction ever written. <i>Sundiver, Startide Rising,</i> and <i>The Uplift War</i>--a <i>New York Times</i> 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. But the greatest mystery of all remains unsolved: who uplifted humankind?<br><br>The Terran exploration vessel <i>Streaker</i> has crashed in the uncharted water world of Kithrup, bearing one of the most important discoveries in galactic history. Below, a handful of her human and dolphin crew battles armed rebellion and a hostile planet to safeguard her secret--the fate of the Progenitors, the fabled First Race who seeded wisdom throughout the stars. 251634 book 1972 Startide Rising (Uplift Saga, Book 2) total:1320|5:453|4:519|3:292|2:48|1:8| 1320 5321 1687 74 1 3 false false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Wed Jul 25 12:00:50 -0700 2007 Wed Jul 25 12:06:56 -0700 2007 more...]]> 2 1 false false Fri Aug 21 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 21 06:34:36 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 31 10:12:06 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Jan 08 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 08 08:59:59 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 08 09:24:20 -0800 2009
short plot description: the surveyship Streaker, manned by a mostly uplifted-dolphin crew (with one uplift-chimpanzee and a handful of humans) makes an important discovery which may well change galactic history. Unfortunately some other factions b...more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Jul 25 18:24:33 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 25 18:37:30 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri Jul 31 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 29 15:16:40 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 31 04:46:09 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Apr 18 16:36:07 -0700 2009 Sat Apr 18 16:43:55 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 1 false false Tue Mar 03 09:27:47 -0800 2009 Sat Apr 11 14:54:39 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 1 false false Wed Feb 25 04:02:38 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 25 04:13:16 -0800 2009 3
I love how the dolphins think and percei...more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Aug 27 17:20:54 -0700 2008 Thu Jan 29 17:40:17 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Jan 08 00:00:00 -0800 2003 Thu Jul 03 05:01:57 -0700 2008 Fri Apr 24 01:43:22 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Dec 21 19:47:56 -0800 2007 Sat Apr 19 13:10:06 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Thu Jul 26 09:34:52 -0700 2007 Thu Jul 26 22:22:55 -0700 2007
A brief synopsis:
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Wowza! Can you take a story about Dolphins crewing a starship and make it fantastic? No... you can't. But David Brin can. Well, perhaps you can to. I just haven't read your Dolphin crewing a starship book yet. But I would like to. Perhaps you can...more...]]> 1 0 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2001 Sat Dec 20 08:14:53 -0800 2008 Sat Dec 20 08:44:52 -0800 2008
Uplifting lower animals to sentience sounded like neat idea in Sundiver, but it's just annoying in this novel.
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