Josh's review
Startide Rising (Uplift Saga, Book 2) by David Brin
Josh's review
rating:
bookshelves: sci-fi
recommended for: Fans of sci-fi
status: Read in June, 2007
rating:
bookshelves: sci-fi
recommended for: Fans of sci-fi
status: Read in June, 2007
The 2nd book in Brin's Uplift Saga is a sure improvement over Sundiver. It has the same great universe and alien heirarchy that Sundiver introduced, but this time there is plenty of action and a story that actually feels complete.
A brief synopsis:
Startide begins with a ship that's crash landed on a planet consisting mostly of water. This ship is crewed almost entirely by Uplifted dolphins. The ship is on the run from a dozen or so alien fleets who are after a discovery that they have made. The discovery is an ancient derelict fleet of fifty thousand ships hidden inside of a gravity well, each roughly the size of a moon. This fleet may belong to the first starfaring race in existance.
This book is incredibly entertaining. The humans and dolphins of this crashed ship struggle to remain hidden while the alien fleets crash and battle in orbit above them for rights to claim the ship and its secrets.
Read this book if you're a fan of any kind of sci-fi.
A brief synopsis:
Startide begins with a ship that's crash landed on a planet consisting mostly of water. This ship is crewed almost entirely by Uplifted dolphins. The ship is on the run from a dozen or so alien fleets who are after a discovery that they have made. The discovery is an ancient derelict fleet of fifty thousand ships hidden inside of a gravity well, each roughly the size of a moon. This fleet may belong to the first starfaring race in existance.
This book is incredibly entertaining. The humans and dolphins of this crashed ship struggle to remain hidden while the alien fleets crash and battle in orbit above them for rights to claim the ship and its secrets.
Read this book if you're a fan of any kind of sci-fi.
