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Books by David Brin






Existence(1st Edition)
(Kiln Books)
by David Brin
Paperback, 896 Pages, Published 2013 by Tor Science Fiction
ISBN-13: 978-0-7653-4262-1, ISBN: 0-7653-4262-6

"Bestselling, award-winning futurist David Brin returns to globe-spanning, high concept SF with Existence. Gerald Livingston is an orbital garbage collector. For a hundred years, people have been abandoning things in space, and someone has to clean it up. But there's something spinning a little bit higher than he expects, something that isn't on the decades' old orbital maps. An hour after he grabs it and brings it in, rumors fill Earth' ..."






The Transparent Society
Will Technology Force Us To Choose Between Privacy And Freedom?
by David Brin
Paperback, 388 Pages, Published 1999 by Basic Books
ISBN-13: 978-0-7382-0144-3, ISBN: 0-7382-0144-8

"In New York and Baltimore, police cameras scan public areas twenty-four hours a day. Huge commercial databases track you finances and sell that information to anyone willing to pay. Host sites on the World Wide Web record every page you view, and “smart” toll roads know where you drive. Every day, new technology nibbles at our privacy.Does that make you nervous? David Brin is worried, but not just about privacy. He fears that society wi ..."






Earth Earth(Reprint)
by David Brin, Bruce Jensen, Dennis Davidson
Paperback, 704 Pages, Published 1991 by Spectra
Mobipocket_Ebook
ISBN-13: 978-0-553-29024-0, ISBN: 0-553-29024-X

"Here is multiple-award winning author David Brin's most important, most ambitious, and most universal novel to date—a blockbuster epic that transcends his already distinguished body of work in scope and importance.A microscopic black hole has accidentally fallen into the Earth's core, threatening to destroy the entire planet within two years. Some scientists are frantically searching for ways to prevent the disaster. But others argue th ..."






Otherness(1st Edition)
by David Brin, Donato Giancola
Paperback, 368 Pages, Published 1994 by Spectra
ISBN-13: 978-0-553-29528-3, ISBN: 0-553-29528-4

"From multiple award-winning author David Brin comes this extraordinary collection of tales and essays of the near and distant future, as humans and aliens encounter the secrets of the cosmos--and of their own existence.  In "Dr. Pak's Preschool" a woman discovers that her baby has been called upon to work while still in the womb.  In "NatuLife" a married couple finds their relationship threatened by the wonders of sex by simulation.  In ..."






Sundiver
by David Brin
Paperback, 359 Pages, Published 2019 by Independently Published
ISBN-13: 978-1-67564-505-5, ISBN: 1-67564-505-1

"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 of our history – into the boiling inferno of the sun, seek ..."






Future Visions
Original Science Fiction Inspired by Microsoft
by Elizabeth Bear, Greg Bear, David Brin, Nancy Kress, Ann Leckie, Jack Mcdevitt, Seanan Mcguire, Robert J. Saywer
Hardcover, Published 2015 by Microsoft
ISBN-13: 978-1-338-04737-0, ISBN: 1-338-04737-X






Existence(1st Edition)
(Kiln)
by David Brin
Hardcover, 560 Pages, Published 2012 by Tor Books
ISBN-13: 978-0-7653-0361-5, ISBN: 0-7653-0361-2

"Bestselling, award-winning futurist David Brin returns to globe-spanning, high concept SF with Existence. Gerald Livingston is an orbital garbage collector. For a hundred years, people have been abandoning things in space, and someone has to clean it up. But there’s something spinning a little bit higher than he expects, something that isn’t on the decades’ old orbital maps. An hour after he grabs it and brings it in, rumors fill Earth’ ..."






Kiln People(1st Edition)
(The Kiln Books)
by David Brin
Paperback, 576 Pages, Published 2003 by Tor Science Fiction
ISBN-13: 978-0-7653-4261-4, ISBN: 0-7653-4261-8

"Just about everyone's had a day when they've wished it were possible to send an alternate self to take care of unpleasant or tedious errands while the real self takes it easy. In Kiln People, David Brin's sci-fi-meets-noir novel, this wish has come true. In Brin's imagined future, folks are able to make inexpensive, disposable clay copies of themselves. These golems or "dittos" live for a single day to serve their creator, who can then ..."






Heaven's Reach(1st Edition)
(Uplift Trilogy)
by David Brin
Hardcover, 464 Pages, Published 1998 by Spectra
ISBN-13: 978-0-553-10174-4, ISBN: 0-553-10174-9

"In Brightness Reef and Infinity's Shore, David Brin boldly returned to the Uplift universe he so brilliantly invented in the Nebula and Hugo award-winning trilogy Sundiver, Startide Rising, and The Uplift War.  Now he concludes this second trilogy with his most imaginative and emotionally powerful novel to date--the shattering epic of a universe poised on the brink of revelation...or annihilation.After centuries of mutual peace, the "so ..."






Heart of the Comet(1st Edition)
by Gregory Benford, David Brin
Hardcover, 489 Pages, Published 1986 by Bantam Spectra
ISBN-13: 978-0-553-05125-4, ISBN: 0-553-05125-3

"[Read by Gabrielle de Cuir, P.J. Ochlan, Stefan Rudnicki] Gregory Benford and David Brin come together in this bold collaboration about our near human future in space. Prescient and scientifically accurate, Heart of the Comet is known as one of the great hard SF novels of the 1980s. First published in 1986, it tells the story of an ambitious manned mission to visit Halley's Comet, alter its orbit, and mine it for resources. But all t ..."






How to Create a Mind(2nd Edition)
The Secret of Human Thought Revealed
by J. Daniel Batt, Greg Bear, David Brin, Joe Haldeman, Hugh Howey, Ben Bova, Allen Steele, Kevin J. Anderson, Ray Kurzweil, Alan Dean Foster, Lord Martin Rees, Jasper T. Scott, Catherine Asaro, Brenda Cooper, Ramez Naam, Zoltan Istvan, Douglas Rushkoff, Douglas E. Richards, Robert Sawyer, James Gunn, Gregory Benford
Paperback, 730 Pages, Published 2018 by Lifeboat Foundation
ISBN-13: 978-0-9984131-2-9, ISBN: 0-9984131-2-7

"In the different formats, pick the May 2018 format for the Second Edition! Visions of the Future is a collection of stories and essays including Nebula and Hugo award-winning works. In this anthology, you’ll find stories and essays about artificial intelligence, androids, faster-than-light travel, and the extension of human life. You’ll read about the future of human institutions and culture. But these literary works are more than just ..."






Insistence of Vision
by David Brin
Hardcover, 374 Pages, Published 2016 by Story Plant
ISBN-13: 978-1-61188-220-9, ISBN: 1-61188-220-6

"What may we become? How will we endure? The future is a daunting realm, filled with real and imagined perils. So enter it prepared! Here are vivid tales about possible tomorrows, from the keen eye and colorful pen of David Brin, a modern master of speculative fiction. Visit a chillingly plausible tomorrow, when prisoners may be sent to asteroidal gulags. Or might prisons vanish and felons roam, seeing only what society allows? Suppose, ..."






Old Venus
by Gardner Dozois, Joe Haldeman, David Brin, G. Dozois
Paperback, 608 Pages, Published 2016 by Titan Books Ltd
ISBN-13: 978-1-78565-336-0, ISBN: 1-78565-336-9

"Sixteen all-new stories by science fiction’s top talents, collected by bestselling author George R. R. Martin and multiple-award-winning editor Gardner Dozois   From pulp adventures such as Edgar Rice Burroughs’s Carson of Venus to classic short stories such as Ray Bradbury’s “The Long Rain” to visionary novels such as C. S. Lewis’s Perelandra, the planet Venus has loomed almost as large in the imaginations of science fiction writers as ..."






Existence
by David Brin, Kevin T. Collins, Robin Miles, L. J. Ganser
Cd, Published 2016 by Audible Studios On Brilliance
Audiobook, Mp3_Audio
ISBN-13: 978-1-5113-9711-7, ISBN: 1-5113-9711-X

"bestselling, award-winning futurist David Brin returns to globe-spanning, high concept SF with "Existence." Gerald Livingston is an orbital garbage collector. For a hundred years, people have been abandoning things in space, and someone has to clean it up. But there s something spinning a little bit higher than he expects, something that isn t on the decades old orbital maps. An hour after he grabs it and brings it in, rumors fill Earth ..."






Insistence of Vision(Reprint)
by David Brin
Paperback, 374 Pages, Published 2016 by Story Plant
ISBN-13: 978-1-61188-221-6, ISBN: 1-61188-221-4

"1944 As war rages in Europe and the Pacific Army Intel makes a shocking discovery a 300-foot Japanese sub marooned and empty deep in the Brazilian interior A team of Army Rangers sent to investigate has already gone missing Now the military sendsCaptain R J MacCready a wisecracking brilliant scientific jack-of-all-trades to learn why the Japanese are there-and what theyre planning Parachuting deep into the heart of Central Brazil one of ..."






The Life Eaters(1st Edition)
by David Brin, Scott Hampton
Paperback, 140 Pages, Published 2015 by Idw Publishing
ISBN-13: 978-1-63140-201-2, ISBN: 1-63140-201-3

" Imagine a world in which the Axis forces of World War II suddenly were propelled to victory over the Allies...prompted by aid from the ancient gods of Norse mythology! Welcome to the alternate reality of The Life Eaters, written by award-winning author David Brin with lush painted art by Scott Hampton."






Galaxy's Edge Magazine
Issue 8, May 2014
by Robert Silverberg, David Brin, Mike Resnick
Paperback, 116 Pages, Published 2014 by Galaxy's Edge
ISBN-13: 978-1-61242-202-2, ISBN: 1-61242-202-0

"A Magazine of Science Fiction and Fantasy *** ISSUE 8: May 2014 *** Mike Resnick, Editor *** Shahid Mahmud, Publisher *** Stories by: Tina Gower, Robert Silverberg, Tom Gerencer, Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Andrew Liptak, David Brin, Eric Leif Davin, Robin Reed, Nancy Kress, Alex Shvartsman. Serialization: Lest Darkness Fall by L. Sprague de Camp Columns by: Barry Malzberg, Gregory Benford Book Reviews: Paul Cook. Interview: Joy ..."






Kil'n People(Updated)
by David Brin
Paperback, 624 Pages, Published 2002 by Orbit
ISBN-13: 978-1-84149-152-3, ISBN: 1-84149-152-7

"Just about everyone's had a day when they've wished it were possible to send an alternate self to take care of unpleasant or tedious errands while the real self takes it easy. In Kiln People, David Brin's sci-fi-meets-noir novel, this wish has come true. In Brin's imagined future, folks are able to make inexpensive, disposable clay copies of themselves. These golems or "dittos" live for a single day to serve their creator, who can then ..."






The Postman(1st Edition)
by David-Brin
Paperback, 336 Pages, Published 1998 by Berkley Books Paperback #G-194
Import
ISBN-13: 978-1-85723-629-3, ISBN: 1-85723-629-7

"Rare book"






Chasing Shadows(Reprint)
Visions of Our Coming Transparent World
by David Brin, Stephen W. Potts
Paperback, 336 Pages, Published 2018 by Tor Books
ISBN-13: 978-0-7653-8259-7, ISBN: 0-7653-8259-8

"A science fiction and tech-vision anthology about the coming era of transparency in the Information AgeDavid Brin, Hugo award-winning author of The Uplift War, presents Chasing Shadows, a collection of short stories and essays by other science fiction luminaries. As we debate Internet privacy, revenge porn, the NSA, and Edward Snowden, cameras get smaller, faster, and more numerous. Has Orwell's Big Brother finally come to pass? Or have ..."



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