David Brin
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David Brin is a scientist, writer, and public speaker. He was born in Pasadena, California, on October 9, 1950. Brin attended the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) and later earned a doctorate at the University of California. He accepted a position as an engineer at Hughes Aircraft mostra altro Company. Brin is a former fellow at the California Space Institute and serves on several government and nongovernment advisory committees dealing with issues involved with technological growth. Brin has lectured all over the world on such topics as space flight, ecology, and the search for extraterrestrial life. Brin deals with global warming, the destruction of the ozone layer, and pollution of Earth. His 1987 novel, The Uplift War, received the Hugo Award and the Locus Award. His novels have been translated into 20 languages. (Bowker Author Biography) mostra meno
Fonte dell'immagine: Cheryl Brin
Serie
Opere di David Brin
The Transparent Society: Will Technology Force Us to Choose Between Privacy and Freedom? (1998) — Autore — 488 copie
Star Wars on Trial: Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Debate the Most Popular Science Fiction Films of All Time (2006) — A cura di — 175 copie
Chasing Shadows: Visions of Our Coming Transparent World (2017) — A cura di; Collaboratore — 33 copie
The Second Foundation Trilogy: Foundation's Fear, Foundation and Chaos, Foundation's Triumph (2004) 18 copie
King Kong Is Back!: An Unauthorized Look at One Humongous Ape! (Smart Pop series) (2005) — A cura di — 18 copie
Extreme Planets: A Science Fiction Anthology of Alien Worlds (Chaosium fiction) (2014) — Collaboratore — 11 copie
Startide Rising, Part I 4 copie
Startide Rising, Part II 3 copie
Uplift: 6 - Infinity's Reef 2 copie
Smart Pop Preview 2013: Standalone Essays and Exclusive Extras on the Hunger Games, Ender's Game, Percy Jackson,… (2013) 2 copie
The Smartest Mob 2 copie
A Professor at Harvard 2 copie
Glory Season, Part II 2 copie
The Ancient Ones 2 1 copia
Rainbows End 1 copia
The Ancient Ones 4 1 copia
The Ancient Ones 3 1 copia
A Guerra da Elevação II Livro 1 1 copia
The Ancient Ones 1 1 copia
Out of Time Tiger in the Sky 1 copia
Out of Time Yanked! 1 copia
Out of Time The Game of Worlds 1 copia
Brin, David - Infinity Flight 1 copia
Transition Generation 1 copia
The Log {short story} 1 copia
The Other Side of the Hill 1 copia
Shoresteading 2 1 copia
Shoresteading 1 1 copia
[[no brin paperbacks???] 1 copia
I Could've Done Better 1 copia
The Uplift War, Sundiver, Startide Rising, Brightness Reef, Infinity's Shore and Heaven's Reach. (The Uplift… (1980) 1 copia
Dogma of Otherness [essay] 1 copia
The Ancient Ones 5 1 copia
Glory Season / Vorkosigan's Game 1 copia
Existence Excerpt 1 copia
Cyclops (novella) 1 copia
Existence 2: A létezés titka 1 copia
The Tell (short) 1 copia
Uplift saga's, books 1 - 7 1 copia
News From 2025 1 copia
Mars Opposition 1 copia
Visions of the Future 1 copia
The Startide Effect 1 copia
Opere correlate
Seven Seasons of Buffy: Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Discuss Their Favorite Television Show (2003) — Collaboratore — 406 copie
Isaac Asimov's Wonderful Worlds of Science Fiction, Volume 9: Robots (1989) — Collaboratore — 112 copie
Gateways: A Feast of Great New Science Fiction Honoring Grand Master Frederik Pohl (2010) — Collaboratore — 91 copie
Speculative Japan: Outstanding Tales of Japanese Science Fiction and Fantasy (2007) — Preface — 54 copie
Twelve Tomorrows - Visionary stories of the near future inspired by today's technologies (2013) — Collaboratore — 35 copie
Aliens: The Complete History of Extra Terrestrials: From Ancient Times to Ridley Scott (2017) — Prefazione, alcune edizioni — 12 copie
Alternative Theologies: Parables for a Modern World (Alternatives Book 3) (2018) — Collaboratore — 11 copie
ZomerSFeer : nieuwe verhalen van John Barnes, David Brin, Walter Jon Williams (1996) — Collaboratore — 7 copie
The Profession of Science Fiction: SF Writers on Their Craft and Ideas (Insights) (1992) — Collaboratore — 6 copie
StarShipSofa Stories Volume 3 — Collaboratore — 4 copie
Etichette
Informazioni generali
- Nome legale
- Brin, Glen David
- Data di nascita
- 1950-10-06
- Sesso
- male
- Nazionalità
- USA
- Luogo di nascita
- Glendale, California, USA
- Luogo di residenza
- San Diego, California, USA
- Istruzione
- California Institute of Technology (BS|Astronomy|1973)
University of California, San Diego (MS|Electrical Engineering|1978)
University of California, San Diego (PhD|Space Physics|1981) - Attività lavorative
- Writer
Public speaker
NASA consultant - Relazioni
- Brin, Herb (father)
- Organizzazioni
- California Space Institute
Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America - Agente
- Danny Baror
Utenti
Discussioni
***Group Read: The Postman in 75 Books Challenge for 2011 (Aprile 2011)
Science Fiction: Post-industrial, forest planet, retainment dam? in Name that Book (Giugno 2009)
Recensioni
Liste
Nebula Award (1)
Future Visions (1)
1980s (1)
Same Title (1)
Science Fiction (1)
Favourite Books (3)
Best Dystopias (2)
First Novels (1)
Read These Too (1)
Premi e riconoscimenti
Potrebbero anche piacerti
Autori correlati
Statistiche
- Opere
- 141
- Opere correlate
- 78
- Utenti
- 36,730
- Popolarità
- #498
- Voto
- 3.8
- Recensioni
- 540
- ISBN
- 447
- Lingue
- 19
- Preferito da
- 157
Storia affascinante, avvincente, emozionante che però ha il suo maggior punto di forza nelle incredibili idee che gli autori s'inventano (o forse si potrebbe dire *ipotizzano*?) e che interessano quasi ogni aspetto suddetto del contesto umano e scientifico-tecnologico. Un romanzo assolutamente da leggere.… (altro)