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<html> <head> <title>David Brin</title> <meta name="googlebot" content="noodp"> <meta name="robots" content="noodp"> <link rel="apple-touch-icon-precomposed" href="/silly-nndb-icon.png" /><style type="text/css">  </style></head> <body bgcolor=#ffffff> <center> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr><td valign=top><table width=550 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr><td bgcolor=white><table width="100%" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" background="/nndb.gif"> <tr> <td rowspan="2" align="left" valign="top"><a href="http://www.nndb.com/"><img src="/title.gif" width="260" height="50" border=0 alt="NNDB"></a></td> <td><table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="6"> <tr align="center"> <td width="25%" nowrap>This is a beta version of NNDB</td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right" valign="middle"> <form action="http://search.nndb.com/search/nndb.cgi" method="get"> <input type="hidden" name="nndb" value="1"></input> Search: <select name="omenu"> <option value="unspecified" selected>All Names</option> <option value="living">Living people</option> <option value="dead">Dead people</option> <option value="bands">Band Names</option> <option value="books">Book Titles</option> <option value="movies">Movie Titles</option> <option value="fulltext">Full Text</option> </select> for <input name="query" value="" size=24 maxlength=96> <input type=submit value="Search"> </form></td> </tr> </table>        </td></tr><tr><td bgcolor=red height=2></td></tr><map name=fool><area coords="102,0,240,14" href="/people/732/000023663/bibliography/" alt="bibliography"></map><tr bgcolor=F0F0F0><td bgcolor=F0F0F0 style="padding: 0px 15px 15px 15px;"><img src="/red-profile-2.gif" align="right" height=15 width=240 border=0 usemap=#fool> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 width=100%><tr><td bgcolor=F0F0F0>David Brin<img src="brin1-sized.jpg" height=305 width=200 align=right hspace=10 vspace=10 alt="David Brin">AKA Glen David BrinBorn: <a href="/lists/797/000106479/" class=proflink>6-Oct</a>-<a href="/lists/949/000105634/" class=proflink>1950</a> Birthplace: <a href="/geo/652/000069445/" class=proflink>Pasadena, CA</a> Gender: Male Race or Ethnicity: White Sexual orientation: Straight Occupation: NovelistNationality: United States Executive summary: The Uplift WarAuthor and scientist David Brin is best known for his Uplift series, the novels in which humans must help chimpanzees and dolphins reach full sentience so that humans can in turn be made full galactic citizens. Also notable is his 1985 novel The Postman. Made into the motion picture of the same name by actor/director <a href="/people/758/000022692/">Kevin Costner</a> (1989), The Postman also holds the distinction of having won the Hugo, the Nebula, and the John W. Campbell Awards, as well as a commendation from the American Library Association. No stranger to such distinctions, Brin has also received the Nebula, the Hugo, and Locus Awards Startide Rising, and his Uplift War garnered the Hugo and Locus Awards as well as a Nebula nomination. Brin was voted favorite writer of the 1980s by the readers of Locus magazine. While such achievements might seem quite sufficient for any author, Brin also holds a BS in Astronomy, an MS in Electrical Engineering, and a Ph.D in Space Physics. He once worked as a Research Engineer for Hughes Aircraft Research Labs, and was an Associate/Postdoctoral Fellow at the California Space Institute at UCSD. In addition to teaching Physics and Writing, he has served in various scholarly capacities at the Center for Study of Evolution of Life (UCLA) and at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory and NSCORT for Exobiology. His scientific papers, in both popular and professional journals, cover an astonishing array of topics from astronautics, astronomy, and optics, to alternative dispute resolution and the role of neoteny in human evolution. An outspoken advocate on the need for individual freedom and responsibility, as well as on matters ecological, Brin has lectured worldwide on these and other topics and contributed to numerous online zines and print publications. In 1998 he published The Transparent Society: Will Technology Force Us to Choose Between Freedom and Privacy? The book, strictly non-fiction, deals with a broad range of threats and opportunities created by the information age, and emphasizes the value of the freedom of information. The work was awarded the Freedom of Speech Prize from the American Library Association. Brin's concern for the future has also led him to develop a new series of novels for young people (the Out of Time series) which encourages a lifetime habit of reading while fostering such values as courage and rational problem solving. Other creative projects have included the authoring of two novels set in the universe of Isaac Asimov's Foundation trilogy, and the co-development of the computer games Ecco the Dolphin (1998) and Tribes (done with <a href="/people/091/000030001/">Steve Jackson</a> Games, 1998). His Uplift series have inspired the role playing game GURPS Uplift (also by Steve Jackson Games). David Brin lives in San Diego county with his wife and fellow scientist Cheryl Brigham, their three children, and "a hundred very demanding trees". He currently serves on governmental and non-governmental advisory committees dealing with the future of the information age. His novels have been translated into twenty languages. Wife: Cheryl Brigham (two sons, one daughter)     University: <a href="/edu/584/000082338/">BS Astronomy, California Institute of Technology (1973)</a>     University: <a href="/edu/562/000068358/">MS Applied Physics, University of California at San Diego (1978)</a>     University: <a href="/edu/562/000068358/">PhD Space Science, University of California at San Diego (1981)</a>     <a href="/honors/380/000045245/">Hugo</a> 1984 Best Novel, for Startide Rising     <a href="/honors/005/000047861/">Nebula</a> 1984 Best Novel, for Startide Rising     <a href="/honors/380/000045245/">Hugo</a> 1985 Best Short Story, for "The Crystal Spheres"     <a href="/honors/380/000045245/">Hugo</a> 1988 Best Novel, for The Uplift War     <a href="/org/704/000161221/">GivingSpace</a> Advisory Board     <a href="/org/279/000134874/">Planetary Society</a> Advisory Council     <a href="/org/430/000172911/">Science Debate 2008</a>     Students for the Exploration and Development of Space Board of Advisors     FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR     <a href="/films/956/000274134/">The People vs. George Lucas (14-Mar-2010)</a> · Himself Official Website: <a href="http://www.davidbrin.com/" target=_blank>http://www.davidbrin.com/</a> Author of books: Sundiver (<tt>1980</tt>, novel) Startide Rising (<tt>1983</tt>, novel, original title The Tides of Kithrup) The Practice Effect (<tt>1984</tt>, novel) The Postman (<tt>1985</tt>, novel) The River of Time (<tt>1986</tt>, novel) The Uplift War (<tt>1987</tt>, novel) Heart of the Comet (<tt>1987</tt>, novel, with Gregory Benford) Otherness: Collected Stories by a Modern Master of Science Fiction (<tt>1994</tt>) Earth (<tt>1990</tt>, novel) Glory Season (<tt>1993</tt>, novel) Brightness Reef (<tt>1995</tt>, novel) Infinity's Shore (<tt>1997</tt>, novel) Heaven's Reach (<tt>1998</tt>, novel) The Transparent Society: Will Technology Force Us to Choose Between Privacy and Freedom? 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