Narrator George Wilson gives a strong, enthusiastic voice to Brin's search for humanity's destiny in the cosmic order of life. Sundiver begins David Brin's thoughtful, exhilarating exploration of a future filled with an imaginative array of strange alien races, dazzling scientific achievements, and age-old enigmas. Having already uplifted chimps and dolphins, humanity clearly qualifies as an intelligent species, but did they actually evolve their own intelligence, or did some mysterious patron race begin the process, then suddenly abandon Earth? The answer to this mystery might be as close as our own sun, but it will take a daring dive into its fiery interior to know for sure. For nearly a billion years, every known sentient species in the universe has been the result of genetic and cultural guidance-or "uplifting"-by a previously uplifted patron race. Like In good times, pessimism is a luxury but in. Beginning with Sundiver, Brin provides an intriguing exploration of humanity's future in the universe. 214 quotes from David Brin: When it comes to privacy and accountability, people always demand the former for themselves and the latter for everyone else., It is said that power corrupts, but actually its more true that power attracts the corruptible. It is the first book of his first Uplift trilogy, followed by Startide Rising in 1983 and The Uplift War in 1987. David Brin's Uplift novels are among the most thrilling, highly regarded works of contemporary science fiction. Sundiver is a 1980 science fiction novel by American writer David Brin.
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