David Brin

By David Brin(noreply@blogger.com) In fact, everybody has it bass-ackwards!  Semi starvation triggers switches in mammals that say “delay your programmed burnout in case better times may give you a better chance to breed.”  But it doesn’t happen in humans  - because we have ALREADY thrown all those switches!  Our lifespa...

By David Brin(noreply@blogger.com) See the blog of the production company making "The People Vs George Lucas” --  a full length film, due next year, riffing off my book STAR WARS ON TRIAL. Near-Term Beamed Sail Propulsion Missions: Cosmos-1 and Sun-Diver", James Benford and Gregory Benford, Beamed Energy Propulsion, AIP...

 Australia David Brin has a doctorate in astrophysics, has been a consultant to NASA and is a graduate-level physics professor. A natural story-teller, he is the award-winning author of several popular science fiction novels and two collections of short stories. ...

 France David Brin a fait un article sur Star Trek. C'est en anglais et c'est ici. Voici le début : What always entranced me about "Star Trek" - helping turn this physicist into a science fiction author - was the vision it offered, exploring human destiny, ...

Starting June 17, technical sessions include invited talks such as the keynote address by James Hamilton, Amazon Web Services; Plenary Closing by David Brin, science fiction author; and the latest systems research in the Refereed Papers track. ...

 CA Like it or not, thanks to Star Trek and Star Wars, to the world at large space opera is Science Fiction. The 1980s saw David Brin, CJ Cherryh, Dan Simmons, Lois mcmaster Bujold, and Vernor Vinge producing sophisticated works of thrilling adventure and ...

By Shannon Best soft science fiction: Atwood, Chabon? I love both those authors. As for their sci fi, I would recommend Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale and Oryx and Crake, and Michael Chabon’s The Yiddish Policemen’s Union and The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay. (That last one isn’t r...

 CA He's also no stranger to literary time-travel, having collaborated with sci-fi writers David Brin and Gregory Benford on a prequel to Issac Asimov's Foundation series. So what do hardcore Halo fans think of the news that Brin is working on an ...

 OR David Brin in 1998 wrote a book called “The Transparent Society,” which will scare the hell out of honest law abiding citizens. To Brin, “transparency” means we all lose our privacy. He says that it is already happening, but in the future privacy will ...

 NY Instead, consider science fiction author David Brin, who wrote about a laser-based bee zapper in his 1990 book Earth: At least the bee zapper was working. For years their hives had been under siege by Africanized swarms, seeking to take over as they ...

 CT Best-selling SF novelist David Brin (Earth, Kiln People, the Uplift series) may be better known in some circles as the author of The Transparent Society. The prolific genius and multiple Hugo award winner Isaac Asimov also sold scores of non-fiction ...

 NY By wrenct on March 5, 2009 11:23 AM The Uplift Series: David Brin - "Sundiver" (book 1) could be possible, but "Brightness Reef" and "The Uplift War" would be un-workable. The Golden Age: John C Wright - Too much hard SF material, also the story takes ...

 DC Or so says science fiction writer David Brin, who argues that we are living in a period of “historical anomaly.” For most of our history, Brin elaborates, America’s “chief approach to dealing with danger . . . was to rely upon a robust citizenry to ...

 UK This is not the world of David Brin's The Transparent Society, after all; the teens surveille each other but catch adults only by accident, though they take full advantage when they do. "Gossip Girl... is how we communicate," Blair says, trying to make ...

 Canada - the jacket of a long-dead postal worker and is transformed unwittingly into a symbol of hope for America's future in "The Postman" by David Brin. ...

 MI - Written by science fiction author David Brin, it presents a vision of an America still devastated from nuclear holocaust. Our protagonist, once a shipping ...

By David Brin(noreply@blogger.com) We'll take a pause, in honor of the holiday, to offer something a little more poetical -- commemorating one of humanity's great moments, th Christmas Day sojourn of Apollo 8 in orbit around the moon, in 1968. The following is a book review I wrote -- it appears in my new collection of nonficti...

 - You have a PC version of David Brin’s Kiln People, in that handhelds can now be made for specific tasks, then uploaded to the master and killed at will. ...

 NY - Dec 12, 2008 Science fiction has a long, storied history of beaming into society's darkest fears, said noted sci-fi author David Brin. "Godzilla," first released in 1953 ...

By theferrett@theferrett.com So on my quest to be a better writer, I'm reading a short story a day. Currently, I'm re-reading "Night Shift," and being amazed at the quiet workings of Stephen King. He breaks all the rules and makes it work; there may, in fact, be a post on this later.

Read any of the Uplift novels by the award winning David Brin as to a possible ecological mindset for a galactic civilization. The loss of biodiversity and species that could potentially be 'uplifted' (genetically enhanced to sentience) ...

By pete Other books I have read recently and hope to review soon: Monster Island by David Wellington, Sundiver by David Brin, Artemis Fowl: The Lost Colony and Time Paradox by Eoin Colfer, and The Venus Throw by Stephen Saylor. ...

 - and ponder this question with noted science fiction author David Brin: if aliens and UFOs are real, are we being smart to try and contact them? ...

David Brin was talking about Star Wars (criticism) on a recent Chivalry Today Podcast · Though he is now a convicted felon, get ready for former Milwaukee Alderman Michael McGee Jr. scammer 2.0 · Ymarsakar: “One of the classic ...

David Brin is a scientist and Hugo award-winning science fiction author whose novels include The Postman and Kiln People. Drew Carey. 1. Who are you voting for in November? Anybody but McCain/Palin. Seriously. I'm begging you. ...

By Clare Baldwin Back in December 1996, sci-fi novelist David Brin warned that street cams would soon be everywhere ("The Transparent Society"). In his dream for the future, every citizen would have full access to the image stream. So far, the authorities have enjoyed a one-way view. But Brin was right that...

By Gabor David Brin’s Kiln people is the first book I read based on a LibraryThing member’s recommendation. Several people said I should read it, because based on my extensive review in LT on the original golem story and my interest in ...

Spectra (1999), Mass Market Paperback, 576 pages.

By David Brin(noreply@blogger.com) A Brin-terview --- Another site worth a visit: the Information Technology & Innovation Foundation. A great guy, Robert D. Atkinson, is president and has interesting things to say about rediscovering our role as a scientific and technologically innovative civilization.

By David Brin 3:11 PM · David Brin said... Someone clarify for me. This all seems aimed at soothing Wall Street and our international creditors. Socializing losses while never going after any of the now-private gains. Buying all the failing mortgages ...

From My Blog: David Brin’s “The Transparent Society” http://tinyurl.com/3kazm8 Twitter submitted by Gauravonomics.

By David Brin I can see pro and con to the transparent society argument -- I just think you unfairly made Dr. Brin a straw man for the points you are making. Just calling it like I see it -- even if David Brin thinks I'm a conspiracy nut and edits my ...

By Michel Bauwens David Brin on the Transparent Society 8. David Korten on The Great Turning 9. David Weinberger on Everything Is Miscellaneous 10. Douglas Rushkoff on Corporatism 11. Erik Davis on TechGnosis 12. Interview with Mark Anielski on the ...

By David Brin I also ask myself how much longer before the next Uplift book. Hopefully soon. 2:18 AM · David Brin said... James, thank you for your service and for your attendance here. I often send books to ship librarians. ...

By David Brin Actually, I think we heard it first in 'The Postman': Holn & co.) I'd like to think there would be 1000000 Alfie Dennens keeping an eye on them, but haven't really thought it through. 6:54 PM · David Brin said. ...

By Dave By David Brin; Read by Alexander Siddig A very interesting, though highly implausible, story about a universe in which all stars are encircled by invisible, impenetrable, crystal spheres. “That Only a Mother” ...

Earth (1990) -- David Brin To a large extent, we're living in the world Brin described here. 'Nuff said. Use of Weapons (1990) -- Iain M. Banks The best of the Culture and the best of the New Space Opera that got going in the late ...

By Eoghann Despite apparently not being “uplifted” themselves, humans have managed to uplift chimps and dolphins, however in this book at least these newly uplifted species do not play a major role. ...

By JONATHAN GOLOB Brin's Uplift Universe is among the best of science fiction, with one of the richest premises. In the Uplift universe an intergalactic civilization called the Five Galaxies, comprising a multitude of sentient races, has existed for ...

By Cam Startide Rising is a tight and well written story set in a very interesting universe. Fast paced, exciting and intelligent, David Brin manages to meld excellent ideas with superb characters.

By Blue Tyson Mailman? I can do that. Although those old guys had it easy. Poodles don't have guns. 4 out of 5.

By Peggy French site ActuSF interviewed David Brin, and he talked a bit about increasing the intelligence of non-human animals:. ActuSF : You made also animals endowed with "conscience" as dolphins and chimpanzees. ...

By mikek I advocate movement toward such a society in a way that—unlike Schneier assumptions about such ideas—maintains as much power as possible within the hands of those currently on the lower end of the scale. This is where cryptography and other protectors of your information/privacy come i...

While there are a number of good articles in the issue--including essays about the Chengdu Festival by David Brin, Neil Gaiman, and Michael Swanwick--the most fascinating read is an interview with a science fiction writer you've ...

By David Pescovitz David Pescovitz: Discover magazine interviews David Brin, the tech writer and novelist best known for his exploration of surveillance in The Transparent Society and the prophetic science fiction tale Earth. In the interview, Brin discusses the art of future forecasting and the expan...

The science-fiction writer and former astrophysicist ponders the meaning of technologically advanced life, in the third installment of Wired Science Wonders.

By Joseph Mallozzi My record is 36-16-2. Not bad. Not bad at all. When I first decided to join a scifi book of the month club, I thought it would motivate me to read at least one novel a month. And it certainly has. It has also motivated me to pick up every past book the club has discussed and read them as well in a bid to play...

This will become my new benchmark example of network-based storytelling but, ironically, the old example I’ve been using for years also involves Wired. Five years ago the magazine ran a short piece about Mitch Kapor’s Chandler project entitled The Outlook Killer?. That was precisely wh...

This noted author joined Ernest Lilley and I after the release of his novel, Sundiver which is part of his Uplift Saga. We chatted about his writing and the then upcoming movie based on one of his novels, The Postman starring Kevin Costner. Our conversation hinted at that movie's doom. A engag...

By Anthony Taylor I recently re-read David Brin’s essay, “Why Johnny Can’t Code”. He posits an interesting idea, one I’ve had for a while—we are raising a generation of techno-illiterates through our focus on high-level languages, rather than on the simple languages like BASIC, on which many of us cut our...