Brightness Reef
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Brightness Reef

by David Brin

1995•Science fiction•585 pages

Taste attributes: science fictionrobots/ai/spaceadventurefresh & originalheavyimaginarylinearglossybig & variedemotive & stirringall consuming questsocial commentaryunlikely connections

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Boxlist takeExpect an otherworldly, sweeping science-fiction novel, fresh rather than familiar. Best if you like spectacle over intimacy.

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3.6 / 5

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About This Book

David Brin's Uplift novels--Sundiver, Hugo award winner The Uplift War, and Hugo and Nebula winner Startide Rising--are among the most thrilling and extraordinary science fiction tales ever written. Now David Brin returns to this future universe for a new Uplift trilogy, packed with adventure, passion and wit.The planet Jijo is forbidden to settlers, its ecology protected by guardians of the Five Galaxies.

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Characteristics

Where this book sits on each taste spectrum

SlowPACEFast
FamiliarORIGINALITYOriginal
DarkTONEWholesome
LightWEIGHTINESSHeavy
FantasyREALISMRealistic
SimpleINTRICACYIntricate
Non-LinearLINEARITYLinear
UnderstatedSTYLEStylised
IntimateSCALEEpic
RestrainedEMOTIONIntense

Genres and themes

Science fictionRobots/ai/spaceAdventureAll consuming questSocial commentaryUnlikely connections

Subjects

Life on other planetsLife on other planets in fictionScience fictionVie extraterrestrePioneersImaginary societies

Details

Author
David Brin
Published
1995
Pages
585
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