The Uplift War - Softcover

Brin, David

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1857233719 ISBN 13: 9781857233711

Publisher: Orbit Books, 1996

Synopsis

As galactic armadas clash in quest of the ancient fleet of the Progenitors, a brutal alien race seizes the dying planet of Garth. The various uplifted inhabitants must battle their overlords of face ultimate extinction. At stake is the existence of Terran society and Earth and the fate of the entire Five Galaxies. THE UPLIFT WAR is the third book in David Brin's magnificent Uplift series. Winner of the Hugo award when it was first published, it is a sweeping, brilliantly crafted story of adventure and wonder from one of the greatest writers of science fiction.

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Review:

Billions of years ago, an alien race known as the Progenitors began the genetically engineered techniques by which non-intelligent creatures are given intelligence by one of the higher races in the galaxy. Once "Uplifted," these creature must serve their patron race before they, in turn, can Uplift other races. Human intelligence, which developed by itself (and brought about the Uplifting of chimpanzees and dolphins), is an affront to the aliens who plan an attack, threatening a human experiment aimed at producing the next Uplift. Such is the premise of this novel, which won the 1988 Hugo Award.

From the Publisher:

"The Uplift books are as compulsive reading as anything ever published in the genre."
--The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction

About this edition

• Publisher: Orbit Books
• Publication date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 1857233719
• ISBN 13: 9781857233711
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 352