Brightness Reef
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Average rating3.8
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. But over the centuries it has been resettled, populated by refugees of six intelligent races. Together they have woven a new society in the wilderness, drawn together by their fear of Judgment Day, when the Five Galaxies will discover their illegal colony. Then a strange starship arrives on Jijo. Does it bring the long-dreaded judgment, or worse--a band of criminals willing to destroy the six races of Jijo in order to cover their own crimes?From the Paperback edition.
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6 primary books7 released books#4 in The Uplift Saga
The Uplift Saga is a 7-book series with 7 released primary works first released in 1980 with contributions by David Brin and Kevin Lenagh.
Series
3 primary books#1 in Uplift Storm Trilogy
Uplift Storm Trilogy is a 3-book series with 3 released primary works first released in 1995 with contributions by David Brin.
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Had some significant pacing problems, and in general not Brin's greatest work. Hope the other two books in the series are better.
Quite good on a re-read. Not quite up to the level of [b:Startide Rising 234501 Startide Rising (The Uplift Saga, #2) David Brin https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1476445711l/234501.SY75.jpg 251634] or [b:The Uplift War 234489 The Uplift War (The Uplift Saga, #3) David Brin https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1375272637l/234489.SY75.jpg 98235] but still quite good indeed.Fair warning: Unlike the earlier uplift books, Brightness Reef is not a stand-alone story. It is the first of a trilogy – basically all one long story. I do wish David Brin would return to the planet Kithrup (Startide Rising) and tell us the fate of those who remained behind (Tom Orley, Charles Dart, and the others). I am sure there is a great story waiting to be told there.
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