'Whistle us a tune about shipsss and space and going home!'

'Little Hands, whistle!' The sleek, gray cetacean did a barrel roll to Toshio's right, then drew nearer to eye the boy casually. There were no adjustments to be made, yet he concentrated on the panel as Keepiru swam up alongside-doubtless to start another round of teasing. The sled thrummed along at a constant ten meters below the surface. Toshio watched the small instrument panel of his seasled, pretending to check the depth gauge. The fact that humanity had recently meddled with their genes, and taught them engineering, hadn't done much to change their attitude. They had always found men terribly funny. Below, a handful of her human and dolphin crew battles armed rebellion and a hostile planet to safeguard her secret - the fate of the Progenitors, the fabled First Race who seeded wisdom throughout the stars.įins had been making wisecracks about human beings for thousands of years. The Terran exploration vessel Streaker has crashed in the uncharted water world of Kithrup, bearing one of the most important discoveries in galactic history.

But the greatest mystery of all remains unsolved: who uplifted humankind? Brin's tales are set in a future universe in which no species can reach sentience without being 'uplifted' by a patron race. Sundiver, Startide Rising, and The Uplift War - a New York Times bestseller - together make up one of the most beloved sagas of all time. A Crash Course in the History of Black Science Fictionĭavid Brin's Uplift novels are among the most thrilling and extraordinary science fiction ever written.200 Significant SF Books by Women, 1984-2001.

Startide rising by david brin