About this title: The second in the "Uplift" series and winner of the Hugo and Nebula award, this novel describes how a spaceship crew of dolphins and a genetically engineered human find an ancient fleet and cadaver. They must fight to carry their prize of knowledge and power back to Earth.
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Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Bantam
Date Published: 1983
ISBN-13:9780553256031ISBN:0553256033
Description: Good. No Dust Jacket. Text with no writing throughout. Some spotting/light stains. Pages intact with edge wear and corner curls. Cover with rubbing, significant creasing and edge/corner wear. Spine creases. read more
Binding: Mass-market paperback
Publisher: Spectra Books
Date Published: 1984
ISBN-13:9780553274189ISBN:055327418X
Description: Fair. No dust jacket as issued. Nice soft cover, lightly read, some shelf wear to cover, small curl on corners of front cover, creases on spine, light slant to book, light aging to pages, stk #2278L9. Mass market (rack) paperback. Glued binding. 458 p. Contains: Illustrations. Uplift Trilogy, 2. Audience: General/trade. read more
Description: Good. No Jacket. Good. No DJ Issued Good. No dust jacket as issued. Cover has mild edge wear with a couple of creased corners. Book has been folded, leaving a light crease throughout. Pages are age toned. No other faults. Mass market (rack) paperback. Glued binding. 458 p. Contains: Illustrations. Uplift Trilogy, 2. Audience: General/trade. read more
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Bantam Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1984
ISBN-13:9780553256031ISBN:0553256033
Description: Good+ 12mo. {001334} Startide Rising by David Brin. ISBN 0553256033. Published by Bantam Books in 1984. MASS MARKET PAPERBACK 12mo Sci-Fi {Book Condition} GOOD+ {Book Condition Details} Binding: slightly frayed ends, Cover: light creasing on Spine, light creasing, End Papers: tanning on front paste down. {Keywords} FICTION SCIENCE GENERAL. read more
Description: New. 0553234951 Brand New paperback, spine perfect-no creases, never read copy! Great Book. ** Satisfaction Guaranteed ** Orders ship same or next business day. read more
Edition: 4th Printing
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Bantam, New York
Date Published: 1983
ISBN-13:9780553234954ISBN:0553234951
Description: Very Good. No Jacket. 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall. Previous owner's embossed stamp inside. Light shelf wear. Great copy with tight binding and clean pages. read more
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Bantam
Date Published: 1984
ISBN-13:9780553256031ISBN:0553256033
Description: Good. 0553256033 Mass market paperback, previously read used book in good condition, varying degrees of shelf wear, some spine creases, m..._ read more
Description: Good. 0553234951 Mass Market Paperback, previously read used book in good condition, varying degrees of shelf wear, some spine creases, ..._ read more
Description: Very Good. 0553234951 Mass market paperback, previously read used book in very good condition, may have slight worn corners and varying degre..._ read more
Description: Good. No dust jacket as issued. Ex-library. Mass market (rack) paperback. Glued binding. 458 p. Contains: Illustrations. Uplift Trilogy, 2. Audience: General/trade. softcover, all expected markings of ex-library book, light edge wear, spine creases, no writing in text. read more
"This is a must read and re-read. The scope and characters of this book was so far superior to anything within Science Fiction that I had to rate it equal to one of my favorite books, Dune. The first book in the Uplift Series ,Sundiver, was a dud as well as the second trilogy following The Uplift War. But what a pair of winners, Startide Rising and the Uplift War. Fantastic development of ideas to a cosmic setting that inspires the imagination."
"I'm finding Startide Rising to be fairly slow going, too. The story is interesting, and I care what happens, but the writing, while better than that in Sundiver, is still choppy and unprofessional. He changes viewpoint character, no kidding, every two or three pages for significant chunks of the book. That is really annoying to me.
Now the plan they've worked out for hiding the ship, escaping, or signaling Earth, evading capture, or whatever, is something all the characters know but he's not telling the reader. That's also very annoying. Way to build up a false sense of suspense. If all the characters know it then the reader really should as well, to be fair. Otherwise he's just gaming us. I don't know. That really bugs me.
So, he's slowly getting better as a writer, I guess. I just hope he starts improving fast enough to keep me from giving up on this series before the end.
When I did finish, the ending was pretty satisfying and overall I guess I enjoyed the book. I expect his writing will continue to improve. Interesting ideas make the books worth reading despite the choppiness, for now."
"I am fascinated by the idea of aquatic pilots---I think that they would understand space differently because underneath is not a hard stop. All of the details about how a mixed aquatic and non-aquatic crew could live and function on the same ship were fascinating, I also really liked the communication difficulties.
I can't wait to read more books by Brin, this one gave me so much to think about."
"This is one of my Favorite books. I love it! There is a ton going on in this incredibly interesting science fiction world. It would be interesting enough just to explore the relationships of five galaxies full of sentient species with an ancient galactic culture and the tradition of "Uplift" (bringing other species into sentient status to then be indentured for 100,000 years), but the book goes into way more than that. You get to explore the complex relationships between human and their uplifted brothren, neo-chimps and neo-dolphins,explore space with the first ever dolphin commanded explorer spaceship, and tons of other interesting stuff. If you like science fiction, do yourself a favor and check out this amazing read!"
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