Comments on: Startide Rising (review)

By: Star Trek (2009) captures the democratic impulse but misses the bigger picture. –

Tue, 30 Jun 2009 21:42:16 +0000

[...] Call this the democratic impulse. David Brin, the science-fiction author of the incredible work Star Tide Rising , claims that the big difference between Star Trek “populists” and Star Wars “despots,” [...]

By: Bill Ward

Bill Ward — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 19:00:53 +0000

Ah, I’m sorry to hear that — and it’s not the first time I’ve heard it said the second trilogy was a bit of a let down. Both Startide Rising and The Uplift War are really great reading, and I suspect Startide is at the top of a lot of people’s favorites; I think it’s a new classic.

By: Bruce Durham

Bruce Durham — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 18:49:03 +0000

Startide Rising was my introduction to Brin, and is still my favourite book by him. In fact, it’s in my top 5 list of all-time favourite SF books. I wish I could say the same about his second Uplift Trilogy: Brightness Reef, Inifinity’s Shore and Heaven’s Reach. They really lowered the bar, IMO. Confused and convoluted. The only reason I finished each book was because I had just come off of spinal fusion surgery and had no where to go .