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==Infinity's Shore== |
==Infinity's Shore== |
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| author = [[David Brin]] |
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| cover_artist = [[Jim Burns]] |
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| country = United States |
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| language = English |
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| series = Uplift Storm |
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| genre = [[Science fiction]] |
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| published = 1996 (Spectra) |
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| media_type = Print ([[Hardcover]] & [[Paperback]]) |
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| pages = 644 |
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| isbn = 0-553-57777-8 |
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| preceded_by = [[Brightness Reef]] |
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| followed_by = [[Heaven's Reach]] |
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Alvin's group find themselves on a mysterious ship hidden deep in Jijo's seas. They are treated kindly but remain ignorant of who captured/rescued them from the depths. The reader, however, becomes aware they are aboard ''Streaker'', the dolphin-crewed EarthClan ship not seen since the events of [[Startide Rising]], some two years earlier in the series internal timeline. The crew is astonished to find all the different races living on Jijo, and the human commander, Gillian Baskin, is unsure what to do with the youngsters. She sends a dolphin raiding party to the mainland where both a Jophur and Danik support craft have crashed after fighting one another, and they return with Rety, a human child from a band of even more primitive humans leading a wretched existence outside the society of the Slope, and Dwer, chief scout of the Commons, who has a strained but friendship with the young girl. They are accompanied by Mudfoot, knwn to Dwer as annoying "noor beast" but recognized by the ''Streaker'' crew as a ''Tytlal'', a client race of the ''Tymbrini'', Earthclan's closest and most loyal allies. |
Alvin's group find themselves on a mysterious ship hidden deep in Jijo's seas. They are treated kindly but remain ignorant of who captured/rescued them from the depths. The reader, however, becomes aware they are aboard ''Streaker'', the dolphin-crewed EarthClan ship not seen since the events of [[Startide Rising]], some two years earlier in the series internal timeline. The crew is astonished to find all the different races living on Jijo, and the human commander, Gillian Baskin, is unsure what to do with the youngsters. She sends a dolphin raiding party to the mainland where both a Jophur and Danik support craft have crashed after fighting one another, and they return with Rety, a human child from a band of even more primitive humans leading a wretched existence outside the society of the Slope, and Dwer, chief scout of the Commons, who has a strained but friendship with the young girl. They are accompanied by Mudfoot, knwn to Dwer as annoying "noor beast" but recognized by the ''Streaker'' crew as a ''Tytlal'', a client race of the ''Tymbrini'', Earthclan's closest and most loyal allies. |
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Gillian Baskin decides to send the young friends into exile on a small island, for their own protection, but Alvin realizes at the last moment who's ship they have been on and demands to be allowed to stay. Contact is established between ''Streaker'' and Uriel the smith, and there is an exchange of personnel and equipment at Wuphon Port. Gillian is astounded to find her old crew mate Emerson, is the mysterious mute stranger who has been traveling with Sara Koolhan, they both join ''Streaker'' while much of her crew is left on Jijo. ''Streaker'' makes a bold escape attempt from Jijo using dozens of ancient derelict craft from the ocean bottom as decoys, as well as decoy balloons overseen by Dwer Koolhan. ''Polkihjy'' leaves Jijo to pursue ''Streaker'', and Jijo's part in the tale ends with Nelo, father of Lark, Dwer, and Sara, planning to rebuild his paper mill that was destroyed by religious fanatics. |
Gillian Baskin decides to send the young friends into exile on a small island, for their own protection, but Alvin realizes at the last moment who's ship they have been on and demands to be allowed to stay. Contact is established between ''Streaker'' and Uriel the smith, and there is an exchange of personnel and equipment at Wuphon Port. Gillian is astounded to find her old crew mate Emerson, is the mysterious mute stranger who has been traveling with Sara Koolhan, they both join ''Streaker'' while much of her crew is left on Jijo. ''Streaker'' makes a bold escape attempt from Jijo using dozens of ancient derelict craft from the ocean bottom as decoys, as well as decoy balloons overseen by Dwer Koolhan. ''Polkihjy'' leaves Jijo to pursue ''Streaker'', and Jijo's part in the tale ends with Nelo, father of Lark, Dwer, and Sara, planning to rebuild his paper mill that was destroyed by religious fanatics. |
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As ''Streaker'' desperately flees towards the nearest hyperspace transfer point, Jijo's "Holy Egg" emits a powerful psychic blast that is felt by nearly everyone, and temporarily stuns the entire crew of the Jophur battleship. |
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The Uplift Storm trilogy, also simply called The Uplift Trilogy is a series of novels set in David Brin's Uplift Universe. The entire trilogy is one long tale, with no gaps in the timeline between volumes. The three novels are:
- Brightness Reef (1995)
- Infinity's Shore (1996)
- Heaven's Reach (1998)
Brightness Reef
 Cover of first edition (hardcover) | |
| Author | David Brin |
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| Language | English |
| Series | Uplift Universe |
| Genre | Science fiction |
| Publisher | Bantam Books |
Publication date | October 1995 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print (Hardcover & Paperback) |
| Pages | 518 |
| ISBN | 0-553-10034-3 |
| OCLC | 32429193 |
| 813/.54 20 | |
| LC Class | PS3552.R4825 B75 1995 |
| Preceded by | The Uplift War |
| Followed by | Infinity's Shore |
Brightness Reef introduces the reader to the planet Jijo, a world that had been declared fallow, but which is partially inhabited by eight different galactic races, each supposedly seeking the "Path of Redemption", the goal of which is to devolve into a non-sapient life form, to be re-uplifted by a new patron race in the future. The peaceful, primitive society of Jijo is severely disrupted by the arrival of of offworlders, first a mysterious mute human, followed by a starship belonging to the Rothen, a race of galactic criminals, and their human devotees, the Daniks. The Commons of Jijo establishes an uneasy, distrustful relationshipwith the Daniks for a short time, but events accelerate rapidly and it becomes clear that the Rothen are amoral, attempting to cause friction between the races of the Commons, and possibly genocidal. Jijoan religious fanatics also cause friction and in some cases commit acts of destruction and violence, further complicating matters.
At the same time, elsewhere on Jijo, a young Hoon named Alvin and his friends from several races receive unexpected help in their quest to make a bathysphere for underwater exploring. They are assisted by Uriel, a sage of the urrish race, who asks their help in locating a hidden underwater cache of galactic technology. The bathysphere fails while deep underwater, and the young crew is rescued by mysterious metal-clad beings. On the other end of "the Slope" a small group of humans attempts to quietly form a new settlement that may escape the murderous intent of the Rothen, but they find their Danik servants already there. A fight ensues and the group is scattered.
Back at the glade of gathering where the Commons of Jijo was in conflict with the Daniks, their differences suddenly become moot when a much larger starship lands directly atop the Rothen craft, imprisoning it in a quantum time-shifted substance. The huge battleship is revealed to be operated by the terrifying Jophur, the supremely egotistical and violent form of the peaceful and kind Trakei that live on Jijo.
Infinity's Shore
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| Author | David Brin |
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| Cover artist | Jim Burns |
| Language | English |
| Series | Uplift Storm |
| Genre | Science fiction |
| Published | 1996 (Spectra) |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print (Hardcover & Paperback) |
| Pages | 644 |
| ISBN | 0-553-57777-8 |
| OCLC | 38045623 |
| Preceded by | Brightness Reef |
| Followed by | Heaven's Reach |
Alvin's group find themselves on a mysterious ship hidden deep in Jijo's seas. They are treated kindly but remain ignorant of who captured/rescued them from the depths. The reader, however, becomes aware they are aboard Streaker, the dolphin-crewed EarthClan ship not seen since the events of Startide Rising, some two years earlier in the series internal timeline. The crew is astonished to find all the different races living on Jijo, and the human commander, Gillian Baskin, is unsure what to do with the youngsters. She sends a dolphin raiding party to the mainland where both a Jophur and Danik support craft have crashed after fighting one another, and they return with Rety, a human child from a band of even more primitive humans leading a wretched existence outside the society of the Slope, and Dwer, chief scout of the Commons, who has a strained but friendship with the young girl. They are accompanied by Mudfoot, knwn to Dwer as annoying "noor beast" but recognized by the Streaker crew as a Tytlal, a client race of the Tymbrini, Earthclan's closest and most loyal allies.
Back on the Slope, the Jophur commit terrible acts of war, they are especially enraged to find the G'kekrace on Jijo, as they had engaged in a war of extermination against them and they were believed to be extinct. The Commons are secretly communicating with the Daniks aboard their now-submerged spacecraft, and are also constructing numerous new weapons and primitive technologies to improve their communication and defense capabilities. The Jophur remain ignorant of most of these efforts as they are simply unable to recognize them for what they are, but they do capture Lark Koolhan and Ling, the Danik biologist who has seen the Rothen for what they truly are and is now allied with Lark. The two of them manage to escape captivity and hide on the Jophur ship, which they learn is named Polkihjy.
Gillian Baskin decides to send the young friends into exile on a small island, for their own protection, but Alvin realizes at the last moment who's ship they have been on and demands to be allowed to stay. Contact is established between Streaker and Uriel the smith, and there is an exchange of personnel and equipment at Wuphon Port. Gillian is astounded to find her old crew mate Emerson, is the mysterious mute stranger who has been traveling with Sara Koolhan, they both join Streaker while much of her crew is left on Jijo. Streaker makes a bold escape attempt from Jijo using dozens of ancient derelict craft from the ocean bottom as decoys, as well as decoy balloons overseen by Dwer Koolhan. Polkihjy leaves Jijo to pursue Streaker, and Jijo's part in the tale ends with Nelo, father of Lark, Dwer, and Sara, planning to rebuild his paper mill that was destroyed by religious fanatics.
As Streaker desperately flees towards the nearest hyperspace transfer point, Jijo's "Holy Egg" emits a powerful psychic blast that is felt by nearly everyone, and temporarily stuns the entire crew of the Jophur battleship.
External links
- Brightness Reef title listing at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
- Brightness Reef at Worlds Without End