Startide Rising
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4.6 • 9 Ratings
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Publisher Description
A starship crew of humans and dolphins skirts the brink of interstellar war in this epic adventure by the New York Times–bestselling author of The Postman.
Winner of the Hugo and Nebula Awards
We are not alone. Humanity's explorations have revealed galaxies inhabited by millions of intelligent species interacting under ancient traditions. Foremost among said traditions is uplift, which requires all spacefaring races to welcome newcomers into Galactic culture by breeding and genetically guiding each client species to full sapience—but at a price. Patron races demand centuries of indentured servitude from each uplifted client. But is upstart humanity a patron or a client?
The Earthship Streaker—crewed by humans and uplifted dolphins and chimpanzees—discovers a derelict armada, perhaps left by the very first patrons, the fabled Progenitors. Suddenly the Five Galaxies teeter on the brink of all-out war as fanatics hunt Streaker for the secret. With a damaged ship and hostile aliens in pursuit, the crew must band together if they hope to survive . . .
This ebook features a new introduction by the author.
"An extraordinary achievement." —SFWA Grand Master Poul Anderson
"One of maybe twenty science fiction novels that deserve the label classic." —Time
The Uplift Saga
Sundiver
Startide Rising
The Uplift War
The Uplift Storm Trilogy
Brightness Reef
Infinity's Shore
Heaven's Reach
Customer Reviews
Still great
This was an eye-opening read back in 1983 and it is the same four decades later.
There are new depths to this book that appear as I age. I strongly recommend re-reading this classic.
Classic Sci-Fi
Brin’s created a universe as complicated and messy as our ‘Blue Marble’ was just before WW1, with a well crafted denouncement of the Great Powers colonial behaviour and slavery represented by the patron-client relationships of the Galactics.
Thirty years on, against a similar messy real world, it is still an enjoyable read, seeing that people as ordinary as a ‘Middie’ can still rise to the challenges and survive, when lesser souls would flounder and drown: a good reminder that we are able to act in the face of certain death and win our life back.