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'Exuberant... suspense filled... delightful... I couldn't put it down.' INTERZONE 'The Uplift books are as compulsive reading as anything ever published in the genre.' John Clute, THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF SCIENCE FICTION 'BRIGHTNESS REEF is multi-layered, tightly plotted and... excellently written.' SFX
The first (not self-contained) part of a projected far-future trilogy. Planet Jijo, once inhabited by the advanced alien Buyur, is now occupied by five alien species along with humans. Each race, hoping to find some elbow room in an increasingly crowded Five Galaxies, took up residence illegally; each race sank its spaceships in the oceans, then made elaborate plans to eradicate all traces of themselves once Galactic investigators show up - as they eventually will. So the arrival of a spaceship throws the entire planet into turmoil, especially when the ship proves to contain not Galactics but humans - who are thought to be gene pirates in search of valuable DNA, as such, they will have every reason to leave no witnesses when they depart. Brin carries the action forward via a multiplicity of viewpoints: the alien, Asx, of the Commons, a multiracial council of elders; scholar Sara; the Stranger, a mysterious human found burned and brain-damaged; hunter Dwer; the rebellious Rety; the young alien, Alvin, and his party of would-be alien scientists; and the heretic, Lark, whose task is to establish liaison with the newcomers and learn their real purpose. Typical Brin (Glory Season, 1993, etc.): tremendously inventive, ambitious work undercut by excess verbiage, one-dimensional characters, and drably unevocative writing. (Kirkus Reviews)
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On the distant planet of Jijo, six exiled races live side by side. Only ancient relics from their home planets, fragments of half-forgotten stories and the crumbling ruins of the mysterious and god-like Buyur remind the dispossessed of a more noble past, whe they were full citizens of the Five Galaxies. The races of Jijo, it seems, have been forgotten, along with whatever crimes thay committed. But for how long? It is at the time of the Gathering, the council of the sages, when the spacecraft is first spotted. For some, it offers a new hope. For others, it heralds a time of reckoning. Brightness Reef is the compelling story of a world threatened by its past and fighting for its future. With a gallery of extraordinary characters, and awealth of thought provoking ideas, it is a novel fuelled by the spirit of adventure and discovery. David Brin at his very best.
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'Exuberant... suspense filled... delightful... I couldn't put it down.' INTERZONE 'The Uplift books are as compulsive reading as anything ever published in the genre.' John Clute, THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF SCIENCE FICTION 'BRIGHTNESS REEF is multi-layered, tightly plotted and... excellently written.' SFX
The first (not self-contained) part of a projected far-future trilogy. Planet Jijo, once inhabited by the advanced alien Buyur, is now occupied by five alien species along with humans. Each race, hoping to find some elbow room in an increasingly crowded Five Galaxies, took up residence illegally; each race sank its spaceships in the oceans, then made elaborate plans to eradicate all traces of themselves once Galactic investigators show up - as they eventually will. So the arrival of a spaceship throws the entire planet into turmoil, especially when the ship proves to contain not Galactics but humans - who are thought to be gene pirates in search of valuable DNA, as such, they will have every reason to leave no witnesses when they depart. Brin carries the action forward via a multiplicity of viewpoints: the alien, Asx, of the Commons, a multiracial council of elders; scholar Sara; the Stranger, a mysterious human found burned and brain-damaged; hunter Dwer; the rebellious Rety; the young alien, Alvin, and his party of would-be alien scientists; and the heretic, Lark, whose task is to establish liaison with the newcomers and learn their real purpose. Typical Brin (Glory Season, 1993, etc.): tremendously inventive, ambitious work undercut by excess verbiage, one-dimensional characters, and drably unevocative writing. (Kirkus Reviews)
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On the distant planet of Jijo, six exiled races live side by side. Only ancient relics from their home planets, fragments of half-forgotten stories and the crumbling ruins of the mysterious and god-like Buyur remind the dispossessed of a more noble past, whe they were full citizens of the Five Galaxies. The races of Jijo, it seems, have been forgotten, along with whatever crimes thay committed. But for how long? It is at the time of the Gathering, the council of the sages, when the spacecraft is first spotted. For some, it offers a new hope. For others, it heralds a time of reckoning. Brightness Reef is the compelling story of a world threatened by its past and fighting for its future. With a gallery of extraordinary characters, and awealth of thought provoking ideas, it is a novel fuelled by the spirit of adventure and discovery. David Brin at his very best.
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