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The Uplift War (A Bantam spectra book) (Mass Market Paperback)

by David Brin (Author)
4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)

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  • Mass Market Paperback: 672 pages
  • Publisher: Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group (31 Dec 1987)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0553279718
  • ISBN-13: 978-0553279719
  • Product Dimensions: 17.6 x 11 x 3 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 1,220,910 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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The inhabitants of Garth, a dying planet, battle brutal alien invaders, with the survival of Earth and the fate of the entire five galaxies at stake.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent enjoyable science fiction, 19 Mar 2002
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This review is from: The Uplift War (Paperback)
The other reviewers comments about the quality of the text surprise me, especially since Brin explains that the reason the Thennian ambassador is on such a backward world is because he is not representative of all Thennians.

Its also worth pointing out that I found it exciting that the characters from the second book did not appear (they do appear in later books). The story in this book happens at around the same time as the story in the second novel and I think this style of writing is one reason the Uplift novels are so enjoyable, too many science fiction series start off with small enjoyable stories in the first few books then fly off the handle with later books suffering from covering too large a period of time. Brin instead concentrates on one situation on one planet and thus manages to keep you completely interested.

I do think this is the worst of the series, too much reliance on luck for my liking. However its still an extremely enjoyable read...and like one other reviewer said start with Sundiver.

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Once again, innovative with excellent characterisation, 20 Oct 1998
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Not a devastating book like Brin's "Earth", but still highly entertaining. The third book in the Uplift series, based upon Earths struggling new place in a galactic civilisation of eons old races. This book strives (and to a large extent succeeds) in adding new ideas to a genre where other others just give up and re-invent. It is entertaining and the characters are deep, lifelike (and often amusing, e.g. Ulthac..). Start with book one (sundiver) though!
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars A well paced inventive novel., 27 Jan 2001
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As a stand alone book this is well paced and inventive. Some ideas...such as the use of Patron's Voice...were not fully explored, but maybe we've heard enough of that particular ability in the Dune novels.

As part of a series it doesn't integrate that well with the two that have gone before. There are some references to the 2nd novel but none of the characters feature in this book and one of the clans (Thennanin)seems to be at odds with the characterisation we've been given in previous books.

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