Order of David Brin Books
Dr. David Brin is an American author of science fiction novels and stories. He is the creator of the Uplift universe. Brin graduated from the California Institute of Technology with a B.S. in astrophysics and also got his M.S. in applied physics and Ph.D in space science from the University of California, San Diego. As an author of hard science fiction, most of his stories are plausible, to the point that there is a website that keeps track of his predictions. He is a Hugo, Locus, Campbell and Nebula award winner. David lives in Southern California with his wife and children.
David Brin became a published novelist in 1980 with the novel Sundiver, which began his Uplift universe. Below is a list of David Brin’s books in order of when they were originally released:
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Publication Order of Uplift Saga Books
| Sundiver | (1980) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Startide Rising | (1983) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Uplift War | (1987) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Brightness Reef | (1995) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Infinity's Shore | (1996) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Heaven's Reach | (1998) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Gorilla, My Dreams | (2011) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| A story from this is in the anthology The Space Opera Renaissance | ||
Publication Order of Uplift Non-Fiction Books
| Contacting Aliens | (2002) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of David Brin's High Horizon Books
| Colony High | (2021) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Castaways of New Mojave | (2021) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Out Of Time Books
| Yanked! | (1999) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Tiger in the Sky | (1999) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| The Game of Worlds | (1999) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| The Archimedes Gambit | (2021) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Boondoggle | (2025) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
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Publication Order of Kiln Books
| Kiln People / Kil'n People | (2002) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Kil'n Time | (2002) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Colony High Books
| Sky Horizon | (2007) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Standalone Novels
| The Practice Effect | (1984) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Postman | (1985) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Heart of the Comet | (1986) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Earth | (1990) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Glory Season | (1993) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Existence | (2012) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Insistence of Vision | (2018) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Ancient Ones | (2020) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas
| Dr. Pak's Preschool | (1989) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Piecework | (1992) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Crystal Spheres | (2011) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Loom of Thessaly | (2011) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Stones of Significance | (2011) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Thor Meets Captain America | (2011) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Reality Check | (2011) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Giving Plague | (2011) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Tank Farm Dynamo | (2011) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Mars Opposition | (2013) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Short Story Collections
| The River of Time | (1986) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Otherness | (1994) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Tomorrow Happens | (2003) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Best of David Brin | (2021) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Graphic Novels
| The Life Eaters | (2003) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Star Trek: The Next Generation Graphic Novels
| Forgiveness | (2001) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| The Gorn Crisis | (2002) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
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Publication Order of David Brin Game Books
| Tribes | (1998) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books
| The Transparent Society | (1987) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Extraterrestrial Civilization | (1989) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Through Stranger Eyes | (2008) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Dark Side | (2010) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| George Orwell and the Self-Fulfilling Prophecy | (2010) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Lord of the Rings | (2010) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Matrix | (2010) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Disputation Arenas | (2011) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Three Cheers for the Surveillance Society | (2016) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Singularity and Nightmares | (2016) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| How Will the World End? | (2016) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Do We Really Want Immortality? | (2016) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Polemical Judo | (2019) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Second Foundation Trilogy Books
| Foundation's Fear | (1997) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Foundation and Chaos | (1998) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Foundation's Triumph | (2000) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
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Publication Order of Ring of Fire Anthology Books
| Ring of Fire I | (2004) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| 1634: The Ram Rebellion | (2006) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Ring of Fire II | (2008) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| 1635: The Tangled Web | (2009) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Ring of Fire III | (2011) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| 1635: Music and Murder | (2013) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| 1636: Seas of Fortune | (2013) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| 1636: The Barbie Consortium | (2014) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Ring of Fire IV | (2016) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| 1635: The Wars for the Rhine | (2016) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| 1636: Flight of the Nightingale | (2019) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| 1637: The Coast of Chaos | (2021) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
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Publication Order of Smart Pop Books
Publication Order of Anthologies
Notes: The Heart of the Comet was co-authored by Gregory Benford. Star Wars on Trial was edited with Matthew Stover. Project Solar Sail was edited with Arthur C. Clarke. Extraterrestrial Civilization was written with Thomas B.H. Kuiper. Contacting Aliens: An Illustrated Guide to David Brin’s Uplift Universe was written with Kevin Lenagh. The David Brin’s Out of Time series was created by Brin, written by authors Nancy Kress, Sheila Finch and Roger MacBride Allen.
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David Brin Synopsis: Dr. Pak’s Preschool is a 33-page short story by David Brin. If children could be taught in the womb, would babies become brilliant? Would they become monsters? Or a combination of the two?
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