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:

Publication Order of The Uplift Saga Books

Sundiver	(1980)
Startide Rising	(1983)
The Uplift War	(1987)
Brightness Reef	(1995)
Infinity's Shore	(1996)
Heaven's Reach	(1998)
Gorilla, My Dreams	(2011)

Publication Order of Uplift Non-Fiction Books

Contacting Aliens

(2002)

Publication Order of David Brin's Out Of Time Books

(with Sheila Finch, Nancy Kress)

Yanked!	(1999)
Tiger in the Sky	(1999)
The Game of Worlds	(1999)

Publication Order of Second Foundation Books

Foundation's Triumph

(1999)

Publication Order of Kiln Books

Kiln People	(2002)
Kil'n Time	(2002)

Publication Order of Colony High Books

Sky Horizon

(2007)

Publication Order of Standalone Novels

The Practice Effect	(1984)
The Postman	(1985)
Heart of the Comet	(1986)
Earth	(1990)
Glory Season	(1993)
Existence	(2012)
The Ancient Ones	(2020)

Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas

Dr. Pak's Preschool	(1989)
Piecework	(1992)
The Crystal Spheres	(2011)
The Loom of Thessaly	(2011)
Stones of Significance	(2011)
Thor Meets Captain America	(2011)
Reality Check	(2011)
The Giving Plague	(2011)
Tank Farm Dynamo	(2011)

Publication Order of Short Story Collections

The River of Time	(1986)
Otherness	(1994)
Tomorrow Happens	(2003)

Publication Order of Graphic Novels

The Life Eaters

(2003)

Publication Order of Star Trek: The Next Generation Graphic Novels

Star Trek

(2001)

Publication Order of Game Books

Tribes

(1998)

Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books

The Transparent Society	(1987)
Extraterrestrial Civilization	(1989)
King Kong Is Back! An Unauthorized Look at One Humongous Ape!	(2005)
Star Wars on Trial	(2006)
Through Stranger Eyes	(2008)
The Dark Side	(2010)
George Orwell and the Self-Fulfilling Prophecy	(2010)
The Lord of the Rings	(2010)
The Matrix	(2010)
Disputation Arenas	(2011)

Publication Order of Anthologies

War of the Worlds: Global Dispatches	(1996)
Future Visions	(2015)

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.

If You Like David Brin Books, You’ll Love…

• Larry Niven
• Iain M. Banks
• John Scalzi

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?

Shop Worldwide: Amazon.com | Amazon.co.uk | Amazon.ca