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 Uplift Saga Books
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Sundiver |
(1980) |
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Startide Rising |
(1983) |
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The Uplift War |
(1987) |
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Brightness Reef |
(1995) |
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Infinity’s Shore |
(1996) |
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Heaven’s Reach |
(1998) |
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Gorilla, My Dreams |
(2011) |
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A story from this is in the anthology The Space Opera Renaissance |
Publication Order of Uplift Non-Fiction Books
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Contacting Aliens |
(2002) |
Publication Order of David Brin’s High Horizon Books
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Colony High |
(2021) |
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Castaways of New Mojave |
(2021) |
Publication Order of David Brin’s Out Of Time Books
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Yanked! |
(1999) |
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Tiger in the Sky |
(1999) |
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The Game of Worlds |
(1999) |
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The Archimedes Gambit |
(2021) |
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Publication Order of Kiln Books
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Kiln People / Kil’n People |
(2002) |
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Kil’n Time |
(2002) |
Publication Order of Colony High Books
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Sky Horizon |
(2007) |
Publication Order of Standalone Novels
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The Practice Effect |
(1984) |
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The Postman |
(1985) |
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Heart of the Comet |
(1986) |
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Earth |
(1990) |
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Glory Season |
(1993) |
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Existence |
(2012) |
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Insistence of Vision |
(2018) |
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The Ancient Ones |
(2020) |
Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas
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Dr. Pak’s Preschool |
(1989) |
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Piecework |
(1992) |
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The Crystal Spheres |
(2011) |
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The Loom of Thessaly |
(2011) |
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Stones of Significance |
(2011) |
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Thor Meets Captain America |
(2011) |
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Reality Check |
(2011) |
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The Giving Plague |
(2011) |
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Tank Farm Dynamo |
(2011) |
Publication Order of Short Story Collections
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The River of Time |
(1986) |
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Otherness |
(1994) |
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Tomorrow Happens |
(2003) |
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The Best of David Brin |
(2021) |
Publication Order of Graphic Novels
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The Life Eaters |
(2003) |
Publication Order of Star Trek: The Next Generation Graphic Novels
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Forgiveness |
(2001) |
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The Gorn Crisis |
(2002) |
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Publication Order of David Brin Game Books
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Tribes |
(1998) |
Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books
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The Transparent Society |
(1987) |
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Extraterrestrial Civilization |
(1989) |
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King Kong Is Back! An Unauthorized Look at One Humongous Ape! |
(2005) |
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Through Stranger Eyes |
(2008) |
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The Dark Side |
(2010) |
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George Orwell and the Self-Fulfilling Prophecy |
(2010) |
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The Lord of the Rings |
(2010) |
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The Matrix |
(2010) |
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Disputation Arenas |
(2011) |
Publication Order of Second Foundation Trilogy Books
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Foundation’s Fear |
(1997) |
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Foundation and Chaos |
(1998) |
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Foundation’s Triumph |
(2000) |
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Publication Order of Ring of Fire Anthology Books
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Ring of Fire I |
(2004) |
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1634: The Ram Rebellion |
(2006) |
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Ring of Fire II |
(2008) |
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1635: The Tangled Web |
(2009) |
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Ring of Fire III |
(2011) |
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1635: Music and Murder |
(2013) |
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1636: Seas of Fortune |
(2013) |
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1636: The Barbie Consortium |
(2014) |
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Ring of Fire IV |
(2016) |
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1635: The Wars for the Rhine |
(2016) |
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1636: Flight of the Nightingale |
(2019) |
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1637: The Coast of Chaos |
(2021) |
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Publication Order of The Year’s Best Military & Adventure SF Books
(with Joe R. Lansdale, Sharon Lee, Brendan DuBois, David Weber, David Drake, Sarah Pinsker, Brad R. Torgersen, David Afsharirad)
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The Year’s Best Military & Adventure SF 2015 |
(2016) |
Publication Order of Anthologies
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Mississippi Review 47 / 48 |
(1988) |
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Amazing Stories, March 1990 |
(1990) |
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Tomorrow’s Voices |
(1991) |
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The Oxford Book of Science Fiction Stories |
(1992) |
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Murasaki |
(1992) |
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War of the Worlds: Global Dispatches |
(1996) |
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Far Horizons |
(1999) |
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Year’s Best SF 4 |
(1999) |
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The Age of Wonders: Tales from the Near Future |
(2000) |
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I Have This Nifty Idea |
(2001) |
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Live Without a Net |
(2003) |
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Seven Seasons of Buffy: Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers Discuss Their Favorite Television Show |
(2003) |
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The Hard SF Renaissance |
(2003) |
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All Star Zeppelin Adventure Stories |
(2004) |
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Analog, January/February 2005 |
(2005) |
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Space Cadets |
(2006) |
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Star Wars on Trial |
(2006) |
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The Space Opera Renaissance |
(2006) |
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This Is My Funniest |
(2006) |
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The Best of Jim Baen’s Universe |
(2007) |
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Shadows of the New Sun |
(2013) |
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Now Write! Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror |
(2014) |
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Multiverse |
(2014) |
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Hieroglyph |
(2014) |
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Dragonwriter: A Tribute to Anne McCaffrey and Pern |
(2014) |
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Visions of the Future |
(2015) |
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Future Visions |
(2015) |
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Worst Contact |
(2016) |
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Ring of Fire IV |
(2016) |
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The Best Science Fiction of the Year: Volume One |
(2016) |
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The Year’s Best Military & Adventure SF 2015 |
(2016) |
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Futurescapes: Cities of Empowerment |
(2017) |
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.