David Brin

The second book in David Brins second Uplift trilogy is a magnificent addition to one of science fictions most ambitious and compelling series. The six races had been living in exile on the planet Jijo for two thousand years before they were discovered by the Five Galaxies. Now they are alone again, but they know it is only a reprieve . . . Fleeing across space following an alien attack on Earth, the spaceship Streaker finds itself stranded near an uninhabited planet. Kaa is sent to the surface to investigate. All seems quiet. He doesnt yet know that the planet is Jijo.

La Streaker, una nave terrestre de exploración, ha de buscar refugio en el planeta acuático Kithrup a causa de una avería. La tripulación a bordo de la nave guarda uno de los descubrimientos más importantes de la historia galáctica. Sobre ellos, en el espacio, las armadas alienígenas se enzarzan en una titánica batalla para reivindicar sus derechos sobre la nave y hacerse con el valioso botín que esta encierra. Mientras, un pequeño grupo de humanos y delfines de la tripulación se afanan por plantarle cara a la rebelión armada y a un planeta hostil para salvaguardar su secreto: el destino de los progenitores, la legendaria primera raza que sembró la sabiduría entre las estrellas.

Ninguna especie en todo el universo ha alcanzado las estrellas sin la ayuda de un guía, excepto quizá la raza humana. ¿Existió hace muchos eones una extraña raza que dio inicio al desarrollo de la humanidad? Y si fue asi, ¿por que nos abandono? Cercando el Sol, en las cavernas de Mercurio, la expedicion Navegante Solar se prepara para realizar el viaje mas trascendental de la historia de la humanidad. Un viaje al sofocante infierno de la estrella de fuego. Alli se han detectado formas de vida desconocidas que podrian ser la raza primigenia, los autenticos antepasados del hombre.Para encontrar respuestas a todos esos interrogantes, sera necesario sumergirse en el ardiente corazon del Sol.David Brin es cientifico, conferenciante, consultor tecnico y novelista de renombre. Sus obras han estado en las listas de las mas vendidas del New York Times, y por ellas ha ganado varios premios Hugo y Nebula, entre otros.

A wide-ranging and thought-provoking collection of short stories which confirms David Brin as one of the foremost writers of science fiction. It brings together stories like The Giving Plague and Dr Paks Preschool which are among the most powerful and affecting of recent years. Brins is an eloquent, incisive voice, always dealing with profound ideas and important issues, taking the genre to new heights.

Long ago, the Founding Mothers left old Earth and the Phylum Worlds, seeking a hidden place to reforge human destiny. Through genetic wizardry, they have altered human sexual patterns. For most of the year, any child born on the planet Stratos is a clone of her mother, identical to all the sisters in her veritable clan. Only in summer are vars conceived - old-fashioned, gene-mixed girls, and even sometimes boys - each one garishly, ignobly unique. Maia, one lonely young var, grows up knowing she must summon all her skill to win a place in this world run by and for high-caste clanswomen, a world far gentler than those of the old Phylum . . . except for those rare seasons of change, when the planet seems to call its people forth to glory. Rich in texture, universal in theme, monumental in scope, GLORY SEASON is a saga of remarkable passion and drama, set in a faraway place and time but shining light upon issues vexing our own confused era.

Al Morris is a private investigator. Actually, hes lots of private investigators. For he lives in a world in which every person, every day, can be in any number of places at the same time. Its the world of dittos. It is our world. Welcome to the future.In a business where information is the currency, Als dittos are loaded. And with a number of cases on the go at once, it is crucial that Al keeps track of whats going on. What he doesnt know is that he is about to be drawn into a plot that could throw this delicately balanced world into chaos. It seems that the technology has been developed for dittos to replicate themselves. It seems that real people may no longer be necessary. And, suddenly, it seems that mankinds dream of immortality could turn into a nightmare.Look out for more information about this book and others at www.orbitbooks.co.uk

In 1986, Halleys Comet returned to our heavens for the first time in over seventy-five years. Heart of the Comet is the story of Halleys next return in the middle of the twenty-first century, and of a daring mission to explore and colonize this ice-covered wanderer. It is the thrilling saga of a multinational group of exiles who discover the comets astonishing secret - the secret that threatens their very survival.

Circling the Sun, under the caverns of Mercury, Expedition Sundiver prepares for the most momentous voyage in our history. A journey into the boiling inferno of the sun, to seek our destiny in the cosmic order of life.For in a universe in which no species can reach sentience without being uplifted by a patron race, it seems that only mankind has reached for the stars unaided. And now, the greatest mystery of all may be explained...Sundiver is the first book in David Brins magnificent Uplift series.