Startide Rising (Uplift Trilogy)

mass market paperback, 462 pages

English language

Published Sept. 10, 1983 by Bantam Doubleday Dell.

ISBN:
978-0-553-23495-4
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David Brin: “Startide Rising” (1983) This is a sci fi story about a Terran (Earth) crew of neo-dolphins and humans on the starship “The Streaker”.
Their mission is to find information about the first Galactic race, which existed billions of yeas ago. The neo-dolphins are dolphins which have gone through the "Uplift" process, which creates through genetic engineering more intelligent sentient beings. For the neo-dolphins, this is also a test of their ability to apply their intelligence, knowledge and skills to Galactic space travel and exploration. The Terrans find an ancient fleet of starships, and on a nearby planet, an ancient (human?) skeleton. There are other Galactic races, who are also keen to find information about the first Galactic civilization. Their hot pursuit of the Terrans forces “The Streaker” to land on the planet Kithrup, whose watery environment and atmosphere are similar to Earth. Above the planet, the starships of …

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In its day, this book won the Nebula, the Locus, and the Hugo awards. It is a sequel to [b:Sundiver|96472|Sundiver (The Uplift Saga, #1)|David Brin|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1388176548s/96472.jpg|461555], the second in a trilogy called the Uplift Saga. It was also the sophomore effort by author [a:David Brin|14078|David Brin|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1352956147p2/14078.jpg], and for me, it didn't quite measure up to either the previous book or its own awards.

The universe he created for this series is vast and populated by some really interesting species. This book shows Humankind as the local upstarts, primarily by focusing on one of our client races, the uplifted dolphins. This story also contains intrigues and politics between the main scientists, at least one of which fits the "mad" description.

The story floats through several crewmembers, and while they have their own motivations, they each feel very much the same. Without the vocal stutters, it's hard to tell the 'fins from the …

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4 stars

I read Startide Rising about 30 years ago, back when it was first translated into Finnish. I remember it being a bit confusing and tedious to read. I did like it, later bought the first three books of the Uplift Saga in English and decided to reread it when I have time.

It took several years, and I'm happy to say it was a much more entertaining read than I anticipated.

Brin's Uplift world is full of ideas. The basis of sentient galactic species being part of a big happy family living on what past generations stored in the Library is an interesting concept, and it creates a conflict that makes strange bedfellows.

In case of Startide Rising, that conflict rises up as the first spaceship with a dolphin crew happens to find an armada of spaceships that is at least two billion years old. They get into trouble and …

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