num_pages: 13
description: Nine cassettes/12.5 hours.David Brin's Uplift novels are among the most thrilling, highly regarded works of contemporary science fiction. Beginning with Sundiver, Brin provides an intriguing exploration of humanity's future in the universe. For nearly a billion years, every known sentient species in the universe has been the result of genetic and cultural guidance--or "uplifting"--by a previously uplifted patron race. Then humans are discovered. Having already uplifted chimps and dolphins, humanity clearly qualifies as an intelligent species, but did they actually evolve their own intelligence, or did some mysterious patron race begin the process, then suddenly abandon Earth? The answer to this mystery might be as close as our own sun, but it will take a daring dive into its fiery interior to know for sure. Sundiver begins David Brin's thoughtful, exhilarating exploration of a future filled with an imaginative array of strange alien races, dazzling scientific achievements, and age-old enigmas. Narrator George Wilson gives a strong, enthusiastic voice to Brin's search for humanity's destiny in the cosmic order of life.
language: English
title: Sundiver
titlecomplete: Sundiver (The Uplift Saga, #1)
genres: Fiction, Science Fiction, Mystery, Speculative Fiction, Space Opera, Aliens, Science Fiction Fantasy, Space, Novels, Fantasy
ratings_count: 26102
places: Mercury
series: The Uplift Saga
awards: awardedAt: 347184000000
name: Locus Award
category: Best First Novel
publisher: Recorded Books