num_pages: 458
description: Carrying one of the most important discoveries in galactic history, the Terran exploration vessel Streaker has crashed on the uncharted water world of Kithrup. Above, in space, armadas of alien races clash in a titanic struggle to claim her. Below, a handful of her human and dolphin crew battles armed rebellion and a hostile planet to safeguard her secret - the fate of the Progenitors, the fabled First Race who seeded wisdom throughout the stars.STARTIDE RISING is the second book in Davis Brin's magnificent Uplift series. Winner of both the Hugo and Nebula awards when it was first published, this edition has been revised by the author.
language: English
title: Startide Rising
titlecomplete: Startide Rising (The Uplift Saga, #2)
genres: Space, Fantasy, Speculative Fiction, Aliens, Novels, Science Fiction Fantasy, Space Opera, Fiction, Science Fiction, Hugo Awards
ratings_count: 31681
series: The Uplift Saga
awards: awardedAt: 441792000000
name: Hugo Award
category: Best Novel, awardedAt: 410256000000
name: Nebula Award
category: Best Novel, awardedAt: 441792000000
name: Locus Award
category: Best Science Fiction Novel, awardedAt: 410256000000
name: SF Chronicle Award
category: Novel
publisher: Orbit Books