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[[Category:Authors]]David Brin, Ph.D. is a well-known author of science fiction; he has won both the Hugo and the Nebula awards. He is also known as a leading commentator on modern technological trends; many of these writings are available in various places online.
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==Overview==
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[[Category:authors]][[category:people]][[David Brin]], Ph.D. is a well-known [[science fiction]] author; he has won both the [[Hugo Award|Hugo]] and [[Nebula Award|Nebula]] awards. He is also known as a leading commentator on current [[technology|technological]] and political trends, and many of these writings are available in various places online.
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==Edit Notes==
 
==Edit Notes==
 
I couldn't find any quick-and-easy lists of Brin's online works, so that will be the main function of this page (since Wikipedia covers the rest quite nicely). The Index is by no means complete, but I will be adding to it as time permits. --[[User:Woozle|Woozle]] 12:36, 5 November 2005 (EST)
 
I couldn't find any quick-and-easy lists of Brin's online works, so that will be the main function of this page (since Wikipedia covers the rest quite nicely). The Index is by no means complete, but I will be adding to it as time permits. --[[User:Woozle|Woozle]] 12:36, 5 November 2005 (EST)
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==Reference==
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* {{wikipedia|David Brin}}
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''A helpful source might be: http://www.davidbrin.com/biography.html''
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* [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0109432/ IMDB]
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==Related Pages==
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* [[Holocene Chat]], Brin' attempt to redesign real-time chat for the 21st century
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* [[The ArchiTECHS]], a show on The History Channel featuring Brin and several other notable innovators
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===Fiction===
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* [[Uplift Universe]]:
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** [[Alvin Hph-wayuo]] (character)
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** [[Gubru]] (species)
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** [[Glaver]] (species)
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** [[Tymbrimi]] (species)
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** [[Jophur]] (species)
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** [[G'Kek]] (species)
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** [[Streaker (David Brin)|Streaker]] (spaceship)
  
 
==Links==
 
==Links==
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* Official:
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===Reference===
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** [http://davidbrin.com official web site] ([http://www.davidbrin.net/ alternate servers])
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* {{wikipedia}}
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** [http://davidbrin.blogspot.com/ Contrary Brin], David Brin's blog
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* {{issuepedia}}
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* Other:
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* [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0109432/ IMDB]
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** [http://earthbydavidbrin.pbwiki.com/FrontPage Earth by David Brin]: wiki created to track "predictive hits" for Brin's novel ''Earth'' (see also [[issuepedia:Prediction Registry|Prediction Registry]])
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===Official===
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* [http://davidbrin.com official web site] ([http://www.davidbrin.net/ alternate servers])
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==Writings==
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** [http://www.davidbrin.com/biography.html biography and publications]
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* [http://davidbrin.blogspot.com/ Contrary Brin], David Brin's blog
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* [http://david-brin.dailykos.com/ Daily Kos]: began cross-posting from Contrary Brin on 2007-01-18
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* [https://plus.google.com/116665417191671711571 Google+]
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* [http://www.facebook.com/AUTHORDAVIDBRIN Facebook]
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===Other===
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* [http://earthbydavidbrin.pbwiki.com/FrontPage Earth by David Brin]: wiki created to track "predictive hits" for Brin's novel ''Earth'' (see also [[issuepedia:Prediction Registry|Prediction Registry]])
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===Writings===
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* '''2007-01-21''' "[[issuepedia:Designed to Let Us Down (by David Brin)|Designed to Let Us Down]]: our deliberately frail cell phone system": [[wikified]] Contrary Brin posting about creating a peer-to-peer cellphone network
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* [http://www.davidbrin.com/jackwilliamson.html Jack Williamson: Master of Consistency and Change]: updated 2006-11-10, shortly after [[wikipedia:Jack Williamson|Williamson]]'s death
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* [http://lifeboat.com/ex/want.to.live.forever Want to Live Forever?]
 
* [[wnwiki:Brin_CTF_Essay|Singularities and Nightmares: The Range of Our Futures]] (wiki page)
 
* [[wnwiki:Brin_CTF_Essay|Singularities and Nightmares: The Range of Our Futures]] (wiki page)
 
* "Political Totemism and the Danger of Metaphors" (intended to be read in sequence):
 
* "Political Totemism and the Danger of Metaphors" (intended to be read in sequence):
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** Part Four to be posted soon.
 
** Part Four to be posted soon.
 
* [http://www.ieti.org/articles/brin.htm An Open Letter to Alien Lurkers]
 
* [http://www.ieti.org/articles/brin.htm An Open Letter to Alien Lurkers]
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* Society & Politics
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* '''Book Reviews'''
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** '''2005-09-11''' [http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20050911/news_lz1v11science.html 'War' dispatches]: review of ''The Republican War on Science'' by Chris Mooney: "The modern scientific era has brought about many wondrous things, but it's under attack; Chris Mooney rises to the defense."
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** '''2003-12''' [http://www.davidbrin.com/progressparadoxarticle.html Been Up So Long, It Looks Like Down to Me]: a challenge to the "common notion that our wisdom has lagged behind technology"
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* '''Society & Politics'''
 
** [http://www.davidbrin.com/readiness1.html America's Declining State of Readiness] (2006)
 
** [http://www.davidbrin.com/readiness1.html America's Declining State of Readiness] (2006)
 
** [http://www.davidbrin.com/disputationarticle1.html Disputation Arenas: Harnessing Conflict and Competitiveness for Society's Benefit] (2000aug)
 
** [http://www.davidbrin.com/disputationarticle1.html Disputation Arenas: Harnessing Conflict and Competitiveness for Society's Benefit] (2000aug)
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** [[Issuepedia:David Brin: Gerrymandering|Gerrymandering]] (wiki page with index to all versions of article)
 
** [[Issuepedia:David Brin: Gerrymandering|Gerrymandering]] (wiki page with index to all versions of article)
 
** [[Issuepedia:David Brin: Reducing Blame to Fundamentals|Reducing Blame to Fundamentals]] (article posted on wiki page)
 
** [[Issuepedia:David Brin: Reducing Blame to Fundamentals|Reducing Blame to Fundamentals]] (article posted on wiki page)
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** 2000 [http://www.davidbrin.com/2001article.html 2001: A Space Odyssey]: Shining Light on How Far We've Come
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** [http://davidbrin.com/blackmail.htm The Hidden Danger to Public Servants: BLACKMAIL]
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** 2000 [http://www.davidbrin.com/2001.htm 2001: A Space Odyssey]: Shining Light on How Far We've Come
 
** 1999-12-23 [http://features.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=99/12/23/083256&mod%20e=thread A Quiet Adult: My Candidate for Man of the Century]: George Marshall
 
** 1999-12-23 [http://features.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=99/12/23/083256&mod%20e=thread A Quiet Adult: My Candidate for Man of the Century]: George Marshall
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* Book Reviews
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* '''Technology and Science''':
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** '''2005-09-11''' [http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20050911/news_lz1v11science.html 'War' dispatches]: review of ''The Republican War on Science'' by Chris Mooney: "The modern scientific era has brought about many wondrous things, but it's under attack; Chris Mooney rises to the defense."
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** [http://www.skeptic.com/reading_room/seeking-a-new-fulcrum Seeking a New Fulcrum] - Parapsychology and the Need to Believ in a New Transcendence
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** '''2003-12''' [http://www.davidbrin.com/progressparadoxarticle.html Been Up So Long, It Looks Like Down to Me]: a challenge to the "common notion that our wisdom has lagged behind technology"
 
 
* On [http://davidbrin.com/fictionarticles.html the art of fiction]:
 
* On [http://davidbrin.com/fictionarticles.html the art of fiction]:
 
** [http://davidbrin.com/advicearticle.html small trove of advice] for writers
 
** [http://davidbrin.com/advicearticle.html small trove of advice] for writers
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*** [http://davidbrin.com/starwarsarticle1.html An Addendum...]
 
*** [http://davidbrin.com/starwarsarticle1.html An Addendum...]
 
*** [http://davidbrin.blogspot.com/2005/11/real-aliens-and-bad-sci-fi.html  "real" aliens... and bad sci fi]: see #2 for more on Star Wars
 
*** [http://davidbrin.blogspot.com/2005/11/real-aliens-and-bad-sci-fi.html  "real" aliens... and bad sci fi]: see #2 for more on Star Wars
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====Collaborations====
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* [http://readingforfuture.com/Proposal.htm An Open Proposal to the SF Community] from the "Killer Bees" ([[David Brin]], [[Gregory Benford]], [[Greg Bear]])
  
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==Audio==
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===Audio===
 
* '''2004-11-06''' [http://www.itconversations.com/shows/detail358.html Evaluating Horizons]: streaming and MP3
 
* '''2004-11-06''' [http://www.itconversations.com/shows/detail358.html Evaluating Horizons]: streaming and MP3
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===Video===
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* '''2006-10-17''' [http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=1700440519407762800&q=type%3Agoogle+engEDU Third Millennium Problem Solving]: 1 hr 31 min 27 sec
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* '''2006-10-08''' [http://www.sandiego.com/sdhistory.jsp?id=d4cd3fda-1e78-4263-89b8-2270374c182d Interview with Local Author David Brin]: text is an introduction to the interview video (37 MB), which can be [http://download-v5.streamload.com/6ecadd44-fde0-4985-917a-798759c4c4c0/markburgess/FileManager/brin.wmv?action=stream streamed] or [http://download-v5.streamload.com/6ecadd44-fde0-4985-917a-798759c4c4c0/markburgess/FileManager/brin.wmv downloaded]

Latest revision as of 14:39, 5 March 2013

Overview

David Brin, Ph.D. is a well-known science fiction author; he has won both the Hugo and Nebula awards. He is also known as a leading commentator on current technological and political trends, and many of these writings are available in various places online.

Edit Notes

I couldn't find any quick-and-easy lists of Brin's online works, so that will be the main function of this page (since Wikipedia covers the rest quite nicely). The Index is by no means complete, but I will be adding to it as time permits. --Woozle 12:36, 5 November 2005 (EST)

A helpful source might be: http://www.davidbrin.com/biography.html

Related Pages

  • Holocene Chat, Brin' attempt to redesign real-time chat for the 21st century
  • The ArchiTECHS, a show on The History Channel featuring Brin and several other notable innovators

Fiction

Links

Reference

Official

Other

Writings

Collaborations

Audio

Video

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