Has anyone done anything with the David Brin Startide/Uplift Universe?
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Has anyone done anything with the David Brin Startide/Uplift Universe?
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Other than curse at it over the quality of the last book or two?
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which ones?
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Among the "superheroes" that U.S. boys under the age of 10 in 1997 reported they most wanted to be, Catwoman rated number one. (The Harpers Index Book, Volume 3. Charis Conn & Lewis H. Lapham, Franklin Square Press, 2000)
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Heaven's Reach in particular, I believe, was the one that made me no longer care about the "uplift mystery". Did not like it one bit.
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The only Uplift book I've read was Sundiver, which I thought was excellent. Are there any others in the series which you would reocmmend?
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For myself, I highly recommend Startide Rising and Uplift War, both excellent books. The next trilogy (actually, now being billed as books 4-6 of The Uplift Series) starts out good but IMO sucks big time at the end. Thus, the above two books will ask some questions and start some long-term plotlines that may force you to read the other books; but you were warned.
"Similarly, don't get hung up trying to figure out the 'exact right way' to build something using the Hero System rules..." (6E2 277).
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...and check out Hero In Two Pages
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I liked them allOriginally posted by Syberdwarf2
The only Uplift book I've read was Sundiver, which I thought was excellent. Are there any others in the series which you would reocmmend?
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AnotherSkip, have you seen either of these:
Contacting Aliens: An Illustrated Guide to David Brin's Uplift Universe by David Brin and Kevin Lenagh
GURPS Uplift, 2nd Edition
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Nope, now ill have to go look.
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Among the "superheroes" that U.S. boys under the age of 10 in 1997 reported they most wanted to be, Catwoman rated number one. (The Harpers Index Book, Volume 3. Charis Conn & Lewis H. Lapham, Franklin Square Press, 2000)
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I picked this one up. I have to admit, it definitely removed some of the alienness of the alien races for me. I like it when the author tries to remove aliens from the group of easily identified stereotypes; this book, in describing them and, even worse, showing you line drawings, puts the aliens right back into the stereotypes again.Originally posted by Tweedle
Contacting Aliens: An Illustrated Guide to David Brin's Uplift Universe by David Brin and Kevin Lenagh
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Read them a loved them. GURPS did an Uplift sourcebook that I have found easy to adapt/convert to HERO. The best part is a play-by-play process to uplift a race... very nicely done.Originally posted by AnotherSkip
Has anyone done anything with the David Brin Startide/Uplift Universe?
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