AnotherSkip Posted March 12, 2003 Report Share Posted March 12, 2003 Has anyone done anything with the David Brin Startide/Uplift Universe? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Talon Posted March 12, 2003 Report Share Posted March 12, 2003 Other than curse at it over the quality of the last book or two? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnotherSkip Posted March 14, 2003 Author Report Share Posted March 14, 2003 which ones? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Talon Posted March 17, 2003 Report Share Posted March 17, 2003 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Syberdwarf2 Posted March 18, 2003 Report Share Posted March 18, 2003 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? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Talon Posted March 18, 2003 Report Share Posted March 18, 2003 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seenar Posted March 29, 2003 Report Share Posted March 29, 2003 Originally 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? I liked them all Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tweedle Posted April 3, 2003 Report Share Posted April 3, 2003 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnotherSkip Posted April 5, 2003 Author Report Share Posted April 5, 2003 Nope, now ill have to go look. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlHazred Posted April 7, 2003 Report Share Posted April 7, 2003 Originally posted by Tweedle Contacting Aliens: An Illustrated Guide to David Brin's Uplift Universe by David Brin and Kevin Lenagh 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MisterVimes Posted April 8, 2003 Report Share Posted April 8, 2003 Re: Startidals Originally posted by AnotherSkip Has anyone done anything with the David Brin Startide/Uplift Universe? 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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