David Brin
1) Kiln people
Author
Publisher
Tor
Pub. Date
c2002
Language
English
Description
Albert Morris is a private investigator. Actually, he's lots of PIs. For in his world each person can be in many places at once, by making cheap disposable, kiln-baked clay copies! It's the world of dittos. It's our world-to-come. Welcome to the future.In a business where information is the currency, Albert's dittos are loaded. And with a number of cases on the go at once, it is crucial that Albert doesn't lose track of his selves. But that's exactly...
2) Existence
Author
Language
English
Description
Bestselling, award-winning futurist David Brin returns to globe-spanning, high concept Science Fiction with Existence.Gerald Livingston is an orbital garbage collector. Only now, high over the blue Earth, he spots something that's … unusual… and pulls it in, sending rumors across Earth's infomesh about an "alien artifact." Amid a maelstrom of worldwide speculation, the Artifact is a game-changer. A message in a bottle? An alien capsule that wants...
Author
Publisher
The Story Plant
Pub. Date
c2016
Language
English
Description
"The future is a daunting realm, filled with real and imagined perils. So enter it prepared! Visit a chillingly plausible tomorrow, when prisoners may be sent to asteroidal gulags. Or might prisons vanish and felons roam, seeing only what society allows?" -- Amazon.com
Author
Publisher
Subterranean Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"One doesn't have to know the world perfectly, in order to know it better. That lesson--first taught by Galileo--dwells at the core of both science and science fiction, according to legendary author David Brin. Dangers and great challenges confront the characters of his stories and award-winning novels, such as The Uplift War and The Postman. But even when the odds are steep and disaster looms, there remain possibilities... Brin has thrilled readers...
Author
Series
Publisher
Perennial Classics
Pub. Date
1999.
Language
English
Description
When a nuclear holocaust ravages the United States, a thousand years of civilization are stripped away overnight, and tens of millions of people are killed instantly. But for one small town in Florida, miraculously spared, the struggle is just beginning, as men and women of all backgrounds join together to confront the darkness.