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David Brin

David Brin

Brin, Glen David

October 6, 1950 (age 75)

Birth place: Glendale, California, USA

271 works in English-language magazines

Date Page Type Title Magazine
August 1979 87 Essay Letter to The Bulletin of the Science Fiction Writers of America, Fall 1979 The Bulletin of the Science Fiction Writers of America, Fall 1979
March 1980 89 Review Sundiver Heavy Metal, March 1980
June 1980 164 Review Sundiver Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact, June 1980
July 1980 36|36.1 Review Sundiver Ares, #3 July 1980
April 1981 150 Short Fiction Just a Hint Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact, April 27, 1981
May 1981 12 Short Fiction The Tides of Kithrup Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact, May 25, 1981
November 1981 124 Short Fiction The Loom of Thessaly Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, November 23, 1981
May 1982 54 Short Fiction Co-Existence Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, May 1982
November 1982 120 Short Fiction The Postman Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, November 1982
January 1983 22 Short Fiction Simulation Cut Joystik Magazine, January 1983
March 1983 158 Essay Letter (Amazing Stories, March 1983) Amazing Science Fiction, March 1983
March 1983 6 Essay Secretary's Report (The SFWA Atrium, March 1983) The SFWA Atrium, March 1983
July 1983 9|9.2 Review Startide Rising Locus, #270 July 1983
November 1983 165 Review Startide Rising Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact, November 1983
November 1983 104 Short Fiction Tank-Farm Dynamo Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact, November 1983
December 1983 167 Review Startide Rising Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, Mid-December 1983
January 1984 10 Review Startide Rising Amazing Science Fiction, January 1984
January 1984 128 Short Fiction The Crystal Spheres Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact, January 1984
February 1984 9|9.2 Review The Practice Effect Locus, #277 February 1984
March 1984 112 Short Fiction Cyclops Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, March 1984
May 1984 66 Essay The Deadly Thing at 2.4 Kilo-Parsecs Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact, May 1984
July 1984 24 Review The Practice Effect The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, July 1984
July 1984 171 Review The Practice Effect Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, July 1984
July 1984 167 Review The Practice Effect Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact, July 1984
August 1984 8 Review The Practice Effect Fantasy Review, August 1984
September 1984 22 Review The Practice Effect Amazing Stories, September 1984
November 1984 82 Review Startide Rising Foundation, #32 November 1984
December 1984 173 Review Startide Rising Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, December 1984
June 1985 189|189.2 Essay Letter (Analog, June 1985) Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact, June 1985
July 1985 80 Essay Just How Dangerous is the Galaxy? Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact, July 1985
August 1985 Review Sundiver Vector 127
August 1985 15 Review Sundiver White Dwarf, August 1985
August 1985 17|17.4 Review The Postman Locus, #295 August 1985
September 1985 18 Review The Postman Fantasy Review, September 1985
December 1985 183 Review The Postman Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, Mid-December 1985
December 1985 42 Review The Postman Science Fiction Chronicle, #75 December 1985
1986 6 Essay Comments by the Nominees The Bulletin of the Science Fiction Writers of America, Spring 1986
1986 73 Review The Postman Foundation, #37 Autumn 1986
January 1986 19 Review The Postman Amazing Stories, January 1986
February 1986 17 Review Heart of the Comet Locus, #301 February 1986
February 1986 17 Review Heart of the Comet Fantasy Review, February 1986
February 1986 82 Review The Postman The Leading Edge Magazine of Science Fiction and Fantasy, #11, Winter 1986
March 1986 26 Interview David Brin: After The Postman Locus, #302 March 1986
March 1986 45 Review The Postman The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, March 1986
March 1986 179 Review The Postman Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact, March 1986
April 1986 4 Essay The Dogma of Otherness Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact, April 1986
April 1986 Review The Postman Vector 131
July 1986 7 Review Heart of the Comet Amazing Stories, July 1986
July 1986 179 Review Heart of the Comet Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact, July 1986
July 1986 38|38.8 Review Heart of the Comet Science Fiction Chronicle, #82 July 1986
July 1986 30 Short Fiction Thor Meets Captain America The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, July 1986
August 1986 3 Essay Fiat Lux: A Proposed Method for Organization Out of Chaos The SFWA Forum # 96, July-August 1986
August 1986 Review Heart of the Comet Vector 133
August 1986 21 Review The River of Time Locus, #307 August 1986
December 1986 133 Short Fiction A Stage of Memory The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, December 1986
1987 21 Essay A Shaman's View Foundation, #39 Spring 1987
1987 43 Essay SFRA Panel: Cyberpunk or Cyberjunk? Some Perspectives on Recent Trends in SF Science Fiction Eye, #1, Winter 1987
April 1987 Review The Postman Paperback Inferno, #65
April 1987 17 Review The Uplift War Locus, #315 April 1987
June 1987 53 Review The Postman Interzone, Summer 1987
June 1987 54 Review The River of Time Science Fiction Chronicle, #93 June 1987
July 1987 39 Review The Uplift War Fantasy Review, July-August 1987
August 1987 Review The Heart of the Comet Paperback Inferno, #67
September 1987 44|44.06 Review The Uplift War Science Fiction Chronicle, #96 September 1987
November 1987 134 Review The Uplift War Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact, November 1987
December 1987 Review The River of Time Paperback Inferno, #69
December 1987 184 Review The Uplift War Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, Mid-December 1987
1988 23 Essay Cyberpunk Forum/Symposium:Starchilde Harold, Revisited: Mississippi Review 47/48
1988 4 Essay The Nominees The Bulletin of the Science Fiction Writers of America, Spring 1988
March 1988 72 Essay Letter (Locus #326) Locus, #326 March 1988
March 1988 43 Short Fiction The Giving Plague Interzone, Spring 1988
January 1989 22 Essay Forum: Dateline 1999 Omni, January 1989
March 1989 30 Essay Science and the Fantastic, Part I: The Time Flow of Wisdom Aboriginal Science Fiction, March-April 1989
May 1989 17 Essay Science and the Fantastic, Part II: The Image of the Magician Aboriginal Science Fiction, May-June 1989
May 1989 12 Short Fiction Shhhh Amazing Stories, May 1989
August 1989 13 Essay Read This (NYRSF, August 1989) The New York Review of Science Fiction, August 1989
September 1989 141 Short Fiction Privacy The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, September 1989
September 1989 Essay Response to "The New Generation Gap" The New York Review of Science Fiction, September 1989
December 1989 4 Interview David Brin: Earth and Easter Island Locus, #347 December 1989
January 1990 5 Short Fiction Piecework Interzone, January-February 1990
March 1990 10 Short Fiction Peacekeeper Aboriginal Science Fiction, March-April 1990
March 1990 94 Short Fiction The Diplomacy Guild Amazing Stories, March 1990
May 1990 31 Review Earth Locus, #352 May 1990
May 1990 61 Essay Letter (Locus #352) Locus, #352 May 1990
May 1990 25 Review Project Solar Sail Locus, #352 May 1990
June 1990 21 Review Earth Locus, #353 June 1990
June 1990 25 Review Earth Locus, #353 June 1990
June 1990 36|36.1 Review Earth Science Fiction Chronicle, #129 June 1990
June 1990 70 Essay Letter (Locus #353) Locus, #353 June 1990
June 1990 35 Review Project Solar Sail Locus, #353 June 1990
July 1990 6 Short Fiction Dr. Pak's Preschool The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, July 1990
July 1990 76 Short Fiction The Secret of Life Amazing Stories, July 1990
August 1990 94 Review Earth Science Fiction Eye, #7, August 1990
August 1990 26 Review Earth The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, August 1990
September 1990 10 Interview An Interview with David Brin FTL, Autumn 1990
September 1990 33 Review Earth Aboriginal Science Fiction, September-October 1990
September 1990 65|65.2 Review Earth Interzone, September 1990
October 1990 15 Review Earth Vector 157
November 1990 88 Essay A Western Way of Thought The Leading Edge Magazine of Science Fiction and Fantasy, #22, Fall 1990
November 1990 21 Interview David Brin Interzone, November 1990
November 1990 312 Review Earth Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, November 1990
November 1990 177 Review Earth Analog Science Fiction and Fact, November 1990
November 1990 182 Review Project Solar Sail Analog Science Fiction and Fact, November 1990
1991 92 Review Earth Foundation, #52 Summer 1991
March 1991 23 Essay The Dangers of First Contact Aboriginal Science Fiction, March-April 1991
June 1991 184 Review Earth Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, June 1991
October 1991 6 Review Earth Paperback Inferno, #92
November 1991 17 Review Earth The New York Review of Science Fiction, November 1991
December 1991 60 Review Piecework Aboriginal Science Fiction, December 1991
December 1991 6 Short Fiction What Continues, What Fails ... Interzone, December 1991
1992 34 Essay Agent-Author (Pre-nuptial) Agreements The SFWA Bulletin, Spring 1992
October 1992 84 Essay The Bubbling Universe Omni, October 1992
1993 96 Review Glory Season Science Fiction Eye, #12, Summer 1993
March 1993 31 Short Fiction Detritus Affected The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, March 1993
April 1993 27 Review Glory Season Locus, #387 April 1993
May 1993 21 Review Glory Season Locus, #388 May 1993
July 1993 13 Review Glory Season Science Fiction Age, July 1993
August 1993 62 Review Glory Season Interzone, August 1993
September 1993 6 Review Glory Season The New York Review of Science Fiction, September 1993
September 1993 53 Essay Letter (Locus #392) Locus, #392 September 1993
October 1993 14 Review Glory Season Vector 175
November 1993 162 Review Glory Season Analog Science Fiction and Fact, November 1993
November 1993 15 Review Godspeed Science Fiction Age, November 1993
April 1994 94 Short Fiction NatuLife ® The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, April 1994
June 1994 4 Essay First Word: Of Elves and Aliens Omni, June 1994
July 1994 30 Essay Only Science Fiction can solve the perplexing problem of gun control. Science Fiction Age, July 1994
October 1994 19 Review Otherness Locus, #405 October 1994
November 1994 57|57.5 Review Otherness Interzone, November 1994
November 1994 74 Short Fiction The Other Side of the Hill Science Fiction Age, November 1994
1995 110 Review Otherness Foundation, #64 Summer 1995
January 1995 306 Review Otherness Analog Science Fiction and Fact, January 1995
March 1995 24 Essay Forget SF's magical warp drives. Can today's science give us the stars for real? Science Fiction Age, March 1995
May 1995 10 Review When Heaven Fell Science Fiction Age, May 1995
October 1995 74 Essay Letter (Locus #417) Locus, #417 October 1995
November 1995 10 Review Brightness Reef Science Fiction Age, November 1995
November 1995 78 Essay John Brunner: Further Appreciations Locus, #418 November 1995
1996 96 Review Brightness Reef Foundation, #67 Summer 1996
January 1996 53 Review Startide Rising The Zone, Summer 1996
February 1996 154 Short Fiction An Ever-Reddening Glow Analog Science Fiction and Fact, February 1996
February 1996 160 Review Brightness Reef Analog Science Fiction and Fact, February 1996
February 1996 45|45.05 Review Brightness Reef Science Fiction Chronicle, #188 February 1996
February 1996 118 Review Brightness Reef The Leading Edge Magazine of Science Fiction and Fantasy, #32, February 1996
February 1996 64 Essay Whose Millennium? Aboriginal Science Fiction, Spring 1996
March 1996 57 Review Brightness Reef The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, March 1996
March 1996 123 Short Fiction Paris Conquers All The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, March 1996
August 1996 151 Review Brightness Reef Asimov's Science Fiction, August 1996
August 1996 Review Brightness Reef Vector 188
August 1996 Review The Uplift War Vector 188
September 1996 25 Review Brightness Reef Vector 189
January 1997 16 Review Infinity's Shore Science Fiction Age, January 1997
March 1997 49 Review Brightness Reef The Zone and Premonitions, Spring 1997
March 1997 4 Interview David Brin: Dialogs with the Future Locus, #434 March 1997
March 1997 151 Review Infinity's Shore Analog Science Fiction and Fact, March 1997
March 1997 58 Review Infinity's Shore Interzone, March 1997
September 1997 34|34.2 Review Infinity's Shore Aboriginal Science Fiction, Winter 1997
October 1997 1 Review Brightness Reef The New York Review of Science Fiction, October 1997
December 1997 50 Review Infinity's Shore The Zone and Premonitions, Winter 1997-98
December 1997 Review The Postman SF Site, Mid-December 1997
May 1998 Review Heaven's Reach Science Fiction Weekly, 4 May 1998
May 1998 42 Review The Postman Science Fiction Chronicle, #197 May-June 1998
June 1998 Review Infinity's Shore SF Site, Mid-June 1998
July 1998 10 Review Heaven's Reach Science Fiction Age, July 1998
July 1998 Review Heaven's Reach SF Site, Mid-July 1998
July 1998 45|45.09 Review Heaven's Reach Science Fiction Chronicle, #198 July-August 1998
October 1998 133 Review Heaven's Reach Analog Science Fiction and Fact, October 1998
December 1998 40 Review Heaven's Reach Aboriginal Science Fiction, Winter 1998
1999 10 Essay The Observatory: Ultimate Surveillance Amazing Stories, Summer 1999
April 1999 Review Foundation's Triumph Science Fiction Weekly, 26 Apr 1999
August 1999 79 Short Fiction Ickies Altair, Issue Four
September 1999 20 Review Heaven's Reach Vector 207
October 1999 39 Review Foundation's Triumph Aboriginal Science Fiction, Fall 1999
November 1999 21 Review Foundation's Triumph Vector 208
November 1999 62 Review Foundation's Triumph Interzone, November 1999
December 1999 137 Review The Transparent Society Analog Science Fiction and Fact, December 1999
January 2000 28 Essay Science (Science Fiction Age, January 2000) Science Fiction Age, January 2000
January 2000 159 Short Fiction Stones of Significance Analog Science Fiction and Fact, January 2000
March 2000 229 Short Fiction Reality Check Nature, March 16, 2000
May 2000 34 Review Foundation's Triumph Vector 211
May 2000 10 Interview The Last Empire Albedo One, #21
December 2000 74 Essay Letter (Locus #479) Locus, #479 December 2000
August 2001 1 Essay The Robots and Foundation Universe: Issues and Hints Left for Us by Isaac Asimov Oceans of the Mind, Fall 2001
September 2001 74 Essay Poul Anderson Locus, #488 September 2001
September 2001 Essay Some Unspoken Lessons from Sept. 11...About the Value of Common Citizens in an Age of Danger Sci Fiction, September 11, 2001
2002 199 Review Kiln People Black Gate, Summer 2002
2002 125 Review Kiln People Foundation, #85 Summer 2002
January 2002 27 Review Kiln People Locus, #492 January 2002
February 2002 17 Review Kiln People Locus, #493 February 2002
March 2002 22 Review Foundation's Triumph The New York Review of Science Fiction, March 2002
March 2002 28 Review Kiln People Locus, #494 March 2002
April 2002 46|46.30 Review Kiln People Science Fiction Chronicle, #223 April 2002
May 2002 21 Review Kiln People Vector 223
June 2002 31 Review Contacting Aliens: An Illustrated Guide to David Brin's Uplift Universe Locus, #497 June 2002
June 2002 9 Review Kiln People The New York Review of Science Fiction, June 2002
June 2002 132 Review Kiln People Analog Science Fiction and Fact, June 2002
July 2002 33 Review Kil'n People Vector 224
September 2002 43 Review Kiln People SFRA Review #259-60
September 2002 41 Essay Letter (Locus #500) Locus, #500 September 2002
November 2002 72 Essay Tribute to Robert Forward Locus, #502 November 2002
February 2003 139 Review Contacting Aliens: An Illustrated Guide to David Brin's Uplift Universe Analog Science Fiction and Fact, February 2003
March 2003 [3]|3 Review Kiln People Ideomancer, March 2003
March 2003 21 Review Tomorrow Happens SFRA Review #263-4
May 2003 29 Review Tomorrow Happens Locus, #508 May 2003
June 2003 8 Review Kiln People Nth Degree, June 2003
July 2003 136 Short Fiction A Professor at Harvard Analog Science Fiction and Fact, July-August 2003
October 2003 138 Review Tomorrow Happens Analog Science Fiction and Fact, October 2003
January 2004 1 Essay To Read The Separation The New York Review of Science Fiction, January 2004
January 2004 8 Essay What Hess Sought The New York Review of Science Fiction, January 2004
April 2004 33 Review The Life Eaters The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, April 2004
May 2004 [3]|3 Interview Interview: David Brin Ideomancer, May 2004
August 2004 38 Essay Science Fiction Museum: Comments Locus, #523 August 2004
January 2005 120 Short Fiction Mars Opposition Analog Science Fiction and Fact, January-February 2005
June 2006 18 Short Fiction The Ancient Ones, Episode 1 Jim Baen's Universe, June 2006
August 2006 12 Short Fiction The Ancient Ones, Episode 2 Jim Baen's Universe, August 2006
October 2006 21 Essay Doing a Slow Turn: The Poison of Cynicism Jim Baen's Universe, October 2006
October 2006 53 Essay Star Trek Locus, #549 October 2006
December 2006 12 Short Fiction The Ancient Ones, Episode 3 Jim Baen's Universe, December 2006
January 2007 54 Interview A Coffin Full of Questions Dark Tales, Volume 10
January 2007 47 Essay Jack Williamson Locus, #552 January 2007
February 2007 4 Short Fiction I Could've Done Better Jim Baen's Universe, February 2007
April 2007 11 Short Fiction The Ancient Ones, Episode 4 Jim Baen's Universe, April 2007
November 2007 47 Essay Report on China Locus, #562 November 2007
November 2007 1 Essay The Year of SF in Asia The New York Review of Science Fiction, November 2007
January 2008 40 Essay Birthday Tribute to Arthur Clarke Locus, #564 January 2008
February 2008 10 Short Fiction The Ancient Ones, Episode Five Jim Baen's Universe, February 2008
February 2008 1 Short Fiction The Smartest Mob ... Jim Baen's Universe, February 2008
June 2008 Short Fiction Toujours Voir StarShipSofa, No 28
July 2008 Short Fiction Those Eyes Escape Pod, EP165
September 2008 Review Aficionado StarShipSofa, No 40
October 2008 3 Serial Shoresteading (Part 1 of 2) Jim Baen's Universe, October 2008
December 2008 5 Serial Shoresteading (Part 2 of 2) Jim Baen's Universe, December 2008
December 2008 Serial Temptation (Part 1 of 3) StarShipSofa, No 57
January 2009 Serial Temptation (Part 2 of 3) StarShipSofa, No 58
January 2009 Serial Temptation (Part 3 of 3) StarShipSofa, No 59
June 2009 1 Short Fiction Gorilla My Dreams Jim Baen's Universe, June 2009
August 2009 11 Essay Thinking About SF Jim Baen's Universe, August 2009
December 2010 73 Essay Letter (Locus #599) Locus, #599 December 2010
September 2011 |4.5 Interview Author Spotlight: David Brin Lightspeed, September 2011
September 2011 |1 Short Fiction Bubbles Lightspeed, September 2011
December 2011 Short Fiction Fortitude StarShipSofa, No 217
June 2012 |3 Short Fiction The Shelter of Tradition (An excerpt from the novel Existence) Lightspeed, June 2012
July 2012 |21 Interview Author Spotlight: David Brin Lightspeed, July 2012
August 2012 25 Review Existence Locus, #619 August 2012
August 2012 57 Essay Ray Bradbury Locus, #619 August 2012
September 2012 69 Interview David Brin Interzone, September-October 2012
September 2012 68 Review Existence Interzone, September-October 2012
September 2012 |7 Review Existence AntipodeanSF, September 2012
October 2012 |5 Interview Interview: David Brin Lightspeed, October 2012
2013 40 Review Existence Vector 273 Autumn
March 2013 22 Review Existence The New York Review of Science Fiction, March 2013
July 2013 5 Essay Iain M. Banks Locus, #630 July 2013
October 2013 34 Essay Pole Star Locus, #633 October 2013
March 2014 58 Short Fiction The Avalon Missions Analog Science Fiction and Fact, March 2014
October 2014 37 Short Fiction Chrysalis Analog Science Fiction and Fact, October 2014
May 2015 80 Interview The Galaxy's Edge Interview: Joy Ward interviews David Brin Galaxy's Edge, Issue 14, May 2015
June 2015 Short Fiction Aficionado Escape Pod, EP495
November 2015 7 Review The Heavy Generation Analog Science Fiction and Fact, November 2015
January 2016 |1 Interview Interview: David Brin and The Best Year in Space Ever! StarShipSofa, No 420
February 2016 52 Essay A True Original The New York Review of Science Fiction, February 2016
April 2016 144 Interview Transparency and Transformation: A Conversation with David Brin Clarkesworld, April 2016
June 2017 |6 Interview InterGalactic Interview with David Brin Orson Scott Card's InterGalactic Medicine Show, #57, June 2017
June 2017 |7 Short Fiction The Warm Space Orson Scott Card's InterGalactic Medicine Show, #57, June 2017
July 2017 41 Review Chasing Shadows: Visions of Our Coming Transparent World Locus, #678 July 2017
December 2017 12 Review Chasing Shadows: Visions of Our Coming Transparent World Locus, #683 December 2017
May 2018 51|51.1 Review Chasing Shadows: Visions of Our Coming Transparent World Galaxy's Edge, Issue 32: May 2018
September 2018 5 Short Fiction The River of Time Unfit Magazine, #1 September 2018
February 2020 |1 Short Fiction An Ever Reddening Glow Simultaneous Times Podcast, February 2020
March 2020 31 Essay Appreciation (Mike Resnick) Galaxy's Edge, March 2020
June 2021 74 Short Fiction The Tumbledowns of Cleopatra Abyss Forever, June 2021
September 2021 Short Fiction The Tell Black Cat Weekly, #2
September 2024 204 Review Existence Asimov's Science Fiction, September-October 2024
July 2025 23 Interview David Brin : The Postman Delivers SavagePlanets, July 2025

44 English-language books

Year Type Title Author(s)
1980 Novel Sundiver David Brin
1983 Novel Startide Rising David Brin
1984 Novel The Practice Effect David Brin
1985 Novel The Postman David Brin
1986 Novel Heart of the Comet Gregory Benford & David Brin
1986 Collection The River of Time David Brin
1987 Omnibus Earthclan David Brin
1987 Novel The Uplift War David Brin
1989 Chapbook Dr. Pak's Preschool David Brin
1989 Nonfiction Extraterrestrial Civilization Thomas B. H. Kuiper & David Brin
1990 Novel Earth David Brin
1990 Anthology Project Solar Sail David Brin & Arthur C. Clarke
1991 Chapbook Piecework David Brin
1993 Novel Glory Season David Brin
1994 Collection Otherness David Brin
1995 Novel Brightness Reef David Brin
1996 Novel Infinity's Shore David Brin
1998 Novel Heaven's Reach David Brin
1998 Nonfiction The Transparent Society David Brin
1999 Novel Foundation's Triumph David Brin
2001 Chapbook Forgiveness David Brin
2002 Nonfiction Contacting Aliens: An Illustrated Guide to David Brin's Uplift Universe David Brin & Kevin Lenagh
2002 Novel Kil'n People David Brin
2002 Novel Kiln People David Brin
2003 Chapbook The Life Eaters David Brin
2003 Collection Tomorrow Happens David Brin
2005 Nonfiction King Kong Is Back! An Unauthorized Look at One Humongous Ape David Brin & Leah Wilson
2007 Chapbook Sky Horizon David Brin
2008 Nonfiction Through Stranger Eyes: Reviews, Introductions, Tributes & Iconoclastic Essays David Brin
2011 Chapbook Reality Check David Brin
2012 Novel Existence David Brin
2012 Chapbook The Giving Plague David Brin
2012 Omnibus Uplift: The Complete Original Trilogy David Brin
2013 Omnibus Exiles: The Uplift Storm Trilogy David Brin
2016 Collection Insistence of Vision David Brin
2017 Anthology Chasing Shadows: Visions of Our Coming Transparent World David Brin & Stephen W. Potts
2019 Nonfiction Polemical Judo David Brin
2020 Novel The Ancient Ones David Brin
2020 Chapbook The Escape: A Confrontation in Four Scenes David Brin
2021 Novel Castaways of New Mojave David Brin & Jeff Carlson
2021 Novel Colony High David Brin
2021 Collection The Best of David Brin David Brin
2021 Omnibus The Uplift Storm Trilogy David Brin
2025 Nonfiction Contacting Aliens: An Illustrated Guide to David Brin's Uplift Universe David Brin & Kevyn Lenagh

YearAwardCategoryTitleStatus
1981 Analog Award Best Novella/Novelette The Tides of Kithrup Finalist
1981 Locus Poll Award Best First Novel Sundiver Finalist
1982 Locus Poll Award Best Novella The Loom of Thessaly Nominee
1983 Hugo Award Best Novella The Postman Runner-up
1983 Locus Poll Award Best Novella The Postman Finalist
1983 Locus Poll Award Best Short Story Co-Existence Nominee
1983 SF Chronicle Award Novel Startide Rising Finalist
1984 Analog Award Best Short Story The Crystal Spheres Winner
1984 Hugo Award Best Novel Startide Rising Winner
1984 Locus Poll Award Best SF Novel Startide Rising Winner
1984 Nebula Award Novel Startide Rising Winner
1984 SF Chronicle Award Novel Startide Rising Finalist
1985 Balrog Award Novel The Practice Effect Winner
1985 Hugo Award Best Novella Cyclops Runner-up
1985 Hugo Award Best Short Story The Crystal Spheres Winner
1985 Locus Poll Award Best Novella Cyclops Nominee
1985 Locus Poll Award Best SF Novel The Practice Effect Nominee
1985 Locus Poll Award Best Short Story The Crystal Spheres Runner-up
1986 Hugo Award Best Novel The Postman Finalist
1986 John W. Campbell Memorial Award Best Science Fiction Novel The Postman Winner
1986 Locus Poll Award Best SF Novel The Postman Winner
1986 Nebula Award Novel The Postman Nominee
1986 SF Chronicle Award Novel The Postman Runner-up
1987 Hugo Award Best Novelette Thor Meets Captain America Runner-up
1987 Locus Poll Award Best Collection The River of Time Nominee
1987 Locus Poll Award Best Novelette Thor Meets Captain America Winner
1987 Locus Poll Award Best SF Novel Heart of the Comet Runner-up
1987 SF Chronicle Award Novelette Thor Meets Captain America Finalist
1988 Hugo Award Best Novel The Uplift War Winner
1988 Locus Poll Award Best SF Novel The Uplift War Winner
1988 Nebula Award Novel The Uplift War Nominee
1988 Prometheus Award Prometheus Award for Best Libertarian SF Novel The Uplift War Nominee
1989 Hugo Award Best Short Story The Giving Plague Runner-up
1989 Locus Poll Award Best Short Story The Giving Plague Finalist
1990 Locus Poll Award Best Short Story Privacy Finalist
1991 Hugo Award Best Novel Earth Runner-up
1991 Hugo Award Best Novelette Dr. Pak's Preschool Nominee
1991 Locus Poll Award Best Anthology Project Solar Sail Nominee
1991 Locus Poll Award Best Novelette Dr. Pak's Preschool Runner-up
1991 Locus Poll Award Best Novelette Piecework Nominee
1991 Locus Poll Award Best SF Novel Earth Runner-up
1991 SF Chronicle Award Novel Earth Runner-up
1992 Locus Poll Award Best Novelette What Continues, What Fails ... Nominee
1992 SF Chronicle Award Novelette What Continues, What Fails ... Finalist
1993 James Tiptree, Jr. Award / Otherwise Award Gender-bending SF Glory Season Nominee
1994 Hugo Award Best Novel Glory Season Finalist
1994 Locus Poll Award Best SF Novel Glory Season Finalist
1995 Kurd-Laßwitz-Preis Bester ausländischer SF-Roman Erde Nominee
1995 Locus Poll Award Best Collection Otherness Winner
1996 Hugo Award Best Novel Brightness Reef Finalist
1996 Locus Poll Award Best SF Novel Brightness Reef Runner-up
1997 British Fantasy Award August Derleth Fantasy Award (Best Novel) Brightness Reef Nominee
1997 Hugo Award Best Novel Infinity's Shore Nominee
1997 Locus Poll Award Best SF Novel Infinity's Shore Nominee
1997 Nebula Award Novel Brightness Reef Nominee
1997 Premio Ignotus Mejor novela extranjera - Best Foreign Novel Tiempos de gloria Finalist
1998 Locus Poll Award All-Time Best SF Novel before 1990 Startide Rising Nominee
2000 Analog Award Best Novelette Stones of Significance Winner
2001 Locus Poll Award Best Short Story Reality Check Nominee
2003 Analog Award Best Short Story A Professor at Harvard Runner-up
2003 Arthur C. Clarke Award Best Science Fiction Novel Kiln People Nominee
2003 Hugo Award Best Novel Kiln People Runner-up
2003 John W. Campbell Memorial Award Best Science Fiction Novel Kiln People Runner-up
2003 Locus Poll Award Best SF Novel Kiln People Runner-up
2003 Nebula Award Novel Kiln People Nominee
2005 Analog Award Best Novelette Mars Opposition Runner-up
2006 Kurd-Laßwitz-Preis Bestes ausländisches Werk Copy Nominee
2008 Golden Duck Award Hal Clement Young Adult Award Sky Horizon Winner
2012 Locus Online 20th Century Novella The Postman Nominee
2012 Locus Online 20th Century Science Fiction Novel Startide Rising Nominee
2013 Hugo Award Best Novel Existence Nominee
2013 John W. Campbell Memorial Award Best Science Fiction Novel Existence Nominee
2013 Kurd-Laßwitz-Preis Bestes ausländisches Werk Existenz Nominee
2013 Locus Poll Award Best SF Novel Existence Nominee
2016 Locus Poll Award Best Novelette The Tumbledowns of Cleopatra Abyss Nominee
2018 Locus Poll Award Best Anthology Chasing Shadows: Visions of Our Coming Transparent World Nominee

MS in optics (1978) and PhD in astronomy (1981). Husband of Cheryl Brin.
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