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The Uplift War

The Uplift War

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  • Author：David Brin
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Summary

Hostile aliens take an Earth colony hostage in this New York Times-bestselling hard science fiction adventure by the author of Startide Rising。

Although they were uplifted and given full sapience， the Bururalli clearly weren't ready to run a planet， almost wrecking Garth。 As a "salvage world，" it was given to despised Earthlings， assigned to reclaim it from the brink。 Many senior Galactics--leaders of the Five Galaxies--hoped humanity would fail。 But now Garth is peacefully surging back， tended by human and neo-chimpanzee colonists。

Meanwhile， enemies desperately seek some way to coerce Earthclan， looking for a possible answer to the secret of the Progenitors。 One of them--the Gubru avian race--prepares to invade and hold hostage defenseless Garth。 With Earth itself under attack by other militant forces， no relief is coming for the embattled colonists。 If they are to survive， they have no choice but to band together， improvise， and learn the tactics of guerilla warfare。

This book features a new introduction by the author。

Winner of the Hugo Award

"An exhilarating read that encompasses everything from breathless action to finely drawn moments of quiet intimacy。 There is no way we can avoid coming back as many times as Brin wants us to， until his story is done。" --Locus

"Shares all the properties that made Startide such a joy。 The plot fizzes along 。 。 。 and there are the wonders of the Galactic civilizations （which have all the invention and excitement that SF used to have）。" --Asimov's Science Fiction

"The Uplift books are as compulsive reading as anything ever published in the genre。" --The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction

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Reviews

Jeraviz ，

Del autor que nos trajo a los delfines que recitaban haikus， llegan los chimpancés guerrilleros con pantalones cortos。 （Si no os he enganchado con esta frase para seguir leyendo no sé qué tipo de libros leéis）。En los anteriores libros de la trilogía me quejaba de que Brin desperdiciaba una grandísima idea centrándose en detalles y tramas sin importancia。 El universo que crea el autor donde las razas que pueblan la galaxia pueden elevar a otras razas que no poseen "auto-consciencia" me ha parecid Del autor que nos trajo a los delfines que recitaban haikus， llegan los chimpancés guerrilleros con pantalones cortos。 （Si no os he enganchado con esta frase para seguir leyendo no sé qué tipo de libros leéis）。En los anteriores libros de la trilogía me quejaba de que Brin desperdiciaba una grandísima idea centrándose en detalles y tramas sin importancia。 El universo que crea el autor donde las razas que pueblan la galaxia pueden elevar a otras razas que no poseen "auto-consciencia" me ha parecido muy interesante y menos mal que en este tercer libro se centra un poco más en ese tema。 Aún así me deja el sabor de boca un poco amargo al pensar en todo lo que podría haber hecho。En esta tercera entrega se centra en los chimpancés， una de las razas que lo humanos "elevan" （la otro son los delfines）。 Y entran en escena otras razas de la galaxia que no están de acuerdo con lo que están haciendo los humanos， y hay líos políticos y guerras。 Y la mitad del libro de verdad que me ha parecido interesante con un discurso de fondo de tolerancia a todas las formas sapientes que habitan la Tierra。 Pero la otra mitad se centra en describir la guerrilla que hacen los chimpancés contra la raza alienígena y es cuando se viene abajo gran parte de mi interés。 ¿Recomendaría la saga？ Pues ha ganado Premios Hugo， y David Brin escribe bien。 Pero creo que hay otras sagas mucho más interesantes que esta。 。。。more

Chris Peters ，

It’s a bit dated， but mostly stands up。 Definitely read Startide Rising before this one， but feel free to skip Sundiver。 Brin’s whole “Uplift” concept is really fantastic—I wish there was more。 Still have one more trilogy to go， but I really would like to see more of what happens after The Uplift War。 Really fun reading。

Dave Bossert ，

4。75/5。 What a great engaging story about sentient races "uplifting" emerging sentient races to become galactic members。 Had a grand scale of a planetary invasion by one species to take over being the sponsors from another species （in this case chimps being taken over from their human sponsors）。 Lots of action， political intrigue and colorful characters。 I plan to read more of the books in this series - I started with this one since it is a Hugo award winner and I am reading all of them。 4。75/5。 What a great engaging story about sentient races "uplifting" emerging sentient races to become galactic members。 Had a grand scale of a planetary invasion by one species to take over being the sponsors from another species （in this case chimps being taken over from their human sponsors）。 Lots of action， political intrigue and colorful characters。 I plan to read more of the books in this series - I started with this one since it is a Hugo award winner and I am reading all of them。 。。。more

Andreas Happe ，

I've heard a lot of positive about the Uplift saga， so I was looking forward to the books。。 the first two were not so much to my liking， but "the uplift war" should be great。The whole uplift idea is an interesting part of world building， although it feels a bit weird when you compare it to colonialism and recent work on revisionist history。Sometimes I get the feeling of reading a YA novel。 And that one written by a horny male teenager。 Seriously， the whole "reasons why protagonists can have sex I've heard a lot of positive about the Uplift saga， so I was looking forward to the books。。 the first two were not so much to my liking， but "the uplift war" should be great。The whole uplift idea is an interesting part of world building， although it feels a bit weird when you compare it to colonialism and recent work on revisionist history。Sometimes I get the feeling of reading a YA novel。 And that one written by a horny male teenager。 Seriously， the whole "reasons why protagonists can have sex with more than their girlfriend"-stick feels a bit cringey， the "boys will be boys" parts too （altough not as bad as during sundiver）。 Strong female roles are somewhat lacking， they more fall into the "crying for male hero to rescue them"-category， sometimes even literally so。Casually mentioning atrocities against sentinent bird species feels odd sometimes。 The story is sometimes surprising， but then this might be related to some of the plot holes。The whole ecology stuff is great， the Postscript pure gold。 Again， it seems that I am more fond of David Brin， the human being， than Brin， the novelist。 。。。more

Sam S ，

I adore this book and I adore Brin。 Well written and moves at a good pace。 Fun to read and a great ending。 Suffers from ‘men-writing-women’ syndrome， but nearly as bad as other similar books。

Robb ，

Reasonable sci-fi。 Nothing special。

Gary ，

Well written and very imaginative。 Just a bit too all over the place and a million things happening for me。 I didn't really connect with any of the characters， and everything is so alien it's hard to feel the stakes。 Not bad by any means， but I didn't love it and it's fairly long， so it felt like a slog at times。Self note: winner of the 1988 Hugo Award for Best Novel Well written and very imaginative。 Just a bit too all over the place and a million things happening for me。 I didn't really connect with any of the characters， and everything is so alien it's hard to feel the stakes。 Not bad by any means， but I didn't love it and it's fairly long， so it felt like a slog at times。Self note: winner of the 1988 Hugo Award for Best Novel 。。。more

Peter ，

Great series！

Brent Gaisford ，

This was the first book on the Hugo list that I found myself wanting to put down and quit reading。 After how much I loved the previous book in the series， Startide Rising， this was a real disappointment。While it maintains the space opera style of Startide Rising， it doesn't have the tight central conflict that kept Startide Rising's characters tied together。 It also wanders much more， most distastrously into attempted romance and two different love triangles。 Both situations feel horribly stilte This was the first book on the Hugo list that I found myself wanting to put down and quit reading。 After how much I loved the previous book in the series， Startide Rising， this was a real disappointment。While it maintains the space opera style of Startide Rising， it doesn't have the tight central conflict that kept Startide Rising's characters tied together。 It also wanders much more， most distastrously into attempted romance and two different love triangles。 Both situations feel horribly stilted， and were macho male fantasies bordering on misogyny。 It took a step back for the genre， not to the full sexism of 50s and 60s sci fi， but there's still plenty of male fantasy here that doesn't feel entertaining。 Both male protagonists end up with two different， simultaneous lovers。 The human male protagonist， Robert， evolves throughout the novel from a high school pretty boy into a literal Tarzan， swinging through trees on vines with a big beard and a deadly bow and arrow， making all the ladies of the resistance swoon。 And， unlike its predecessor， the novel also wanders off into what feels like colonial apologism with bad racial undertones， and while it doesn't feel like that was Brin's intent， its never the less how the general relationship between humans and chimpanzees ends up landing。Last， and perhaps most importantly， its just much too long。 A mediocre but tightly constructed book stays mediocre， but a mediocre book that rambles and drags itself out is just that - a drag。David Brin's Uplift Saga contains a gem - but this isn't it。 Check out Startide Rising instead。 。。。more

Itay ，

כמו בספר הקודם， דיוויד ברין עושה עבודה טובה בבניית עולם ועבודה נוראית בכתיבת סיפור。 כמו כן הוא כותב על נשים כאילו מעולם לא פגש אחת。

Erwin Vermeulen ，

Great story and I'm already looking forward to the continuation。 The uplift saga als gives the larger view that planets should be protected as nurseries， that Potential is an important reason to protect species and that meddling with others might not be the best idea:"There you are， minding your own business in some rainforest， perfectly adequate in your ecological niche， then bam！ Some authoritarian guy with delusions of godhood is sitting on your chest， forcing the fruit of the Tree of Knowled Great story and I'm already looking forward to the continuation。 The uplift saga als gives the larger view that planets should be protected as nurseries， that Potential is an important reason to protect species and that meddling with others might not be the best idea:"There you are， minding your own business in some rainforest， perfectly adequate in your ecological niche， then bam！ Some authoritarian guy with delusions of godhood is sitting on your chest， forcing the fruit of the Tree of Knowledge down your throat。 From then on you’re inadequate， because you’re being measured against the ‘higher’ standard of your patron; no freedom; you can’t even breed as you please …" 。。。more

Sergey Bondarev ，

Ну， скажем。。。 почти учебное пособие по организации сопротивления силам инопланетных захватчиков。 К счастью， не так много персонажей， как в предыдущей книге。Интересно прописано общество и процесс борьбы за власть у инопланетян。

Hugos Podcast ，

Finally enjoyed one of the Uplift books。 It's possible that audio was just the right medium for this series all along。 Fun talking to Bill Lawhorn of 2021 WorldCon on the podcast。 Finally enjoyed one of the Uplift books。 It's possible that audio was just the right medium for this series all along。 Fun talking to Bill Lawhorn of 2021 WorldCon on the podcast。 。。。more

Seth Heasley ，

I've done it！ I've managed to enjoy one of the Uplift books。 Maybe it was because I did audio， but I learned my lesson from slogging through Startide Rising in print。 But also this is just a better book as far as I can tell， with the characters better defined， and far fewer haiku。 （And no dolphins。） I've done it！ I've managed to enjoy one of the Uplift books。 Maybe it was because I did audio， but I learned my lesson from slogging through Startide Rising in print。 But also this is just a better book as far as I can tell， with the characters better defined， and far fewer haiku。 （And no dolphins。） 。。。more

Roslyn ，

A well written book。 Enjoyed reading it。

Marlin ，

A well written book。 Enjoyed reading it。

Eliza ，

A well written book。 Enjoyed reading it。

Forrest ，

A well written book。 Enjoyed reading it。

Sarina ，

A well written book。 Enjoyed reading it。

Keon ，

A well written book。 Enjoyed reading it。

Antwon ，

A well written book。 Enjoyed reading it。

Otho ，

A well written book。 Enjoyed reading it。

Cheyenne ，

A well written book。 Enjoyed reading it。

Peyton ，

A well written book。 Enjoyed reading it。

Ezra ，

A well written book。 Enjoyed reading it。

Candido ，

A well written book。 Enjoyed reading it。

C。 Steinmann ，

Fully ok！

Eliseo ，

A well written book。 Enjoyed reading it。

Brian Zhang ，

Great ideas， interesting aliens， but some awful dialogue and contrived suspension building。 The long dialogue sequence that ultimately amounted to an extended pun on guerrilla warfare sent me over the edge。

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