The Uplift War
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Cover of first edition (hardcover)
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| Author | David Brin |
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| Country | United States |
| Language | English Language |
| Series | Uplift Universe |
| Genre | Science fiction novel |
| Publisher | Bantam Spectra |
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1987 |
| Media type | Print (hardback & paperback) |
| Pages | 506 pp |
| Award | Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel (1988) |
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| OCLC | 15730601 |
| Preceded by | Startide Rising |
| Followed by | Brightness Reef |
The Uplift War is a 1987 science fiction novel by David Brin and the third book of six set in his Uplift Universe. It was nominated as the best novel for the 1987 Nebula Award and won the 1988 Hugo and Locus Awards. The previous two books are Sundiver and Startide Rising.
50,000 years ago, the planet Garth was leased to the Bururalli who nearly destroyed its ecosystem by overhunting all large indigenous species. The ecologically sensitive galactic civilization killed all Bururalli, demoted their patrons, the Nahalli, to clients of the Thennanin, and began working to preserve and repair the remaining ecosphere of Garth. Several decades before the start of the novel, Earthclan acquires the lease on Garth in return for their expert assistance in biosphere recovery. The Z'Tang complete a final ecological survey before the planet is passed on to EarthClan.
The novel begins in the year 2489 C.E.[1] with the avian Gubru planning to invade Garth, Earthlings on Garth preparing to defend their claim to the planet, and ambassadors from other races getting ready to depart. The Gubru, a conservative and somewhat humorless alien race, attempt to hold Garth hostage in an attempt to learn more about the discovery that the dolphin spaceship Streaker made in Startide Rising about the Progenitors.
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