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Brightness Reef (Turtleback)

by David Brin (Author)
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Millennia ago the Five Galaxies decreed the planet Jijo off limits. But in the last thousand years six races have begun resettling Jijo, embracing a pre-industrial life to hide their existence from the Galactics. Overcoming their differences, the Six have built a society based on mutual tolerance for one another and respect for the planet they live on. But that has all changed with an event the Six have feared for hundreds of years: the arrival of an outside ship. Author David Brin has returned to his popular Uplift universe in this, the first book of a new trilogy. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

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While defying a galactic prohibition on settling the planet Jijo, six alien races-squatters on a forbidden world-have developed a common civilization. Although they are united by the respect they have for themselves and for their home, they fear the day their presence is discovered. This continuation of the popular "Uplift" saga (Startide Rising, Bantam, 1983) employs multiple viewpoints to set the stage for an inevitable confrontation between a resourceful group of survivors and the mysterious galactic keepers who drive them from their hard-won home. Brin's flair for spinning a good yarn comes to the fore in this compelling and thought-provoking series opener. Most libraries will want this for their sf collections.
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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3.0 out of 5 stars Middlin' decent - fun, May 19 2004
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This review is from: Brightness Reef (Mass Market Paperback)
It's very, very, very long.
At the end, it has hardly gone anywhere, and one is left with the sense of having spent 3 days in a serial installment left hanging off the edge of a cliff waiting for the next installment.

It's kind of like reading a stack of sci-fi mag serials, except it's all one serial from one author. Same repetition, over and over, setting the frame that you see with serials like that. Same very short niblets of story, many hardly even qualifying as chapters. Same action focused space opera.

But, the story telling was fun and the characters, while a little cheesy at times, were engaging enough to stay with. Kept me up late when I wanted to be distracted.

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2.0 out of 5 stars Half the story in thrice the volume, Jan 27 2004
By S. Smith "sasmith" (Los Angeles, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Brightness Reef (Mass Market Paperback)
If you're desperate to read this series, here's a shortcut: Read the first three pages of each chapter.

For anyone who's read "Atlas Shrugged", you'll recognize the tactic of hideous, layered repetition. Specifically, you'll note that Brin takes the liberty of summarizing The Entire Series again, and again, and again. There _are_ new ideas involved in these books, and that's why I'm handing out the second star, but comparing these to "Startide Rising" is like comparing "Family Matters" to "Friends".

Buy the Cliff's Notes if you have to, or find an online summary, or just start with book three (which contains summaries of the important events in the first two). The whole series just isn't worth your time.

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1.0 out of 5 stars This series should be called "Downlift Saga", Oct 20 2003
By Timothy A. Whittaker (Hamden, CT USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Brightness Reef (Mass Market Paperback)
I found the worlds Brin introduced in the first three very interesting and kept me completely engrossed.

Like many of the reviewers, I found the story lines choppy and the characters thin (Not to mention the fact that Brin sees fit to mention that the clans of Jijo were illegal squatters every 100 to 200 words through out the book).

That'll teach me for not reading the readers reviews prior to buying a book.

True swill. Entertaining if you like being brought to fits of anger while trying to skim the hundreds of pages of banality.

Hope the 6 dollars you got from me helped, Mr. Brin. I doubt you'll get another dollar. Go write sitcom script or bad high budget movies - at least that wont be nearly as insulting.

Times like this, I really miss Asimov (God rest his soul).

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4.0 out of 5 stars Very good, but know what you're getting into
Six sentient species live together secretly in hard-won harmony on the planet Jijo, which the almighty Galactics have decreed to be left unsettled. Read more
Published on Mar 22 2003 by David Bonesteel

4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent series!
This is an excellent series! I really had trouble putting the books down!

First, Mr. Brin must be praised for creating a truly unique universe for both UPLIFT trilogies. Read more

Published on Mar 12 2003 by M. Ginsberg

4.0 out of 5 stars An introduction
I bought this book primarily for the beautiful cover by Michael Whelan. Luckily, in this case the cover spoke for the actual book. Read more
Published on Mar 3 2003 by R. Sundquist

3.0 out of 5 stars Put it down many times
I thought Startide Rising and The uplift war were great books!!! They had a nice pace and read easily. Read more
Published on Mar 1 2003 by Tony Soprano

4.0 out of 5 stars Intrigueing and compelling.
In his first three uplift novels Brin concentrated on introducing the galactic players (Sundiver) uplifted Dolphins (Startide Rising) and uplifted Chimps (The Uplift War). Read more
Published on Jan 7 2003 by Sailoil

4.0 out of 5 stars What pains to get a story started...
The Uplift universe took a few twists and turns with the first three books, but now things get twistier in the Storm trilogy. Read more
Published on Aug 2 2002 by T. Enst

2.0 out of 5 stars Poorly Plotted and Tiresome
Geez, what a disappointment! I am a huge fan of the first uplift trilogy, but this slow paced behemoth held no interest for me at all. Read more
Published on July 19 2002

5.0 out of 5 stars A meal to be savoured slowly
The second trilogy of the Startide universe has taken me a long time to read. I keep putting the books down to savour what I just read. Read more
Published on April 19 2002 by Brian Tarbox

4.0 out of 5 stars I really enjoyed Brightness Reef.
I've seen several lukewarm reviews for this book, and I can understand why a lot of readers didn't particularly like it. Read more
Published on Mar 12 2001 by The Feisty Curmudgeon

3.0 out of 5 stars Startide Declining
The following is a review of the entire Uplift Storm trilogy, not just Brightness Reef.

David Brin has turned out superior sci-fi in the past; Startide Rising was excellent... Read more

Published on Feb 21 2001

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