Sundiver

The most fascinating aspect of Brin's work is, next do the development of language depending on the habitat and culture of a species, the idea of uplifting. Many questions, ideas and plot possibilities come with it: Have we been uplifted? If we have been uplifted, are we living in a kind of alien zo......more

Christmas 2010: I realised that I had got stuck in a rut. I was re-reading old favourites again and again, waiting for a few trusted authors to release new works. Something had to be done. On the spur of the moment I set myself a challenge, to read every book to have won the Locus Sci-Fi award. T......more

Jacob Demwa does not want to be part of the 'Sundiver' (eponymous book one in the Uplift Saga) project. He is enjoying his current job on Earth at the Center for Uplift working with uplifted dolphins, testing their IQs and ability to work with mechanized tools. The dolphins are not as far along inte......more

-Trazos gruesos para crear un dibujo posterior interesante que aquí, todavía, no se puede ver.- Género. Ciencia ficción. Lo que nos cuenta. El libro Inmersor solar (publicación original: Sundiver, 1980) nos lleva al siglo XXIII y nos presenta a Jacob Demwa, un científico acostumbrado a tratar con espe......more