rom bestselling author David Brin comes a collected work that takes the reader on a swooping, controversial ride through worlds of fiction, nonfiction and film. Through Stranger Eyes is a freedom-of-expression free-for-all, offering more than two dozen reviews and commentaries that are sure to enlighten and entertain, possibly infuriate, even make you laugh.
From carefully measured views on J.R.R. Tolkien to Brin's infamous, outraged rant ab...
Together for the first time, here is a thought-provoking and imaginative collection of works by one of today's leading SF writers. A woman discovers that her baby has been called upon to work while still in the womb, a married couple finds their relationship threatened by the wonders of sex by simulation, and more.
Hugo and Nebula award-winning author David Brin is one of the most eloquent, imaginative voices in science fiction. Now he returns with a new novel rich in texture, universal in theme, monumental in scope--pushing the genre to new heights.Young Maia is fast approaching a turning point in her life. As a half-caste var, she must leave the clan home of her privileged half sisters and seek her fortune in the world. With her twin sister, Leie, she ...
Here is multiple-award winning author David Brin's most important, most ambitious, and most universal novel to date-a blockbuster epic that transcends his already distinguished body of work in scope and importance.A microscopic black hole has accidentally fallen into the Earth's core, threatening to destroy the entire planet within two years. Some scientists are frantically searching for ways to prevent the disaster. But others argue that the ...