“All this talk of using tax policy to ‘assess social costs’...what a dumb idea. The only way to stop polluters is to put them against walls and shoot them.”
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David Brin
Glen David Brin is an American science fiction author. He has won the Hugo, Locus, Campbell and Nebula Awards. His novel The Postman was adapted into a 1997 feature film starring Kevin Costner.
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science · American scientist and science fiction author (born 1950) · astronomer · astrophysicist · novelist · writer · screenwriter · science fiction writer · physicist · also David Brin, Glen David Brin, Brin
Born 6 October 1950 · Q315069
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2026· 11 entries
“Life is the continuation of existence, yet no thing endures. We are all patterns, seeking to propagate. Patterns which bring other patterns into being, then vanish, as if we’ve never been.”
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“Snore... Brin is on another podcast about the universe and SETI and the next century and all that jazz... Ah I may be predictable and boring, but the TOPICS? Ah... the topics. www.youtube.com/watch?v=HdjR...”
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“These future-utopia art videos are beautiful & inspiring and we can dream our heirs will remember us well for setting them toward such wonders. Still, in this case I could do without the blue skinsuits and implicit (smiling) caste system. www.youtube.com/watch?v=rH3P...”
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“Anything to prevent the defense from calling up records & witnesses. Oh he should go up for a long stretch! But watch the trend. Prosecutions dropped or settled to prevent exposure in open court. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...”
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“Vernor Vinge predicted this! In RAINBOW'S End, one of the best predictive novels of all. arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...”
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“Be clear. Demolition of US Military morale is a feature, not a bug, to Hegseth and the other KGB agents in this administration. You should have seen it when he screeched at 300 generals, admirals and top sergeants "You're too fat and woke to fight!" Readiness is gone, now, as in all GOP admins.”
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“Phew. Thank God. Bless you sane Wisconsin. Now let's get Putin's corrupt band of traitor-pedos out of DC and every statehouse and clear our temples of toxins and go back to arguing and negotiating without idiotic slogans. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...”
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“Phew. Thank God. Bless you sane Wisconsin. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...”
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“Grand juries across US, mostly of white retirees, and trial juries, indicted &convicted 80 TIMES* as many high Republicans as Democrats for malfeasance, bribery, corruption & pedophilia. So Jean, recruit fanatics! Anything like a fair panel will embarrass you and enrage your toddler-tantrum boss.”
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“Today only. STARTIDE RISING (ebook)is just $1.99 on Amazon. The Hugo winner that launched my career... and a whole lot of fun dreams. www.amazon.com/dp/B091XVJ14G?”
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2025· 10 entries
“Today only, one of my favorite novels GLORY SEASON is just $1.99 (e-book) in Kobo (preferred) and B&N and Amazon. Oh, guess what? The same sale applies to EARTH, which appears on almost every list of Top Ten Modern Predictive Novels. https://www. davidbrin.com/gloryseason.html”
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“Startide Rising -my 2nd novel that zoomed my career- is $1.99 today (e-book). ALSO try to STAY OFF FACEBOOK and X starting tomorrow through Feb1. Not total exit yet- but a 1st gesture. Our silence for a week or two could send a message. Spread word. https://www. davidbrin.com/startiderising.h tml”
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“Fewer posts? So busy! But here I offer life's basic contradiction! Between the genetic self-interest of individuals & the natural -or social- systems they are in. Too think-y for the web? OK I add THEOLOGICAL demolition of Pete Hegseth. For light fun. https:// davidbrin.blogspot.com/2025/01 /the-meaning-and-most-basic.html”
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“In April 2023 X-Prize founder Peter Diamandis launched an $11M XPRIZE Wildfire: "...a global incentive competition whose goal it is to detect a fire at ignition and put it out within 10 minutes." Such efforts have been going on for a long time. https://www. xprize.org/prizes/wildfire ?”
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“One week. Joe could still do it. Lure the blackmailed in DC into the open. All it might take is... https:// davidbrin.blogspot.com/2024/11 /joe-mark-do-these-now-my-own-post.html”
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“You must watch these two minutes of Tim Kaine grilling a perfect example of today's Republican nominees. Stunning to finally find a Democrat capable of polemical knife-fighting. Demand wagers which party's top guys have 3x or even 4x as many wives. https://www. cnn.com/2025/01/14/politics/vi deo/pete-hegseth-marriage-affairs-senate-hearing-tim-kaine-digvid”
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“2025 phase one awards by NASA’s Innovative & Advanced Concepts program – (NIAC)! Truly mind-expanding possible endeavors, in early phase studies. https://www. nasa.gov/directorates/stmd/nia c/niac-2025-selections/ https://www. nasa.gov/niac-funded-studies/”
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“Today only, EARTH is just $1.99 (e-book). Came in 2nd for the Hugo and ranked high on every list of best 'predictive" novels, and always being nibbled-at by movie producers/directors. Could it save the namesake planet? Do your own bit! https://www. davidbrin.com/earth.html”
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“all-out war vs ALL fact using professions, from science and teaching, medicine and law and civil service to the heroes of the FBI/Intel/Military officer corps who won the Cold War and the War on terror.”
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“Fun discussion of spaceflight and our anthology for the Planetary Society PROJECT SOLAR SAIL! My co-editor Dr. Stephen Potts & I - interviewed by Mat Kaplan - discuss Arthur Clarke's "The Wind From The Sun" and other great contents by Asimov, Vance, etc https://www. planetary.org/video/planetary- society-book-club-project-solar-sail-with-david-brin”
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2024· 2 entries
Published video “Asteroid 5748DaveBrin - vid-montage of images tracked by our protectors at B612!”.
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Published video “Oligarchs, take the win. Don't kill the goose.”.
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2020· 2 entries
Published video “thunderbrds2020”.
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Published video “Brin's "Egyptian" facemask/bournoose!”.
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2019· 2 entries
Published video “Expand San Diego's Convention Center Much Quicker and Less Expensively!”.
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Published video “Four physicists envision flight”.
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2015· 3 entries
Published video “The Grand Project: Exploring the Future in Pragmatic Ways”.
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Published video “Otherness Book Trailer”.
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Published video “Why Our Politics Doesn't Work”.
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2014· 1 entry
Published video “Voter ID Laws: Scam or Accountability?”.
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2010· 1 entry
Brin became a fellow of the Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies
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1998· 1 entry
By Steve Jackson Games, and wrote the storyline for the 2000 Dreamcast video game Ecco the Dolphin: Defender of the Future
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1995· 1 entry
Awarded Locus Award for Best Collection for Otherness (1995).
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1990· 1 entry
“I hate the whole übermensch, superman temptation that pervades science fiction. I believe no protagonist should be so competent, so awe-inspiring, that a committee of 20 really hard-working, intelligent people couldn't do the same thing.”
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1988· 2 entries
Awarded Hugo Award for Best Novel for The Uplift War (1988).
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Awarded Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel for The Uplift War (1988).
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1987· 1 entry
Awarded Locus Award for Best Novelette for Thor Meets Captain America (1987).
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1986· 2 entries
Awarded John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Novel (1986).
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Awarded Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel for The Postman (1986).
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1985· 2 entries
Awarded Hugo Award for Best Short Story for The Crystal Spheres (1985).
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Awarded Inkpot Award (1985).
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1984· 3 entries
Awarded Hugo Award for Best Novel for Startide Rising (1984).
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Awarded Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel for Startide Rising (1984).
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Awarded Nebula Award for Best Novel for Startide Rising (1984).
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1981· 1 entry
Studied at University of California, San Diego, Doctor of Philosophy (1978–1981).
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1978· 1 entry
And a Doctor of Philosophy degree in astronomy in 1981
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1950· 1 entry
Born 1950-10-06.
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