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Sundiver (Uplift Trilogy Book 1) by [Brin, David]

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by David Brin (Author)

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Book 1 of 3 in Uplift Trilogy (3 Book Series)

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No species has ever reached for the stars without the guidance of a patron--except perhaps mankind. Did some mysterious race begin the uplift of humanity aeons ago? Circling the sun, under the caverns of Mercury, Expedition Sundiver prepares for the most momentous voyage in history--a journey into the boiling inferno of the sun.

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File Size: 3036 KB
Print Length: 353 pages
Publisher: Spectra (July 8, 2010)
Publication Date: July 21, 2010
Language: English
ASIN: B0036S4A9K
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Great storyline

September 17, 2016

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Great storyline, interesting twists and reveals. Smarter readers than I may have seen clues and knew the secret sub-plots. I did not and while I enjoyed the read, I prefer when the author brings the reader more into the secret.

Biggest gripe: This edition is absolutely LITTERED with typos and spelling errors, so much so that I found it distracting. How can this be in this day and age? Didn't they run it through a spell checker? Good grief.

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September 14, 2017

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Third book of the Uplift Saga I have read.

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John V Lopez Jr

September 8, 2017

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Great book.

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Andrew J. Holdaway

Interesting and Fairly Fun

August 19, 2016

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I like the concepts generally, and the novel is certainly ambitious, but found it a real effort to follow the background and extrapolated science. Reasonably well executed, and it moves pretty well, but point of view is a little problematic, along with some of the other mechanics. The author's later work is of better quality.

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A sci-fi mystery

June 17, 2014

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Sundiver is the first of the "Uplift" books, which are well worth reading. It's mostly unconnected to the others, though. Sundiver is at its heart a mystery story, with a little bit of adventure wrapped around it. For my tastes it's a little slow-paced; certainly the other Uplift books are more page-turners. Still, the Uplift universe is full of interesting ideas and neat characters, and Sundiver sits well among them.

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Still a "Goodread" all these years later.

March 19, 2017

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Read it when first published. Still a "Goodread" all these years later. Amazon Kindle edition full of typos. Looks to have been scanned and then OCR. For the price of a "real" book I would expect better. Illustration obviously scanned from old paper edition. Sad.

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Great story that holds up well after 35 years.

March 18, 2015

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Great science fiction , re-reading this electronically after 30 plus years or so it holds up well. Having paper printouts on a spaceship seems goofy now but that is a nitpick. Good world building with interesting who-dun-it thrown in for good measure. The aliens are interesting, as is the galactic society, and the concept of uplifting earth species is quite intriguing but you can only imagine what animal rights activists would do with that in the real world.

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story=***** but digital conversion is bad

September 9, 2014

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Story: *****
Digital version: *

The story itself is great.

The digital conversion is a bad job. Misplaced capitalization, wrong or simply missing punctuation, wrong word selection (eg "dining" rather than "doing"). And the basic formatting, e.g. margins, is also off-kilter.

The error rate has been getting steadily higher as I read through the text. At the start it was noticeable but not bad. At around 1/3 of the way through it's downright disruptive.

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A good start for Uplift

Not my favorite of the Uplift Trilogy books, but a good introduction to the next two books and the Uplift Universe in general. Recommended.

Published 13 days ago

I am a science fiction fan, and have been for several decades. Unfortunately I have not been able to immerse myself in this work.Read more

Published 1 month ago

Maryanne Knight

A fun adventure

An interesting future world with unusual aliens and a dip into the sun, envisioned by an astrophysicist. Well worth the read.

Published 6 months ago

Enjoyed the story

Enjoyed the story. This Kindle edition is horrid, though. The scan was never edited. Whoever is presenting this download as a commercially viable product should be fired.Read more

Published 7 months ago

No terribly engaging, all in all.

Published 7 months ago

Too many different BEMs

I don't understand the awards given to this. It is unnecessarily complicated with too many different kinds of BEM and extremely questionable physics.Read more

Published 8 months ago

First rate book, as always, from Brin.

Published 8 months ago

NewYorkPolyglot

Quite brilliant

Would have appreciated more exploration of solarian culture and slightly clearer explanation of some technical points, but generally fantastic.Read more

Published 8 months ago

Almost slow sometimes but good hard scifi

Includes some interesting real science concepts about light and the sun, captivating if you are already into optics, and potentially provoking to those who aren't yet.Read more

Published 9 months ago

Good mystery, great scifi

Sundiver is primarily a space mystery that is propelled by fantastic scifi concepts. The science behind the explanations is believable without being preachy.Read more

Published 10 months ago

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