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The novels brightness reef, infinitys shore and heavens reach are considered the uplift storm trilogy. Nebula and hugo awardwinning author david brin continues his bestselling. David brin began his uplift series in 1980 with the novel sundiver. David brin is a scientist and the bestselling author of sundiver, the uplift war, startide rising, the practice effect, the postman, heart of the comet with gregory benford, earth, glory season, brightness reef, and infinitys shore, as well as the shortstory. The plot follows the adventures of the jijoan exiles, although the crew of streaker are minor characters. Infinity s shore is unpolished and unrestrained in the same way as the uplift series has been all along.
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