Startide Rising

Synopsis

David Brin: “Startide Rising” (1983) This is a sci fi story about a Terran (Earth) crew of neo-dolphins and humans on the starship “The Streaker”. Their mission is to find information about the first Galactic race, which existed billions of yeas ago. The neo-dolphins are dolphins which have gone through the "Uplift" process, which creates through genetic engineering more intelligent sentient beings. For the neo-dolphins, this is also a test of their ability to apply their intelligence, knowledge and skills to Galactic space travel and exploration.

Ideas Explored

• Humanity as Galactic Pawn
• Galactic Uplift Politics
• Genetic Engineering Ethics
• Interstellar Mission Governance
• Sapience Classification Debate

Metadata

Source: OpenLibrary

Tags: American Science fictionFiction, science fiction, generalHugo AwardHugo Award WinnerReading Level-Grade 11Reading Level-Grade 9Science fictionaward:hugo_award=1984award:hugo_award=novelaward:nebula_award=novelhugo-winner

isfdb_id: 1111

openlibrary_id: OL58710W

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