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  Contacting Aliens: An Illustrated Guide to David Brin's Uplift Universe (Paperback) By (author) David Brin, By (author) Kevin Lenagh

  

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  Short Description for Contacting AliensFrom "New York Times" bestselling author David Brin and celebrated artist Kevin Lenagh comes a visual spectacle, an illustrated guide to the unique and complex world that earned Brin both the Nebula and Hugo Awards. Illustrations.
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  • Publisher: Bantam
  • Published: 25 June 2002
  • Format: Paperback 208 pages
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  • Categories: Literary Studies: Fiction, Novelists & Prose Writers | Literary Reference Works | Science Fiction
  • ISBN 13: 9780553377965 ISBN 10: 0553377965
  • Sales rank: 222,092

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• The award-winning "Uplift "novel"s" comprise one of the greatest achievements in science fiction history. Dramatic, thought-provoking, and inventive, these books describe a fully realized world rich in character, detail, and ideas. Now "Uplift" author David Brin collaborates with acclaimed artist Kevin Lenagh to compile the definitive guide to the species, societies, and technology of one of the greatest feats of literary world-building ever accomplished. CONTACTING ALIENS Here in the form of a handbook for Terran field agents is a detailed look at "Uplift's" many alien races--from the friendly Tymbrimi to the warlike Tandu, from the wise and enigmatic Kanten to the fiercely reptilian Soro, from the bureaucratic Hoon to the manipulative Thennanin--their physiology, psychology, history; their clans and alliances; and their shifting attitudes toward Earth and its representatives. Here, too, is a history of Earth's contact and challenging interactions with the mysterious and powerful Civilization of Five Galaxies, a look at its institutions, languages, and customs, plus a time line of momentous events going back 3 billion years. For the millions of fans of the "Uplift" novels, this long-awaited guide will be an essential reference work, filled with vital information and never-before-seen illustrations that reveal, for the first time in one volume, the keys to the ambitious vision and bold speculation of the "Uplift" universe.