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Uplift War, by David Brin, is part of his first Uplift trilogy. I have already reviewed Sundiver and Startide Rising, which I didn't think were as good as this one. In this book, aliens are still mad about the big discovered humans/dolphins made in Startide Rising. One of them decides to keep a human colony hostage. Naturally, guerrilla (and gorilla) warfare follows. This was my favorite from the trilogy by far. There is a nice view into the uplifted chimpanzees, some other aliens, and a few of the galactic customs.

 Startide Rising, by David Brin, is: - a SF novel - The second book in the Uplift Saga (I just read and reviewed Sundiver) In this book, a starship with uplifted dolphins (mostly), humans and an uplifted chimp made a huge discovery, and now a lot of alien enemies are after them. They go to a quite interesting water planet to hide for repairs.  This book is from the early 80s, and sometimes it feels like it. Thankfully, the big ideas are more important and shine through the rest. Middle felt a little slow, but the conclusion was satisfying enough. There is a very mild connection with book 1, Sundiver. No need to read it first, nor would I recommend reading it - it was just ok.

 Sundiver, by David Brin, is a SF novel and part of his original Uplift trilogy. In Sundiver, Earth has met the galactics, and there a ton of them, in constant war except for some institutions such as the library, that contains all they know (supposedly). There is barely any research - it is considered bad to not just look things up in the library. Now humans and a bunch of alien go dive into our Sun, to make contact with living sentient creatures there. Chaos ensues. Overall, good, considering it is a 1980 book. In SF sometimes being old is super obvious, sometimes not. This one is in the middle. The Uplift part - where almost all sentient life in the galaxy is uplifted by a patron, which usually gets 100,000 years of slavery (ouch!), is interesting. In this book, mankind has already uplifted chimps, and is working on dolphins.

Kil'n People - by David Brin - is a Sci-fi novel that takes place in a future where souls were discovered, and they figured out a way to duplicate them in golems - copies made out of something like clay (plus a lot of other stuff). The book is a little old (2002) but I just happened to hear about it on Reddit. The theme felt very interesting, plus David Brin is very well know as a great SF author. One of the things that really drawn me in SF books is the tech details, and this book have plenty of them. The description of the main tech alone and its consequences to society is huge. Duplicates are pretty good copies, mostly with feelings like people, but are treated pretty much like scum. Any can be shot on the streets, and it is not even a legal matter, just a matter of fees. There are also different colors for different kinds. Some are smarter, some have extra sensors, etc. Copies takes time and money, so people can't It is also interesting to view the ways in which dup...