Title: Startide Rising

Title: Startide Rising Title Record # 1111
Author: David Brin
Date: 1983-09-00
Type: NOVEL
Series: Uplift
Series Number: 2
Webpages: Wikipedia-EN
Language: English

Note: Portions of this novel previously appeared in ''Analog (May 1981)'' in a slightly different form under the title ''The Tides of Kithrup''. The "tenth anniversary edition" published in 1993 was "slightly revised", restoring some text which was deleted from the original version of the novel.

Synopsis: A crippled spaceship crewed by genetically engineered dolphins, a few humans, and a genetically engineered chimp hides on a mysterious water planet from pursuit by numerous species of aliens who wish both to find out what they have discovered about a legendary ancient species, and to slaughter them and each other.

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Other Titles

Translations

Year	Language	Title
1985^ⓘTranslated by Rainer Schmidt	German	Sternenflut
1985	Italian	Le maree di Kithrup
1986^ⓘTranslated by Maria Helena Fernandes.	Portuguese	Maré Alta Estelar, 1º volume
1986^ⓘTranslated by Maria Helena Fernandes.	Portuguese	Maré Alta Estelar, 2º volume
1986^ⓘTranslated by Gérard Lebec.	French	Marée stellaire^?Maree stellaire
1988^ⓘTranslated by Zvezdana Babić	Serbian	Podizanje zvezdane plime [as by Dejvid Brin]
1992^ⓘTranslated by Zvezdana Šelemić	Serbian	Podizanje zvezdane plime [as by Dejvid Brin]
1995^ⓘTranslated by Peter Cuijpers	Dutch	Strijd tussen de sterren
2014^ⓘTranslated by Alexandru Macovescu	Romanian	Maree stelară^?Maree stelara

Awards

Place	Year and Award	Category
Nomination	1983 SF Chronicle	Novel
1	1984 Hugo	Best Novel
1	1984 Locus	Best SF Novel
Win	1984 Nebula	Novel
Nomination	1984 SF Chronicle	Novel
16	1998 Locus	All-Time Best SF Novel before 1990
41 ^ⓘ29 votes.	2012 Locus Online	20th Century Science Fiction Novel

Publications

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Title	Date	Author/Editor	Publisher/Pub. Series	ISBN/Catalog ID	Price	Pages	Format	Type	Cover Artist
Startide Rising	1983-09-00	David Brin	Bantam Books	0-553-23495-1	$3.50^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	[12]+ 462	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Jim Burns
Startide Rising	1984-05-00	David Brin	Bantam Books	0-553-23495-1	$3.50^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	462	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Jim Burns
Sternenflut	1985-02-00	David Brin	Droemer Knaur (Knaur Science Fiction & Fantasy #5794)	3-426-05794-8	DM 9.80^?DM: German (Deutsche) mark. ISO code: DEM in 1948-1999	565+ [2]	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Corey Wolfe
Startide Rising	1985-08-00	David Brin	Bantam Books (UK)	0-553-17170-4	£2.50^?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	462	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Bruce Pennington
Le maree di Kithrup	1985-10-00	David Brin	Editrice Nord (Cosmo Serie Oro. Classici della Narrativa di Fantascienza #73)	12 073 CO	Lit 12,000^?Lit: Italian lira. ISO code: ITL in 1861-1999	vi+ 451	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	novel	David B. Mattingly
Startide Rising	1985-11-00	David Brin	Phantasia Press	0-932096-38-7	$18.00^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	xiii+ 392	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel	David A. Cherry
Startide Rising	1985-11-00	David Brin	Phantasia Press	0-932096-38-7	$45.00^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	xiii+ 392	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel	David A. Cherry
Maré Alta Estelar, 1º volume	1986-00-00	David Brin	Publicações Europa-América^?Publicacoes Europa-America (Livros de Bolso, série Ficção Científica #116)			200	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Carlos Dias
Maré Alta Estelar, 2º volume	1986-00-00	David Brin	Publicações Europa-América^?Publicacoes Europa-America (Livros de Bolso, série Ficção Científica #117)			198	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Carlos Dias
Marée stellaire	1986-03-20	David Brin	J'ai Lu (J'ai Lu - Science Fiction #1981)	2-277-21981-9		540	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Donald Grant
Startide Rising	1987-00-00	David Brin	Bantam Books (UK)	0-553-17170-4	£3.50^?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	[12]+ 462	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Bruce Pennington
Marée stellaire	1987-02-20	David Brin	J'ai Lu (J'ai Lu - Science Fiction #1981)	2-277-21981-9		540	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Donald Grant
Earthclan	1987-12-00	David Brin	Nelson Doubleday / SFBC	11624	$9.98^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	985	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	omni	Richard Powers
Podizanje zvezdane plime	1988-00-00	Dejvid Brin	Prosveta (Kentaur)	86-07-00255-4		438	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	novel	Dobrosav Bob Živković^?Dobrosav Bob Zivkovic Dobrosav Bob Zhivkovic
Startide Rising	1988-02-00	David Brin	Bantam Spectra	0-553-27418-X	$3.95^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	462	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Jim Burns
Startide Rising	1991-08-00	David Brin	Bantam Books (UK)	0-553-17170-4	£4.99^?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	462	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel
Podizanje zvezdane plime	1992-00-00	Dejvid Brin	Polaris Beograd (SF biblioteka Polaris)			322	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	novel	Chris Foss
Earthclan	1993-00-00	David Brin	Nelson Doubleday / SFBC	1-56865-037-X / 11624		985	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	omni	Richard Powers
Sternenflut	1993-00-00	David Brin	Heyne (Heyne Science Fiction & Fantasy)	3-453-06613-8	DM16.90	652+ i	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Jim Burns
Startide Rising	1993-09-00	David Brin	Bantam Spectra	0-553-27418-X	$5.99^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	459	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Jim Burns
Startide Rising	1994-00-00	David Brin	The Easton Press (The Masterpieces of Science Fiction)			xiv+ 464	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel
Strijd tussen de sterren	1995-06-00	David Brin	Meulenhoff (M=SF #322)	90-290-4427-6		399	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	novel	Nico Keulers
Startide Rising	1995-09-00	David Brin	Bantam Spectra	0-553-27418-X	$5.99^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	459	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Jim Burns
Marée stellaire^?Maree stellaire	1995-11-30	David Brin	J'ai Lu (J'ai Lu - Science Fiction #1981)	2-277-21981-9		540	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Caza
Startide Rising	1996-02-00	David Brin	Orbit	1-85723-372-7	£5.99^?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	460	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Fred Gambino
Marée stellaire^?Maree stellaire	1998-02-20	David Brin	J'ai Lu (J'ai Lu - Science Fiction #1981)	2-290-01981-X		540	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Caza
Startide Rising	1999-01-00	David Brin	Bantam Spectra	0-553-27418-X	$7.99^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	xiv+ 460+ [20]	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Jim Burns
Sternenflut	2000-01-00	David Brin	Heyne (Meisterwerke der Science Fiction)	3-453-16416-4	DM 20.00^?DM: German (Deutsche) mark. ISO code: DEM in 1948-1999	637	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Jim Burns
Startide Rising	2000-04-00	David Brin	Bantam Spectra	0-553-27418-X	$6.50^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	460	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Jim Burns
Startide Rising	2006-12-00	David Brin	Science Fiction Book Club (SFBC 50th Anniversary Collection #32)	978-0-7394-7704-5 / 1206518	$10.99^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	ix+ 498	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel	Jim Burns
Startide Rising	2008-03-31	David Brin	Recorded Books		$39.87^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD		digital audio download^?Digital recording in any format that is downloaded directly from the Internet. This category includes podcasts.	novel
Marée stellaire^?Maree stellaire	2008-05-23	David Brin	Gallimard (Folio SF #311)	978-2-07-034854-1		659	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Mike Hill (VI)
Startide Rising	2010-07-00	David Brin	Bantam Spectra	978-0-307-57521-0	$7.99^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	novel	Jim Burns
Startide Rising	2011-12-00	David Brin	Orbit	978-1-4055-1446-0	£5.49^?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	novel	Fred Gambino
Marée stellaire^?Maree stellaire	2012-06-27	David Brin	Gallimard (Folio SF #311)	978-2-07-034854-1		659	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Mike Hill (VI)
Uplift: The Complete Original Trilogy	2012-12-06	David Brin	Orbit	978-1-84149-489-0	£14.99^?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	1211	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	omni
Uplift: The Complete Original Trilogy	2012-12-06	David Brin	Hachette Digital	978-1-4055-1526-9	£9.99^?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	omni
Sternenflut	2013-09-00	David Brin	Heyne	978-3-453-31452-8	€9.99^?€: Euro. ISO code: EUR	686	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Nele Schütz^?Nele Schuetz
Sternenflut	2014-00-00	David Brin	Heyne	978-3-453-31452-8	€9.99^?€: Euro. ISO code: EUR	688	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Nele Schütz^?Nele Schuetz
Maree stelară^?Maree stelara	2014-05-26	David Brin	Editura Nemira (Nautilus)	978-606-579-828-1		784	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel
Startide Rising	2021-05-25	David Brin	Open Road Integrated Media	978-1-5040-6472-9	$26.99^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	356	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	novel
Startide Rising	2021-05-25	David Brin	Open Road Integrated Media	978-1-5040-6466-8	$8.99^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	novel
Startide Rising	date unknown	David Brin	Bantam Books	0-553-23495-1	$3.50^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	462	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Jim Burns
Startide Rising	date unknown	David Brin	Bantam Books	0-553-25603-3	$3.95^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	462	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Jim Burns
Startide Rising	date unknown	David Brin	Bantam Books	0-553-23495-1	$3.50^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	462	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Jim Burns
Startide Rising	date unknown	David Brin	Bantam Spectra	0-553-27418-X	$5.99^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	xiv+ 460	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Jim Burns
Startide Rising	date unknown	David Brin	Bantam Books	0-553-27418-X	$6.99^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	xiv+ 458	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Jim Burns
Startide Rising	date unknown	David Brin	Bantam Spectra	0-553-27418-X	$5.99^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	459	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Jim Burns
Startide Rising	date unknown	David Brin	Bantam Spectra	0-553-23495-1	$3.95^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	462	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Jim Burns
Startide Rising	date unknown	David Brin	Bantam Books	0-553-27418-X	$6.99^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	xiv+ 460+ [17]	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Jim Burns
Startide Rising	date unknown	David Brin	Bantam Books	0-553-27418-X	$7.99^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	xiv+ 460	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Jim Burns
Startide Rising	date unknown	David Brin	Bantam Books	0-553-25603-3	$3.95^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	462	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Jim Burns
Startide Rising	date unknown	David Brin	Bantam Spectra	0-553-27418-X	$5.99^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	[6]+ 463	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Jim Burns
Startide Rising	date unknown	David Brin	Bantam Spectra	0-553-27418-X	$4.95^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	[vi]+ 463	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Jim Burns
Startide Rising	date unknown	David Brin	Recorded Books				digital audio download^?Digital recording in any format that is downloaded directly from the Internet. This category includes podcasts.	novel
Uplift: The Complete Original Trilogy	date unknown	David Brin	Orbit	978-1-84149-489-0	£15.99^?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	1211	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	omni

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Reviews

Review by Dan Chow (1983) in Locus, #270 July 1983
Review by Thomas A. Easton [as by Tom Easton] (1983) in Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact, November 1983
Review by Baird Searles (1983) in Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, Mid-December 1983
Review by Frank Catalano (1984) in Amazing Science Fiction, January 1984
Review [French] by
Élisabeth Vonarburg^?Elisabeth Vonarburg
(1984) in Solaris, #56
Review by Ken Brown (1984) in Foundation, #32 November 1984
Review by Norman Spinrad (1984) in Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, December 1984
Review [German] by
Hans-Ulrich Böttcher^?Hans-Ulrich Boettcher
(1985) in Science Fiction Times, April 1985
Review [Serbian] by
Miodrag Milovanović^?Miodrag Milovanovich
(1988) in Alef, #10
Review by John Gosling (1996) in The Zone, Summer 1996
Review by Darrell Bain (2005) in My 100 Most Readable (and Re-Readable) Science Fiction Novels
Review by Penny Tesarek (2022) in Paperback Fantastic, Volume 1: Science Fiction