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

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	[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	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	1985-08-00	David Brin	Bantam Books (UK)	0-553-17170-4	£2.50^?£: UK pound	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
Startide Rising	1985-11-00	David Brin	Phantasia Press	0-932096-38-7	$18.00^?$: US dollar	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	xiii+ 392	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel	David A. Cherry
Startide Rising	1987-00-00	David Brin	Bantam Books (UK)	0-553-17170-4	£3.50^?£: UK pound	[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
Earthclan	1987-12-00	David Brin	Nelson Doubleday / SFBC	11624	$9.98^?$: US dollar	985	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	omni	Richard Powers
Startide Rising	1988-02-00	David Brin	Bantam Spectra	0-553-27418-X	$3.95^?$: US dollar	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	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
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
Startide Rising	1993-09-00	David Brin	Bantam Spectra	0-553-27418-X	$5.99^?$: US dollar	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
Startide Rising	1995-09-00	David Brin	Bantam Spectra	0-553-27418-X	$5.99^?$: US dollar	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	1996-02-00	David Brin	Orbit	1-85723-372-7	£5.99^?£: UK pound	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
Startide Rising	1999-01-00	David Brin	Bantam Spectra	0-553-27418-X	$7.99^?$: US dollar	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
Startide Rising	2000-04-00	David Brin	Bantam Spectra	0-553-27418-X	$6.50^?$: US dollar	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	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		digital audio download^?Digital recording in any format that is downloaded directly from the Internet. This category includes podcasts.	novel
Startide Rising	2010-07-00	David Brin	Bantam Spectra	978-0-307-57521-0	$7.99^?$: US dollar		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		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	novel	Fred Gambino
Uplift: The Complete Original Trilogy	2012-12-06	David Brin	Orbit	978-1-84149-489-0	£14.99^?£: UK pound	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		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	omni
Startide Rising	2021-05-25	David Brin	Open Road Integrated Media	978-1-5040-6472-9	$26.99^?$: US dollar	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		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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	[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	Bantam Spectra	0-553-27418-X	$4.95^?$: US dollar	[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	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