Streaker manages to recover some artifacts from the destroyed derelict and one well-preserved alien body. The captain's gig is sent to investigate but is destroyed along with one of the derelict craft - killing 10 crew members. They appear to belong to the Progenitors, the legendary "first race" which uplifted the other species.
In the year 2489 C.E., the Terran spaceship Streaker - crewed by 150 uplifted dolphins, seven humans, and one uplifted chimpanzee - discovers a derelict fleet of 50,000 spaceships the size of small moons in a shallow cluster. The Tides of Kithrup was an early title of the novel uncorrected proofs of the novel that still bear that title have become collector's items. Parts of Startide Rising were published as "The Tides of Kithrup" in the May 1981 issue of Analog. Startide Rising also won the Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel in 1984, making it one of the "triple crown" winners of the Hugo, Nebula and Locus award. It joins the ranks of double-winners of both the Hugo and Nebula awards for best science fiction novel. It was revised by the author in 1993 to correct errors and omissions from the original edition.Īn early work by David Brin, it was extremely well reviewed when it was published, has remained popular, and served as the seed for three more novels which revolved around the crew of the Earthship Streaker (the Uplift Storm Trilogy). It earned both Hugo and Nebula Awards for Best Novel.
Startide Rising is a 1983 science fiction novel by American writer David Brin, the second book of six set in his Uplift Universe (preceded by Sundiver and followed by The Uplift War). Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel (1984)
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