Here's where I post my newest novels, story collections, and graphic novels.

JUST RELEASED: Debates on the authenticity of the Star Wars franchise and the hero-or-villain status of George Lucas are at the heart of these essays by bestselling science-fiction authors. The incredible popularity of the movies has led to the formation of strong emotions within the science fiction community on the strengths and flaws of the films, exemplified here by David Brin's attacks and Matthew Woodring Stover's defense of the movies. This intense examination of the epic works addresses a broad range of issues—from politics, religion, and the saga's overall logic to the impact of the series on bookshelf space as well as science-fiction film. The question Is George Lucas a hero for bringing science fiction to a mass audience or a villain who doesn't understand the genre he's working for? is discussed before a final "Judge's Verdict" on the greatness -- or weakness -- of the franchise is reached.

JUST RELEASED: I had the honor of editing King Kong is Back! An Unauthorized Look at One Humongous Ape -- a fun and smart collection of 21 essays examining King Kong from every angle. (Some will surprise you.) Contributors include David Gerrold, Bob Eggleton, James Gunn, primatologist Dario Maestripieri, biologist Joe Miller, plus feminists, MCPigs, grouches and yours truly. In stores this November! Or get signed copies at smartpopbooks.com.

Introduction: The Ape in the Mirror

I. King Kong through Time: Nostalgia, Technology and the Twenty-First Century

Over the River and a World Away Nick Mamatas

The Big Ape on the Small Screen Paul Levinson

Not the Movie Steven Rubio

King Kong 2005 Bruce Bethke

Three Acts of the Beast Don DeBrandt

II. The World of King Kong: Science, Art and the Making of a Classic

Thirty-Three Rick Whitten-Klaw

King Kong and 1930s Science Fiction Jim Gunn

The Making of King Kong Bob Eggleton

Improbable Antics Dario Maestripieri

Freud and King Kong Joseph Miller, Ph.D.

Dragon's Teeth and Hobbits Robert Metzger

King Kong Behind the Scenes
David Gerrold

III. The Philosophy of King Kong: Thinking About the Great Ape

Who Was That Big Ape? George Zebrowski

Of Gorillas and Gods Charlie Starr

Why Does My Daughter Love King Kong So Much? Adam Roberts

'Twas Stupidity Killed the Beast Keith R. A. DeCandido

Ann, Abandoned Adam-Troy Castro

Scream for Your Life James Lowder

Divided Kingdom Robert Hood

Queer Eye for the Ape Guy? Natasha Giardina

'Twas Beauty Killed the Beast John C. Wright

Just released: my huge new graphic novel, The Life Eaters. It has grown into a 144 page hardcover. DC/Wildstorm is calling this work 'the biggest thing since Watchmen!' Based on my Hugo nominated novella "Thor Meets Captain America," it is by far the darkest work I've written.

This bold work asks: what might the Nazis have really been up to? Perhaps a hidden agenda that nobody knows about even to this day? The theme is explored with stirring imagery (by the great Scott Hampton!).

Announcing the arrival of my third -- and newest -- collection, Tomorrow Happens. This special edition by NESFA Press contains nearly all of my stories that have appeared in magazines since Otherness, including Aficionado (which details the very beginnings of Uplift), plus a number of provocative essays. Also, several items never-before-seen, including a little tale about Galileo, written just for the occasion. This edition of Tomorrow Happens is unique, limited, and collectable!

CONTENTS:
Introduction by Vernor Vinge
Aficionado
Probing the Near Future
Stones of Significance
Go Ahead, Stand on My Shoulders!
Reality Check
Do We Really Want Immortality?
Paris Conquers All (with Gregory Benford)
The Self-Preventing Prophecy
Fortitude
The Future Keeps Surprising Us
The Diplomacy Guild
Goodbye, Mir! (Sniff!)
The Open-Ended Science Fiction Story
News from 2025
Seeking a New Fulcrum
A Professor at Harvard
The Robots and Foundation Universe
An Ever-Reddening Glow
We Hobbits Are a Merry Folk
The Other Side of the Hill

Look for Contacting Aliens: An Illustrated Guide To David Brin's Uplift Universe. Created around the wonderful drawings of Minneapolis artist Kevin Lenagh, this book makes more vivid nearly a hundred of the alien and Earthling species that appear in the Uplift novels like Startide Rising, Sundiver and Brightness Reef.

Contacting Aliens has already generated excitement among fans of the Uplift worlds. Early drafts were snapped up by gamers who want to apply its wide range of aliens to their scenarios. And Stefan Jones has revised and re-released his legendary GURPS Uplift Game.

You can also purchase an autographed first edition hardcover copy of Kiln People directly from the author for $15. A few other rare editions are also available. See my new Brin's Offers page for more information.

My new novel -- the most original thing I've done in years -- is Kiln People.

Take the notion of golems -- temporary clay people (not clones!) -- and now imagine a near future when everybody can make them. Using a "home copier" you ditto your memories -- perhaps even a genuine imprint of your soul -- and off goes the duplicate to run your errands, attend your classes, or do all the drudgery work. Then, at day's end, you download the golem's memories.

As a citizen of this near future, you've duplicated yourself a zillion times and take it for granted, sometimes being the original, sometimes the copy. You live your life in parallel, sending expensive "study golems" to the library while cheap models clean the house and your real body works out at the gym. Two thirds of the Earth's population consists of temporaries made of clay. People seem to have even adjusted to this new way of life, until....

Oh, stuff happens. Huge fun. And with another glorious and luminous cover by the great British artist, Jim Burns.

Kiln People received four SECOND PLACE awards: the 2003 Hugo Award for Best Novel; the 2003 Locus Award; the 2003 Arthur C. Clarke Award; and the 2003 John W. Campbell Memorial Award.

"More than any writer I know, David Brin can take scary, important problems and turn them sideways, revealing wonderful opportunities. This talent shows strongly in Kiln People, a novel which is deep and insightful and often hilarious, all at the same time."

--Vernor Vinge

"Be careful what you wish for: being two places at once may create as many problems as it solves. David Brin unflinchingly serves up a giddy, thoughtful, and darkly comic future."

--Wil McCarthy