Existence

Author(s): David Brin

Speculative Fiction

Bestselling, award-winning futurist David Brin returns to globe-spanning, high concept SF with Existence.


Gerald Livingston is an orbital garbage collector. For a hundred years, people have been abandoning things in space, and someone has to clean it up. But there's something spinning a little bit higher than he expects, something that isn't on the decades' old orbital maps. An hour after he grabs it and brings it in, rumors fill Earth's infomesh about an "alien artifact."


Thrown into the maelstrom of worldwide shared experience, the Artifact is a game-changer. A message in a bottle; an alien capsule that wants to communicate. The world reacts as humans always do: with fear and hope and selfishness and love and violence. And insatiable curiosity.

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Cleverly argued and uncomfortably plausible SUNDAY TELEGRAPH Brin tackles a plethora of cutting-edge concepts... with the skill of a visionary futurologist ... [conveying] the depth and breadth of his startling future. Existence is Brin's first novel in 10 years, and it's been well worth the wait GUARDIAN Brin's first novel in a decade is cause for celebration ... Existence is bursting with ideas, including near-future tech, first contact with aliens, and the exploration of what it means to be human io9.com Brin's thoughtful, multilayered story explores a first contact scenario where every twist reveals greater peril ... His longtime fans will especially appreciate that this story could be read as a prequel to 1983's Startide Rising, while those not familiar with his work will find it an impressive introduction to one of SF's major talents Publishers Weekly In Existence, David Brin takes on one of the fundamental themes in science fiction - and what is also one of the fundamental questions humanity faces in this century. Since Brin is both a great storyteller and one of the most imaginative writers around, Existence is not to be missed Vernor Vinge Take a world soaked in near-future strangeness and complexity ... Add a beautiful alien artifact that turns out to be the spearpoint of a very dangerous, very ancient invasion ... Hotwire with wisdom and wonder ... Existence is as urgent and as relevant as anything by Stross or Doctorow, but with the cosmic vision of Bear or Benford. Brin is back Stephen Baxter

David Brin is the acclaimed Hugo and Nebula award-winning author of ten novels and two collections of short stories. He has a doctorate in astrophysics, and has been a consultant to NASA and a graduate-level physics professor. He lives in California.

General Fields

  • : 9780356501734
  • : Orbit Books
  • : Orbit Books
  • : September 2012
  • : 198mm X 126mm
  • : November 2012
  • : books

Special Fields

  • : David Brin
  • : Paperback
  • : 1112
  • : English
  • : 688