Patron status can be lost due to extermination, or gross crimes against the galactic civilization. A patron species gains considerable status, and patrons and clients often unite into powerful clans. The client species is typically indentured to its patron species for 100,000 years.

This civilization is perpetuated by the act of ' uplift', in which a 'patron' species genetically modifies a pre- sapient 'client' species until it is sapient. In the Uplift universe an intergalactic civilization called the Five Galaxies, comprising a multitude of sapient races, has existed for billions of years. It includes a few stories that happen in Jijo after the end of Heaven's Reach. GURPS Uplift is a sourcebook for a science fiction themed role-playing game based on the Uplift Universe. and answers several unresolved riddles left over from Heaven's Reach.' He also wrote Contacting Aliens: An Illustrated Guide to David Brin's Uplift Universe, a guidebook about the background of the series.Īt least one more Uplift book is planned by Brin, as he has stated in 2012 that Temptation 'will be a core element of the next Uplift novel. There is also a short story, 'Aficionado' (originally titled 'Life in the Extreme'), published in 1998, which serves as a prequel to the series as a whole (it also serves as a part of Existence, an unrelated work by Brin), and a novella, Temptation, published in 1999 in Far Horizons, which follows on from Heaven's Reach. The Uplift Trilogy (sometimes called the Uplift Storm trilogy):.His books which take place in this universe are: A central feature in this universe is the process of biological uplift. The Uplift Universe is a fictional universe created by American science fiction writer David Brin. Science fiction novel series by David Brin

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