Uplift Universe

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The Uplift Universe is a fictional universe created by American science fiction writer David Brin. A central feature in this universe is the process of biological uplift.

His books which take place in this universe are:

• Sundiver (1980)
• Startide Rising (1983)
• The Uplift War (1987)
• The Uplift Storm trilogy (sometimes called the Uplift Trilogy):
  • Brightness Reef (1995)
  • Infinity's Shore (1996)
  • Heaven's Reach (1998)

There is also a short story, "Aficionado"^[1] (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,^[2] published in 1999 in Far Horizons, which follows on 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.

At 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... and answers several unresolved riddles left over from Heaven's Reach."^[3]

GURPS Uplift is a sourcebook for a science fiction themed role-playing game based on the Uplift Universe.^[4] It includes a few stories that happen in Jijo after the end of Heaven's Reach.