List of Uplift Universe planets
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A list of the fictional planets featured in the Uplift Universe
series of novels by David Brin
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Uplift Universe
The Uplift Universe is a fictional universe created by 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:* Sundiver...
series of novels by David Brin
David Brin
Glen David Brin, Ph.D. is an American scientist and award-winning author of science fiction. He has received the Hugo, Locus, Campbell and Nebula Awards.-Biography:...
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- Calafia A water-world inhabited by humans and neo-dolphins, currently occupied by the SoroSoro (fiction)The Soro are a fictional extraterrestrial race in David Brin's Uplift Universe.They are powerful enemies of Earth. Patrons to four different species , they hold a place of prominence in the galactic civilization...
. The name may refer to CalifiaCalifiaCalafia is a fictional warrior queen who ruled over a kingdom of Black women living on the mythical Island of California. The character of Queen Calafia was penned by Spanish writer Garci Rodríguez de Montalvo who first introduced her in his popular novel entitled Las sergas de Esplandián , written...
, a mythical Black Amazon.
- Cathrhennlin A TymbrimiTymbrimiThe Tymbrimi are a fictional extraterrestrial species in David Brin's Uplift Universe. One of the few races to ally with the humans, the Tymbrimi are considered by many of the galactic races to be tricksters. Tymbrimi have one client species, called Tytlal, which were previously thought to be...
University World.
- Deemi A world leased to humans on the condition that they run the Galactic prison. It is bathed in ultraviolet radiation. Most of its biosphere is aquatic.
- Garth The main setting of the novel The Uplift WarThe Uplift WarThe Uplift War is a 1987 science fiction novel by David Brin and the third book of six set in his Uplift Universe. It was nominated as the best novel for the 1987 Nebula Award and won the 1988 Hugo and Locus Awards...
, which depicts its invasion by the Gubru. The planet was leased to EarthClanEarthClanEarthClan is the name of Humanity and their Clients in David Brin's Uplift Universe. They are named for their combined homeworld Earth.- Humans and Clients :...
after its ecology was devastated by the Bururalli species, and is inhabited by humans and neo-chimpanzees. Its star is called Gimelhai, and its main city is Port Helenia.
- Horst A disaster world, assigned to Humanity less than 6 generations before the Streaker crisis, and populated by primitivistsPrimitivismPrimitivism is a Western art movement that borrows visual forms from non-Western or prehistoric peoples, such as Paul Gauguin's inclusion of Tahitian motifs in paintings and ceramics...
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- Jijo The main setting of the novels Brightness ReefBrightness ReefBrightness Reef is a 1995 science fiction novel by David Brin and the fourth book of six set in his Uplift Universe...
, Infinity's ShoreInfinity's ShoreInfinity's Shore is the second novel in the Uplift Storm series by David Brin. The plot follows the adventures of the Jijoan exiles, although the crew of Streaker are minor characters.- Translations :...
, and Heaven's ReachHeaven's ReachHeaven's Reach is the third novel in the Uplift Storm series by David Brin. Like the first two, it follows the adventures of the Terran scout ship, Streaker...
. It is a planet orbiting a carbon starCarbon starA carbon star is a late-type star similar to a red giant whose atmosphere contains more carbon than oxygen; the two elements combine in the upper layers of the star, forming carbon monoxide, which consumes all the oxygen in the atmosphere, leaving carbon atoms free to form other carbon compounds,...
in Galaxy 4, illegally inhabited by refugees from eight species: humans, Hoon, G'Kek, Urs, TraekiJophurThe Jophur are a fictional extraterrestrial race from David Brin's Uplift Universe.Physically, they are a stack of waxy, living rings. Each ring serves a different purpose, and they connect to each other to form a single being by chemical means via an electrically conductive, sap-like substance...
, GlaverGlaverThe Glaver are a fictional extraterrestrial race from David Brin's Uplift Universe.The Glavers are a small race, reptilian in appearance with opalescent skin, their bulbous eyes are independent of each other, and swivel in a way disconcerting to most binocular races.They are primarily quadrupedal...
s, Qheuen, and Tytlal. It is also used as a refuge by the EarthClan starship StreakerStreaker (David Brin)Streaker is the name of a fictional starship from David Brin's Uplift Universe. It first appeared in Startide Rising, that tells what happens when Streaker tries to hide from the extraterrestrials in the Ocean of Kithrup...
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- Jophekka The homeworld of the JophurJophurThe Jophur are a fictional extraterrestrial race from David Brin's Uplift Universe.Physically, they are a stack of waxy, living rings. Each ring serves a different purpose, and they connect to each other to form a single being by chemical means via an electrically conductive, sap-like substance...
, sapient and ambitious sap ring stacks.
- Juthtath A Tymbrimi world.
- Kazzkark Minor planet, where an important base of the Navigation Institute gathers data from E-Space.
- Kithrup The main setting of the novel Startide RisingStartide RisingStartide Rising is a 1983 science fiction novel by David Brin and the second book of six set in his Uplift Universe . It earned both Hugo and Nebula Awards for Best Novel...
, where the EarthClan starship Streaker takes refuge from its many pursuers. It is a metal-rich, watery world orbiting the star Kthsemenee. It is inhabited by the pre-sapient Kiqui, and serves as the recuperation home for the psionic Karrank%.
- NuDawn A pre-Contact colony (whose name may be a pun with Aurora - New Dawn) where an incident with Hoon inspectors brought Jophur to massacre the human colonists.
- Oakka A "green-green" world, where the air is difficult to breathe. There was a Library branch there, but they were corrupted and tried to capture Streaker.
- Omnivarium A world inhabited by birds that mimic any sound, a fact discovered when the birds started mimicking the sounds of explorers performing coitus.
- Tanith The location of the nearest full Galactic Library branch near Terra.
- Urchachka A very dry planet, homeland of the Urs.
- Shokodo A pre-Contact colony, covered in snow at all times during the year.