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Born | Glen David Brin October 6, 1950 Glendale, California, U.S. |
Education | University of California, San Diego (PhD, MS) California Institute of Technology (BS) |
Occupation(s) | Novelist, NASA consultant |
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Genre | Science fiction |
Notable works | Uplift series, The Postman, Earth, "The Transparent Society" |
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Thesis | Evolution of cometary nuclei as influenced by a dust component (1981) |
Doctoral advisor | D. Asoka Mendis |
Website | davidbrin |
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Glen David Brin (born October 6, 1950) is an American science fiction author. He has won the Hugo,[1][2] Locus,[3][4][5] Campbell[6] and Nebula Awards.[7] His novel The Postman was adapted into a 1997 feature film starring Kevin Costner.[8]