jtb@phs.UUCP (11/15/83)
In response to favorable reviews and requests for information concerning David Brin I summerize the following out of Jay Kay Klines Biolog column in the November issue of Analog: David Brin began sundiver while getting his bachelor's degree in astronomy at Caltech it was his first submitted work and was published by the time he completed his Ph.D. in Applied Physics and Space Science at UC San Diego. He worked for Huges for 4 years and is now a consultant to the Cal. Space Institute. His second submission was the novelette "The Tides of Kithrup" which was the cover story in the May 81 Analog. This was expanded into the novel "Startide Rising". Early next year Bantum will publish his next novel "The Practice Effect". He also published a story "The Postman" in Issac Asimov's Magazine. The biolog article goes on to describe Brins ideas on the role of science fiction in society which are quite interesting. Jose Torre-Bueno decvax!duke!phs!jtb