Heaven's Reach by David Brin
reviewed by Jean-Louis Trudel
For lovers of space opera, this is the real thing. Brin brews a heady mix of adventure and discovery that makes for a compulsive page-turner of a book. Infinity's Shore, may have been a slow starter, loaded down with recapitulations, but Heaven's Reach takes off right away and keeps going.

Foundation's Triumph by David Brin
reviewed by Steven H Silver
Before his death in 1992, Isaac Asimov began to knit together his two most famous series. David Brin has provided a worthy successor to Asimov's works. The style of writing and issues addressed by Asimov in the Robot novels tended to be very different from what he did with the Foundation novels, and Brin has managed to successfully capture the feel and substance of both.

Infinity's Shore by David Brin
reviewed by Catherine Asaro
By using many different voices to relate events, the author layers on the story rather than telling it in a more conventional linear fashion. From a less talented writer, this technique could have been a confusing disaster; here it works like a dream. Despite it being her first Uplift novel, Catherine was able to follow the plot and appreciate its artistry.

The Postman by David Brin
reviewed by Thomas Myer
Thomas believes this novel to be about the power of myth in the lives of otherwise ordinary folk. Myth, as nebulous as the all-seeing eye of Odin, as widespread as the belief in the cleaning power of certain detergents, as pedestrian as Elvis sightings.