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Days of the Dolphin: Cetaceans in Cold War Science and Science Fiction (2018)
- cletus 8y agoI find any conversation about dolphins and science fiction that neglects David Brin's "Startide Rising" [1] to be criminally negligent. It was even published in the Cold War (1983). Such a wonderful book if you haven't read it. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Startide_Rising https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Startide_Rising
- KineticLensman 8y agoDitto Larry Niven's "World of Ptavvs". Written in our Cold War, set within a future Cold War between Earth and Belt and a final act that is actually described as pure Dolphin. And completely agree on Startide Rising. The first time I saw Dolphins in the wild I was could not help but think of ST's beautiful haiku-like Dolphin poetry
- shakethemonkey 8y agoAnd the Greatwinter Trilogy by Sean Mcmullen. How can you go wrong with librarians, cetaceans, and massively parallel organic computing.
- jlg23 8y agoThis is the 2nd of a series of 3 articles: Part 1: https://wearethemutants.com/2018/07/03/days-of-the-dolphin-cetaceans-in-cold-war-science-and-science-fiction-part-one/ https://wearethemutants.com/2018/07/03/days-of-the-dolphin-c... Part 2: https://wearethemutants.com/2018/07/18/days-of-the-dolphin-cetaceans-in-cold-war-science-and-science-fiction-part-two/ https://wearethemutants.com/2018/07/18/days-of-the-dolphin-c... Part 3: https://wearethemutants.com/2018/07/19/days-of-the-dolphin-cetaceans-in-cold-war-science-and-science-fiction-part-three/ https://wearethemutants.com/2018/07/19/days-of-the-dolphin-c...