Brightness Reef
- 642
- Pages
- about 12 h
- Reading time
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Our view
“Brightness Reef” opens a David Brin trilogy with an ambitious premise: six exiled races living side by side on Jijo until a spaceship appears. Some readers enjoy each storyline on its own but lose their bearings in the way the strands combine. At over six hundred pages and with two volumes still to follow, it reads as the first act of a larger story.
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About the book
On the distant planet of Jijo, six exiled races live side by side. Only ancient relics from their home planets, fragments of half-forgotten stories and the crumbling ruins of the mysterious and god-like Buyur remind the dispossessed of a more noble past, whe they were full citizens of the Five Galaxies. The races of Jijo, it seems, have been forgotten, along with whatever crimes thay committed. But for how long? It is at the time of the Gathering, the council of the sages, when the spacecraft is first spotted. For some, it offers a new hope. For others, it heralds a time of reckoning. Brightness Reef is the compelling story of a world threatened by its past and fighting for its future. With a gallery of extraordinary characters, and awealth of thought provoking ideas, it is a novel fuelled by the spirit of adventure and discovery. David Brin at his very best.
Reading order · Uplift Storm trilogy
Full order & progress →- Brightness ReefThis book
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Where the score comes from
The sources average 7.3 across 74 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 33% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Science fiction average of 7.8. That is how 7.6 comes out.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 7.1 | 11 | 15% |
| Hardcover | 7.3 | 63 | 85% |
Frequently asked
How long is Brightness Reef?
It has 642 pages — longer than 88% of the ranked books in Science fiction.
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