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Startide Rising: Literary Connections, Art & Science

Startide Rising is a 1983 science fiction novel by American writer David Brin, the second book of six set in his Uplift Universe (preceded by Sundiver and followed by The Uplift War). It earned both Hugo and Nebula Awards for Best Novel in 1984. It was revised by the author in 1993 to correct errors and omissions from the original edition.

Language: English [EN]

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Startide Rising topic overview

The analysis highlights Literary Connections, Art and Science as prominent areas in the source structure around Startide Rising.

Related topics: 43
Source areas: 3
Connected nodes: 46
Extracted relationships: 50
Concept neighborhoods: 9
Bridge connections: 46

What this topic covers Research coverage

Source areas are shown by the number of related topics found in each part of the analysis. Use smaller areas too: they can reveal specialized angles and content gaps.

Plot summary · 18 topics

Translations · 17 topics

Overview · 8 topics

Smaller areas are not necessarily less important. They contain fewer connections in this analysis and can be useful for finding specialized angles or coverage gaps.

Key facts & relationships

High-confidence facts extracted from structured source data. Use them as anchors for further research.

Author: David Brin
Genre: Science fiction
Publication date: 1983
Publisher: Bantam Books
Award: Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel (1984)
Followed by: The Uplift War

Suggested research paths

Each trail groups topics mentioned together in one source paragraph. Follow the links to explore that specific context; the order does not imply a factual sequence.

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Explore all related topics Closing gaps

Browse the complete topic structure, not only the most central items. Less prominent entities and concepts can reveal missing angles, specialized context and useful research gaps. Each item opens a new analysis centered on that subject.

Overview

David Brin
Uplift Universe
Sundiver
The Uplift War
Hugo Hugo Award
Nebula Awards Nebula Award
Streaker Streaker (David Brin)
Analog Analog Science Fiction and Fact

Plot summary

C.E. Common Era
Spaceship Starship
Uplifted Biological uplift
Shallow cluster Star cluster
Captain's gig
Artifacts Artifact (archaeology)
Alien Extraterrestrial life in popular culture
Earth
Hologram
Transfer point Hyperspace (science fiction)
Dreadnought Battleship
Tsunami
Mutiny
Haiku
Yosa Buson
Anglic Anglic languages
Modern English English language
Scots Scots language

Translations

Bulgarian Bulgarian language
Chinese Chinese language
Danish Danish language
Dutch Dutch language
Finnish Finnish language
French French language
German German language
Hebrew Hebrew language
Hungarian Hungarian language
Italian Italian language
Korean Korean language
Polish Polish language
Romanian Romanian language
Russian Russian language
Serbian Serbian language
Spanish Spanish language
Swedish Swedish language

Advanced semantic analysis

Deeper signals for content research, entity SEO and topical coverage. The plain-language headings explain what each technical view is useful for.

How Startide Rising connects Entity context

The extracted context around Startide Rising shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, Startide Rising → Battle, Bulgarian, Chinese, Csillagdagály, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Gwiezdny, Hebrew, Kithrup, Korean, Le, Marea, Maree, Marée, Nebula, On, Polish, Romanian Another extracted example is Startide Rising → David Brin. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.

Startide Rising

Top relations

related to Translations · 33

Startide Rising → Battle, Bulgarian, Chinese, Csillagdagály, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Gwiezdny, Hebrew, Kithrup, Korean, Le, Marea, Maree, Marée, Nebula, On, Polish, Romanian

Author · 1

Startide Rising → David Brin

Award · 1

Startide Rising → Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel (1984)

Followed by · 1

Startide Rising → The Uplift War

Genre · 1

Startide Rising → Science fiction

ISBN · 1

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Language · 1

Startide Rising → English

LC Class · 1

Startide Rising → CPB Box no. 2914 vol. 13

Media type · 1

Startide Rising → Print (Paperback & Hardback)

OCLC · 1

Startide Rising → 9865177

Important terminology

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Important terminology

streaker crew rising novel tide uplift startide star kithrup david thennanin brin alien one book tides science fiction universe sundiver

Startide Rising relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

TTTA extracted 50 structured relationships around Startide Rising. Examples in this analysis include Startide Rising → Author → David Brin and Startide Rising → Award → Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel (1984). The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.

Subject	Predicate	Object	Confidence	Src
Startide Rising	Author	David Brin	1.00	infobox
Startide Rising	Award	Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel (1984)	1.00	infobox
Startide Rising	Followed by	The Uplift War	1.00	infobox
Startide Rising	Genre	Science fiction	1.00	infobox
Startide Rising	ISBN	.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:r…	1.00	infobox
Startide Rising	Language	English	1.00	infobox
Startide Rising	LC Class	CPB Box no. 2914 vol. 13	1.00	infobox
Startide Rising	Media type	Print (Paperback & Hardback)	1.00	infobox
Startide Rising	OCLC	9865177	1.00	infobox
Startide Rising	Pages	462 (first edition, paperback)	1.00	infobox
Startide Rising	Preceded by	Sundiver	1.00	infobox
Startide Rising	Publication date	1983	1.00	infobox
Startide Rising	Publication place	United States	1.00	infobox
Startide Rising	Publisher	Bantam Books	1.00	infobox
Startide Rising	Series	Uplift Universe	1.00	infobox
Startide Rising	is a	1983 science fiction novel by American writer David Brin	0.90	text

Related concept clusters Concept neighborhoods

The concept neighborhoods around Startide Rising bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Startide, Fiction and Science. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.

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- Preceded
- Sundiver
- Uplift
- War
- Brin
- Derelict
- Dolphins
- Fiction
- Humans
- Science
- Universe
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- Uplift
- Brin
- David
- Universe
- Fiction
- Science
- Book
- Startide
- Novel
- Author
- Best
- Early
Startide Rising
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- Science
- Universe
- Brin
- Uplift
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sundiver
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- Derelict
- Dolphins
- Humans
- Universe
- One
- Streaker

Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges

For Startide Rising, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects Startide Rising with Plot summary. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.

Min side: 3

Startide Rising — Plot summary · splits 28 ⟂ 19

Startide Rising — Translations · splits 29 ⟂ 18

Startide Rising — Overview · splits 38 ⟂ 9

Map overview Semantic statistics

Startide Rising

Nodes47

Edges46

Triples50

Avg. degree1.96

Density0.042553

Components1

Source & methodology

TTTA analyzes the structure around Startide Rising to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as Literary Connections, Art & Science, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.

Source: Wikipedia — Startide Rising · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout

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