The Uplift War is a 1987 science fiction novel by David Brin and the third book of six set in his Uplift Universe. The previous two books are Sundiver and Startide Rising. 1987 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Science fiction is a form of speculative fiction principally dealing with the impact of imagined science and technology, or both, upon society and persons as individuals. ... A novel is an extended work of written, narrative, prose fiction, usually in story form; the writer of a novel is a novelist. ... Glen David Brin (born October 6, 1950) is a well known American author of science fiction. ... The Uplift Universe is a fictional universe created by Science fiction writer David Brin. ... Sundiver is the first book of David Brins first uplift trilogy. ... Startide Rising is a 1983 sci-fi novel by David Brin and the second book of six set in his Uplift Universe. ...

The planet Garth has been invaded by the longtime Patron race known as the Gubru. The avian Gubru arrived on Garth to learn more about the discovery the human spaceship Streaker made in Startide Rising regarding the Progenitors, the first known sentient race. A planet (from the Greek πλανήτης, planētēs which means wanderer or more forcefully vagrant, tramp) is an object in orbit around a star that is not a star in its own right. ... Binomial name Homo sapiens Linnaeus, 1758 Subspecies Homo sapiens idaltu (extinct) Homo sapiens sapiens Human beings define themselves in biological, social, and spiritual terms. ... Ariane 5 lifts off with the Rosetta probe on 2nd of March, 2004. ... Startide Rising is a 1983 sci-fi novel by David Brin and the second book of six set in his Uplift Universe. ...

The Gubru have also heard that a new species on Garth is almost ready to become uplifted, and they look to become the patrons (sponsors) of this species. However, it becomes a problem finding out just who or what the Garthlings are. Opposing the Gubru's effort is one human (whose race views the patron-client relationship as so much slavery) and assorted neo (uplifted)-chimps. A monument celebrating the emancipation of slaves in the British Empire in 1834, erected in Victoria Tower Gardens, Millbank, Westminster, London Look up Slavery in Wiktionary, the free dictionary Enslaved redirects here. ... Type species Pan troglodytes Common Chimpanzee Species Pan troglodytes Pan paniscus Chimpanzee, often abbreviated to chimp, is the common name for two species in the genus Pan. ...