{"product_id":"through-stranger-eyes-reviews-introductions-tributes-and-iconoclastic-essays-paperback","title":"Through Stranger Eyes: Reviews, Introductions, Tributes, and Iconoclastic Essays - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDavid Brin\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCollected literary and film criticism and more--now revised and updated with new material--from an award-winning, bestselling author and scientist.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHugo, Locus, and Nebula Award-winning author David Brin has taken readers on exciting adventures in his fiction with his Uplift universe and novels like \u003ci\u003eThe Postman\u003c\/i\u003e. Now he invites them on a remarkable journey into the mind of one of America's greatest science fiction writers: himself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThrough Stranger Eyes\u003c\/i\u003e collects forty-seven of Brin's essays, articles, critiques, commentaries, and appreciations covering an array of topics in the worlds of fiction, nonfiction, and film. Brin shares his thoughts on books like J.R.R. Tolkien's \u003ci\u003eThe Lord of the Rings\u003c\/i\u003e and Anne McCaffrey's Dragonrider series. He also discusses movies like \u003ci\u003eThe Matrix\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eGeorge Lucas's \u003ci\u003eStar Wars \u003c\/i\u003esaga, and TV's \u003ci\u003eBuffy the Vampire Slayer\u003c\/i\u003e. He sings the praises of familiar authors like Isaac Asimov, Jack Williamson, and Arthur C. Clarke, as well as unfamiliar works like popular science books that touch on his own ideas as an astrophysicist. He even expounds on the storytelling process and the craft of writing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eScintillating and incisive, \u003ci\u003eThrough Stranger Eyes\u003c\/i\u003e is an opinionated free-for-all that is sure to enlighten and entertain, possibly infuriate, or make you laugh. This is the world as David Brin sees it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDavid Brin is an astrophysicist whose international-bestselling novels include \u003ci\u003eEarth\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Existence\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Startide Rising\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Postman\u003c\/i\u003e, which was adapted into a film in 1998. Brin serves on several advisory boards, including NASA's Innovative Advanced Concepts program, or NIAC, and speaks or consults on topics ranging from AI, SETI, privacy, and invention to national security. His nonfiction book about the information age, \u003ci\u003eThe Transparent Society\u003c\/i\u003e, won the Freedom of Speech Award of the American Library Association. Brin's latest nonfiction work is \u003ci\u003ePolemical Judo\u003c\/i\u003e. Visit him at www.davidbrin.com.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 370\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 07, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53274520453427,"sku":"9798337205830","price":38.09,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/DiaR7KYpAZ9798337205830.webp?v=1776896435","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/through-stranger-eyes-reviews-introductions-tributes-and-iconoclastic-essays-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}