David Brin

Author, NASA tech/physics advisor, Futurist & Public Speaker

About Me

David Brin is a scientist, tech speaker / consultant, and author. His novels about our survival and opportunities in the near future include EARTH and Existence. A film by Kevin Costner was based on The Postman. His 16 novels, including New York Times bestsellers and Hugo Award winners, have been translated into more than 20 languages. EARTH foreshadowed global warming, cyberwarfare, and the world wide web.

An advisor to NASA’s Innovative & Advanced Concepts program, David appears frequently on shows such as Nova, The Universe, and Life After People, speaking about science and future trends. His first nonfiction book – The Transparent Society: Will Technology Make Us Choose Between Freedom and Privacy? – won the Intellectual Freedom (Oboler) Award of the American Library Association. His second nonfiction book is VIVID TOMORROWS: Science Fiction and Hollywood (2021).

You can visit David’s website at www.davidbrin.com/.