Cool Tools

347: David Brin

Jan 6, 2023

31:47

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Science Fiction - What's the Best Case for Science Fiction?

02:56

Writing Advice for Young Writers

05:30

Craft Tool

01:33

Introduction

4min

How to Make a Pinched Net Into a Pocket Pouch

2min

The LEDs Are Mounted on Your Fingers

2min

I'm Holding Up L.A.D. Gloves

3min

Is There a Microscope?

2min

Craft Tool

2min

Is the Thickness Like a Pencil?

2min

Writing Advice for Young Writers

5min

Science Fiction and Blood Music

2min

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Science Fiction - What's the Best Case for Science Fiction?

3min

11.

I'm Now Taking Off My Eyewear and Putting It Back On. Yeah, Exactly. That Notion of Cog

2min

12.

The Cool Tools Show and Tell Is Now Available on Patreon

3min

David Brin is an astrophysicist whose international best-selling novels include The Postman, Earth, Existence and Hugo Award winners Startide Rising and The Uplift War. He consults for NASA, companies, agencies and nonprofits about the onrushing future. Brin's first nonfiction book, The Transparent Society, won the Freedom of Speech Award. His new one is Vivid Tomorrows: Science Fiction and Hollywood. His website is davidbrin.com. You can find him on Twitter and LinkedIn @davidbrin, and on Facebook @thedavidbrin.

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