DAVID BRIN is a scientist, speaker, technical consultant, and the well-known author of Existence, The Uplift War, and The Transparent Society. His novels have been New York Times bestsellers, winning multiple Hugo and Nebula Awards among others. Brin lives near San Diego, California.
STEPHEN W. POTTS is a professor in the Department of Literature at the University of California at San Diego specializing in twentieth-century fiction and popular culture.