- Paperback: 600 pages
- Publisher: Orbit; New edition edition (9 Jun 1994)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 185723202X
- ISBN-13: 978-1857232028
- Product Dimensions: 17.2 x 10.8 x 3.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 649,689 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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'Provocative and intriguing'
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'David Brin's intelligent and exuberant novels have quickly made him a firm favourite of science fiction fans'
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Sharply angled sunlight splashed across the table by Maia's bed, illumirating a meter-long braid of lustrous brown hair. Read the first page
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3.0 out of 5 stars
Not as Good as Uplift,
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This review is from: Glory Season (Paperback)
I won't go into details of the plot as some of this has been covered in other reviews & I don't want to add more spoilers. It took me a little while to get into this book but after 100 pages or so I found myself curiously gripped by the protagonist's fate and wanted to read more.
As has been flagged elsewhere, the plot is a little repetitive, especially in the matter of Maia being kidnapped and then escaping, to the point when I began to think, Oh no, not again... I couldn't quite believe the ending - I thought that there must be another chapter somewhere. Perhaps I should re-read the last one but there seemed to be serious discrepancies between what was said to Maia and what actually happened. Though actually I can't be bothered as I have other things to read. Brin is a seriously good author, especially in the matter of being able to imagine alien societies and make them reasonably convincing, but this book needs editing.
3.0 out of 5 stars
Excellent - In Parts...,
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This review is from: Glory Season (Bantam Spectra Book) (Hardcover)
I found Maia's voyage of discovery around her strange, female clone-dominated world very enjoyable, but I don't think it is one of David Brin's best books. She, a summer "var" conceived the old-fashioned way, certainly grows as a character as her adventures continue, but she does seem to spend a lot of time in various captivities, and while major and exciting events do unfold around her towards the end, too often the best bits happen "off camera" - having her read a hurried letter from a friend is not the same as being there! The apparent death of a major character is rather inconclusive, and the book does not really have that great an ending.Still, the strange new world we progress through is always interesting, and Maia is an engaging character. I certainly don't regret the time I took to read the book, and will be checking out more of Brin's work soon.
3.0 out of 5 stars
Good but not Brin's best,
This review is from: Glory Season (Paperback)
This book is the closest to Fantasy that David Brin has come.It is a big "what if..." (see the book description) with good characters and a nice adventure but it is a bit slow paced and somehow, I hardly ever come back to this book to re-read it completly or even just a chapter or two. As wirtten by the previous reviewer, this book is quite different from the Uplift saga. If you liked Earth and Postman, give this one try but don't put your hopes to high. If you like this book very much, go look around for Guy Gavriel Kay books.
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