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Glory Season
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When I read this book in Australia I remember it being really good. So I've bought it and intend to re-read it.
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And Fred Gambino is SO NICE!!! he sent me hi res scans of both covers he did. Isn't that Super Sweet?”
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“An interesting, thought provoking and well established anthropological read, Glory Season presents the coming-of-age tale of the var, Maia. Vars, or variants, are summer children born of a mother and father, and are essentially second class citizens. The winter clones are daughters whose 'fathers' are only used to 'spark' gestation (males being required only to spark the development of the placenta), resulting in clone daughters identical to their mothers. The winter clones belong to family clans who prosper (or not, resulting in a dying clan) based on their marketable skill-set niche. A goal of many vars is to find a niche within which they can succeed enough to be able to create a clan of their own. This desire to find a niche of their own, and to survive and prosper in Stratos society, is the underlying goal of Maia and her twin (as opposed to clone) sister Leie. However, through events outside of their control Maia and Leie are separated, resulting in Maia being forced to face a future on her own without the sister with whom she was to form a successful clan.
Not a bad read: it took a little bit for me to get fully into it, but once I did I quite enjoyed Glory Season. One thing I enjoy about Brin's works is that his alien species are actually alien, and not just humans in an alien suit (I.e. Aliens with human motivations, goals and behaviours). Glory Season, whilst having genetically tinkered humans, is sufficiently alien enough to have a refreshingly convincing alien society, with Stratos-specific behaviours and beliefs designed to complement the genetically-modified lifestyle established by the Founding Mothers.
This lifestyle and history was cleverly integrated into the story bit by bit throughout the first half of the novel, enabling the reader to become familiar with this aspect of Stratos society, before being introduced to another facet, or expanding on what had already been presented. The timing of the presentation of this information was also done well, so that there were no real examples of the reader wondering what exactly easy going on. This was a refreshing change from an artificial-feeling word dump (e.g. Where Character A conveniently explains to Character B *everything* about a particular person/society/event) in the middle of the book, which the reader must digest before continuing on with the story. Instead, the background information flowed nicely with, and complemented, the story line.
However, whilst this was an interesting, and enjoyable, read, it didn't really have the impact that would move it to my "must read over and over again" list. I found the ending to be a bit fragmented and anti-climatic, which was disappointing in an otherwise well-grounded and well written novel.”
About David Brin
David Brin is an astrophysicist whose international-bestselling novels include
,
,
, and
, 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,
, won the Freedom of Speech Award of the American Library Association. Brin’s latest nonfiction work is
. Visit him at www.davidbrin.com.
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