The Madness Season (Daw Science Fiction)

by C.S. Friedman
The Madness Season (Daw Science Fiction)
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174 ratings, 3.97 average rating, 11 reviews (more data...)
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published
October 3rd 1990 by DAW

binding
Paperback, 496 pages

isbn
0886774446   (isbn13: 9780886774448)

description

He'd had so many names over the centuries, so many new identities that he could scarcely remember who he had originally been. Now his name was Daet...more







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Cait
Cait rated it: 5 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars
04/20/08

bookshelves: all-of-my-reviewed-books, currently-to-shelve, novel, rated-five-stars, rated-six-stars-really
This book is just amazing; every time I re-read it I am just as invested in the characters, their growth, and their individual pieces of the whole story as I was the very first time, if not more so. I would love for there to be more of this book, but at the same time I could never give up the perfect ending.

I'm also caught between the urge to do a thorough thematic review and talk about this story's use of gender, religion, memory, civilization, etc., and the urge to spoil you for ...more
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Rebecca
Rebecca rated it: 4 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars
07/30/08

Read in July, 2008
Saw this when I went into a secondhand bookstore looking for somehing else and bought it instead. Last time I looked for CS Friedman books in aussie bookstores could only find This Alien Shore and the Coldfire trilogy.

At the start the main character reminded me a little of Gerald Tarrant from the Coldfire books (well I have only read the first one so far) and I was a bit angsty it would deal with the same stuff, but thanky fully it was quite different.
Anyways, I hate giving review with de...more
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Morgan
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04/08/08

Read in January, 2008
A fantastically fun sci-fi plot, with occasional hints of real themes. Every time it started to slow down, there's a twist that makes me jealous I didn't think of it.

Why can't authors with ideas this good write books that don't contain, "he looked into the mirror at his graying temples, the piercing blue eyes, ..." and "even though it was below freezing, he could feel the sweat running down his arms from the exertion..."?
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Melinda
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05/12/08

bookshelves: science-fiction
Read in January, 2006
This is one of my all-time favorite sci-fi books. It's been read many times and it always stands up. I don't think this author has written a better one since this came out. That good!
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Nomad Scry
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04/01/08

Read in December, 2006
Overly simplified, the core idea of this book is silly. So I prefer not to simplify or spoil this one and simply say, "Read it."
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Dev
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05/20/07

Friedman has some interesting aliens, but the characters seem removed from the reader.
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Coco
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05/24/08

Took me two tries to read this. It's a good book, though.
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Jonathan
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08/16/07

Starts off strongly but suffers from power inflation.
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Rebecca
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04/18/08

bookshelves: re-read
Excellent, excellent must read book
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David
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11/05/08

Truely unique take on an old theme
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Sullypython
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08/25/08

bookshelves: science-fiction, science-fiction-fantasy
4.5 stars.
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Karen
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11/28/08


Rachel
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11/26/08


Fuzu
Fuzu rated it: 3 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars
11/23/08

bookshelves: sci-fi

Sherry
Sherry marked it as to-read
11/21/08

bookshelves: to-read

Elizabeth
Elizabeth added it
11/21/08


Lightsvale
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11/21/08


Erik
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11/10/08


Jon
Jon marked it as to-read
11/06/08

bookshelves: fiction, science-fiction, to-read
recommended to Jon by: Cait

Mara
Mara added it
10/26/08

bookshelves: science-fiction


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