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  <title><![CDATA[Norstrilia]]></title>
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  <original_publication_year type="integer">1975</original_publication_year>
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  <date_added>Wed Aug 08 14:04:38 -0700 2007</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[What I learned from this book:<br/><br/>1. Inflation has its uses.<br/>2. Sometimes the best computer for the job is the laminated brain of a  mouse . . .<br/>3. The economic significance of mutant sheep.<br/>4. Go big or go home. <br/><br/>A sideways and roundabout look at a strange and twis...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4274838">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Mon Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2005</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[It is one of the enduring tragedies of science fiction that the man who wrote as Cordwainer Smith died so young. His life was weird and fascinating - from living in China during the revolution to writing what is still considered to be one of the fundamental texts on psychological warfare - and his e...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/57439973">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Tue Apr 07 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[It took me a lil while to read this because I would only read it for about 10 mins while waiting for the train in the morning or afternoon (because i actually sleep on the train to and from work...itrs a long commute). <br/>It was really easy to read which is always a plus - if i had read it in one...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/51794488">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <date_added>Wed Nov 18 20:21:52 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Nov 18 20:25:57 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Cordwainer Smith's work is always very odd.  How one reads this particular book is dependent on what one knows about Australia.  Or so I found it.  I thought the book got a little incoherent at times, but the description of the immortality drug, and the tax structure of Norstrilia was interesting.]]></body>
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    <review id="7209044">
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  <read_at>Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Wed Oct 03 11:47:11 -0700 2007</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[While Smith's &quot;The Rediscovery of Man&quot; is my favorite science fiction collection, this book which falls into the same story line doesn't hold up quite as well. It seems like he felt the need to overexplain himself (or at least his editor felt it needed to) in order to maintain as a novel. ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/7209044">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="63106137">
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  <read_at>Fri Sep 29 00:00:00 -0700 2006</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Sat Jul 11 20:14:32 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[4.5 Stars. <br/><br/>Nominee Hugo Award Best Novel (1964) (The Planet Buyer)]]></body>
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    <review id="58652065">
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  <read_at>Sat Jul 04 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Sat Jul 04 10:23:33 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I was disintersted in the characters. I thought the book started well, but once the story really got going, I found I didn't care. I'm not sure why so many people find this brilliant. Maybe it is because there are so many ideas in it. Maybe it's because it is a bit strange. But I just found it dull ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/58652065">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[<em>SFBC 50th Anniversery Collection</em>]]></body>
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  <date_added>Wed Jan 09 20:26:03 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Jan 09 20:57:29 -0800 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Got about 3/4 of the way through this and picked up another book. Oh and it had to go back to the library. The writing is pretty high quality, but the plot failed to capture my interest for whatever reason. Sometimes I just can't explain these things.]]></body>
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    <review id="33232359">
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  <date_added>Thu Sep 18 22:59:54 -0700 2008</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[It's a tragedy that Cordwainer Smith left so little behind; this book, along with the collection of short stories from the same universe whose title escapes me now, is an example of absolutely masterful science fiction.]]></body>
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    <review id="19989818">
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  <date_added>Sat Apr 12 03:17:44 -0700 2008</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is a mesmerizing tale about a young man who outdoes the whole universe to include himself.  Part thinly veiled social allegory, part playground for the author's considerable artistic talent, this is a great novel.]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/19989818]]></url>
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    <review id="35450306">
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  <date_added>Thu Oct 16 06:31:36 -0700 2008</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[Really top drawer scifi, have read it before, am now rereading from a copy I found at the West Tisbury dump free boutique.  Wish more writers could manage this brand of weirdness.]]></body>
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    <review id="27430358">
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  <date_added>Wed Jul 16 11:27:54 -0700 2008</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[One of the best sci-fi books ever written!]]></body>
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