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  <title><![CDATA[The Birthgrave (Orbit Books)]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Tanith Lee]]></name>
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  <read_at>Fri Oct 24 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I cannot believe I read another of Tanith Lee's books. This book had no plot. If you're a stickler for plot you're probably not going to like this book. And the ending! Wow! I have never read such a horrible ending. We follow this amnesic &quot;goddess&quot; through multiple adventures in this sort ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/36154496">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Sun Jul 26 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[<strong>The Birthgrave</strong> recalls the old fantasy adventures of Ryder Haggard (especially <strong>She</strong>) and Robert E. Howard, but done with more psychological and mythic depth and where the female characters are as vital as the male.  An unnamed heroine awakens with no memory in a volcanic cavern and is told she has gr...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/64456530">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1990</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Epic.   It's actually part of a trilogy, but you'd never know it.   The other 2 books are <u>Vazkor, Son of Vazkor</u>, &amp; <u>The White Witch</u>.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[No, I didn't choose this book because of its cover, even though it is awesome ;)]]></body>
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  <read_at>Sat Jun 20 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Overall this is one of my favorite fantasy novels of all time.  This is the book that initially made me fall in love with Tanith Lee.  It's the first work of hers that I ever read.  The story has that lovely dream-like surrealism that life's best moments carry for me and has a stream of emotion that...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/36754821">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Tanith Lee has always been heralded as an amazing scifi/fantasy writer.  That being said, I did think there were parts of this book that were drawn out.  Many twists and turns in the plot culminating into a Freudian psychoanalysis (literally).  I was satisfied at the end, if not a little tired.  Alm...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/6837911">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book is a wonderful, feminist fantasy. The main character is a warrior/woman in a land of chauvinist barbarians. High fantasy reminiscent of Conan the Barbarian, but with many unexpected plot twists. ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I love reading Tannith Lee. I have to say when I first began reading The Birthgrave, it was difficult to get into. There were a lot of twist and turns but overall a very good book.]]></body>
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