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  <title><![CDATA[Raising the Stones (Gollancz SF)]]></title>
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  <default_description>When the human settlers arrived on Hobbs Land, the native intelligent specvies, the Owlbrit, were already almost extinct. Before the last one died, a few years later, the humans had learned a little of their language, their ideas and theirb religion. It seemed the natural thing for the settlers to maintain the last Owlbrit temple, with the strange statue that was its God. When when that God died - disintegrating overnight - it seemed equally natural to start preparing its replacement.    Maire Manone came to Hobbs Land to escape the harsh patriachal religion of Voorstod, but Voorstod hasn't forgotten her - or forgiven her. But the men who arrive on Hobbs Land to find and return Maire to her homeland haven't taken Hobbs Land's God into account . . .</default_description>
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  <original_publication_year type="integer">1990</original_publication_year>
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      <name><![CDATA[Sheri S. Tepper]]></name>
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  <read_at>Fri Apr 10 06:50:52 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I'm rereading this for what must be the fourth or fifth time. I know other people love Grass and Beauty, but this is my favorite of Tepper's books. It has everything: an interesting world (well, universe), well-written and amusingly named characters, humor, illuminating social commentary, AND the go...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/51569432">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Mon Feb 16 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Fri Sep 19 11:59:14 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon Feb 16 11:59:51 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Just finished reading for the 3rd or 4th time, this time with my partner. It's a different experience reading Tepper's works out loud. Her sermons about religion and philosophy have always seemed to stretch out much longer than necessary, but they do this even more so when you have to speak through ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/33276446">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <date_added>Wed Jun 06 07:51:50 -0700 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue May 12 12:02:54 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Loved it. Samasnier Girat, the narrator, is irritating as crap for a good bit of the book, but the things he's irritating about help you understand life on Hobb's Land.<br/>There's a scene I particularly love, about the aftermath of a terrorist attack against Hobb's Land, where Mysore Hobbs tries t...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1708498">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="35179113">
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  <read_at>Sat Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Mon Oct 13 07:48:43 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[It's been a while since I've read a Tepper book, and it took me a good long while to get through this one. Not because there is anything wrong with Tepper but because her books are very dense. There's a lot to shift through and it's not a fast read. That being said, I didn't really care for the stor...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/35179113">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="12914196">
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  <date_added>Sat Jan 19 13:15:51 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Aug 05 10:21:15 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Meh-  I enjoyed Grass and had this sitting on a shelf for years and never got around to reading it.  I finally took it on a trip with me and read it.  I left it in the room after I was done.  The story progressed slowly and was interesting at first so I got far enough into the book that I felt oblig...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/12914196">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="51148477">
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    <body><![CDATA[One of the few books I've reread.  I always find something new and interesting.]]></body>
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    <review id="65951710">
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    <body><![CDATA[Science fiction - not sure how well I like it yet....]]></body>
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    <review id="21449330">
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    <name><![CDATA[Nick]]></name>
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    <body><![CDATA[Sherri S. Tepper writes some science fiction that I really enjoy.  This one has to do with religious superiority complexes, intolerance and mind-controlling fungus.  Despite all that, it's a light read and goes pretty fast.]]></body>
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  <read_at>Fri Aug 21 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[a little wonky with the names and things but ultimately a very sweet story about hope and possibility and what people will do to kill it and how it survives]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Follows Grass.  Broad storyline; I love the way she connects things.  And the way each of her books is a totally different world.]]></body>
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  <recommended_for><![CDATA[Fans of Grass by Tepper]]></recommended_for>
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    <body><![CDATA[Slow start, but complex story draws you in by the middle third. Loose sequel to her fantastic novel Grass.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[&quot;Physician, heal thyself!&quot;]]></body>
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