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  <title><![CDATA[Jhereg (Vlad Taltos, #1)]]></title>
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  <default_description>Vlad Taltos ist ein Hexer, freiberuflicher Attent&#228;ter, lebt als Ostl&#228;nder (also Mensch) unter Dragaeranern und nennt einen reptilischen Vertrauten mit beissendem Humor sein Eigen. Und er ist in Schwierigkeiten, denn er muss einen Krieg verhindern, in dem sich seine besten Freunde und daneben auch die gro&#223;en Familien von Dragaera gegenseitig ausl&#246;schen w&#252;rden...
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  <original_publication_month type="integer">2</original_publication_month>
  <original_publication_year type="integer">2002</original_publication_year>
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      <name><![CDATA[Steven Brust]]></name>
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  <read_at>Thu Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book took me a while to get around to, but was well worth the ride. It covers a rather grim society of Dragerans (more like particularly evil, seven-foot elves) and humans-beneath-notice. Their society is based around twelve noble houses, one of which is House Jhereg. The Jhereg do 'work' for t...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/6926214">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1984</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book begins the series about the adventures of Vlad the assassin. The series is wildly uneven, with a few really weak entries, but the best novels in the group are some of the most original fantasy out there. The best of the series are fast, funny, irreverent, and wildly creative.<br/><br/>The ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/45328209">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="64784186">
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  <read_at>Sun Feb 04 00:00:00 -0800 2007</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Fri Jul 31 00:02:15 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Dans ce roman, on suit un assassin, Vlad Tatlos, auquel on a confié une mission d'assassinat des plus dangereuses, à la fois pour lui et pour la ville dans laquelle il travaille(1). Comme un assassinat, c'est avant tout un plan bien fichu, je ne vais pas vous en parler, histoire d'éviter de défl...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/64784186">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="54541488">
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  <date_added>Thu Apr 30 19:23:06 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Apr 30 19:32:59 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is an amazing book: a window into a world ruled by elves, where humans are a marginalized minority.  It's a magic-system story and an elven-culture story and the story of one of the greatest heists the world has seen.<br/><br/>This book is <em>so</em> amazing that it spawned about twelve direct or ind...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/54541488">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="70152383">
    <user id="198122">
    <name><![CDATA[KatiKat]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Czech Republic]]></location>        
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      <rating>4</rating>
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  <read_at>Mon Sep 07 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Mon Sep 07 11:01:31 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I think that this book together with &quot;Taltos&quot; are the best parts of the &quot;Vlad Taltos&quot; series. Why? This book is set in Adrilankha and it focuses on Vlad and his relationship with the Dragaerans in general and with Morrolan, Aliera, Kiera and Kragar in particular. I just love this...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/70152383">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="52758518">
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  <read_at>Wed Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Wed Apr 15 06:38:36 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Apr 15 06:41:12 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book has first-book-itis.  Bad pacing, bad dialogue, bad outtakes, a shift from third person to third person omniscient with abandon.  It had sort of an interesting idea about this high level mobster/Baron messing with more high level people and pulling off a heist to kill a guy who couldn't be...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/52758518">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="14914935">
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    <location><![CDATA[Baltimore, MD]]></location>        
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  <recommended_by><![CDATA[Denise]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Tue Jan 15 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Fri Feb 08 11:19:41 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Feb 14 08:58:58 -0800 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is a fantasy book, yes, with all the kingdoms, intrigue, magic, and invincible swords one expects from a fantasy. What makes <em>Jhereg</em> more than typical fantasy, however, is Vlad, the first-person narrator, who reads like an escapee from a contemporary mystery novel who just happens to be living i...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/14914935">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="7310912">
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  <date_added>Fri Oct 05 11:48:03 -0700 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Fri Oct 05 16:06:31 -0700 2007</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Vlad has been paid heavily in advance by very violent, powerful men to perform an assassination. Failure is not an option, and success becomes more impossible at every turn.<br/><br/>Author Steven Brust sets this action thriller in a fantasy world that is rich and fleshed out. For instance, race r...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/7310912">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="2171225">
    <user id="139862">
    <name><![CDATA[Loopy]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Las Vegas, NV]]></location>        
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      <rating>4</rating>
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  <recommended_for><![CDATA[Fantasy fans]]></recommended_for>
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  <read_at>Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2000</read_at>
  <date_added>Wed Jun 20 11:49:30 -0700 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Jun 20 11:54:08 -0700 2007</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[The first book in Steven Brust's very popular line of Vlad Taltos novels, Jhereg introduces a very rich and compelling fantasy universe with sci-fi undertones that successfully combines classic fantasy elements with modern sensibilities.<br/><br/>Vlad is an assassin for what is essentially the &quot;...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2171225">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="42422882">
    <user id="1885863">
    <name><![CDATA[Michael]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Los Angeles, CA]]></location>        
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  <read_at>Sun Dec 10 00:00:00 -0800 2006</read_at>
  <date_added>Thu Jan 08 20:56:23 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Jan 08 21:00:43 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[An amazing book written by a fantastic writer.  Written in first person, and in a tone that is reminiscent of how a real person speaks.  The main character, Vlad, attempts to figure out how to go about killing an official who ran away with most of the government's money.]]></body>
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    <review id="47586419">
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    <name><![CDATA[Amanda]]></name>
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  <date_added>Thu Feb 26 07:56:38 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Feb 26 08:01:17 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I love this series. It's long, but the books themselves are short and quick. THe plot appeals to my quirkly sense of humor, and its a great fantasy tale to boot. I think I have read the whole series half a dozen times over the years. I never get tired of it!]]></body>
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    <review id="12964594">
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    <name><![CDATA[Chadwick]]></name>
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  <read_at>Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1992</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Vlad Taltos is an assassin for an organized-crime syndicate on a fantastical planet with two races, one that lives for thousands of years and is like, arcane or something.  There are sorcery, witchcraft, and wizardry, and these things are somehow distinct.  The main character has a psychic teeny fly...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/12964594">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="13328031">
    <user id="251662">
    <name><![CDATA[Joel]]></name>
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  <read_at>Tue Feb 03 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Wed Jan 23 17:06:12 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Jan 23 17:06:12 -0800 2008</date_updated>
  <read_count>5</read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[In this one, we meet Vlad for the first time and learn about the Jhereg and the Dragaera in general.  We learn how Loiosh came to be with Vlad, as well as how Rocza came into their lives.<br/><br/>The basic story is of an assassination Vlad must carry out.  However, the target has taken refuge in ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/13328031">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="47338273">
    <user id="1952653">
    <name><![CDATA[Sarah]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Phoenix, MD]]></location>        
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  <read_at>Sun Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Mon Feb 23 21:14:50 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Immortal quote to live by: &quot;No matter how subtle the wizard, a knife between the shoulder blades will seriously cramp his style.&quot;<br/>I don't know how I missed this book for so long. ]]></body>
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    <review id="77410199">
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    <name><![CDATA[Stephen]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[San Diego, CA]]></location>        
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  <read_at>Fri Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 1989</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Best of the series - the others blur together in my mind - I would have to re-read them to rate them, but this first one I remember clearly even after all the years. ]]></body>
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    <review id="1863166">
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    <name><![CDATA[Peter]]></name>
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  <date_added>Mon Jun 11 17:16:16 -0700 2007</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[A collection of Brust's first three novels set in the empire of Dragaera, a nation in which long-lived vaguely elfin characters refer to themselves as &quot;human&quot; whereas decidedly human characters known as Easterners live in oppression when they emigrate west.<br/><br/>Brust's hero is an Ea...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1863166">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="40626935">
    <user id="42354">
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    <body><![CDATA[The book that started us all out with Vlad Taltos and his wisecracking familiars. An entertaining, humorous romp through a rather baroque world. ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[The first in the series. Very good as an exercise in worldbuilding, but his female characters just don't ring true for me.<br/><br/>The main character's morality is so different to current societal norms as to be slightly off-putting. Except that Brust isn't at all self-conscious about it. However...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/23593649">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Cool.  I like how different this series is from anything else I've read.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[A cousin highly recommended this book to me.  Thought I'd give it a try.  While it was interesting and action packed I didn't quite connect with the author.  It is one of those witty British-humor books, but more like Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Universe meets Jason Bourne and Eragon without actually...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/20089116">more...</a>]]></body>
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