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  <title><![CDATA[Ice Station]]></title>
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  <default_description>Anarctica is the last unconquered continent, a murderous expanse of howling winds, blinding whiteouts and deadly crevasses. On one edge of Antarctica is Wilkes Station. Beneath Wilkes Station is the gate to hell itself....A team of U.S. divers, exploring three thousand feet beneath the ice shelf has vanished. Sending out an SOS, Wilkes draws a rapid deployment team of Marines-and someone else....First comes a horrific firefight. Then comes a plunge into a drowning pool filled with killer whales. Next comes the hard part, as a handful of survivors begin an electrifying, red-hot, non-stop battle of survival across the continent and against wave after wave of elite military assassins-who've all come for one thing: a secret buried deep beneath the ice....</default_description>
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  <original_publication_year type="integer">1998</original_publication_year>
  <original_title>Ice Station</original_title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Matthew Reilly]]></name>
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      <rating>3</rating>
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  <date_added>Mon Nov 26 11:56:33 -0800 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon Nov 26 12:12:41 -0800 2007</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is perhaps the single most ridiculously over-the-top book I've ever read.  This is a story in which the author has modern special forces armed with magneto-grappling-hooks and crossbows.  Crossbows!  Seriously?  <br/><br/>The cool thing about (early) Tom Clancy was that it was so plausible.  ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/9562623">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Tue May 06 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Fri May 02 13:13:39 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu May 08 06:49:02 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Good action and pacing from Reilly but the plausibility meter is off the chart.  However, what ruins the book is the U.S. Government conspiracy angle where the Intelligence Convergence Group (ICG) is created to &quot;hoard valuable information&quot; and &quot;to kill in order to achieve that goal.&quot;...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/21474151">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="57345957">
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    <name><![CDATA[Patrick]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Santa Fe, NM]]></location>        
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  <read_at>Tue May 26 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Tue May 26 04:30:01 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue May 26 04:35:25 -0700 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count>1 unfortunately</read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[I hesitate to put this on the library shelf after struggling to finish another one of the author’s witless action yarns ‘Seven Deadly Wonders.’ But my favorite flea market bookshop had a shitload of Reilly’s books and while admiring the artistic style with which they were stacked like iambic...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/57345957">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="41704579">
    <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>Fri Jan 09 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Sat Jan 03 05:57:55 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Fri Jan 09 00:02:27 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Non-stop action thriller with some sci-fi elements. Definitely a page turner. On the other hand, the action is so fast that you basically have no time to properly delve into the characters. And some of the stunts that Schofield pulls are humanly impossible. But it really is suspense pure, from fist-...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/41704579">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="41813788">
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    <location><![CDATA[Australia]]></location>        
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      <rating>4</rating>
  <votes>1</votes>
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  <recommended_for><![CDATA[Teenage Boys who aren't keen on reading]]></recommended_for>
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  <read_at>Tue Jan 06 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Sun Jan 04 03:02:50 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue Jan 06 02:59:47 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[An action-packed rollercoaster ride.   You'll certainly need to turn off your sense of disbelief to enjoy this one.<br/><br/><br/>I felt that <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/search/search?q= Matthew Reilly" title=" Matthew Reilly"> Matthew Reilly</a> as an Australian author is continuing the grand Australian tradition of cultural cringe.   I'm happy for him to make the US the hero and th...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/41813788">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="50071477">
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    <name><![CDATA[Loukie]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[South Africa]]></location>        
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      <rating>2</rating>
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  <read_at>Sun Mar 22 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Sun Mar 22 11:45:14 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun Mar 22 11:51:33 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I picked this  book up at a second hand book store. I was in the mood for action adventure, and I read about three-quarters before I became tired of it.<br/><br/>The secondary characters were nicer than the protagonist, well, perhaps more believable, I should say. The sub-plots were also more inte...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/50071477">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="6187168">
    <user id="377554">
    <name><![CDATA[Cherie]]></name>
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      <rating>5</rating>
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  <date_added>Fri Sep 14 03:31:15 -0700 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Fri Sep 14 03:33:04 -0700 2007</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Six stars out of five I think. My favourite Matthew Reilly novel and my first. I highly recommend it. The pace just never stops. People die in the sentence they're introduced. There's killer whales, mutant radioactive seals and Reilly disses Australians. <br/><br/>Bloody good.]]></body>
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</review>
    <review id="74180535">
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    <name><![CDATA[Phillip]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[The United States]]></location>        
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      <rating>4</rating>
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  <read_at>Wed Oct 14 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Sun Oct 11 12:53:15 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Fri Oct 16 23:43:04 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[3,000 ft below the frozen surface of a science station in Antarctica a spaceship is found, the book later describes the craft as being praying mantis shaped.<br/>   Once the spaceship is found the science station gets beseiged by all sorts of special forces units,the central one being The Icg. Icg ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/74180535">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/74180535]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="57042303">
    <user id="2346991">
    <name><![CDATA[Sergio]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Madrid, 29, Spain]]></location>        
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      <rating>2</rating>
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  <recommended_for><![CDATA[People who want to be entertained and don't care how preposterous the action is]]></recommended_for>
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  <read_at>Fri May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Sat May 23 04:53:53 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sat May 23 04:55:03 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book is the most preposterous thing I've ever read. Just to illustrate my point, imagine 7 marines, 2 scientists, a 12-year-old girl and a fur seal eliminating 50 of the world's most dangerous elite troops in the world and escaping in Antarctica and not freezing to death because they happen to ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/57042303">more...</a>]]></body>
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</review>
    <review id="37013909">
    <user id="1662632">
    <name><![CDATA[Richard]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[San Francisco, CA]]></location>        
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      <rating>2</rating>
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  <date_added>Wed Nov 05 23:05:57 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Nov 05 23:23:38 -0800 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[It is hard to call this science fiction, even though Reilly is really big on technology. The only problem is... his technology has far too much &quot;magic&quot; in it, and really pushes his stories -- all four of those I've read -- into a really weird fantasy genre where pseudo-technology fills the...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/37013909">more...</a>]]></body>
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</review>
    <review id="2163940">
    <user id="141933">
    <name><![CDATA[Proditor]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Silver Spring, MD]]></location>        
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      <rating>4</rating>
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  <date_added>Wed Jun 20 09:38:40 -0700 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Jun 20 09:38:50 -0700 2007</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[One of the things I see about reviews concerning authors like Matthew Reilly and James Cobb is a preponderance of people saying &quot;This was so inaccurate...&quot; Newsflash, it's an action story, not a technical manual. Reilly even goes so far as to cite the consultants he has and to mention that...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2163940">more...</a>]]></body>
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</review>
    <review id="30484430">
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    <name><![CDATA[Mya]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Upper Marlboro, MD]]></location>        
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  <read_at>Mon Aug 18 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Mon Aug 18 15:09:04 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue Aug 19 16:15:15 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I learned many things from this book, namely various types of handgrenades and their yields, about the true nature of killer whales, about the horrible unstability of real estate on Antartica and (my fav) how to evade and disble opponents hunting for me with night-vision googles on. <br/><br/>Nope...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/30484430">more...</a>]]></body>
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</review>
    <review id="12737824">
    <user id="733635">
    <name><![CDATA[Heather]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[The United States]]></location>        
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      <rating>3</rating>
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  <read_at>Fri Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Thu Jan 17 05:52:44 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue Jun 30 06:37:17 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I REALLY wish we could give half-stars, but I had to rate 3 stars, instead of 4, only because I didn't like it as much as Temple which I rated 4 stars.<br/>Anyways, I did enjoy this book, as I just thoroughly enjoy this author.  This book was no different than the other two I've read, in that it ke...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/12737824">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/12737824]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="60393699">
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    <name><![CDATA[Tina]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Perth, 08, Australia]]></location>        
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      <rating>4</rating>
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  <read_at>Tue Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005</read_at>
  <date_added>Sat Jun 20 04:18:17 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sat Jun 20 04:36:24 -0700 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count>4</read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[Get ready for the literary equivalent of an action movie. We are introduced to the character of Shane Schofield, call sign &quot;Scarecrow&quot; as he leads his team of marines against incredible odds to secure a spaceship frozen beneath the ice in Antarctica.<br/>As in all Matthew Reilly books, yo...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/60393699">more...</a>]]></body>
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</review>
    <review id="45686072">
    <user id="2007402">
    <name><![CDATA[Steve]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Adelaide, 05, Australia]]></location>        
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  <date_added>Sat Feb 07 17:35:04 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sat Feb 07 17:35:04 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[This was the first novel written by Reilly -- and as airport novels go, its a ripper. Non-stop incredible action from start to finish. The action is a little too relentless really, and the constant detailing of weapons reads at times like an arms dealer's catalogue. But while the plot is ridiciulous...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/45686072">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/45686072]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="71636549">
    <user id="2744367">
    <name><![CDATA[Nick]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Sydney, 02, Australia]]></location>        
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      <rating>4</rating>
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  <read_at>Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005</read_at>
  <date_added>Thu Sep 17 23:10:39 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Sep 17 23:10:39 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Ludicrous plot, impossible (and I mean impossible) stunts, non-stop action, super-alpha-male-all-around-hero protagonist and a frenetic pace make this one hell of a page-turner. You feel like a wimp going to sleep while he's kicking ass against impossible odds. So I did the only thing I could - stay...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/71636549">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="39055265">
    <user id="1570669">
    <name><![CDATA[Danielle &quot;The Book Huntress&quot;]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Round Rock, TX]]></location>        
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