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    <body><![CDATA[A friend of mine told me that this was the worst book he had ever read.  I decided to read it myself, because I was certain that no book could be as bad as what he had described to me.  I was wrong.  This book is absolutely terrible.  Every Piers Anthony cliche' is here, from the puerile sexuality t...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/27383306">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Good book. Very unlike a lot of Piers Anthony's other books (read: Xanth).  A little gratuitously violent and sexual at time.  And rather unnecessarily sad.  Be prepared - everyone dies.  This is not a spoiler.  Everyone dies. Ok, almost everyone. ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Actually loved this trilogy... Loved the post WW3 type story...  but he gave up last 1/3 of Neq the Sword... just my opinion...]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I am not sure what I learned from this book except that I can like a book enough to read it twice cover to cover.<br/><br/>Post apocalyptic Earth where tribes of survivors meet in the &quot;circle&quot; to determine anything from who gets what woman to who gets the top bunk.  They only use six dif...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/22154267">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Really good, Piers Anthony at his best. ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I actually really liked this book.  It's an interesting post-nuclear-holocaust nomadic society epic.  Three books in one that starts out strong, gets really weird in the middle, then recovers nicely.  A fairly strong departure from the usual pun-ny xanth crap.  Represents good character development ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/7002854">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I really loved the concept of a barbaric culture being supported by a group of intellectuals hiding in a mountain. I've been told by Piers himself that this book is nothing like his other work. <br/><br/>This book lead me to the Conan stories by Robert Howard because I loved the fighting and readi...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/12386778">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[The greatest shame is that there is no picture for the cover of this/these book(s).  The rugged depictions of Var the Stick and Sol the Rope are worth any purchase price.  If that doesn't entice you see the aforementioned character names; can you resist such a literary onslaught?]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Really hard to find in libraries, but a great story.  A post-apocalyptic world is now a world of nomads, with only the battle circle for social rule.  An interesting 3 novels in one.  Very entertaining, I would recommend the book to anyone. ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Great action sci-fi book about a post-nuclear world where 'battle circle' fights decide the social classes.  I first read this in junior high and it was a good introduction into the sci-fi/fantasy world.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I don't read much science fiction, but this book is a great read.  I first read it when I was in high school.  I would recommend this book to anyone who likes a good adventure story.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[All I can say about this book is:<br/><br/>NEQ the Glockenspiel = GENIUS!!!!!<br/><br/>with special thanks to J Rossi for having a better memory than me....]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[To me, this is the best fantasy Piers Anthony ever did, and far better than the Xanth books.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[At the time I read this it was right up there with the Dune and Foundation Triologys]]></body>
    
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