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  <title><![CDATA[The Complete Book of Swords (Books of Swords, #1-3)]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Fred Saberhagen]]></name>
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  <date_added>Mon Feb 16 19:37:24 -0800 2009</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[Ill named omnibus of first three books of swords.  Saberhagen suggests that this primitive culture is in the future, after the fall of man.  Gods have shown up taking the names and persona of the classical deities.  They decide to have a game in which a dozen swords are created, each with super magi...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/46586307">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Sat Sep 19 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Sun Aug 16 11:17:55 -0700 2009</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[The First Book of Swords: It took me a while to get into the story.  Saberhagen's use of mythology is unusual and there is a lot of action.  The end of the book left me excited to find out what happends in book 2.  I give this book 2 stars.<br/><br/>The Second Book of Swords:  This book had action...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/67618241">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Thu Aug 13 19:28:56 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Aug 13 19:32:35 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is a fantasy book written for adolescent boys.  My son told me it was a &quot;must read&quot; so I brought it to the beach.  Now it is filled with sand, and scorched by the sun.  Still, it is terrific.  Enjoyable for an adult - well, I really liked it, too.  Well written, with a fun story.  The...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/67321828">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Wed Mar 12 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Wed Mar 12 12:27:28 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I just finished reading this trio of books, and sadly it was like eating a bag of popcorn. Quite alot to eat in one sitting, but even when finished your left feeling hungry.<br/><br/>I had high hopes going in and for part of the first book they seemed not to be dashed. But after that and on with t...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/17566871">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <date_added>Fri Nov 13 20:31:16 -0800 2009</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[This one is from so far back, I read it years ago. Saberhagen is pretty versatile. i'd just read the Berserker stories and moved into these fantasies. Pretty good.]]></body>
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    <review id="53342587">
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  <date_added>Mon Apr 20 09:22:57 -0700 2009</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[Read it a long time ago, but I remember enjoying it! On my list to reread! ]]></body>
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    <review id="53451417">
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  <read_at>Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Really good trilogy w/ more books to go.]]></body>
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    <review id="14223257">
    <user id="632647">
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  <read_at>Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007</read_at>
  <date_added>Thu Jan 31 18:44:02 -0800 2008</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[I remember seeing copies of the Books of the Swords in ads for the Science Fiction Book Club in Discover magaine as a kid. I always wanted to read them, mainly because I thought the swords on the covers were cool. At some point I had completely forgotten about it, but as I've been rediscovering my l...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/14223257">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <date_added>Mon Jul 30 10:11:29 -0700 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon Oct 27 12:52:09 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I don't typically read fantasy, or even fiction for that matter, and started this one because a friend got it for me.  It is excellent as entertainment.  Not much philosophy beyond the barest details, but plenty of action.  The 2nd book is spectacular.]]></body>
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    <review id="28773450">
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  <date_added>Wed Jul 30 12:47:26 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Jul 30 12:52:29 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Loved it so much as a boy.  One of the most re-read books during my middle school years. Mixes Roman gods, sword &amp; sorcery, and modern technology all set hundreds of years after a nuclear apocalypse.]]></body>
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  <date_added>Thu May 01 14:19:06 -0700 2008</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[I read this 15 years ago and loved it. Looking back I think it was less-tolkien derived than other fantasy but still, not the best]]></body>
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  <date_added>Fri Jul 18 07:53:12 -0700 2008</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[Good tale of humans and Gods, good and evil. Fun read.]]></body>
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    <review id="26420485">
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  <date_added>Sun Jul 06 05:06:39 -0700 2008</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[A GREAT book or three books!!! ]]></body>
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