false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1186968343m/1691307.jpg 239239 28 The Washington Post called this "a dizzying magic show of a novel, chock-a-block with all the props of Victorian sensation fiction: seances, multiple narrators, a family curse, doubles, a lost notebook, wraiths, and disembodied spirits; a haunted house, awesome mad-doctor machinery, a mausoleum, and ghoulish horrors; a misunderstood scientist, impossible disappearances; the sins of the fathers visited upon their descendants." Winner of the 1996 World Fantasy Award, The Prestige is even better than that, because unlike many Victorians, Priest writes crisp, unencumbered prose. And anyone who's ever thrilled to the arcing electricity in the "It's alive!" scene in Frankenstein will relish the "special effects" by none other than Nikola Tesla. 1688160 book 1995 The Prestige total:1776|5:389|4:742|3:485|2:128|1:32| 1776 6656 2767 354 1079782 0575075805 9780575075801 38 11 3.75 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1180816277m/1079782.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1079782.The_Prestige 3 4 false Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Tue Dec 11 13:16:59 -0800 2007 Sun Dec 16 11:31:51 -0800 2007
The story, for those of you who...more...]]> 239239 0312858868 9780312858865 1507 289 3.75 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173026658m/239239.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/239239.The_Prestige 3 2 false Thu Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Sun Aug 24 21:04:12 -0700 2008 Sun Aug 24 21:06:33 -0700 2008 more...]]> 41541 0765356171 9780765356178 132 21 3.75 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1169677179m/41541.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/41541.The_Prestige 5 1 false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Wed Jun 06 15:39:38 -0700 2007 Wed Oct 31 12:00:14 -0700 2007 more...]]> 239239 0312858868 9780312858865 1507 289 3.75 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173026658m/239239.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/239239.The_Prestige 3 1 false Mon Apr 07 22:37:00 -0700 2008 Thu Aug 21 17:08:55 -0700 2008
It's taken me a while to read it because I leave it at work and read it on my breaks. It ...more...]]> 41541 0765356171 9780765356178 132 21 3.75 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1169677179m/41541.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/41541.The_Prestige 5 1 false Sun Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Fri Jul 13 17:10:15 -0700 2007 Fri Jul 13 17:16:37 -0700 2007
The setting is in present day, with descendants of two famous magicians trying to...more...]]> 1079782 0575075805 9780575075801 38 11 3.75 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1180816277m/1079782.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1079782.The_Prestige 4 2 false Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sun Aug 26 09:12:55 -0700 2007 Wed Sep 12 21:07:05 -0700 2007 Johnathan Strange & Mr. Norrell, and needless to say, this one went much more quickly.

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Having seen the movie before I read the book, I think the movie is bette...more...]]> 239239 0312858868 9780312858865 1507 289 3.75 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173026658m/239239.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/239239.The_Prestige 0 0 false Sun Apr 19 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 28 02:36:45 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 28 02:36:45 -0700 2009 more...]]> 1691308 3453522117 9783453522114 3 1 3.75 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1186968344m/1691308.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1691308.Prestige_Die_Meister_Der_Magie 2 0 false Thu Jan 22 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 19 17:40:34 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 22 15:45:37 -0800 2009
Christopher Priest made an interesting approach by telling the story from four (or let's say five) different perspectives, but in the end this also is the biggest weakness of the book. It seems like the wri...more...]]> 239239 0312858868 9780312858865 1507 289 3.75 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173026658m/239239.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/239239.The_Prestige 4 0 false Fri May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Apr 26 13:40:34 -0700 2009 Sat May 02 20:29:28 -0700 2009 more...]]> 239239 0312858868 9780312858865 1507 289 3.75 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173026658m/239239.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/239239.The_Prestige 2 0 false Wed Jul 01 09:04:59 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 01 09:12:40 -0700 2009 more...]]> 239239 0312858868 9780312858865 1507 289 3.75 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173026658m/239239.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/239239.The_Prestige 4 0 false Mon Aug 10 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 29 06:02:00 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 10 08:14:03 -0700 2009
Don’t get me w...more...]]> 239239 0312858868 9780312858865 1507 289 3.75 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173026658m/239239.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/239239.The_Prestige 4 0 false Mon Apr 06 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 24 07:29:47 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 06 20:28:27 -0700 2009
For me, this was an excellent book. Having said that, I al...more...]]> 239239 0312858868 9780312858865 1507 289 3.75 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173026658m/239239.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/239239.The_Prestige 4 0 false Thu Jun 25 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 24 18:10:07 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 25 12:42:48 -0700 2009 more...]]> 239239 0312858868 9780312858865 1507 289 3.75 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173026658m/239239.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/239239.The_Prestige 4 0 false Thu Feb 05 13:43:24 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 18 11:33:46 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 05 13:43:24 -0800 2009 1
The Prestige, in both its forms of entertainment, is an interesting and well-thought out story. It follows two magicians on their respective rises to fame and their intense...more...]]> 5986846 9789728839802 4 3 3.75 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1228948205m/5986846.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5986846.O_Terceiro_Passo 2 0 false Mon Jan 26 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 02 16:51:38 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 27 06:09:59 -0800 2009 1 more...]]> 239239 0312858868 9780312858865 1507 289 3.75 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173026658m/239239.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/239239.The_Prestige 1 0 false Mon Jul 20 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 17 19:34:03 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 19 23:41:59 -0700 2009
page 291: "...it would be a simple matter with life organisms. The structure is so much simpler than that of the elements."

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