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  <title><![CDATA[The Black Gryphon (Valdemar: Mage Wars, #1)]]></title>
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  <original_publication_year type="integer">1994</original_publication_year>
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      <name><![CDATA[Larry Dixon]]></name>
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      <name><![CDATA[Mercedes Lackey]]></name>
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  <read_at>Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[It's really hard not to like a series about gryphons.<br/><br/>Another of Merecedes Lackey's Valdemar trilogies, this one is set earlier in Valdemar's history.  That makes it kind of an interesting counterpoint to the other Valdemar books if you want to read all her other books in the series.  Oth...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/39830384">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="13847656">
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  <read_at>Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1995</read_at>
  <date_added>Mon Jan 28 12:45:02 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon Jan 28 12:51:18 -0800 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Lackey is one of my favorite authors ever!  I started reading her in 8th grade but I will still pull out her books to reread them.   Her character building is really her main strength – you want to meet her characters – which is probably why I always reach for her books as a pick-me-up, it’s l...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/13847656">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="45924031">
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  <read_at>Wed Feb 25 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Sat Feb 28 13:16:22 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I like it.  But I always like Mercedes Lackey.<br/><br/>For the first half of the book I thought Skan and Amberdrake were gay interspecies lovers.  Then I found out they were just really close, and interspecies lovers don't exist in Valdemar, duh!  Well how was I supposed to know, Mercedes is alwa...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/45924031">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="46026619">
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  <read_at>Wed Jan 14 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Wed Feb 11 08:05:06 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Pretty typical Mercedes Lackey.  It has excessive fashion description, constant reminders of social class, crossing of class boundaries, and improbable love stories.  So why did I read it? For the war, magicians, and magical flying creatures of course.]]></body>
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    <review id="21259763">
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  <read_at>Fri Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 1996</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[This was my first Mercedes Lackey book, all the way back in High School. I have read it soo many times since. I love the &quot;civilian perspective&quot; that this book gives to a war. So many fantasy books focus on the battles and &quot;great deeds&quot;. You only see three battle scenes the whole ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/21259763">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="48155342">
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  <read_at>Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Tue Mar 03 16:36:26 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Mercedes Lackey has to be one of my favourite fantasy authors ever. Her talent for creating believable magical worlds and elegant, mystical creatures shines in this book. It's a gripping read from start to finish.]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/48155342]]></url>
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    <review id="40913132">
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    <name><![CDATA[Kerri]]></name>
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      <rating>3</rating>
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  <read_at>Mon May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2006</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book gives readers a glimpse into the past of Lackey's world of Velgarth, into the Mage Wars that were eluded to during the Winds trilogy. I enjoyed getting to know some more gryphons as well as people from some of Lackey's other imagined races. A must-read for Valdemar fans.]]></body>
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    <review id="42815355">
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  <read_at>Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1994</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Started me on the long book trail of Ms. Lackey. Great characterizations!]]></body>
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    <review id="10124147">
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    <name><![CDATA[Rachel]]></name>
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  <date_added>Fri Dec 07 21:22:05 -0800 2007</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[Having reread this series this week, I found that this first book, is actually the most powerful of this so called &quot;trilogy&quot; - which really is a loose collection of connected stories.  It is a good perspective, historically speaking, of Urtho and the Mage Wars of Valdemar.  Ma'ar is not ne...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/10124147">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="19103038">
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  <read_at>Thu Mar 27 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Mon Mar 31 09:59:03 -0700 2008</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[This isn't the sort of book I normally read, (my brother lent it to me) but it turned out to be perfect for recuperating from the flu.  My favorite character was Skan, title character, and I particularly liked his comments on his human friends.  I would have liked some kind of glossary explaining th...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/19103038">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="25576252">
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  <recommended_for><![CDATA[Anyone who conisders themselves fantasy fans]]></recommended_for>
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  <read_at>Wed Aug 06 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Thu Aug 07 13:26:11 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is definately another great book!  It may not be about Valdamar, but it's still got a lot of the same great aspects.  Which isn't too surprising, since this book is supposed to pre-date the other books about this world that these two authors have made.  I loved how indepth this book went with t...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/25576252">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="36210439">
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    <name><![CDATA[Holly]]></name>
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  <read_at>Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1995</read_at>
  <date_added>Sat Oct 25 20:25:25 -0700 2008</date_added>
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  <read_count>5+</read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[Still my favorite of Lackey's Valdemar books. First read when I was starting high school, the rest of the series was good, but Skandranon, the Black Gryphon, forever holds a special place in my heart. Unfortunately I didn't feel the rest of the Gryphon trilogy lived up to the promise of the first, b...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/36210439">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="21163469">
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  <read_at>Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1998</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I read this book in high school and bought the paperback at a used book store within the last year. It's like eating pixie sticks - When I was in high school, I thought this was great, but since now I have cavities and too much sugar makes me sick, it's not as appetizing... but don't let me steer yo...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/21163469">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="16615820">
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    <body><![CDATA[I have 2 Yellow Lab Retrievers.  My husband got to name our male and he named him Drake (for duck hunting).  When we got our female two years ago I had to name her Amber.<br/><br/>Lackey is one of my fav authors from when I was in High School.<br/>]]></body>
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    <review id="4832248">
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    <name><![CDATA[Caroline]]></name>
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  <read_at>Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2001</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I read a ton of the Valdemar novels when I was younger, this stands out in my mind is one of the best. I think it might have also been my first--I do remember being completely absorbed in this and read it in one day.]]></body>
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    <review id="30989349">
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    <body><![CDATA[I loved how Mercedes delved into the prehistory of the world created by her Valdemar books.  It added a new dimension to the world and helped set the stage for the &quot;Storms&quot; series]]></body>
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    <review id="8650488">
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    <name><![CDATA[Hayseed]]></name>
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  <read_at>Sun May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2005</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[First in the Mage Wars series, I liked it better than the Mage Winds books, enjoy her fantasy books alot, what fun to make up places, things and wrap a story around the what ifs. ]]></body>
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    <review id="41169593">
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    <body><![CDATA[I love the detail behind the characters that the authors put in the story. ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I love all the Valdemar books and have read each of the series... they are awesome fantasy stories!]]></body>
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