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  <title><![CDATA[The Hunger (Hunger 1)]]></title>
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  <default_description>&lt;P&gt; Eternal youth is a wonderful thing for the few who have it, but for Miriam Blaylock, it is a curse -- an existence marred by death and sorrow. Because for the everlasting Miriam, everyone she loves withers and dies. Now, haunted by signs of her adoring husband's imminent demise, Miriam sets out in serach of a new partner, one who can quench her thirst for love and withstand the test of time. She finds it in the beautiful Sarah Roberts, a brilliant young scientist who may hold the secret to immortality. But one thing stands between the intoxicating Miriam Blaylock and the object of her desire: Dr. Tom Haver...and he's about to realize that love and death to hand in hand.</default_description>
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  <original_publication_year type="integer">1980</original_publication_year>
  <original_title>The Hunger</original_title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Whitley Strieber]]></name>
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  <read_at>Tue Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Tue Jul 08 11:48:58 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue Jul 08 11:54:23 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[While the movie didn't hold my interest as much as I thought it would, this book kept me up reading way past my bedtime like few other books have recently.<br/><br/>The vampire mythology presented in this book is the main reason for my love of it.  Not incredibly erotic (despite its claims), but d...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/26664343">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="40547156">
    <user id="1525424">
    <name><![CDATA[Keiti]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Stirling, The United Kingdom]]></location>        
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      <rating>3</rating>
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  <read_at>Wed Dec 24 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Sat Dec 20 15:19:05 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Fri Dec 26 04:43:09 -0800 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[For some reason, I've never been a huge fan of The Hunger.  It was fun to read, but nothing beyond that.  I've never been able to develop an emotional attachments to the characters, which is always a huge downside - it's only mild curiosity that keeps me reading to find out what happens, but it prob...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/40547156">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="54139154">
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    <name><![CDATA[Conrad]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Bellville, TX]]></location>        
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      <rating>3</rating>
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  <read_at>Sun Apr 26 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Mon Apr 27 11:39:44 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon Apr 27 11:42:49 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Interesting, but very different.  He obviously wrote this book before Anne Rice told us how vampires really are.  It is strange to read of them walking around in the daylight without disintegrating into a pile of ashes.  The premise is good.  Worth the read.]]></body>
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    <review id="54287519">
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    <name><![CDATA[John]]></name>
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      <rating>3</rating>
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  <read_at>Thu Jan 29 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Tue Apr 28 16:06:57 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue Apr 28 16:07:28 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Interesting. A book about vampires, but they rarely - if ever -  use the word &quot;vampire.&quot; Falls somewhere between 3 and 4 stars.]]></body>
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    <review id="45762453">
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    <location><![CDATA[Netcong, NJ]]></location>        
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      <rating>2</rating>
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  <date_added>Sun Feb 08 15:06:51 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun Feb 08 15:07:30 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I wasn't thrilled with this one.  Just another vampire book nothing about it stands out.]]></body>
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    <review id="26107334">
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  <date_added>Wed Jul 02 07:40:59 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Jul 02 07:42:23 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[&quot;I am part of the justice of the earth.&quot; So says Miriam Blaylock, the oldest vampire in the world, who now lives in New York and is looking for a new partner after her human-turned-vampire partner John is decaying. This is a revolutionary take on the vampire myth, told by Whitley Strieber ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/26107334">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="16725506">
    <user id="956086">
    <name><![CDATA[Nicole]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Bethlehem, PA]]></location>        
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      <rating>4</rating>
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  <read_at>Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1996</read_at>
  <date_added>Fri Feb 29 16:03:08 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue Mar 04 19:38:40 -0800 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[You need to forget about the awful 80's movie with the stone-cold foxes Catherine Deneuve and David Bowie - especially the creepy rapidly aging Bowie (shudder) - to enjoy this book. It's pretty impressive if just for the fact that Strieber manages to write a whole vampire novel without actually writ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/16725506">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="15821129">
    <user id="922837">
    <name><![CDATA[Mike]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Oxford, The United Kingdom]]></location>        
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  <date_added>Tue Feb 19 13:08:46 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon May 05 01:49:21 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[you forget (unless you read Whitley Strieber's work) how utterly emotional the process of plunging your mind into an author's invented world can be - it's possible to equate Myriam Blaylock with the Grays of Strieber's supposed non-fiction story COMMUNION. And this makes a lot of sense.<br/><br/>t...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/15821129">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="28016057">
    <user id="144174">
    <name><![CDATA[Nikki]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Kennesaw, GA]]></location>        
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      <rating>4</rating>
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  <recommended_for><![CDATA[any fans of vampire lit]]></recommended_for>
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  <read_at>Tue Aug 12 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Tue Jul 22 19:59:20 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Aug 14 06:37:42 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I really enjoyed this book I have been a fan of the movie for many years and it was nice to read the story in its original form.  The characters are interesting to say the least.  I was impressed that the movie actually stayed pretty true to the story written in the book.  Definitely a different tak...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/28016057">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="378001">
    <user id="33362">
    <name><![CDATA[Christopher]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Braintree, MA]]></location>        
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      <rating>5</rating>
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  <read_at>Tue Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005</read_at>
  <date_added>Thu Mar 22 00:09:39 -0700 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Mar 22 00:09:39 -0700 2007</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[This was one of the best vampire movies I've ever seen, starring David Bowie and Catherine Deneuve. After seeing it, I felt I had to read the novel. It is very different from the movie - neither is better, they are both incredible in entirely different ways. It is very well written for a horror nove...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/378001">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="14850662">
    <user id="884689">
    <name><![CDATA[Terri]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[The United States]]></location>        
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      <rating>3</rating>
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  <read_at>Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1989</read_at>
  <date_added>Thu Feb 07 14:48:01 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Sep 03 19:20:15 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Not a book I would probably pick up today, but in high school I watched the movie (largely because of the tiny part with Bauhaus, but hey, it's got Bowie and Deneuve, too) and that led me to this.  The book cover of the version I read was at least a little bit less ridiculous.]]></body>
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    <review id="12736003">
    <user id="91447">
    <name><![CDATA[pam]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Saint Petersburg, FL]]></location>        
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      <rating>4</rating>
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  <read_at>Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Thu Jan 17 04:54:12 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Jan 17 04:57:18 -0800 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I had to read this book once I found out that the movie's ending was different. Both the book and the movie are imperfect, but there's something so compelling about this uncommon vampire story (normally I'm not the hugest fan of the genre). Definitely a fun and engrossing read. ]]></body>
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    <review id="23235518">
    <user id="1173959">
    <name><![CDATA[Aslilin]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Doylestown, PA]]></location>        
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      <rating>4</rating>
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  <recommended_for><![CDATA[vampire fans, sci-fi/fantasy fans]]></recommended_for>
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  <read_at>Tue Jul 15 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Thu May 29 11:57:22 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Jul 30 16:07:43 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Strange and intriguing.  Whitley Streiber's 'vampire' novel is a mixture of realistic story telling combined with the supernatural.  Slightly reminiscent of Caliban in the Tempest, the characters' relationships are dirty, gritty, sexual, but not romantic. ]]></body>
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    <review id="7161869">
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    <name><![CDATA[Jennifer]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Winchester, VA]]></location>        
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  <date_added>Tue Oct 02 14:10:51 -0700 2007</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[Honestly, I rated this one four stars more based on the Tony Scott film (1983) starring David Bowie. I found the book a bit on the mediocre side, but the film version is a vampire cinema classic and a must-have first date classic for alternative lifestyles. ]]></body>
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    <review id="19673822">
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    <name><![CDATA[Casey]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[San Francisco, CA]]></location>        
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      <rating>4</rating>
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  <read_at>Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1991</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Mon Apr 07 16:11:34 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Loved this book in highschool, after watching the movie like 50 times. Its a great movie too. (similiar to The Shining and Clockwork Orange) Great books, and great movies. Rare but it can happen...]]></body>
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    <review id="34920026">
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    <body><![CDATA[I read this many years ago (early 80's), so I could not give an accurate review.  I had it marked it my records as &quot;an ok read&quot;.  In my early teen years I read mostly horror.]]></body>
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    <review id="25942654">
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    <name><![CDATA[Jon]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Pittsburgh, PA]]></location>        
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  <date_added>Mon Jun 30 13:56:10 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Aug 14 12:33:52 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[It's kinda silly and perverted, so, of course, I like it. But not quite enough to renew it after it was due back at the library. I'll have to come back this one eventually.]]></body>
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    <review id="67634326">
    <user id="1572427">
    <name><![CDATA[Rowan]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Colorado Springs, CO]]></location>        
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      <rating>4</rating>
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  <read_at>Sat Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Sat Sep 26 06:13:33 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Not a bad read for a rainy day.  Not as intense as Cat Magic.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[The only one of Streiber's fiction I loved. The movie is spectacular as well. Bowie/Deneuve, and a club scene with Bauhaus. Brilliant.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I probably would have enjoyed the book more if I hadn't watched the movie way back in 1983.  ]]></body>
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