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  <title><![CDATA[On a Beam of Light]]></title>
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  <default_description>Five years to the day, almost to the second, after he disappeared from the Manhattan Psychiatric Institute, leaving his host body in a catatonic state, the being known as prot (rhymes with goat) has returned. Now, in sixteen more sessions with psychiatrist Gene Brewer, prot reveals that he has come back to escort a chosen few to his home planet, K-PAX.K-PAX is an idyllic planet free of the pain and suffering of Earth. Prot has incredible insights into how to cure that suffering, and his radical ideas have made him a celebrity. Now, legions of people are longing to follow him home.But Dr. Brewer has heard it before. Five years ago, he discovered another person buried deep in prot's personality: Robert Porter of Montana. The mystery of Robert's illness and of prot's true origins lie deep within Robert's shattered psyche. Now Dr. Brewer must race against the clock to unlock the secrets of Robert's traumatic past and not only save his patient's fate-but also that of humanity....AUTHORBIO: GENE BREWER was born and raised in Muncie, Indiana, and educated at DePauw University and the University of Wisconsin, Madison. Before becoming a novelist, he studied DNA replication and cell division at several major research institutions. Dr. Brewer lives in New York City with his wife and Dalmatian.</default_description>
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  <read_at>Fri Oct 10 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[The first book, K-PAX, was clearly satire and poked at various aspects of the world today. But it was gentle satire, and a riveting story aside from its satirical points.<br/><br/>This book tries to continue the story of Robert Porter, but it gets so bogged down in ramming its satirical -- and no ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/32920927">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Thu Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I couldn't wait to get to the end.  I couldn't put it down.]]></body>
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  <date_added>Sun Jul 26 13:43:26 -0700 2009</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[The sequel to K-PAX is not as good as the original.]]></body>
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  <date_added>Mon Jun 09 13:21:24 -0700 2008</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[The sequel to K-PAX. It concentrates more on the doctor's idea that prot is the alter-ego of Robert, and trying to uncover the traumas that made Robert retreat (partly with hypnosis), but otherwise it doesn't add much to the story; reads like padding for the middle section of the first book. The bal...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/24081161">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2001</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[i know I read this book and waited forever for it. And I know that despite promises that the third one was going to be released in America, I looked for it and never found it. RIP K-PAX Series.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Was not nearly as good as the first book. Lots of plot holes. Quick read, though, for those that loved the first book.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[A worthy sequel to K-Pax.]]></body>
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