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    <body><![CDATA[McIntyre shows that you don’t have to allot countless pages to lengthy world building description to create an interesting background. <br/><br/>McIntyre’s world is rendered even more interesting by her lack of describing. At the beginning all is surrounded by a shroud of mystery, and the auth...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/64094153">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[McIntyre courageously plays with one of humanity's favorite evil images in this novel and turns it on its head. Like real world snakes, the serpents in Dreamsnake are a force for good. That probably goes against the grain for those who have a love of literal interpretations of Christian mythology. T...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/34218162">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[In <em>Dreamsnake</em>, Vonda McIntyre tells a captivating and moving story about a healer, Snake, and her quest to find a new dreamsnake after the death of her first, Grass.  Along the way, she meets a man, adopts a young girl, travels great distances, and overcomes many hardships, physical and emotional.  ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/7089084">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[A nicely written post apocalyptic novel which cries out for a sequel as  there are plenty of lose ends and unexplained elements.  <br/><br/>What this book contains is a sparsely fleshed out world of different communities working to survive in a post-nuclear world.  It has aspects of leGuin's alway...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/75585380">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Enjoyed this visit to an alternate universe. Absorbing characters. Made me think about my preconceptions of gender roles and sexual mores. Happy to see equal opportunity adventure. ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This one was would have been 2.5 stars if the rating thingy would let me set it that way. It's kind of forgettable, but if I remember correctly it <em>is<em> a good questing story. </em></em>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Not a bad book; sometimes failed to hold my attention]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Published in the late 70's the book had a cheerful yellow pattern on the library rebinding. The story is expanded from the author's short story &quot;Of Mist, Grass and Sand&quot;. The snake carrying healer of the story ventures from there into her post-apocalyptic world of residual radiation, medie...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/5582884">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Fondren Library Has This Book: PS3563.A3125 D7<br/><br/>Science Fiction-<br/><br/>The story of a healer in a post-apocolyptic world that uses snakes as a type of hypodermic needle. When suitably drugged, her rattlesnake and cobra produce antitoxins and medicines instead of venom. When her dreamsnake...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/22095711">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Vonda McIntyre's first novel, and still one of my favorites.  A lovely sf book set post-Apocalypse, involving a travelling healer who uses the venom from her snakes to cure illnesses.  As always, McIntyre uses bio-genetics to good advantage, but her characters always have equal billing with science ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/14050688">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I really enjoyed this book. It has a great post-apocalyptic vibe to it, somewhat like the <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fallout_game">Fallout</a> series. I really liked the journey Snake makes, both literally and figuratively. Definitely a book I would recommend to anyone who enjoys good Science Fiction.<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/75346434">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Dreamsnake is the story of Snake, a healer. She carries with her three snakes whose vemon she uses to cure people. When one of her snakes is killed she sets off on a quest to find another dreamsnake rather than head home in disgrace.<br/><br/>Dreamsnake is a well-written and enjoyable novel with a...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/25304173">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This was a really enjoyable book. Usually all the <em>fantasy</em> books I've read have been written by a male which gives a book a masculine touch but this one is written by a female which gives the book a distinctive edge as it is kind of like a &quot;feminine fantasy book&quot;.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I enjoyed Vonda McIntyre's first novel, The Exile Waiting, and thoroughly enjoyed her second, Dreamsnake.  Like much of Ursula K. LeGuin, there is very little science, but a great deal of humanity in her literary (as opposed to her make-a-buck) works.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Post-apocalyptic fantasy with magic snakes and true love- it's as though McIntyre wrote it for me. I wish I'd read it in the late 70s, when it was new. I found the story to be a bit dated stylistically but very absorbing and nicely done.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I very much enjoyed this thrift store find. The story has a great landscape and a warm main character who heals people with her “magical” snakes. I was really swept away while reading this. I would like to read more from McIntyre.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[An interesting take on a post nuclear war future where a snake healer travels the desert in search of an alien snake. Heavy on the woman power, the main character, Snake, is strong, self-sufficient and lonely. A fun read. ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is my most favorite Science Fiction book.  I absolutely loved reading this.<br/>Powerful and alluring, I became completely absorbed in this book.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Great book. I liked the story and the characters, but some of the plot lines needed to be more fully developed.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[kinda cheesy beach book i picked up at this little island guest house ~ closest i get to fantasy!]]></body>
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