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  <title><![CDATA[Fast Times at Ridgemont High]]></title>
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  <original_publication_year type="integer">1981</original_publication_year>
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  <read_at>Tue Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 1982</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I read this book when it first came on the shelves... oh so many years ago. One of the reasons I found &quot;Fast Times at Ridgemont High&quot; so appealing is that I had just moved from California to the midwest US. As I read through the pages of the book, I found that every character I read about ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/50979186">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Mon Apr 20 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Sun Apr 19 19:17:02 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue Apr 21 08:39:14 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[So when I stumbled across this book, I didn't realize that it's pretty rare -- just knew that I had always wanted to read it. No idea why it's out of print, given that a) Cameron Crowe's only gotten more famous b) people have nostalgia for everything from the late 1970s/early 1980s and c) anything w...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/53287663">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <date_added>Tue May 05 18:14:23 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue May 05 18:15:10 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Hard to find, but worth it if you can find it! I was surprised how in depth it was and that the movie did an OK job with it.]]></body>
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    <review id="70541470">
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  <read_at>Sun Jan 10 00:00:00 -0800 1988</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Extremely light reading.  ]]></body>
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    <review id="63090588">
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  <date_added>Sat Jul 11 17:41:33 -0700 2009</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[If I could find it ...]]></body>
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    <review id="23720183">
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      <rating>5</rating>
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  <read_at>Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1987</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[The book came before the movie, so this is no tie in - Cameron Crowe actually went back to high school undercover so all those characters - Stacy, Rod, Spicoli even Mr Hand were all based on real life kids.  The movie was an essential part of my teenage years so the book fit right in. ]]></body>
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  <read_at>Sun Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I was amazed at how much movie dialogue comes verbatim from the book. Kids worked hard back then, at crappy jobs, and were quite the wild partiers - just like I remember. <br/><br/>This book should be reissued. Its out of print and thats a shame.]]></body>
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    <review id="5339229">
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  <read_at>Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Cameron Crowe's writing style doesn't impress me.  At All!  Still, it was refreshing to get to know the characters from the movie in new ways... also I got the book as a gift from a dear friend~~ an original paperback!   MMMMMhmmmm.]]></body>
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    <review id="1635018">
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      <rating>4</rating>
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  <recommended_for><![CDATA[ron johnson, audio consultant]]></recommended_for>
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  <read_at>Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1990</read_at>
  <date_added>Sun Jun 03 17:08:50 -0700 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun Jun 03 17:10:25 -0700 2007</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Read this while in high school after committing the movie to memory.<br/><br/>I remember really enjoying it, but it was far less humorous and more disturbing than the film. <br/><br/>&quot;I really hate Bronco Burger, man.&quot;]]></body>
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    <review id="24426261">
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    <name><![CDATA[Patrick]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Naugatuck, CT]]></location>        
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    <body><![CDATA[It's like watching the movie with <em>lots</em> of deleted scenes. Cameron Crowe, why won't you issue a new printing of this hilarious gem?!]]></body>
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    <review id="7719966">
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    <name><![CDATA[Meghan]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Olympia, WA]]></location>        
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      <rating>4</rating>
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  <date_added>Sun Oct 14 16:17:32 -0700 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun Oct 14 16:17:32 -0700 2007</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Damone comes off as a total jerk in the book, a little more so than the movie. ]]></body>
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    <review id="19721305">
    <user id="1066200">
    <name><![CDATA[Judyleechoi]]></name>
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  <date_added>Tue Apr 08 09:36:16 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue Apr 08 16:37:58 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[yes, i own a copy and yes, i read it.  i do not regret it at all.]]></body>
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    <review id="11865878">
    <user id="575042">
    <name><![CDATA[Nikki]]></name>
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  <read_at>Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2000</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is way better than the movie, and I really loved this movie!<br/>]]></body>
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    <review id="374867">
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    <body><![CDATA[what a contrast to today's overscheduled, helpicoptored kids]]></body>
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    <review id="19721779">
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    <body><![CDATA[this book is great i recommend this to everyone]]></body>
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