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    <body><![CDATA[Jules Pennyman is searching for the last of a set of thirty magical coins: the thirty pieces of silver Judas received to betray Jesus. Unbeknownst to himself, eccentric innkeeper and would-be restaurateur Andrew Vanbergen owns the last coin, which must be kept out of Pennyman's hands. I've loved Bla...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/25922979">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I first read this book in the late 90’s and loved it. Ten years or so later, and I’ll admit to struggling with it this time around. This is more a reflection on me than the book - unless the fiction fairies have been subtly altering the plot whilst I wasn’t looking. Still enjoyable, just somet...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/43043523">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I read this a long time ago and really liked it. I'd like to find another copy and read it again.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[The funniest modern fantasy novel.  Evar!]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[An evil man strives for immortality by collecting the thirty   pieces of silver that once belonged to Judas but somehow ended up in   California, and only a sing coin stands between the world and certain   apocalypse. Reissue. <em>PW. </em>]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[The pernicious Mr. Pennyman aims to gather the last of the thirty pieces of silver given to Judas Iscariot. Standing in his way is Andrew Vanbergen, Vancouver innkeep and cereal connoisseur. Vanbergen has to be one of the dumbest protagonists I've come across - genuinely doltish, the sort of person ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/8073779">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Not the same cover, not the same edition, but close enuf.  Blaylock is in that minority of SF writers who're also clearly comical.  I like that combination.  Other writers that spring to mind are the team of G. C. Edmondson &amp; C. M. Kotlan, Ron Goulart, &amp; Rudy Rucker.  I'd read more by him if I ever ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/17255965">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Whimsy is a tricky beast, and rarely successful. This book is sort of like the movie &quot;Amelie&quot; for me. I didn't find the main character's antics very charming or amusing, so they end up reading as psychotic and irritating. Reminded me of novels I read in junior high school, though I don't t...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/46549363">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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