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    <body><![CDATA[This book was tremendously difficult for me to get through in the beginning.  It picked up some about three quarters of the way through, but the plots didn't capture me too well, and I didn't like where some of the plots ended.  This bordered between a one-star and a two-star for me, and since I end...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/68453384">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[The sequel to Inside Straight picks up the story a couple of months down the road. Many of the fantastic characters from the first book return and there is a closer look at some of them, particularly Noel. New characters are introduced. The storyline is fantastic. I cannot exaggerate how much I have...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/49669652">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I've read and enjoyed other Wild Cards novels and anthologies.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[More of the same.  Still fun, not much more than that.  Nothing new here.]]></body>
    
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