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    <body><![CDATA[<strong>Review of <em>Nine Princes in Amber</em></strong><br/><br/>This is a tough book to summarize.  Let’s just say that Mr. Corey wakes up with amnesia after a nasty car crash and sets out to recover his memory and then to take back what he sees as his.  <br/><br/>Starting this was a leap of faith.  Corey tells the ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/59236531">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[<strong>Nine Princes in Amber:</strong> Mr. Corey wakes up in a hospital after a car accident with no memory of who he is.  After visiting his sister (and fooling her into thinking he still has his memory), he crosses dimensions with his brother Random and eventually regains his memory after walking the Pattern in t...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/32518478">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Read anything by Zelazny!  His ability to craft a story that immediately draws the reader in is remarkable.  He is one of the few authors who can not only get away with writing in the first person, but who excel at befriending the reader while doing so.  <br/><br/>The Chronicles of Amber begins wi...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/39005645">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Thu Sep 17 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[<br/>German edition – German review:<br/><br/>Liest man den ersten Roman der Chroniken von Amber, so fragt man sich, wie daraus jemals ein solcher Klassiker geworden ist und was den Verlag bewogen haben mag, weitere Bände hinterher zu schieben. Stilistisch ist &quot;Corwin von Amber&quot; ziem...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/63842939">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This edition collects what was originally a series of five books into a single volume.<br/><br/>Looking at the other reviews of this book, I am suprised at how many people have reviewed each book seperately. That really is a pointless exercise; in my opinion these books should be read as a whole o...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/52895154">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book was bought for me by my boyfriend for Christmas 2008, and although he had read it some time ago, I have to admit I had never really heard of this series (or the author) before.<br/><br/>I read this book whilst on holiday, and enjoyed its complexity, detail, and characters, though once I'...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/51557535">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[<em><strong>Note:</strong> This review refers collectively to the entire Chronicles of Amber (Books 1-5)</em><br/><br/>As some of you know, I occasionally <s>spend</s> waste my time playing <em>Zangband</em>, an addictive and free rogue-like computer game. Though it's not overtly obvious from <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.zangband.org">the game's website</a>, it is heavily inspired by ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/36876068">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is one of the most &quot;realistic&quot; fantasy series I've read - admittedly, I haven't read that much fantasy, but still. The power struggle that goes on throughout the series could easily be one from a more &quot;down-to-earth&quot; society, and the fantastic elements only serve to augment ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/11774808">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[The first Amber series was probably what got me into reading SF/Fantasy books regularly.  This particular edition (produced in the 70's with spectacularly bad cover art (Frazetta, I think) is what I reach for at least twice a year when I need to do some serious escaping.<br/><br/>Like many of Zela...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4455614">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I was originally going to review the component books separately, but it turns out there's a good reason most current editions are omnibuses. The transitions between would have been pretty frustrating had I not had the next one right at hand. It's not that they aren't distinct sections of the larger ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/61140150">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[My work study position at seminary was as a security guard, a job which usually only involved a few rounds through the campus each night and many hours for reading.  During term, this meant study, but during summers this meant devouring fiction.  Some guy, a fellow student I can picture but not reca...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/27765663">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Tue Dec 16 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I've reviewed each of the five books individually so you can see those if you like. I just wanted to comment on the story of Corwin as a whole. To make a long story short, while I haven't read a lot of fantasy, this is easily the best fantasy series/story I've read, and one of my favorites period, r...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/40198451">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Tue Nov 24 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[It is more than the sum of its parts. That description really fits with the first Amber Chronicles. Each book, on its own, was to me a four-star. They were all very enjoyable (and addicting) but they don't really stand on their own. But by the time you put all five together, you have one hell of a g...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/67712871">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[It was a little while ago that I read this book/series but I loved the ordinary, mundane opening which gave no indication of the twists and turns the plot was going to take or the fantastical worlds the author/characters would explore. Have recommended many times!!!]]></body>
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  <read_at>Sat Jan 31 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Fri Aug 28 15:19:27 -0700 2009</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[Vol. 1 (books 1-2): Couldn't put it down; read all day.<br/><br/>Vol. 2 (books 3-5): Took a little longer than the 1st, but not much.<br/><br/>Books 6-10: What a series! Some loose ends in the 2nd half.<br/><br/>(listing date I finished book 10)]]></body>
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  <date_added>Sat Apr 04 20:12:25 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun Apr 05 18:51:45 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Carried on in the same spirit of the first one: awesome absorbing adventure, perfect to read while you're sick. I am definitely sad to have finished it, and sad to still be sick. Bleugh.]]></body>
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    <review id="78869792">
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  <date_added>Tue Nov 24 11:57:42 -0800 2009</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[Clasic Zelazney - great characters, names, action and terse dialogue, a foreruner of the more gritty cyberpunk novels still a distant twinkle in the eyes of the authors.]]></body>
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    <review id="64243805">
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    <name><![CDATA[Laura]]></name>
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  <date_added>Mon Jul 20 12:03:03 -0700 2009</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[Interesting, but not my favorite from this author. I felt like I was pushing myself to finish the books just to see how it all ended up.]]></body>
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    <review id="43946938">
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  <date_added>Thu Jan 22 11:09:00 -0800 2009</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[I read the entire original series (the second series with Merle had not yet been published) over the summer before sixth grade. My parents had the Chronicles in two hardbound volumes, minus the dustjackets, so I had no idea what they were about when I started reading. It is very interesting to read ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/43946938">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="58768106">
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  <date_added>Sun Jun 07 13:02:12 -0700 2009</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[Second of a two-volume set I devoured numerous times as a teen and young adult.]]></body>
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