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  <title><![CDATA[Splinter of the Mind's Eye (Star Wars)]]></title>
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  <default_description>Luke Skywalker expected trouble when he volunteered to follow Princess Leia on her mission to the planet Circarpous. But he discovered that hidden on the planet was the Kaiburr crystal, a mysterious gem that would give the one who possessed it such powers over the Force that he would be all but invincible. In the wrong hands, the crystal could be deadly. So Luke had to find this treasure and find it fast....</default_description>
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  <original_publication_month type="integer">2</original_publication_month>
  <original_publication_year type="integer">1978</original_publication_year>
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      <name><![CDATA[Alan Dean Foster]]></name>
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  <date_updated>Mon Dec 08 10:03:41 -0800 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I don't know what the story is behind this book.  I read it well before the second Star Wars movie was released, thinking it would be it.  But it wasn't.  In fact, it's not part of the Star Wars story that I know of.  That alone makes it kind of interesting.  <br/><br/>Foster had to write this boo...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/33260136">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Mon Mar 24 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Tue Mar 25 02:54:44 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue Mar 25 03:07:37 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I wonder why i didn't read this as a kid?  I remember seeing this and the Han Solo books, but didn't read them.  <br/><br/>The data above says this was published in 1986, but the copy i have says &quot;copyright 1978 by The Star Wars Corporation.&quot;  That puts it right after &quot;Star Wars&quot;...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/18571980">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="12706544">
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      <rating>3</rating>
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  <read_at>Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1984</read_at>
  <date_added>Wed Jan 16 17:01:14 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Jan 16 17:01:14 -0800 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Wow, I had totally forgotten this one until I saw it mentioned in the recent reviews.  It came out before &quot;The Empire Strikes Back&quot; movie.  Naturally Luke and Leia would be the star-crossed lovers(no pun intended, of course).  I remember the bit about the lake as being really creepy.  The ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/12706544">more...</a>]]></body>
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</review>
    <review id="66147289">
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    <name><![CDATA[Johne]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[The United States]]></location>        
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  <read_at>Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1983</read_at>
  <date_added>Tue Aug 04 09:15:10 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue Aug 04 09:42:40 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[The full title for this book is &quot;Splinter of the Mind's Eye: From the Further Adventures of Luke Skywalker.&quot; Sadly, this would be the last book that would carry that interesting 'adventures of Luke Skywalker' moniker. It would be scrubbed from Star Wars when that story was later rebranded ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/66147289">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/66147289]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="15873681">
    <user id="924759">
    <name><![CDATA[Bryan]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Williamsburg, VA]]></location>        
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      <rating>2</rating>
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  <read_at>Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Wed Feb 20 00:16:47 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Feb 20 00:21:10 -0800 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I had never read any of the &quot;Star Wars&quot; fiction before, and with good reason. <br/><br/>I was in a nostalgic mood when I picked this up at the library. What makes this book most interesting is that it was released not long after the first (or the fourth, depending on how technical you wa...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/15873681">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="33415420">
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  <read_at>Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1996</read_at>
  <date_added>Sun Sep 21 05:11:04 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Jun 03 11:50:09 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Read years ago. Disappointed. Because of this work, I did not read any more Star Wars spin-off books until 2008.<br/><br/>2009: Tried to read it again. Got only to page 34. If this book started the Star Wars &quot;expanded universe&quot;, it's wonder it didn't implode. Pretty standard space opera ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/33415420">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="56509108">
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  <read_at>Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1978</read_at>
  <date_added>Mon May 18 12:50:02 -0700 2009</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[I know it's fashionable to rip on this book; it absolutely does not fit into the existing <em>Star Wars</em> canon. But this was the first bit of <em>Star Wars</em> fiction that was ever published in the long years between the original <em>Star Wars</em> and <em>The Empire Strike Back</em>. I have always liked Alan Dean Foster's work ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/56509108">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="2496135">
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  <date_added>Thu Jun 28 12:11:31 -0700 2007</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book is very basic, by-the-numbers sf--but with the added thrill of being written right after A New Hope came out.  Thus, the entire story is about Luke and Leia's sexual tension.  Sure you always intended them to be siblings, Lucas.  Sure.]]></body>
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    <review id="77597530">
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  <date_added>Thu Nov 12 17:05:25 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Nov 12 17:09:48 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I read this when it came out. it was riding the &quot;wave&quot; of the early Star wars mania. I remember it being a mildly interesting science fantasy read. the funn y part is that for me the memory that stands out is a scene in the book where Luke is fighting and throwing things around with the fo...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/77597530">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="47605787">
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  <date_added>Thu Feb 26 11:34:18 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Feb 26 11:44:07 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[An intriguing telling of the &quot;untold adventure&quot; occurring after the events in &quot;Star Wars&quot; (sorry, I refuse to call it &quot;A New Hope&quot;) and of the progressing relationship between Princess Leia and Luke Skywalker. No mention of Han Solo in this story, but it's a good one, w...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/47605787">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="46448917">
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    <name><![CDATA[Vanessa]]></name>
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  <recommended_for><![CDATA[people that must read every Star Wars book ever written.]]></recommended_for>
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  <read_at>Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007</read_at>
  <date_added>Sun Feb 15 15:43:51 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun Feb 15 15:58:52 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I have to say that I was truly disappointed in the quality of writing in this book. I was under the impression that it was a Star Wars classic, not because of its age, but because of how amazing it was. I have an extremely old copy of it, so perhaps it has gone through some editing and revisions sin...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/46448917">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="49429342">
    <user id="1929287">
    <name><![CDATA[Alex]]></name>
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  <read_at>Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1982</read_at>
  <date_added>Mon Mar 16 07:11:27 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon Mar 16 07:19:16 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[This was one of those books that I read too early in life to understand or appreciate.  It's a bizarre story that never made it into the Star Wars saga that we know.  Thus, the story makes little sense.  I tried to read this because I was such a Star Wars fan, but Foster's writing was a bit over my ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/49429342">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="59264355">
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    <name><![CDATA[Joseph]]></name>
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  <read_at>Mon Nov 09 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Wed Nov 18 11:52:11 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Yeah, not much to like about this book.  It was done in 1978 and it seemed to be right after the The New Hope movie.  He did not get the characters right at all.  The adventure had Luke, Leia and Vader.  The book made Luke knowing a different languages, Leia being a whinning brat, who was really ann...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/59264355">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="32454551">
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    <name><![CDATA[Dale]]></name>
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  <read_at>Tue Sep 23 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Another book I read while rocking the baby, which is a distinctly different environment from the commute.  At home with the baby, I had the choice of reading or watching TV, and there were quite a few times when TV won out.  The book just wasn't that compelling.<br/><br/>You'd think this book woul...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/32454551">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="55857585">
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    <body><![CDATA[In it's day, this book would have gotten a higher rating from me--I was a big Alan Dean Foster fan. However, since it was published prior to the release of The Empire Strikes Back, it does suffer plot- and characer-wise now. But if you're a fan, it's worth a read for old time's sake. <br/><br/>Alt...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/55857585">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="3424932">
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    <body><![CDATA[The old old Star Wars novels, from before Return of the Jedi, were nowhere near as well-developed as the ones that came afterward. They starred the main characters, and introduced plotlines that violated later canon, and even bizarre new elements like the corporate sector. But this was the best of t...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/3424932">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book is an absolute trip the the Star Wars disciple.  Read it after every other star wars book written, and then discovered this one-the first book, written as a sequel to the first movie-a new hope-and before Empire Strikes Back was made.  No Star Wars universe rules apply.  Luke has a thing f...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/51632873">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <date_added>Mon Feb 23 21:05:17 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon Feb 23 21:06:55 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book is downright comical.  It was written before &quot;The Empire Strikes Back&quot; was released, so Luke's lecherous thoughts toward Leia are quite funny now that we know the rest of Lucas' story.<br/>Quick read, and funny to see how this book strays from what is now the mainstream Star War...]]></body>
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  <date_added>Wed Jul 01 09:25:36 -0700 2009</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is interesting to read just to see what the Star Wars universe looked like before The Empire Strikes Back was released.  I don't think the author knew that Luke and Leia were brother and sister.  The writing's not great and I don't think I made it all the way through.]]></body>
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  <date_added>Sat Jan 17 07:01:51 -0800 2009</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[I so wish this fit better into SW continuity. Mimban was an obvious prototype for Dagobah, and it makes me wonder if Foster was told to use a swamp planet, or if Yoda's hideaway was taken from Splinter.]]></body>
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