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    <body><![CDATA[I am half way thru this book. Its very interesting to me, as it takes place close to where I grew up, San Onofre only its the year 2047 and a small group of people have survived a nuclear attack and are struggling now to stay alive. It really makes you think.....its just a little bit to real....this...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/79667287">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[One of those books I should have read a long time ago, but didn't for some reason.   It boggles the mind that this book and Bruce Sterling's <em>Neuromancer</em> were both selected and published by Ace's veteran editor Terry Carr at the same time,  as part of same series of novels showcasing fresh new author...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/48175026">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[In my opinion, the best written of the post-apocalyptic nightmare world stories. The characters are engaging and the story really brings them to life in 3-D. At times the story meanders leaving one confused about where the plot is headed. The is good sci-fi that challenges the reader more than most ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/79893666">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[All of the books in the Three California series are setting pieces first and foremost, and then (maybe) character studies.  There's a plot, but not much of one, and the back story -- thorough nuclear attack on the US -- is more a sketch than anything else.  But if you like KSR's writing style, it's ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/66737939">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[What if, following a neutron bombing of the US, the Orange County area became a center for re-emmerging tribes?<br/><br/>Parts are beautiful, like the love scene on tree swing...  Other parts are starkly horrific, by intention, reminding the captivated reader this is not a happy outcome to wish.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Really nice in the trilogy of alternate futures for the OC (which I have not spent any time in, in the current iteration of its history). I think this is one of the author's first books, and so it is interesting to see his earlier writing, but his later books are much better.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Really good book.  The Three Californias project is a really neat idea—as a resident of Southern California, I especially enjoy seeing familiar places re-imagined in alternate circumstances. <br/><br/>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[My mom recommended this to me, and I'm still not sure about it. Visualizing California as a post-nuclear holocaust world is disturbing. ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[The conceit of this trilogy -- which pretentiously calls itself a &quot;triptych&quot; -- is a portrayal of three alternate futures for Southern California.<br/><br/>My friend Lee recommended the third book as one of his all-time top 10, and warned me off the first two as based in outdated ca. 198...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/28239359">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Finally finished this one.  It was one of those on again off again book to read when traveling or sleeping in a tent.  I like alternate-future/post-apocalyptic stories and this feel right in to that genre.  The writing style was interesting, not like KSR usually writes, but rough and unsophisticated...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/24147926">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I will never forget walking into a bookstore in Busselton and seeing the intriguing cover of this paperback. I picked it up and read the jacket and went &quot;!@#$%~, this sounds ~!@#$% marvellous!&quot;. After I read it I couldn't get enough of Kim Stanley Robinson. I had to go buy/borrow everythin...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/686217">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Thu Jul 17 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I liked this book because the story was fast moving and kept me interested - I didn't feel like Robinson was able to develop the characters to a depth that they deserved however.  There is just alot going on here and he focused on plot the most.  I will read the other books in the triptych - I am cu...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/8932305">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[My memory of this book was very positive, and in re-reading it I've discovered that it pales in comparison to Robinson's other works (the Mars trilogy, The Years of Rice and Salt, etc.)  A fast read - dystopian future of America's struggle with the after-math of nuclear attack and the society and re...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/27319415">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is Kim Stanley Robinson at his absolute best - his most lyrical, his most impassioned, and his most engaging. These interrelated novels depict three different possible futures for California: ravaged by war, an urban wasteland, an ecotopia. Gorgeous and provocative. ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I recommend reading this one first, then <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/33813.The_Gold_Coast" title="The Gold Coast by Nelson DeMille">Gold Coast</a>, and then Pacific Edge.  Wonderful stories, all three.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This was pretty weak.  I'd hoped this author would get better over time, but no, he's still making the same mistakes as before.]]></body>
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