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    <body><![CDATA[ Steel Beach is more of a book about a setting than it is a character. Normally I would hate this. I've read many books where the author is so caught up in the world he is making that he forgets to populate it with anything but stick people - Varley doesn't do that, not exactly.<br/> <br/>Steel Be...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/66217036">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[&quot;I knelt and scooped up a handful of sand. No two grains looked alike. No matter how close I brought the sand grains to my eyes, the illusion never broke down and the endless detail extended to deeper and deeper realms.&quot;<br/><br/>I love any kind of plot twist, any time a story catches me...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/3083348">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[just fucking terrible. if I hadn't been stuck in airports or on a plane I never would have continued reading this shit.<br/><br/>I knew it was going to be bad when there were mentions of Heinlein in there. Nothing good comes of science fiction authors referencing Heinlein because Heinlein sucked a...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/80169651">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="60222032">
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  <read_at>Thu Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 1999</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I absolutely love this book. The story is told in rich Heinlein tradition, with incredibly imaginative ideas about humans in the future. Medical science has advanced to the point where people live to at least 300 years of age, and can have surgery to look or be anything they want. The solar system i...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/60222032">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="3068832">
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    <body><![CDATA[i read this for my husband marc, because it is his favourite book of all time and it was one of those you-must-read-this-to-really-get-me things.  i have a shaky relationship with science fiction, but this book grabbed me from the beginning and didn't let go.  i have much respect for it, because i k...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/3068832">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="42964638">
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  <read_at>Mon Jan 12 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[A little mind-bending, with plenty of twists and turns. I should probably read it again sometime; I think reading it in fits and spurts didn't do it any favors and I probably missed quite a few things.]]></body>
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    <review id="65957329">
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    <body><![CDATA[This book does and does not answer questions I had about &quot;The Golden Globe&quot;.  I'll probably read more of the eight worlds books, when I come across them, but I won't be hunting for more titles than I find on the library shelf.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[almost amazing- just fell apart a bit in the middle for me- but the scenarios were so believable!]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Awesome Varley - I can't describe it, you just have to read it!]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[this book is effing amazing =)]]></body>
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    <review id="59054892">
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    <body><![CDATA[interesting but not compelling.  Took me forever to get through it.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is a very interesting book that explores human purposes within their life. It also explores the &quot;usefulness&quot; of suicide when someone feels like there's really not much left in life to live for. Within that frame of usefulness there is also the exploration of friendship, sex, and love;...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/31524383">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I want to qualify my rating by saying that there was nothing wrong with the book.  Varley is a great author.  I believe the quality of the story was fine. <br/><br/>I simply did not like the story.<br/><br/>I would not try to sway someone away from this book.  In fact, I have often suggested it ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/55956006">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I liked this one, but sort of lost interest in it halfway through.  The world he creates (world taken over by aliens, humans forced out to live in solar system; pretty much everyone changes sexes at whim; central computer runs things and has a personal relationship with everyone) works better in sho...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/19044334">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Just when I thought I'd fangirled Mr. Varley as much as I could, I read this. OMG! Gender, children, our ever-increasing dependence on technology, computer science, depression, the importance of journalism, and lots of little adventures spicing up the great big plot. It's thick, it's thoughtful, and...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/3446755">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[The story meanders around and has so many themes that it seems disjointed, but it somehow manages to capture the essence of humanity in all its facets. It makes the characters feel like real people despite the gender changes.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I'm not really a sci-fi reader so this took me a long time to finish. I did like how the author approached the topics of aging, sexuality, and gender. It's probably a really good book, I just need to stay away from fiction.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Sci-FI.  Other than being decidedly anti-God, this was one of the finest Science Fiction books I've read.  It's just a murder mystery wrapped up in some cool tech scenarios, as far as I can remember.]]></body>
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