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  <title><![CDATA[The Green Hills of Earth]]></title>
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  <default_description>THE GREEN HILLS OF EARTH  is a collection of short stories from one of the masters of science fiction who has held readers spellbound for over thirty years.  &lt;P&gt;First published in 1951, this collection includes &quot;Delilah and the Space-Rigger,&quot; &quot;Space-Jockey,&quot; &quot;The Long Watch,&quot; &quot;Gentlemen Be Seated,&quot; &quot;The Black Pits of Luna,&quot; &quot;It's Great to Be Back,&quot; &quot;We Also Walk Dogs,&quot; &quot;Ordeal in Space,&quot; &quot;The Green Hills of Earth&quot; and &quot;Logic of Empire.&quot;</default_description>
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      <name><![CDATA[Robert A. Heinlein]]></name>
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    <body><![CDATA[Despite the title, Earth is mostly in the background in this wonderful collection of short stories.  It's mostly concerned with everyday life off the planet.  Heinlein has taken a lot of mundane situations &amp; put them a head a century or three.  People are still people, although they've traded in the...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/11636492">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1976</read_at>
  <date_added>Wed Nov 26 17:03:56 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon Mar 30 16:30:37 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[This a another of the very few Robert Heinlein short story collections.  They ten stories are all quite good.  Speical favorties of mine among the then stories are &quot;The Green Hills of Earth&quot; and &quot;Ordeal in Space&quot;.<br/><br/>Heinlein's short stories are not as well known as his n...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/38720742">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="71864100">
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    <name><![CDATA[Scott]]></name>
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      <rating>4</rating>
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  <read_at>Thu Sep 24 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Sun Sep 20 06:58:32 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Sep 24 11:31:27 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I'm a big fan of bite-sized fiction, and this collection didn't disappoint me.  While a few of the stories had me guessing to the very end as to how events would turn out, overall you could tell the direction of the story from the very beginning.  It's not to say the stories are bland or uninteresti...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/71864100">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="72640160">
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  <read_at>Sun Feb 25 00:00:00 -0800 2007</read_at>
  <date_added>Sun Sep 27 06:39:38 -0700 2009</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[Stories from the 40's by a very good storyteller. Heinlein is a well deserving Grand Master of Science Fiction. <br/><br/>]]></body>
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    <review id="77516793">
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  <date_added>Wed Nov 11 22:18:12 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Nov 11 22:18:42 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Read long ago. Short stories that tie into Heinlein's over all history.]]></body>
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    <review id="51042586">
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    <body><![CDATA[The Green Hills of Earth by Robert A. Heinlein (1980)]]></body>
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    <review id="69490969">
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  <date_added>Sun Aug 30 17:19:40 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun Aug 30 17:20:18 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Corporate hiring, getting one's hearts desire, and more.]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/69490969]]></url>
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    <review id="42544511">
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  <date_added>Sat Jan 10 01:15:12 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Jan 14 08:57:15 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Good collection of stories.  Workman-like sci-fi.  Good read.]]></body>
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    <review id="69453166">
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    <name><![CDATA[Bookcrates]]></name>
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  <date_added>Sun Aug 30 11:37:04 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun Aug 30 11:37:13 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Condition: Good, slight wear]]></body>
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    <review id="47218767">
    <user id="1491331">
    <name><![CDATA[Robert]]></name>
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    <body><![CDATA[Some of RAH's best]]></body>
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    <review id="15454932">
    <user id="891268">
    <name><![CDATA[Matt]]></name>
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    <body><![CDATA[A truly timeless thoroughly enjoyable collection of short stories. These are some of the best SF tales ever penned. They have the unique virtue of being every bit as enjoyable by the 10th read as they were back at the first.]]></body>
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    <review id="5211944">
    <user id="287048">
    <name><![CDATA[Heather]]></name>
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  <date_added>Tue Aug 28 05:26:02 -0700 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue Aug 28 05:27:38 -0700 2007</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I read this book maybe 10 years ago, but I didn't realize I'd read it until halfway through the first chapter, so I guess it can't have made much of an impact on me, so I thought I'd give it another go.]]></body>
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    <review id="14694035">
    <user id="880042">
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  <recommended_for><![CDATA[everyone.]]></recommended_for>
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  <date_added>Tue Feb 05 21:56:06 -0800 2008</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[The short story &quot;The Green Hills of Earth&quot; captures the space wanderlust and patriotic-type love for Earth that I have felt since childhood. This is one of the all-time best stories for me.]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/14694035]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="1120524">
    <user id="80900">
    <name><![CDATA[Nell]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[The United Kingdom]]></location>        
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  <read_at>Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2003</read_at>
  <date_added>Wed May 09 08:41:12 -0700 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed May 09 08:42:13 -0700 2007</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Worth reading just for the title story, especially if you are prone to being sentimental about your planet.]]></body>
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    <review id="37585758">
    <user id="1711577">
    <name><![CDATA[Amos]]></name>
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    <body><![CDATA[good juvenile book  cf: Stranger in a strange land]]></body>
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    <review id="38117123">
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    <name><![CDATA[Mr.]]></name>
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    <body><![CDATA[Another Heinlein book I've read]]></body>
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    <review id="42811294">
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    <body><![CDATA[]]></body>
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    <review id="26813792">
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    <name><![CDATA[Tom]]></name>
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    <body><![CDATA[Good story]]></body>
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