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  <title><![CDATA[Trumps of Doom (Amber Chronicles, #6)]]></title>
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  <default_description>Fighting off an unknown assailant every April 30th, California   computer hacker Merle Corey discovers that he is actually Merlin, the   son of the missing Prince Corwin of the royal house of Amber. Reissue.</default_description>
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      <name><![CDATA[Roger Zelazny]]></name>
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  <read_at>Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I've been reading the Chronicles of Amber straight through, and this book, number 6, is the best yet. I haven't read Zelazny's other work, but I get the feeling that he really grew as a writer over the years from the beginning of the Amber novels. <em>Trumps of Doom</em>, the beginning of the second series w...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/10750709">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <date_added>Sat Jul 04 12:22:51 -0700 2009</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[The first five Amber novels are the the best fantasy novels I've ever read, along with Tolkein's Lord of the Rings and the harry Potter novels. Zelazny's writing style is the hippest of the three. This book is the first of a new series, starring Corwin's son Merlin. This series was probably encourag...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/62134220">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1987</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Mon Nov 16 08:42:12 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[For some reason the person who wrote the GR blurb for this made it sound like an entry in the &quot;ordinary guy/gal discovers they are special&quot; genre -- this is not the case. Merlin, the main character, knows perfectly well who his parents are and what powers his family has. He is just hanging...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/9993947">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This was the first novel in the second Amber Series, which follows Merlin, son of Corwin who starred in the first series. I really loved this book. Zelazny's humor really comes out. One of the funniest moments I've ever read in fiction was in this book. During Merlin's travels he runs into a Sphinx ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/16780638">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Even though books 6-10 are lumped in as part of the Chronicles of Amber, I feel that it's really a second series. It's about Merlin (Corwin's son). Merlin is from Chaos due to his mother being from there. One of the things I didn't like about the second series is that lots of people can shadow walk....<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/31300898">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="31928213">
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    <body><![CDATA[The story line changes quite a bit here.  Lost of new characters added, old ones not mentioned toomuch anymore.  Almost like a spin-off series but still very fun to read.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Once you start this series, you may feel compelled to continue, it never became dull for me.]]></body>
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    <review id="37544986">
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    <body><![CDATA[Really really good! A must read for Zelazny/Amber fans. ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[almost there.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[read 08.27.86]]></body>
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