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  <title><![CDATA[Radix (Radix, Book 1)]]></title>
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  <read_at>Sat Jul 21 00:00:00 -0700 2007</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Sorry, people, but I can't really understand why this book got rave reviews. I read a ton of science fiction and this one just wasn't as good as a LOT of others out there. Not that it was bad; that's not what I mean, but to be really blunt, I lost interest and really made myself finish it. <br/><br/>...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/15240149">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is great stuff! a charmingly charmless antihero, great aliens and possibly overlords, powers beyond human ken, and a story that rips right along.<br/><br/>There is abit of a lull in the second quarter of the book, as the protagonist slowly comes into his ability -- think South Park's &quot;Mo...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/51120337">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Tue Mar 30 00:00:00 -0800 2004</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[&lt;h4&gt;L’histoire&lt;/h4&gt;<br/>Summer Kagan est un habitant d’une terre futuriste qui, au début du bouquin, n’a vraiment rien pour plaire à qui que ce soit : obèse, limite asocial, il ne se complaît que dans la destruction. Mais de nombreuses épreuves vont lui permettre de se révé...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/26192966">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I &quot;stole&quot; this book from my friends' housemate who had stolen their music equipment. He who had a footlocker we broke into filled with sex toys and some books. Ewww, right? Anyway, I read this book and though it was a long time ago I recall it morphed wildly as you read along from goofy to...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/42506039">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is another book that changed me when I read it. I haven't read any of the sequels, although I have read Attanasio's Arthurian series. His style is really unique.]]></body>
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    <review id="44537068">
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    <body><![CDATA[<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.xkcd.com/483/">http://www.xkcd.com/483/</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Thu Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Okay - this guy lives in Hawaii. He is sort of an underground sci-fi writer with a cult following. All I want to know is - what the hell is this guy on? Whatever it is I want some. This guy's imagination is out in the stratosphere. Ape messiahs, intelligent computerized tornadoes, a serial killer tu...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/7282340">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="29777438">
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  <read_at>Wed Aug 29 00:00:00 -0700 2007</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[4.5 to 5.0 stars. Beautifully written book with a lot going on. You need to be patient when you approach this book as you will miss much if you &quot;skim&quot; through it. The reward for a careful reading is well worth it and this book deserves a wider audience. ]]></body>
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    <review id="26047610">
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    <body><![CDATA[This book started out interesting, and I enjoyed about the first half of it.  Then it got really bizarre and lost me somewhere around the three-quarter mark.  I didn't even wind up finishing it, and there are not a lot of books I can say that about.]]></body>
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    <review id="24823867">
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    <body><![CDATA[This is one of the most interesting and inventive science fiction book I've ever read. It eventually made me look for Carlos Castaneda's books and opened me to a whole new universe. <br/>Radix is one of my favorite and most influencial reads.]]></body>
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    <review id="16197937">
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    <body><![CDATA[haven't read this for years but loved it when i was a young squirt]]></body>
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    <review id="31838426">
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    <body><![CDATA[Outstanding and interesting stuff that leaves you wanting more.]]></body>
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