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  <title><![CDATA[The Other End of Time (Eschaton)]]></title>
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  <default_description>A distinguished veteran of science fiction, Frederik Pohl, was one of the Futurians, a New York City club of the 1930s and 40s that included Isaac Asimov. Author of &lt;i&gt;The Other End of Time&lt;/i&gt; and &lt;i&gt;The World at the End of Time&lt;/i&gt;, his latest novel features Dan Dannerman, a poorly paid government agent in the not-too-distant future. Dannerman discovers aliens on an abandoned space station and is drawn into a conflict that encompasses the universe. According to one of its protagonists, the war Dannerman blunders into centers on what &quot;ordinary people have been used to calling 'Heaven.'&quot; A sequel is promised.</default_description>
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  <original_publication_year type="integer">1996</original_publication_year>
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      <name><![CDATA[Frederik Pohl]]></name>
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  <read_at>Wed Nov 18 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Serviceable. The idea of the eschaton is cool, as is the fact of the interstellar warfare, but this story feels as if it very much needs a better resolution. I'm alright with books leaving us in suspense, but this ending was more of a whimper or a &quot;my editor thinks this is long enough, and I'll...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/78036357">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Wed Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Sat Jul 11 07:23:39 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[A quick read. This is the first in a trilogy. While the story was engaging, the whole book feels like it could just as easily been written as the prologue to the next book. That is to say, it just seems to set up the backstory for a much larger plot.]]></body>
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  <read_at>Sat Mar 08 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Realized a couple chapters in that I had read this already, years ago... but finished it with pleasure. It's not Gateway, but for a story about people stuck in a prison-cell, it's engaging.<br/><br/>It's a strong example of a truism I think I saw first in a Cory Doctorow post on Boing Boing: SciFi...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/16933320">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="41086072">
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  <read_at>Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Nothing very orginal, but Pohl knows how to keep the plot moving, which is more than I can say for a lot of authors. ]]></body>
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  <read_at>Tue Apr 29 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Fri May 09 21:25:13 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[<br/><br/>    As I was reading the first chapter I thought I might have to quit reading it altogether. I just could not get into the <br/>story. I tuffed it out though. The story <br/>became interesting. <br/><br/>    Chapter after chapter the story developed slowly and I held out hope that it...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/21139438">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="77056928">
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    <body><![CDATA[Really quite good ... ]]></body>
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    <review id="45065988">
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  <read_at>Wed Apr 29 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[i quite enjoyed the book. it was vary captivating and well written. a very good take on the classic science-fiction classic, first exert-terrestrial contact. i couldn't put it down. i find the story of Dan very compelling. it adds dentition to the story.]]></body>
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    <review id="12451970">
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  <read_at>Mon Apr 07 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[This was quite different than what I expected. I thought it seemed like the &quot;other end of time&quot; would have more action in it. Even though it wasn't what I thought it would be, it did keep me reading as if it did have allot of action. Kind of strange...]]></body>
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  <read_at>Thu Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007</read_at>
  <date_added>Mon Nov 26 06:52:25 -0800 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon Nov 26 06:53:09 -0800 2007</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[A wonderful adventure in scifi. I will look for more Pohl!]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is a really good Sci fi trilogy.]]></body>
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