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    <body><![CDATA[It ended well.  Nothing spectacular in the end, but there was a final confrontation and then an extended sequence of small scenes following various characters through their resolutions.<br/><br/>Even in the last couple of pages there were revelations to be had that reached all the way back to the ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/59906759">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://nhw.livejournal.com/1095705.html">http://nhw.livejournal.com/1095705.html</a>[return][return]Sorry, but I've got a hundred pages into it and I'm giving up. The unlikeable protagonist is locked in mental battle with his adversary using various nanotech and other superpowers, and I suddenly realised I didn't really care which of them won ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/51911620">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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