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    <body><![CDATA[This series proves Aldiss' ability at world building and that he's not just good at writing short stories and novella's. Throughout this series (and even this book) characters come and go but the real story is that of the Planet Helliconia itself as the annual cycle of life is followed through from ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/52884962">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[J'ai lu ce livre il y a bien longtemps ... Tellement longtemps, en fait que je ne me souviens plus de la date, ou même de l'année, où je l'ai lu ... Mais tout ça n'a pas grand chose à voir avec ce roman. J'ai donc choisi de le relire à un moment où mon stock personnel de nouveautés s'était ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/25389347">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[&quot;A really hard book to review (and I am not very good at this anyway - I'm the sort of person who says &quot;&quot;this is a really good story&quot;&quot; - which doesn't really bode too well for a discussion at a book group!).[return][return]The first part of a trilogy,covering thousands of ye...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/22737928">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I bought this book five years ago, since it sounds like a really interesting idea and has neat cover art. I read about 20 pages, and put it down due to lack of interest. I recently picked it up again and finished it, but found myself pushing through most of it. It gets a little better than the prolo...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/13122868">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[The world is very interesting and complex. He introduces it in such a way that you and understand and see the original objects and creatures that inhabit it. But it doesn't have much movement toward a climax. I didn't feel for the characters and it seemed like a genealogy story. The rather pointless...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/23989242">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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