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    <body><![CDATA[McIntyre shows that you don’t have to allot countless pages to lengthy world building description to create an interesting background. <br/><br/>McIntyre’s world is rendered even more interesting by her lack of describing. At the beginning all is surrounded by a shroud of mystery, and the auth...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/64094153">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[McIntyre courageously plays with one of humanity's favorite evil images in this novel and turns it on its head. Like real world snakes, the serpents in Dreamsnake are a force for good. That probably goes against the grain for those who have a love of literal interpretations of Christian mythology. T...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/34218162">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[In <em>Dreamsnake</em>, Vonda McIntyre tells a captivating and moving story about a healer, Snake, and her quest to find a new dreamsnake after the death of her first, Grass.  Along the way, she meets a man, adopts a young girl, travels great distances, and overcomes many hardships, physical and emotional.  ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/7089084">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[A nicely written post apocalyptic novel which cries out for a sequel as  there are plenty of lose ends and unexplained elements.  <br/><br/>What this book contains is a sparsely fleshed out world of different communities working to survive in a post-nuclear world.  It has aspects of leGuin's alway...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/75585380">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Enjoyed this visit to an alternate universe. Absorbing characters. Made me think about my preconceptions of gender roles and sexual mores. Happy to see equal opportunity adventure. ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This one was would have been 2.5 stars if the rating thingy would let me set it that way. It's kind of forgettable, but if I remember correctly it <em>is<em> a good questing story. </em></em>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Not a bad book; sometimes failed to hold my attention]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Fondren Library Has This Book: PS3563.A3125 D7<br/><br/>Science Fiction-<br/><br/>The story of a healer in a post-apocolyptic world that uses snakes as a type of hypodermic needle. When suitably drugged, her rattlesnake and cobra produce antitoxins and medicines instead of venom. When her dreamsnake...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/22095711">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[In a world devastated by nuclear holocaust, Snake is a healer. One of an elite band dedicated to caring for sick humanity, she goes wherever her skills are needed. With her she takes the three deadly reptiles through which her cures are accomplished: a cobra, a rattlesnake &amp; a snake called Grass--a creature with the power to induce benign dreams, to smooth the path between life &amp; death. Rare &amp; valuable is the dreamsnake. When Grass is wantonly slain, Snake must journey across perilous landscapes to find another to take its place.]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[Published in the late 70's the book had a cheerful yellow pattern on the library rebinding. The story is expanded from the author's short story &quot;Of Mist, Grass and Sand&quot;. The snake carrying healer of the story ventures from there into her post-apocalyptic world of residual radiation, medie...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/5582884">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[An award-winning novel set in the post-apocalyptic future   follows a young woman who travels the earth healing the sick with the   help of her alien companion, the dreamsnake, pursued by two implacable   followers. Reissue. <em>PW. </em>]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[Vonda McIntyre's first novel, and still one of my favorites.  A lovely sf book set post-Apocalypse, involving a travelling healer who uses the venom from her snakes to cure illnesses.  As always, McIntyre uses bio-genetics to good advantage, but her characters always have equal billing with science ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/14050688">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[An award-winning novel set in the post-apocalyptic future   follows a young woman who travels the earth healing the sick with the   help of her alien companion, the dreamsnake, pursued by two implacable   followers. Reissue. <em>PW. </em>]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[I really enjoyed this book. It has a great post-apocalyptic vibe to it, somewhat like the <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fallout_game">Fallout</a> series. I really liked the journey Snake makes, both literally and figuratively. Definitely a book I would recommend to anyone who enjoys good Science Fiction.<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/75346434">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[In a world devastated by nuclear holocaust, Snake is a healer. One of an elite band dedicated to caring for sick humanity, she goes wherever her skills are needed. With her she takes the three deadly reptiles through which her cures are accomplished: a cobra, a rattlesnake &amp; a snake called Grass--a creature with the power to induce benign dreams, to smooth the path between life &amp; death. Rare &amp; valuable is the dreamsnake. When Grass is wantonly slain, Snake must journey across perilous landscapes to find another to take its place.]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[Dreamsnake is the story of Snake, a healer. She carries with her three snakes whose vemon she uses to cure people. When one of her snakes is killed she sets off on a quest to find another dreamsnake rather than head home in disgrace.<br/><br/>Dreamsnake is a well-written and enjoyable novel with a...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/25304173">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[Original title: Dreamsnake<br/>Finnish translation: Paula Merjamaa]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[This was a really enjoyable book. Usually all the <em>fantasy</em> books I've read have been written by a male which gives a book a masculine touch but this one is written by a female which gives the book a distinctive edge as it is kind of like a &quot;feminine fantasy book&quot;.]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[In a world devastated by nuclear holocaust, Snake is a healer. One of an elite band dedicated to caring for sick humanity, she goes wherever her skills are needed. With her she takes the three deadly reptiles through which her cures are accomplished: a cobra, a rattlesnake &amp; a snake called Grass--a creature with the power to induce benign dreams, to smooth the path between life &amp; death. Rare &amp; valuable is the dreamsnake. When Grass is wantonly slain, Snake must journey across perilous landscapes to find another to take its place.]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[I enjoyed Vonda McIntyre's first novel, The Exile Waiting, and thoroughly enjoyed her second, Dreamsnake.  Like much of Ursula K. LeGuin, there is very little science, but a great deal of humanity in her literary (as opposed to her make-a-buck) works.]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[In a world devastated by nuclear holocaust, Snake is a healer. One of an elite band dedicated to caring for sick humanity, she goes wherever her skills are needed. With her she takes the three deadly reptiles through which her cures are accomplished: a cobra, a rattlesnake &amp; a snake called Grass--a creature with the power to induce benign dreams, to smooth the path between life &amp; death. Rare &amp; valuable is the dreamsnake. When Grass is wantonly slain, Snake must journey across perilous landscapes to find another to take its place.]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[Post-apocalyptic fantasy with magic snakes and true love- it's as though McIntyre wrote it for me. I wish I'd read it in the late 70s, when it was new. I found the story to be a bit dated stylistically but very absorbing and nicely done.]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[An award-winning novel set in the post-apocalyptic future   follows a young woman who travels the earth healing the sick with the   help of her alien companion, the dreamsnake, pursued by two implacable   followers. Reissue. <em>PW. </em>]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[I very much enjoyed this thrift store find. The story has a great landscape and a warm main character who heals people with her “magical” snakes. I was really swept away while reading this. I would like to read more from McIntyre.]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[An award-winning novel set in the post-apocalyptic future   follows a young woman who travels the earth healing the sick with the   help of her alien companion, the dreamsnake, pursued by two implacable   followers. Reissue. <em>PW. </em>]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[An interesting take on a post nuclear war future where a snake healer travels the desert in search of an alien snake. Heavy on the woman power, the main character, Snake, is strong, self-sufficient and lonely. A fun read. ]]></body>
    
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