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    <body><![CDATA[I whizzed through this book in a day and a half (mostly while on the bus). It was very fairly short and to the point. <br/><br/>A small group of people are trying to survive in northern USA in the 1970's after an alien species of plants have invaded Earth. Nearly everything has died from lack of w...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/27206744">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I'm a sucker for stories about the extinction of the human species. But this one in an unabashed favorite. Disch writes vividily, with a knack for sharp plotting; he's one of the great genre writers who never got his due.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[A short story about sausage-eating worms.  Mental notes: Weed my garden and keep an eye on the farmer down the road.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[don't plant anything]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Absolutely terrifying but not because of what one would think based on the title. I had to read it in one sitting or else I would not have been able to sleep.            ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[not as good as I had hoped...liked his writing ABOUT sci-fi better than his actual sci-fi.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[What's better than humans trying to survive an invasion of plants?  Again, 3.5.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[EXCELLENT]]></body>
    
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