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  <title><![CDATA[The Country of the Blind and Other Science-Fiction Stories]]></title>
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  <default-description>&lt;div&gt;Six entertaining short stories from the foremost science fiction writer of his time. Includes &quot;The Star,&quot; a gripping tale about a massive celestial object hurtling towards the Earth, as well as &quot;The New Accelerator,&quot; &quot;The Remarkable Case of Davidson's Eyes,&quot; &quot;Under the Knife,&quot; and 2 more.&lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</default-description>
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  <original-publication-year type="integer">1911</original-publication-year>
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      <name><![CDATA[H.G. Wells]]></name>
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  <read_at>Fri Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 1962</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[In the summer of 1962 my mother went home for the first time since marrying Dad in 1947.  My brother, Fin, and I went with her by boat from Duluth/Superior to Bremenhaven, Germany, then by train to Bremen, by DC3 to Copenhagen and by Caravelle to Oslo's Fornebu airport to be greated by her parents a...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/29188531">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is similar to, or perhaps takes the place of the Oxford World Classics edition.  It's probably the best place to start on HG Wells' short fiction, containing the title story, his most well-known, and also many other masterpieces including the quite chilling realist revenge story &quot;The Cone&quot;...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/11910999">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <date_added>Tue Dec 30 13:06:32 -0800 2008</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[Country of the Blind is one of those &quot;what if&quot; stories that sci-fi is so great at. In this case the question is &quot;what would you give up for love.&quot; The answer apparently is &quot;not my eyes.&quot;]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[i adore H.G.Wells. this collection of stories is pretty darn good. i like the country of the blind, but have the suspicion i've read it before... several times. good buncha tales.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[The Country of the Blind and Other Science-Fiction Stories by H. G. Wells (1997)]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[so far, &quot;The Star&quot; is my favorite story.]]></body>
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