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    <body><![CDATA[I want to make it clear that I don't lightly write rave reviews.  Please read the following sentence twice:<br/><br/>This is an <em>absolutely fantastic</em> book.<br/><br/>On the outskirts of the Galaxy, far from the physical constraints of the Galactic core, faster-than-light travel is possible, and Tr...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/19473747">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is one of the weirdest books I've ever read.  It was amazingly creative and clever, and is easily one of the best sci-fi books I've ever laid hands on.  The only problem is that it is written in such an extreme third-person viewpoint that people not experienced with sci-fi material will have tr...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4948064">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Vernor Vinge's 1991 novel A FIRE UPON THE DEEP is certainly a work of great proportions. Vinge takes us from the wider view of a universe filled with sentient life who fly starships and debate on galactic message boards to the political intrigues of a pre-spaceflight world inhabited by dog-like crea...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/34526669">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Brief synopsis: Humans exploring at the edge of the galaxy accidentally awaken an ancient malevolent entity hell bent on conquering the galaxy.  An interesting cast of characters is inadvertently caught up in the race to stop it.<br/><br/>I really enjoyed the well thought out, original and interes...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/33877410">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I had a hard time getting into this book, the first 30 pages or so - the writing from the point of view of the aliens was difficult to get a feel for, until I realized it was a pack mind - the Tines were packs of dog-like creatures sharing an intelligence - that things started to get rolling.  The c...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/38901284">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I like it. I really did. I'll have to think about it for a day or two. perhaps I'll adjust the rating upward.<br/><br/>Good spread and imagination. Loved the &quot;Net of a Million Lies&quot; line. That's so true.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book deserves all of the praise it has been given. It's a very imaginative story with creative ideas about what humanity and the galaxy could be like in the far future. It raises familiar sci-fi motifs: what alien life might be like, implications of super-light travel and communication, AIs as ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/26305572">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I seem to be one of the few geeks who was dramatically underwhelmed by this book.  I guess that this is classic &quot;hard SF&quot;, in the sense of being all ideas and not so much on the characterization.  And maybe I've just passed the time in my life when that really excites me.  But overall, it ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/43328589">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I liked this book very much.  It is a proper space opera, but I think it is better than most of the ones I have read.  The universe reminds me most perhaps of the one laid out by Ian M Banks in Consider Phlebas and the sequels.  It is the story of a &quot;blight&quot; which is an intelligent organis...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/38363931">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Spectacular.  Hard sci-fi at its very best.  Even though it was written in the early 90s it still feels really fresh.  Great thought provoking ideas and a truly unique theory of the universe.  Being a huge nerd, I loved the tech lingo.  A galaxy-wide version of Usenet?  Awesome.  The plot keeps movi...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/18957723">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I'm really ambivalent about this book.  On the one hand it has some amazingly original ideas in it: an interestingly realized society of pack-intelligences (each being between four and six members linked by high frequency sound); a universe in which the farther you travel from the center of the gala...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/70477670">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I initially read Vinge's other book <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/226004.A_Deepness_in_the_Sky" title="A Deepness in the Sky by Vernor Vinge">A Deepness in the Sky</a>, and thoguht it was a little to slow paced, some of the characters were a little silly, so I can in expecting this one to be a little better (based on other peoples reviews).<br/><br/><br/>This book is awesome.  It's an epic saga with evil...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/43731945">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is not what I generally expect of Vinge. It has elements of space opera (although not the best). It has godlike AIs. It has a fascinating alien pack species. It is definitely thought provoking SF, competently executed.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[A hard sci-fi book that flies in the distant future yet conveniently sees current technology that was just just beginning to be a dream in its day. <br/><br/><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/44037.Vernor_Vinge" title="Vernor Vinge">Vernor Vinge</a> does a great job of developing a highly advanced society and galaxy, creates a fascinating first contact scenario with a unique...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/40271355">more...</a>]]></body>
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