false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171251753m/92961.jpg 92961 7 Only a few nuclear weapons fell. But in the chaos of famine and plague, there existed a few pockets of order. The strongest of them was the state of Deseret. The climate has changed, and the lake has filled up. There, on the fringes, brave, hardworking pioneers are making the desert bloom again. 1146498 1989 The Folk of the Fringe total:1054|5:105|4:296|3:445|2:157|1:51| 1054 3409 1291 61 4 3 false false Sun Apr 29 22:47:46 -0700 2007 Sun Apr 29 22:52:45 -0700 2007
Card's Mormon roots come through heavily in this book. The...more...]]> 3 1 false false Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1999 Fri Nov 02 22:23:34 -0700 2007 Fri Nov 02 22:32:47 -0700 2007 more...]]> 3 1 false false Tue Feb 19 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Feb 05 13:36:02 -0800 2008 Tue Feb 19 11:45:20 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Aug 14 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 24 11:05:50 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 24 11:15:52 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Sep 19 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 13 13:01:45 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 20 22:45:08 -0700 2009
The first four sections were quite a fun read, although the juxtaposition of crudity (some mild, some ...not) with such open "Mormon-ness" took some getting used to. (Not least, I'm sure, because I'm not used to reading fiction tha...more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Wed Jan 14 10:53:55 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 14 13:59:41 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Nov 16 16:25:11 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 29 11:49:56 -0800 2008 more...]]> 2 0 false false Wed Aug 06 11:23:31 -0700 2008 Wed Aug 06 15:12:42 -0700 2008 more...]]> 2 0 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Jun 27 13:13:30 -0700 2007 Wed May 07 11:29:09 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri Jun 27 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Jun 22 09:24:47 -0700 2008 Sun Jun 29 10:35:06 -0700 2008 more...]]> 1 0 false false Tue Dec 11 13:12:26 -0800 2007 Fri Dec 14 06:13:56 -0800 2007 more...]]> 2 0 false false Thu May 28 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu May 21 09:50:41 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 01 08:48:26 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Sat Jan 17 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 31 09:20:19 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 31 09:20:19 -0800 2009 3 0 false false Tue Sep 01 12:33:33 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 01 12:36:52 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1988 Sun Mar 02 19:09:43 -0800 2008 Sun Mar 02 19:24:10 -0800 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Jun 02 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu May 28 10:31:29 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 10 11:11:00 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Feb 16 19:21:30 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 16 19:22:40 -0800 2009 3 0 false false Sat Jan 17 14:26:42 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 17 14:26:42 -0800 2009 3 4 0 false false Wed Oct 15 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Oct 06 16:06:39 -0700 2008 Wed Oct 15 19:21:32 -0700 2008
I think the main lack I felt was the struggle to overcome the apocolyptic time. The Fringe focuses more on the ever...more...]]> 1 0 false false Fri Jan 30 23:11:31 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 30 23:12:08 -0800 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=92961