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    <body><![CDATA[At first, I hated this book, and even to the end I had to work to get past the premise.  The book takes places on earth in a future where a small but highly intellegent race of alines (Hoots) have conquered and enslaved humanity.  They use and treat humans exactly as we use horses -- the Hoots ride ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/6314884">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I really wanted to give this four stars because the concept is so original and the social commentary so sharp.  Unfortunately, the prose style (admittedly necessary since the narrator is the main character, who is a child) really annoyed me and the last fifty pages were terribly rushed, leaving the ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/50180805">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[ An interesting but slightly weird book. Unfortunately, the humans treated as horses thing kept making me think of one of the erotic s/m Sleeping Beauty books by  A.N. Roquelaure (Anne Rice) so that put an *entirely* different vibe in there that I had to keep at bay.  The cover art on the paperback ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/71496938">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[What a strange and fascinating book! I really enjoyed this sci-fi story of humanity turned into little more than horses for aliens. This new Earth was detailed and fascinating. I really enjoyed reading this book. It certainly was a unique premise and unlike anything I have ever read before!]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[The concept was very interesting and the characters well fleshed out. I enjoyed it but somehow felt that the world the author created felt flat and two dimensional. While this didn't detract from the interesting concept and obvious allegory, it kept me from giving it 4 stars. ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[A very original story and an interesting exploration of the slave mentality. A little too simply written for me, but it was told in the perspective of a 12 year old (who has been bred in captivity by space aliens to be the human equivalent of a speedway scooter).]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Such a strange premise: It takes place in the future when an alien race has landed on Earth and conquered the humans and they use people as mounts now, just like we use horses. The aliens are small and weak, and can't walk on their own, so they need the mounts. The story focuses on one such mount, a...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/31530842">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This is technically sci-fi/fantasy/allegory - not generally my most favored pigeonhole but Emshwiller is a magnificent fabulist and her story of an alternate, &quot;Planet of the Apes&quot;-style future / alternate earth where humans have been subjugated by a mentally superior alien race who ride ar...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/10176047">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Really loved this simply but affecting book.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Wow! This is smart and searing sf about what happens to humans when aliens (aliens that will remind you strangely of my cat) set themselves up as the dominant class. There is little world-building, which left me wanting, but the voice and style of this book are incredible. Emshwiller's voice and p.o...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/10552968">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[i tried with this one but couldn't. probz will try again at a later date.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This is a little book that did not get much attention in reviews.  It is scifi, but reads like regular fiction.  It's about slavery, freedom and attachment - even across 'species'. On the back of the book it says: &quot; If The Mount' is an allegory, it's more real, more human, more deeply moving th...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/16826348">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Well-written, high-minded sci fi. This is one of those books that, especially in the early going, hacks your brain. It took concious effort for me to see the mounts of the book, humans subjugated by aliens that are essentially prey animals, as anything non-equine in my mind's eye. Limps a bit to its...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/20526315">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Predictable and simple.  It gets a few extra points for accepting that and going forward to be a perfectly good coming-of-age type story in a twisted, alternate universe setting.  While I liked the setting / basic idea behind the book, <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/search/search?q= The Mount" title=" The Mount"> The Mount</a> lacked enough rigor to make it convincing.  ]]></body>
    
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