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  <title><![CDATA[Man from Mundania (Xanth, #12)]]></title>
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  <default_description>For a bored, young princess of Xanth, there's nothing more exciting than a Quest. Especially when all you do is sit around Castle Roogna. But when Ivy uses the Heaven Cent, it takes her not to the top of Mount Rushmost, where the winged monsters gather, not to the sea where the merfolk swim--but to Mundania, a world much like our own (that is, boring). It is here that she meets a young college student so dull that he doesn't even believe in magic, or princesses, or Xanth!Does he have a lot to learn.The thrilling climax to the trilogy started in Vale of the Vole and continued in Heaven Cent.</default_description>
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  <original_publication_year type="integer">1989</original_publication_year>
  <original_title>Man from Mundania (Xanth, #12)</original_title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Piers Anthony]]></name>
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    <name><![CDATA[Werner]]></name>
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  <recommended_for><![CDATA[Fans of humorous fantasy ]]></recommended_for>
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  <read_at>Sat Oct 11 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Sun Aug 03 05:49:58 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sat Oct 11 16:53:55 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book falls, in the Xanth series, mid-way between <em>The Heaven Cent</em> and &lt;i/&gt;Isle of View&lt;/i&gt; (see my reviews of those), and explains how Princess Ivy and Grey Murphy met.  (The reference in the above description to a &quot;trilogy&quot; should be taken with a grain, or a block, of salt...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/29113109">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="52588103">
    <user id="2217938">
    <name><![CDATA[Rob]]></name>
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      <rating>5</rating>
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  <date_added>Mon Apr 13 20:36:45 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Fri Apr 24 16:03:54 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I love this book, if for no other reason than that Gray is asked to choose between Ivy and Freshman English. Despite having some aptitude for scholarship myself, I still find myself identifying with Gray Murphy more than any other character in the series so far. To me, one of the best of the Xanth b...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/52588103">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="44983603">
    <user id="1960532">
    <name><![CDATA[L]]></name>
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      <rating>5</rating>
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  <date_added>Sat Jan 31 15:18:42 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sat Jan 31 15:18:46 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Just way cute, interesting ideas, and fun stories.]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/44983603]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="26229666">
    <user id="1255223">
    <name><![CDATA[Anastasia]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Charlottesville, VA]]></location>        
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      <rating>5</rating>
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  <date_added>Thu Jul 03 12:46:22 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Jul 03 12:46:42 -0700 2008</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[Of all my Piers Anthony books from my Xanth loving years, this is one I won't ever throw away: after a year of spending my lunch breaks working in the elementary school library my teacher gave me this book with the inscription &quot;To a girl who will never be 'mundane'&quot;. Still trying to live u...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/26229666">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/26229666]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="58913118">
    <user id="2396869">
    <name><![CDATA[Scott]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Vancouver, WA]]></location>        
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      <rating>3</rating>
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  <date_added>Mon Jun 08 16:09:24 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon Jun 08 16:09:28 -0700 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[See Book 1 Review]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/58913118]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="50299481">
    <user id="134918">
    <name><![CDATA[Keegan]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[The United States]]></location>        
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      <rating>3</rating>
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  <read_at>Sun Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Tue Mar 24 11:02:59 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed May 27 11:32:10 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I liked this like the other one, maybe a little more since I thought it hinted less at sex. I liked the cross-over between the two worlds. There were hints of it in Heaven Cent, but the characters merging from the two worlds made it more obvious. And I liked Grey and Ivy a lot. Also, from both books...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/50299481">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/50299481]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="67829171">
    <user id="2638524">
    <name><![CDATA[Jim]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Annapolis, MD]]></location>        
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      <rating>5</rating>
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  <read_at>Fri Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 1991</read_at>
  <date_added>Mon Aug 17 19:52:35 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon Aug 17 19:52:35 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[The last really, really good Xanth novel that reminded me of what I originally enjoyed about them. After this the series went completely off the rails until I eventually quit reading them.]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/67829171]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="34793902">
    <user id="1601717">
    <name><![CDATA[Winston]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Australia]]></location>        
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      <rating>4</rating>
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  <date_added>Wed Oct 08 00:52:36 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Oct 08 00:54:38 -0700 2008</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[The book that got me hooked on the Xanth series. I read this in the library, and the girl next to me kept giving me odd looks to see what I was laughing about. Great upbeat, tongue-in-cheek humor, this is a book to read if you're looking for a smile.]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/34793902]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="10596166">
    <user id="660001">
    <name><![CDATA[Welson]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Flushing, NY]]></location>        
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      <rating>4</rating>
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  <read_at>Fri Mar 27 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Mon Dec 17 18:52:42 -0800 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Fri Mar 27 14:10:22 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Piers Anthony takes a basic tale of boy meets girl and just makes it shine.  Althought it makes plenty of references to past books (and future ones), the story is complete in and of itself.  Sheer genius.]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/10596166]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="21496743">
    <user id="1108617">
    <name><![CDATA[Jeremy]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Salt Lake City, UT]]></location>        
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      <rating>5</rating>
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  <date_added>Fri May 02 21:13:51 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Fri May 02 21:14:18 -0700 2008</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[I loved this book, if only because it suggested that one from the regular world could actually make it to Xanth, if given the chance.  ]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/21496743]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="18166140">
    <user id="688693">
    <name><![CDATA[Amity]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Ann Arbor, MI]]></location>        
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      <rating>4</rating>
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  <read_at>Sat Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Thu Mar 20 05:09:08 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Apr 24 06:24:13 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[For a Xanth novel, one of the better ones.  For fiction in general, I would give it a three-star, but for a Xanth novel it deserves a four.]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/18166140]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="49840944">
    <user id="1139764">
    <name><![CDATA[Kristin]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Elgin, IL]]></location>        
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      <rating>3</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
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  <read_at></read_at>
  <date_added>Thu Mar 19 22:18:01 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue Apr 28 20:15:04 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[See my review for A Spell for Chameleon]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/49840944]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="7933141">
    <user id="422914">
    <name><![CDATA[Seeth]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[The United States]]></location>        
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      <rating>3</rating>
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  <date_added>Fri Oct 19 08:01:49 -0700 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Fri Oct 19 08:04:08 -0700 2007</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[I really liked this book when I was fifteen. I re-read it last year and thought it wasn't as good as it was the first 3 times around.]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/7933141]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="7289263">
    <user id="469341">
    <name><![CDATA[Aaron]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[The United States]]></location>        
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      <rating>3</rating>
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  <recommended_for><![CDATA[Xanth fans]]></recommended_for>
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  <read_at>Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005</read_at>
  <date_added>Thu Oct 04 21:28:25 -0700 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Oct 04 21:29:18 -0700 2007</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Another fun one.  And another cool magical talent. quick read as all of Xanth.  Fun stuff]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/7289263]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="60563981">
    <user id="398714">
    <name><![CDATA[Mommy]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[The United States]]></location>        
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  <read_at>Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1989</read_at>
  <date_added>Sun Jun 21 17:25:40 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun Aug 23 01:38:02 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Go Ivy, get your man.  Even if he is the most boring person on planet earth.]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/60563981]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="34628113">
    <user id="1406277">
    <name><![CDATA[Janene]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Roy, UT]]></location>        
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  <date_added>Sun Oct 05 22:07:07 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun Oct 05 22:07:21 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[What a delight the Xanth series is!]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/34628113]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="6763330">
    <user id="417190">
    <name><![CDATA[Dana]]></name>
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  <read_at>Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1997</read_at>
  <date_added>Tue Sep 25 08:19:57 -0700 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue Sep 25 08:21:40 -0700 2007</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[good book]]></body>
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    <review id="78864954">
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  <date_added>Tue Nov 24 11:17:22 -0800 2009</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[]]></body>
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    <user id="417304">
    <name><![CDATA[Andrew]]></name>
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  <date_added>Tue Nov 24 04:34:34 -0800 2009</date_added>
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