Aaron's bookshelf: read http://www.goodreads.com/review/list_rss/275251 en-US Fri, 25 Apr 2008 17:09:14 -0700 60 Aaron's bookshelf: read http://www.goodreads.com/ 200 41 http://www.goodreads.com/images/layout/gr_logo.gif 17153966 Fri, 25 Apr 2008 17:09:14 -0700 <![CDATA[Foundation: Foundation Series, Book One (Mass Market Paperback)]]> Foundation: Foundation Series, Book One (Mass Market Paperback)
author: Isaac Asimov
name: Aaron
average rating: 4.09
book published: 1951
rating: 4
read at: 04/08
date added: 04/25/08
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An intelligent science fiction book -- something that can be difficult to come by. I was enthralled by the concept and the characters. This is basically a collection of short stories, but each one of them was so well-written and fit so well into the overall story that it felt like a full-length novel. Highly recommended. I'm going to have to pick up the other books in the series -- I think there are three more.
]]> 6660419 Thu, 28 Feb 2008 08:42:16 -0800 <![CDATA[The Amber Spyglass (His Dark Materials, Book 3)]]> The Amber Spyglass (His Dark Materials, Book 3)
author: Philip Pullman
name: Aaron
average rating: 3.98
book published: 2000
rating: 3
read at: 02/08
date added: 02/28/08
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I really enjoyed this series, but the author really beats the reader over the head with his anti-religious views. I'm not the most spiritual person in the world, but I wish he had been a little more subtle. That said, I highly recommend the series, especially the first book, "The Golden Compass".
]]> 15783518 Tue, 19 Feb 2008 07:51:49 -0800 <![CDATA[Shopgirl: A Novella]]> Shopgirl: A Novella
author: Steve Martin
name: Aaron
average rating: 3.41
book published: 2007
rating: 4
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]]> 13668460 Sat, 26 Jan 2008 17:51:43 -0800 <![CDATA[Old Man's War]]> Old Man's War
author: John Scalzi
name: Aaron
average rating: 4.16
book published: 2007
rating: 4
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date added: 01/26/08
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]]> 12745173 Sat, 26 Jan 2008 17:43:40 -0800 <![CDATA[Ender's Game (Ender's Saga, Book 1)]]>
I mean, holy crap, this is a great book. It ranks right up there with Ray Bradbury's "Martian Chronicles" (which is in my top 10 books of all time). I highly recommend this book if you are at all a fan of fiction.

As a side note, this would make a great mini-series on the Sci-Fi Channel. Are you listening, Mr. TV Producer?]]> Ender's Game (Ender's Saga, Book 1)
author: Orson Scott Card
name: Aaron
average rating: 4.42
book published: 1985
rating: 5
read at: 01/08
date added: 01/26/08
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I often find sci-fi books, well, pointless. A guilty pleasure. It's rare that I find a sci-fi book that can both evoke the mystery and wonder of a sci-fi future and still say something meaningful. Too many sci-fi books do the former and forget the latter. "Ender's Game" gets both right.

I mean, holy crap, this is a great book. It ranks right up there with Ray Bradbury's "Martian Chronicles" (which is in my top 10 books of all time). I highly recommend this book if you are at all a fan of fiction.

As a side note, this would make a great mini-series on the Sci-Fi Channel. Are you listening, Mr. TV Producer?
]]> 12638839 Tue, 15 Jan 2008 20:56:12 -0800 <![CDATA[Starship Troopers]]> Starship Troopers
author: Robert A. Heinlein
name: Aaron
average rating: 3.87
book published: 1959
rating: 5
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]]> 9496947 Tue, 15 Jan 2008 20:55:56 -0800 <![CDATA[Altered Carbon: A Takeshi Kovacs Novel (Takeshi Kovacs Novels)]]> Altered Carbon: A Takeshi Kovacs Novel (Takeshi Kovacs Novels)
author: Richard K. Morgan
name: Aaron
average rating: 4.19
book published: 2006
rating: 4
read at: 01/08
date added: 01/15/08
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An interesting Heinlen-like sci-fi book that reads like a violent, oversexed version of a Humphrey Bogart detective movie. In this future, people don't die. They just go "on stack" until they can be "resleeved" in a new body. Assuming they can afford it, of course. Fascinating ideas about whether the body or the mind holds the soul and whether the body remembers its previous owner. Definitely worth a read if you are a sci-fi fan. I will be checking out the sequel, "Broken Angels".
]]> 11520736 Thu, 03 Jan 2008 07:07:28 -0800 <![CDATA[Maus II: A Survivor's Tale: And Here My Troubles Began]]> Maus II: A Survivor's Tale: And Here My Troubles Began
author: Art Spiegelman
name: Aaron
average rating: 4.52
book published: 1991
rating: 5
read at: 07/93
date added: 01/03/08
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]]> 11520677 Thu, 03 Jan 2008 07:06:20 -0800 <![CDATA[Maus I: A Survivor's Tale: My Father Bleeds History]]> Maus I: A Survivor's Tale: My Father Bleeds History
author: Art Spiegelman
name: Aaron
average rating: 4.49
book published: 1986
rating: 5
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]]> 9497647 Sat, 24 Nov 2007 18:17:04 -0800 <![CDATA[Bloom County Babylon]]> Bloom County Babylon
author: Berkeley Breathed
name: Aaron
average rating: 4.44
book published: 1986
rating: 5
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date added: 11/24/07
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]]> 9497641 Sat, 24 Nov 2007 18:17:00 -0800 <![CDATA[Classics of Western Literature: Bloom County 1986-1989]]> Classics of Western Literature: Bloom County 1986-1989
author: Berkeley Breathed
name: Aaron
average rating: 4.45
book published: 1990
rating: 5
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]]> 9497639 Sat, 24 Nov 2007 18:16:58 -0800 <![CDATA[Bloom County: Loose Tails]]> Bloom County: Loose Tails
author: Berkeley Breathed
name: Aaron
average rating: 4.43
book published: 1983
rating: 4
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]]> 9497633 Sat, 24 Nov 2007 18:16:52 -0800 <![CDATA[Happy Trails! (Bloom County)]]> Happy Trails! (Bloom County)
author: Berkeley Breathed
name: Aaron
average rating: 4.31
book published: 1990
rating: 5
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]]> 9497631 Sat, 24 Nov 2007 18:16:50 -0800 <![CDATA['Toons for Our Times (Bloom County)]]> 'Toons for Our Times (Bloom County)
author: Berkeley Breathed
name: Aaron
average rating: 4.39
book published: 1984
rating: 5
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]]> 9497630 Sat, 24 Nov 2007 18:16:49 -0800 <![CDATA[Bloom County Babylon: Five Years of Basic Naughtiness]]> Bloom County Babylon: Five Years of Basic Naughtiness
author: Berkeley Breathed
name: Aaron
average rating: 4.46
book published: 1986
rating: 5
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]]> 9497627 Sat, 24 Nov 2007 18:16:48 -0800 <![CDATA[Penguin Dreams and Stranger Things (Bloom County)]]> Penguin Dreams and Stranger Things (Bloom County)
author: Berkeley Breathed
name: Aaron
average rating: 4.39
book published: 1985
rating: 5
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]]> 9497567 Sat, 24 Nov 2007 18:14:50 -0800 <![CDATA[Bandits]]> Bandits
author: Elmore Leonard
name: Aaron
average rating: 3.46
book published: 2003
rating: 3
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]]> 9497566 Sat, 24 Nov 2007 18:14:48 -0800 <![CDATA[The Big Bounce]]> The Big Bounce
author: Elmore Leonard
name: Aaron
average rating: 3.30
book published: 1969
rating: 3
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]]> 9497562 Sat, 24 Nov 2007 18:14:35 -0800 <![CDATA[Maximum Bob]]> Maximum Bob
author: Elmore Leonard
name: Aaron
average rating: 3.50
book published: 1991
rating: 3
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]]> 9497558 Sat, 24 Nov 2007 18:14:31 -0800 <![CDATA[Tishomingo Blues]]> Tishomingo Blues
author: Elmore Leonard
name: Aaron
average rating: 3.49
book published: 2003
rating: 3
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]]> 9497555 Sat, 24 Nov 2007 18:14:27 -0800 <![CDATA[Out of Sight]]> Out of Sight
author: Elmore Leonard
name: Aaron
average rating: 3.74
book published: 2002
rating: 4
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]]> 9497553 Sat, 24 Nov 2007 18:14:26 -0800 <![CDATA[Rum Punch]]> Rum Punch
author: Elmore Leonard
name: Aaron
average rating: 3.62
book published: 1992
rating: 3
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]]> 9497551 Sat, 24 Nov 2007 18:14:23 -0800 <![CDATA[Get Shorty]]> Get Shorty
author: Elmore Leonard
name: Aaron
average rating: 3.76
book published: 1990
rating: 5
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]]> 9497339 Sat, 24 Nov 2007 18:04:39 -0800 <![CDATA[The Sandman Vol. 1: Preludes and Nocturnes]]> The Sandman Vol. 1: Preludes and Nocturnes
author: Neil Gaiman
name: Aaron
average rating: 4.33
book published: 2005
rating: 4
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]]> 9497081 Sat, 24 Nov 2007 17:55:45 -0800 <![CDATA[Jane Eyre]]> Jane Eyre
author: Charlotte Brontë
name: Aaron
average rating: 4.11
book published: 1847
rating: 4
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]]> 9497076 Sat, 24 Nov 2007 17:55:31 -0800 <![CDATA[Great Expectations]]> Great Expectations
author: Charles Dickens
name: Aaron
average rating: 3.63
book published: 2006
rating: 3
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]]> 9497075 Sat, 24 Nov 2007 17:55:29 -0800 <![CDATA[Emma]]> Emma
author: Jane Austen
name: Aaron
average rating: 4.02
book published: 1981
rating: 3
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]]> 9497036 Sat, 24 Nov 2007 17:53:44 -0800 <![CDATA[Pattern Recognition]]> Pattern Recognition
author: William Gibson
name: Aaron
average rating: 3.86
book published: 2005
rating: 3
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]]> 9497034 Sat, 24 Nov 2007 17:53:43 -0800 <![CDATA[Neuromancer]]> Neuromancer
author: William Gibson
name: Aaron
average rating: 4.05
book published: 1984
rating: 5
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]]> 9496974 Sat, 24 Nov 2007 17:51:15 -0800 <![CDATA[Night Watch: A Novel]]> Night Watch: A Novel
author: Sergei Lukyanenko
name: Aaron
average rating: 4.03
book published: 2006
rating: 4
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]]> 9496971 Sat, 24 Nov 2007 17:51:13 -0800 <![CDATA[Day Watch]]> Day Watch
author: Sergei Lukyanenko
name: Aaron
average rating: 3.93
book published: 2007
rating: 4
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]]> 9496934 Sat, 24 Nov 2007 17:49:55 -0800 <![CDATA[I Am Legend]]> I Am Legend
author: Richard Matheson
name: Aaron
average rating: 3.87
book published: 1954
rating: 4
read at: 02/08
date added: 11/24/07
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]]> 9496828 Sat, 24 Nov 2007 17:46:41 -0800 <![CDATA[The Book of the Film of the Story of My Life]]> The Book of the Film of the Story of My Life
author: William Brandt
name: Aaron
average rating: 3.00
book published: 2005
rating: 4
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]]> 9496758 Sat, 24 Nov 2007 17:43:48 -0800 <![CDATA[100 Girls]]> 100 Girls
author: Adam Gallardo
name: Aaron
average rating: 2.91
book published: 2008
rating: 4
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]]> 9496756 Sat, 24 Nov 2007 17:43:44 -0800 <![CDATA[Gear School]]> Gear School
author: Adam Gallardo
name: Aaron
average rating: 3.22
book published: 2007
rating: 4
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]]> 9496687 Sat, 24 Nov 2007 17:40:30 -0800 <![CDATA[From Hell]]> From Hell
author: Alan Moore
name: Aaron
average rating: 4.22
book published: 1993
rating: 4
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]]> 9496684 Sat, 24 Nov 2007 17:40:26 -0800 <![CDATA[V for Vendetta]]> V for Vendetta
author: Alan Moore
name: Aaron
average rating: 4.19
book published: 1988
rating: 4
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]]> 9496681 Sat, 24 Nov 2007 17:40:24 -0800 <![CDATA[Watchmen]]> Watchmen
author: Alan Moore
name: Aaron
average rating: 4.53
book published: 1987
rating: 5
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]]> 8949597 Sat, 10 Nov 2007 22:55:36 -0800 <![CDATA[Power of One]]> Power of One
author: Bryce Courtenay
name: Aaron
average rating: 4.47
book published: 1992
rating: 5
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]]> 6660433 Sun, 23 Sep 2007 13:21:34 -0700 <![CDATA[The Subtle Knife (His Dark Materials, Book 2)]]> The Subtle Knife (His Dark Materials, Book 2)
author: Philip Pullman
name: Aaron
average rating: 4.07
book published: 1997
rating: 4
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date added: 09/23/07
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]]> 5634607 Tue, 04 Sep 2007 08:24:40 -0700 <![CDATA[The Golden Compass (Deluxe 10th Anniversary Edition) (His Dark Materials, Book 1)]]> The Golden Compass (Deluxe 10th Anniversary Edition) (His Dark Materials, Book 1)
author: Philip Pullman
name: Aaron
average rating: 4.12
book published: 1995
rating: 5
read at: 09/07
date added: 09/04/07
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]]> 5476828 Sat, 01 Sep 2007 08:23:43 -0700 <![CDATA[The Missing Piece]]> The Missing Piece
author: Shel Silverstein
name: Aaron
average rating: 4.25
book published: 1976
rating: 5
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]]> 5476825 Sat, 01 Sep 2007 08:23:39 -0700 <![CDATA[Lafcadio, The Lion Who Shot Back]]> Lafcadio, The Lion Who Shot Back
author: Shel Silverstein
name: Aaron
average rating: 3.95
book published: 1963
rating: 5
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]]> 5476821 Sat, 01 Sep 2007 08:23:34 -0700 <![CDATA[Who Wants a Cheap Rhinoceros?]]> Who Wants a Cheap Rhinoceros?
author: Shel Silverstein
name: Aaron
average rating: 3.80
book published: 2002
rating: 4
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]]> 5476817 Sat, 01 Sep 2007 08:23:30 -0700 <![CDATA[Uncle Shelby's ABZ Book: A Primer for Adults Only]]> Uncle Shelby's ABZ Book: A Primer for Adults Only
author: Shel Silverstein
name: Aaron
average rating: 4.32
book published: 1985
rating: 5
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]]> 5476812 Sat, 01 Sep 2007 08:23:25 -0700 <![CDATA[The Missing Piece Meets the Big O 25th Anniversary Edition]]> The Missing Piece Meets the Big O 25th Anniversary Edition
author: Shel Silverstein
name: Aaron
average rating: 4.22
book published: 1981
rating: 4
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]]> 5476809 Sat, 01 Sep 2007 08:23:21 -0700 <![CDATA[Falling Up]]> Falling Up
author: Shel Silverstein
name: Aaron
average rating: 4.20
book published: 1996
rating: 4
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]]> 5476807 Sat, 01 Sep 2007 08:23:19 -0700 <![CDATA[The Giving Tree]]> The Giving Tree
author: Shel Silverstein
name: Aaron
average rating: 4.41
book published: 1964
rating: 5
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]]> 5476805 Sat, 01 Sep 2007 08:23:18 -0700 <![CDATA[A Light in the Attic]]> A Light in the Attic
author: Shel Silverstein
name: Aaron
average rating: 4.35
book published: 1981
rating: 5
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]]> 4977322 Wed, 22 Aug 2007 21:45:45 -0700 <![CDATA[Song of Solomon]]> Song of Solomon
author: Toni Morrison
name: Aaron
average rating: 4.06
book published: 1998
rating: 4
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]]> 4977321 Wed, 22 Aug 2007 21:45:43 -0700 <![CDATA[Beloved]]> Beloved
author: Toni Morrison
name: Aaron
average rating: 3.84
book published: 1987
rating: 4
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]]> 4773988 Sun, 19 Aug 2007 12:51:51 -0700 <![CDATA[Brothers in Arms (Dragonlance: Raistlin Chronicles, Book 2)]]> Brothers in Arms (Dragonlance: Raistlin Chronicles, Book 2)
author: Margaret Weis
name: Aaron
average rating: 3.84
book published: 1999
rating: 3
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]]> 4773986 Sun, 19 Aug 2007 12:51:45 -0700 <![CDATA[Soulforge, The (Dragonlance: The Raistlin Chronicles, Book 1)]]> Soulforge, The (Dragonlance: The Raistlin Chronicles, Book 1)
author: Margaret Weis
name: Aaron
average rating: 3.95
book published: 1998
rating: 3
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]]> 4773979 Sun, 19 Aug 2007 12:51:34 -0700 <![CDATA[Dragons of Summer Flame (Dragonlance Chronicles, Vol. 4)]]> Dragons of Summer Flame (Dragonlance Chronicles, Vol. 4)
author: Margaret Weis
name: Aaron
average rating: 3.73
book published: 2002
rating: 3
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]]> 4773975 Sun, 19 Aug 2007 12:51:29 -0700 <![CDATA[Time of the Twins (Dragonlance Legends, Vol. 1)]]> Time of the Twins (Dragonlance Legends, Vol. 1)
author: Margaret Weis
name: Aaron
average rating: 3.93
book published: 1986
rating: 4
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]]> 4773974 Sun, 19 Aug 2007 12:51:28 -0700 <![CDATA[War of the Twins (Dragonlance: Dragonlance Legends, Vol. 2)]]> War of the Twins (Dragonlance: Dragonlance Legends, Vol. 2)
author: Margaret Weis
name: Aaron
average rating: 3.93
book published: 2000
rating: 4
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]]> 4773973 Sun, 19 Aug 2007 12:51:27 -0700 <![CDATA[Test of the Twins (Dragonlance: Dragonlance Legends, Vol. 3)]]> Test of the Twins (Dragonlance: Dragonlance Legends, Vol. 3)
author: Margaret Weis
name: Aaron
average rating: 3.96
book published: 1986
rating: 4
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]]> 4773972 Sun, 19 Aug 2007 12:51:23 -0700 <![CDATA[Dragons of Spring Dawning (Dragonlance Chronicles, Vol. 3)]]> Dragons of Spring Dawning (Dragonlance Chronicles, Vol. 3)
author: Margaret Weis
name: Aaron
average rating: 4.03
book published: 1985
rating: 4
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]]> 4773971 Sun, 19 Aug 2007 12:51:21 -0700 <![CDATA[Dragons of Winter Night (Dragonlance Chronicles, Vol. 2)]]> Dragons of Winter Night (Dragonlance Chronicles, Vol. 2)
author: Margaret Weis
name: Aaron
average rating: 4.07
book published: 1985
rating: 4
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]]> 4773968 Sun, 19 Aug 2007 12:51:15 -0700 <![CDATA[Dragons of Autumn Twilight (Dragonlance Chronicles, Vol. 1)]]> Dragons of Autumn Twilight (Dragonlance Chronicles, Vol. 1)
author: Margaret Weis
name: Aaron
average rating: 4.03
book published: 1984
rating: 4
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]]> 4773958 Sun, 19 Aug 2007 12:50:51 -0700 <![CDATA[Streams of Silver (Forgotten Realms - The Legend of Drizzt, Book V)]]> Streams of Silver (Forgotten Realms - The Legend of Drizzt, Book V)
author: R.A. Salvatore
name: Aaron
average rating: 4.12
book published: 1989
rating: 3
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]]> 4773952 Sun, 19 Aug 2007 12:50:44 -0700 <![CDATA[In Sylvan Shadows (Forgotten Realms: The Cleric Quintet, Book 2)]]> In Sylvan Shadows (Forgotten Realms: The Cleric Quintet, Book 2)
author: R.A. Salvatore
name: Aaron
average rating: 3.97
book published: 1992
rating: 3
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]]> 4773942 Sun, 19 Aug 2007 12:50:31 -0700 <![CDATA[In Sylvan Shadows (Forgotten Realms: The Cleric Quintet, Book 2)]]> In Sylvan Shadows (Forgotten Realms: The Cleric Quintet, Book 2)
author: R.A. Salvatore
name: Aaron
average rating: 3.90
book published: 1992
rating: 3
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]]> 4773941 Sun, 19 Aug 2007 12:50:29 -0700 <![CDATA[Legacy, The (Forgotten Realms: Legacy of the Drow, Book 1)]]>