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    <rating>4</rating>
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  <read_at>Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2003</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I has an affinity for cyberpunk stories, which is how I know Gibson's work. I feel a certain distance, though, between his characters and the world they are caught up in; the language is scintillating, but it feels very &quot;surface&quot; to me. <em>Pattern Recognition</em> was the first of his novels that really spoke to me perhaps because the main character reflected a lot of what I was going through, and my own confusion with my emerging values versus the identity I wanted to step into. I enjoyed the book immensely, and it left a lingering impression (hence the 4 stars). I should reread it and write a real review.]]></body>
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