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    <name><![CDATA[Peter]]></name>
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  <read_at>Wed Oct 07 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Wed Oct 07 21:27:50 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I'm really so pleased with this trilogy.  Genre fiction at its best!  Some mild signs of aging, and a few weak parts of the story, but a great, vigorous projection of imagination--so central to Sci Fi--picturing how history and society might replicate outward.  <br/><br/>As a first-generation sci-fi writer, it seems clear that Asimov was drawing on influences outside the genre, which bodes well for the new genre-blending season we <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203706604574377163804387216.html">seem to be entering</a> in the literary arts, and I feel, art in general.  ]]></body>
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