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    <updated_at>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 15:38:14 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
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    <updated_at>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 15:31:21 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
        
    
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    <updated_at>Tue, 22 Sep 2009 15:43:37 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
        
    
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    <updated_at>Thu, 03 Sep 2009 08:55:28 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
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    <updated_at>Tue, 14 Jul 2009 07:14:32 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
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    <updated_at>Tue, 20 Jan 2009 12:01:50 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[This is a wonderful book for anyone looking for a subtle to drastically different take on our own world and the powers that drive it. It's a sci-fi book for those ranging from interests philosophical questions to those who like to think that this is not the only reality/dimension. Philip Pullman may...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/This%20is%20a%20wonderful%20book%20for%20anyone%20looking%20for%20a%20subtle%20to%20drastically%20different%20take%20on%20our%20own%20world%20and%20the%20powers%20that%20drive%20it.%20It's%20a%20sci-fi%20book%20for%20those%20ranging%20from%20interests%20philosophical%20questions%20to%20those%20who%20like%20to%20think%20that%20this%20is%20not%20the%20only%20reality%2Fdimension.%20Philip%20Pullman%20may%20have%20made%20a%20name%20for%20himself%20in%20the%20public%20eye%20as%20an%20ardent%20atheist%20but%20this%20book%20is%20spiritually%20packed.">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 5 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3985.The_Amazing_Adventures_of_Kavalier_Clay">The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier &amp; Clay (Paperback)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/2715.Michael_Chabon">Michael Chabon</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Sat, 29 Nov 2008 03:26:43 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[A wonderful touching story of how a couple of cousins create a comic book empire from scratch. One of them has just escaped Prague durring WWII and the other is trying to find his place and an out let for his insatialble imagination. This is a book that you will not want to end. ]]></body>
        
    
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