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    <action_text><![CDATA[is currently reading: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6612309-dwelling-portably-1990-1999">Dwelling Portably 1990 - 1999</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/2984913.Bert_Davis">Bert Davis</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Fri, 02 Oct 2009 20:17:45 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[Simple, charming, and useful as hell. I live in a three bedroom house rather than a handmade yurt, but much of the stuff in this anthology is still applicable to my life. And the stuff that isn't is by turns fascinating and hilarious.]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 4 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3974.The_Terror">The Terror (Hardcover)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/2687.Dan_Simmons">Dan Simmons</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Fri, 02 Oct 2009 20:14:07 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[Failed Victorian arctic expeditions and mysterious creatures that hunt men and can't be killed: these are a few of my favorite things. <br/><br/>Tragically, the last several chapters of <em>The Terror</em> mark a massive gear-change that kills all the momentum the first 600 pages had. It was almost enough ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/Failed%20Victorian%20arctic%20expeditions%20and%20mysterious%20creatures%20that%20hunt%20men%20and%20can't%20be%20killed:%20these%20are%20a%20few%20of%20my%20favorite%20things.%20%0D%0A%0D%0ATragically,%20the%20last%20several%20chapters%20of%20%3Ci%3EThe%20Terror%3C%2Fi%3E%20mark%20a%20massive%20gear-change%20that%20kills%20all%20the%20momentum%20the%20first%20600%20pages%20had.%20It%20was%20almost%20enough%20to%20make%20me%20hate%20the%20book%20as%20a%20whole,%20but%20when%20I%20think%20of%20%3Ci%3EThe%20Terror%3C%2Fi%3E%20now,%20I%20just%20try%20to%20forget%20those%20last%20chapters%20existed.%20To%20represent%20the%20fact%20that%20four%20fifths%20of%20%3Ci%3EThe%20Terror%3C%2Fi%3E%20was%20brilliant,%20I%20give%20it%20four%20out%20of%20five%20stars.%20">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[is currently reading: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/827.The_Diamond_Age_Or_a_Young_Lady_s_Illustrated_Primer">The Diamond Age: Or, a Young Lady's Illustrated Primer (Paperback)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/545.Neal_Stephenson">Neal Stephenson</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Fri, 02 Oct 2009 20:09:31 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 5 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6927244-a-steampunk-s-guide-to-the-apocalypse">A SteamPunk's Guide to the Apocalypse (Zine)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/2970944.Margaret_Killjoy">Margaret Killjoy</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Fri, 02 Oct 2009 20:08:13 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[Don't shy away from the association with the much-reviled, now-mainstream style of steampunk--this is a practical guide to surviving in a post-apocalyptic world. Unlike all those survival guides that just tell you how to fill your belly in the wilderness, <em>A SteamPunk's Guide</em> goes a step further and ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/Don't%20shy%20away%20from%20the%20association%20with%20the%20much-reviled,%20now-mainstream%20style%20of%20steampunk--this%20is%20a%20practical%20guide%20to%20surviving%20in%20a%20post-apocalyptic%20world.%20Unlike%20all%20those%20survival%20guides%20that%20just%20tell%20you%20how%20to%20fill%20your%20belly%20in%20the%20wilderness,%20%3Ci%3EA%20SteamPunk's%20Guide%3C%2Fi%3E%20goes%20a%20step%20further%20and%20offers%20tips%20for%20interacting%20with%20other%20people%20after%20the%20collapse%20of%20society%20(because%20you%20probably%20still%20won't%20be%20able%20to%20avoid%20them%20completely).%20Chuckle%20at%20its%20relative%20uselessness%20here%20in%20Obamatopia,%20but%20pack%20it%20away%20next%20to%20your%20machete%20and%20MREs.%20">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 5 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3222979.Drood">Drood (Hardcover)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/2687.Dan_Simmons">Dan Simmons</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Thu, 10 Sep 2009 10:10:47 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[Dan Simmons has been around for a while. Aaron liked his earlier sci-fi/fantasy novels, and suggested I pick up <em>Drood</em> even though it's about my second-least-favorite author of all time. &quot;It's Victorian,&quot; he told me, and that's usually all I need to hear. It's also, in the large type format...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/Dan%20Simmons%20has%20been%20around%20for%20a%20while.%20Aaron%20liked%20his%20earlier%20sci-fi%2Ffantasy%20novels,%20and%20suggested%20I%20pick%20up%20%3Ci%3EDrood%3C%2Fi%3E%20even%20though%20it's%20about%20my%20second-least-favorite%20author%20of%20all%20time.%20%22It's%20Victorian,%22%20he%20told%20me,%20and%20that's%20usually%20all%20I%20need%20to%20hear.%20It's%20also,%20in%20the%20large%20type%20format%20our%20library%20had%20in%20circulation,%20a%20hefty%201300%20pages,%20and%20since%20nice%20heavy%20tomes%20tend%20to%20appeal%20to%20me,%20I%20ate%20that%20shit%20up.%0D%0A%0D%0AI'm%20not%20sure%20whether%20historical%20events%20with%20a%20supernatural%20element%20is%20a%20running%20theme%20with%20much%20of%20Simmons'%20work,%20but%20based%20on%20%3Ci%3EDrood%3C%2Fi%3E%20and%20%3Ci%3EThe%20Terror%3C%2Fi%3E%20it%20most%20certainly%20ought%20to%20be.%20Simmons%20can%20squeeze%20a%20textbook%20worth%20of%20facts%20and%20trivia%20into%20a%20single%20chapter%20and%20somehow%20maintain%20the%20gripping%20pace%20of%20his%20story.%20Even%20if%20the%20book%20didn't%20include%20his%20exhaustive%20list%20of%20sources%20on%20Dickens%20and%20the%20life%20of%20Wilkie%20Collins,%20%3Ci%3EDrood%3C%2Fi%3E's%20sort-of%20protagonist,%20the%20depth%20of%20his%20research%20would%20be%20obvious%20from%20the%20story%20alone.%20%0D%0A%0D%0AWhile%20many%20elements%20of%20%3Ci%3EDrood%3C%2Fi%3E%20would%20be%20nigh%20impossible%20for%20a%20lesser%20writer%20to%20pull%20off%20convincingly%20(the%20insertion%20of%20an%20Egyptian%20cult%20into%20the%20sewer%20slums%20of%20Victorian%20London,%20for%20instance),%20by%20far%20the%20most%20amazing%20thing%20Simmons%20accomplishes%20in%20%3Ci%3EDrood%3C%2Fi%3E%20is%20making%20Dickens,%20through%20Collins'%20eyes,%20an%20interesting%20character.%20Parts%20of%20the%20story%20actually%20made%20me%20want%20to%20go%20back%20and%20read%20the%20books%20I%20hated%20so%20fiercely%20in%20one%20awful%20summer%20class%20all%20those%20years%20ago.%20The%20author%20clearly%20has%20mountains%20of%20respect%20for%20Dickens,%20but%20as%20far%20as%20I'm%20concerned%20Simmons%20is%20the%20superior%20writer.%20%0D%0A">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 3 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1296444.Mainspring">Mainspring (Hardcover)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/234088.Jay_Lake">Jay Lake</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Wed, 17 Jun 2009 16:28:46 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[<em>Mainspring</em> started out awesome, lost significant momentum toward the middle, and abruptly switched gears (hah!) in the third act to reach a conclusion that was, in a word, unsatisfying. Lake seems to have the same problems most first-time novelists and NaNoWriMo participants have with word count; th...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/%3Ci%3EMainspring%3C%2Fi%3E%20started%20out%20awesome,%20lost%20significant%20momentum%20toward%20the%20middle,%20and%20abruptly%20switched%20gears%20(hah!)%20in%20the%20third%20act%20to%20reach%20a%20conclusion%20that%20was,%20in%20a%20word,%20unsatisfying.%20Lake%20seems%20to%20have%20the%20same%20problems%20most%20first-time%20novelists%20and%20NaNoWriMo%20participants%20have%20with%20word%20count;%20there%20are%20breaks%20in%20his%20chapters%20inserted%20seemingly%20at%20random,%20with%20nothing%20momentous%20or%20profound%20preceding%20or%20following%20them.%20Lake%20manages%20to%20be%20less%20subtle%20than%20Phillip%20Pullman--no%20easy%20task!--at%20making%20organized%20religion%20a%20villain.%20And%20somewhere%20under%20all%20of%20that%20disappointment%20is%20a%20really%20lovely%20alternate%20Earth%20made%20of%20clockwork,%20where%20characters%20quote%20altered%20Bible%20passages%20that%20make%20reference%20to%20brass%20cogs.%20Like%20the%20even%20more%20disappointing%20%3Ci%3ECourt%20of%20the%20Air%3C%2Fi%3E,%20all%20%3Ci%3EMainspring%3C%2Fi%3E%20accomplishes%20is%20making%20me%20excited%20for%20the%20sequel,%20which%20is%20a%20vast%20improvement.">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 4 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2414574.Escapement">Escapement (Hardcover)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/234088.Jay_Lake">Jay Lake</a>]]></action_text>
    <link>http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/60090466</link>
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    <updated_at>Wed, 17 Jun 2009 16:18:57 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 5 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/571022.The_Glass_Books_of_the_Dream_Eaters">The Glass Books of the Dream Eaters (Hardcover)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/25205.Gordon_Dahlquist">Gordon Dahlquist</a>]]></action_text>
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