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          <body><![CDATA[Chase Insteadman. Perkus Tooth. Oona Laszlo. Foster Watt. Richard Abneg. Georgina Hawkmanaji, affectionately referred to as &quot;The Hawkman,&quot; even though she is all woman, and then some. Rossmoor &amp; Arjuna Danzig. Russ Grinspoon, formerly of . . . well, I think you get the idea. If these names...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/Chase%20Insteadman.%20Perkus%20Tooth.%20Oona%20Laszlo.%20Foster%20Watt.%20Richard%20Abneg.%20Georgina%20Hawkmanaji,%20affectionately%20referred%20to%20as%20%22The%20Hawkman,%22%20even%20though%20she%20is%20all%20woman,%20and%20then%20some.%20Rossmoor%20&amp;%20Arjuna%20Danzig.%20Russ%20Grinspoon,%20formerly%20of%20.%20.%20.%20well,%20I%20think%20you%20get%20the%20idea.%20If%20these%20names%20don't%20grab%20the%20lapel%20of%20your%20imagination,%20then%20this%20probably%20isn't%20the%20book%20for%20you.%20Oh,%20and%20by%20the%20way,%20don't%20even%20think%20about%20reading%20anything%20by%20Thomas%20Pynchon.%20However,%20the%20two%20main%20names%20you%20need%20are%20the%20first%20two.%20Well,%20that%20and%20Janice%20Trumbull,%20whose%20name%20is%20so%20%22normal%22%20by%20comparison%20that%20she%20had%20to%20be%20exiled%20to%20space%20for%20the%20entirety%20of%20the%20novel.%0D%0A%0D%0AAs%20I%20read%20quite%20a%20number%20of%20books,%20I%20generally%20tend%20to%20avoid%20listing%20books%20here%20that%20I%20consider%20sub-par.%20The%20problem%20however%20is%20when%20I%20then%20read%20something%20so%20mind-blowingly%20fantastic%20that%20five%20stars%20seems%20a%20paltry%20rating,%20like%20this%20novel.%20I%20consider%20myself%20a%20longtime%20fan%20of%20Lethem's%20work,%20and%20certainly%20enjoyed%20all%20his%20previous%20works--in%20fact,%20I%20%22discovered%22%20him%20with%20his%20first%20published%20(science%20fiction)%20novel,%20Gun,%20with%20Occasional%20Music--but%20I%20think%20this%20is%20the%20best%20work%20he's%20done%20yet.">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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          <body><![CDATA[This has probably already been said dozens of times, and yet, I will repeat it: if you like Batman, and you loved The Wire, then why the hell haven't you picked this up?  It's a freakin' masterpiece.<br/><br/>I missed the comics, which started appearing shortly after the end of my comic store empl...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/This%20has%20probably%20already%20been%20said%20dozens%20of%20times,%20and%20yet,%20I%20will%20repeat%20it:%20if%20you%20like%20Batman,%20and%20you%20loved%20The%20Wire,%20then%20why%20the%20hell%20haven't%20you%20picked%20this%20up%3F%20%20It's%20a%20freakin'%20masterpiece.%0D%0A%0D%0AI%20missed%20the%20comics,%20which%20started%20appearing%20shortly%20after%20the%20end%20of%20my%20comic%20store%20employment,%20and%20I%20missed%20the%20original%20trades,%20what%20with%20one%20fiscal%20crisis%20and%20another.%20%20Not%20to%20say%20I'm%20not%20still%20in%20a%20fiscal%20crisis,%20but%20some%20things%20are%20worth%20going%20into%20hock%20for,%20and%20the%20hardcover%20editions%20of%20these%20babies%20definitely%20qualify.%0D%0A%0D%0AAnd%20everything%20good%20I%20could%20say%20for%20this%20first%20volume%20can%20essentially%20be%20doubled%20for%20the%20second,%20and%20I%20breathlessly%20await%20the%20third.">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 5 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6375833-gotham-central-vol-2-hardcover">Gotham Central Vol. 2 Hardcover: Jokers and Madmen (Hardcover)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/37450.Ed_Brubaker">Ed Brubaker</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Mon, 21 Sep 2009 17:29:18 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[Jonathan: since it was given to me, I don't see why I can't pass it along in turn. Your address is on FOON, right? Check your mailbox!]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 5 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6463595-peter-max">Peter &amp; Max: A Fables Novel (Hardcover)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/12444.Bill_Willingham">Bill Willingham</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Sun, 20 Sep 2009 16:59:41 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[Thanks to my friend Ron, I received an advance copy of this book, which hits shelves quite soon. I must say, I was always relatively lukewarm about Fables, the comic: I read the issues when they were first published, then switched to the trades after I lost my job at the comic store, and then fell b...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/Thanks%20to%20my%20friend%20Ron,%20I%20received%20an%20advance%20copy%20of%20this%20book,%20which%20hits%20shelves%20quite%20soon.%20I%20must%20say,%20I%20was%20always%20relatively%20lukewarm%20about%20Fables,%20the%20comic:%20I%20read%20the%20issues%20when%20they%20were%20first%20published,%20then%20switched%20to%20the%20trades%20after%20I%20lost%20my%20job%20at%20the%20comic%20store,%20and%20then%20fell%20behind%20in%20those%20as%20well--I've%20missed%20out%20on%20the%20last%20several%20volumes%20now,%20and%20haven't%20started%20the%20spin-off%20(Jack%20of%20Fables%3F)%20yet.%0D%0A%0D%0AThat%20said,%20I%20picked%20up%20this%20book%20thinking%20it%20would%20help%20to%20pass%20the%20time,%20but%20I%20wound%20up%20devouring%20it.%20It's%20fantastic,%20which%20I%20mean%20in%20the%20literal%20as%20well%20as%20the%20descriptive%20sense.%20I%20don't%20know%20why%20exactly%20I%20found%20it%20so%20captivating%20when%20I%20was%20never%20this%20enthused%20by%20the%20comic,%20but%20I%20will%20say%20that%20I%20intend%20to%20catch%20up%20on%20the%20comic%20trades,%20now.">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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