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    <updated_at>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 17:03:30 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
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    <updated_at>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 14:02:01 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
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    <updated_at>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 13:58:02 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 5 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3437326.Extraordinary_Engines">Extraordinary Engines (Paperback)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/162932.Nick_Gevers">Nick Gevers</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Sun, 18 Oct 2009 16:25:28 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[ 	  This was an amazing anthology. If you've got any love, or interest in, the steampunk genre, get this anthology. If you already read steampunk, this one will jump to the front of your favorites. If you haven't read steampunk, but you're kinda curious, this is the perfect introduction. There are e...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/%20%09%20%20This%20was%20an%20amazing%20anthology.%20If%20you've%20got%20any%20love,%20or%20interest%20in,%20the%20steampunk%20genre,%20get%20this%20anthology.%20If%20you%20already%20read%20steampunk,%20this%20one%20will%20jump%20to%20the%20front%20of%20your%20favorites.%20If%20you%20haven't%20read%20steampunk,%20but%20you're%20kinda%20curious,%20this%20is%20the%20perfect%20introduction.%20There%20are%20examples%20in%20this%20anthology%20of%20what%20the%20genre%20can%20do%20when%20in%20the%20hands%20of%20truly%20talented%20writers.%20(ya...%20I'm%20talking%20to%20you%20Mr.%20Vandermeer)%20%20">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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