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    <updated_at>Wed, 17 Jun 2009 16:17:50 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[   What a way for a series to self-destruct.  Fumino showed a tremendous amount of promise, swinging away at a plot that seemed baked, cut, dried and hardened in the minds of many fans of the series.  Ultimately, he may have pushed to hard to go somewhere with his plot and do something important.  W...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/%20%20%20What%20a%20way%20for%20a%20series%20to%20self-destruct.%20%20Fumino%20showed%20a%20tremendous%20amount%20of%20promise,%20swinging%20away%20at%20a%20plot%20that%20seemed%20baked,%20cut,%20dried%20and%20hardened%20in%20the%20minds%20of%20many%20fans%20of%20the%20series.%20%20Ultimately,%20he%20may%20have%20pushed%20to%20hard%20to%20go%20somewhere%20with%20his%20plot%20and%20do%20something%20important.%20%20When%20the%20teenage%20cast%20of%20Evangelion%20becomes%20adults,%20the%20shark%20has%20been%20jumped,%20and%20the%20series%20falls%20into%20a%20bunch%20of%20episodes%20of%20%22Touched%20by%20an%20Angel%22%20before%20just%20stopping.%0D%0A%0D%0AWas%20there%20a%20lack%20of%20confidence%20in%20his%20own%20abilities,%20or%20was%20Fumino%20just%20put%20in%20charge%20of%20something%20too%20big%20for%20himself...%20I'm%20not%20sure.%20%20What%20I%20do%20know%20is%20that%20I've%20seen%20plenty%20of%20authors%20jump%20sharks,%20then%20completely%20change%20the%20plot%20so%20the%20shark%20isn't%20all%20that%20relevant%20after%20all%20(see%20Battle%20Angel%20Alita%20for%20an%20almost%20chapterly%20rendition%20of%20this%20trick).%20%20All%20Fumino%20needed%20to%20do%20is%20create%20a%20next%20generation%20of%20Eva%20pilots,%20give%20the%20first%20generation%20new%20jobs,%20and%20keep%20plugging.%20%20I%20just%20hope%20he%20was%20blocked%20by%20Gainax%20from%20doing%20anything%20really%20messy,%20and%20not%20himself.">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <updated_at>Wed, 17 Jun 2009 16:09:02 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
        
    
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    <updated_at>Wed, 17 Jun 2009 16:08:57 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 3 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1862494.A_Terrible_Glory_Custer_and_the_Little_Bighorn_the_Last_Great_Battle_of_the_American_West">A Terrible Glory: Custer and the Little Bighorn - the Last Great Battle of the American West (Hardcover)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/774726.James_Donovan">James Donovan</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Wed, 17 Jun 2009 16:08:31 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[  Oof.  This book rates somewhere between the low twos to the mid fours depending on what chapter your in.  I suppose it's my hatred of media frenzies in general that made the whole book difficult to read.  After all, the actual important history of Custer's Last Stand was it's effect on America and...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/%20%20Oof.%20%20This%20book%20rates%20somewhere%20between%20the%20low%20twos%20to%20the%20mid%20fours%20depending%20on%20what%20chapter%20your%20in.%20%20I%20suppose%20it's%20my%20hatred%20of%20media%20frenzies%20in%20general%20that%20made%20the%20whole%20book%20difficult%20to%20read.%20%20After%20all,%20the%20actual%20important%20history%20of%20Custer's%20Last%20Stand%20was%20it's%20effect%20on%20America%20and%20its%20culture.%20%20The%20fact%20that%20Custer%20dies%20and%20Sitting%20Bull%20lives%20is%20really%20only%20important%20to%20the%20speculative%20fiction%20crowd.%20%20%0D%0A%20%20%0D%0A%20%20%20I%20know%20it%20isn't%20fair%20to%20blame%20the%20author%20for%20a%20history%20that%20I%20just%20can't%20find%20fascinating.%20%20It's%20just...%20well%20he's%20just%20too%20much%20of%20a%20historian%20for%20me,%20and%20not%20enough%20of%20a%20circus%20barker.%20%20The%20story%20is%20told%20with%20perfect%20pitch%20from%20beginning%20to%20end,%20but%20I'm%20a%20'throw%20the%20paint%20against%20the%20canvas'%20sort%20of%20guy.%20%20If%20I%20just%20wanted%20fact,%20I%20could%20go%20to%20Wikipedia%20(and%20yes,%20I%20understand%20the%20failures%20of%20that%20statement).%20%20This%20book%20just%20feels%20like%20a%20bad%20novel:%20%20starting%20with%20no%20particular%20goal,%20reaching%20a%20zigzag%20crescendo%20of%20action,%20then%20petering%20out%20into%20nothing%20toward%20the%20end.">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 3 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/160841.52_Vol_1">52: Vol. 1 (Paperback)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/10305.Geoff_Johns">Geoff Johns</a>]]></action_text>
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 4 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1168168.Red_Prophet_Tales_of_Alvin_Maker_Premiere_v_2">Red Prophet: Tales of Alvin Maker - Premiere v. 2 (Hardcover)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/589.Orson_Scott_Card">Orson Scott Card</a>]]></action_text>
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