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Stand on Zanzibar
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Hugo Award 1969

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Dawn
Sep 21, 2013 rated it liked it  ·  review of another edition
That was a lot of pages to be just, like, meh. I will admit to a bit of skimming - just a bit. I really wanted to like it a lot. But I didn't. It didn't suck or anything, just ...

The best way I can describe my reaction to it is with this wonderful quote from Mary Doria Russell - "Cheese has a longer shelf life than Science Fiction."

( And, for the record, I think Ms. Russell's science fiction has ABSOLUTELY no shelf life issues. Her books are like Twinkies. Decades later they're still fresh! )
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Dec 28, 2012 rated it really liked it
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