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The Princess Bride
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#11 on NPR's Top 100 SF/F novels of all time (2011 poll) http://www.npr.org/2011/08/11/1390858...
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S.C.
Mar 09, 2013 rated it liked it  ·  review of another edition
Wow this book was great! I loved the movie too! Although, I am a little confused becuase William Goldman explains how he wrote this abridged version of the Princess Bride and that S. Morgenstern wrote the original. This is all good and interesting but I read somewhere that it is all made up and that Morgenstern doesn't even exist. I reccomend this book to any lover of the classics but I also want to ask if anyone can elaborte on my confusion.

Nevermind. I was reading up on my own question and app
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Jim Hardison
Apr 04, 2011 rated it it was amazing
Great book. Really fun.
Matt
Jan 04, 2015 rated it it was ok
Shelves: fantasy
Overall I really liked this book. I read it in two days. The story was compelling (5/5 stars). The characters were interesting. (5/5 stars) Inigo was my favorite. My only problem with the novel was Goldman's made-up story about how this was originally based on S. Morgenstern's 1000 page book (1/5 stars). If he he would have done away with that, it would have been a stronger novel. ...more
Drew
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Brittany Thibodeaux
Jul 24, 2010 rated it it was amazing
Jeannette
Jul 27, 2010 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
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Ryan Boe
Aug 02, 2010 rated it it was amazing
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S.C.
Aug 05, 2011 rated it it was ok
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Mar 20, 2015 marked it as to-read
vylycyn
May 13, 2015 marked it as read-soon  ·  review of another edition
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