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		<title>Blindsight &#8211; Peter Watts</title>
		<link>http://blog.astormofwords.com/2010/11/02/blindsight-peter-watts/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Nov 2010 18:59:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>taryn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Blindsight is the novel to read if you're looking for a fast-paced, science-focussed/ hard (but totally accessible) sf novel. This is a great novel to give to someone who is interested in tech but poo-poos the idea of sf. They'll love it.]]></description>
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		<title>Death most definite – Trent Jamieson</title>
		<link>http://blog.astormofwords.com/2010/10/17/death-definite-trent-jamieson/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Oct 2010 16:52:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>taryn</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[horror]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[urban fantasy]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[australian writing]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This book is just good fun. It's a high-spirited tale of a hostile takeover of Death's operations in Australia. It's set in Brisbane - hilarious for anyone who knows the city (and sometimes quite painful as Steve has to traverse the city by bus - truly horrible.)]]></description>
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		<title>John Fowles &#8211; The Collector</title>
		<link>http://blog.astormofwords.com/2010/10/17/john-fowles-collector/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Oct 2010 16:28:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>taryn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[What is your worst nightmare? Being held captive by some psychopath? Well, that's what John Fowles - one of the great English writers of the 1960s - focuses on in The Collector. You might think this plot line has been done to death, but this classic from 1963 probably invented this now-cliched storyline.]]></description>
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		<title>The Shining &#8211; Stephen King</title>
		<link>http://blog.astormofwords.com/2010/06/14/shining-stephen-king/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.astormofwords.com/2010/06/14/shining-stephen-king/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jun 2010 09:03:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>taryn</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[horror]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I’ll never forget the scene in the movie where the blood comes pouring out of the lifts into the lobby of the evil Overlook Hotel. This movie scared the bejesus out of me for years as a kid, but I only got around to reading it recently. For horror fans, the book is satisfying scary, it's a classic ghost yarn from the King of Horror. For those who love the movie, it's awesome you get more details, more story.]]></description>
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		<title>What would make a society burn all its books? Farenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury</title>
		<link>http://blog.astormofwords.com/2010/06/05/what-would-make-a-society-burn-all-its-books-farenheit-451-by-ray-bradbury/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Jun 2010 21:22:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>taryn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA["Fahrenheit 451 is the temperature at which book paper catches fire and burns.” Guy Montag knows this only too well. He’s a fireman, tasked with burning any books that Americans are hiding in this alternative future, for the good of humanity.]]></description>
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		<title>Let’s play ball! Summerland by Michael Chabon</title>
		<link>http://blog.astormofwords.com/2010/06/05/let%e2%80%99s-play-ball/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Jun 2010 12:04:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>taryn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Pulitzer prize-winning author Michael Chabon creates an incredible fantasy world where an unlikely hero has to save the world … with baseball. This is on my list as a must-read for young and adult readers. In Summerland, Chabon sets his literary sights on creating an American fairytale, it’s like a modern American version of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe featuring the greatest of all American sports, baseball.]]></description>
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		<title>The stuff of nightmares – Malorie Blackman</title>
		<link>http://blog.astormofwords.com/2010/06/05/the-stuff-of-nightmares-malorie-blackman/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.astormofwords.com/2010/06/05/the-stuff-of-nightmares-malorie-blackman/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Jun 2010 19:31:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>taryn</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[horror]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[young adult]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Nightmares are horrific and terrifying, but at least you always wake up. What if the only way to escape Death was by experiencing nightmare after nightmare? This is a great book for both old and young readers.]]></description>
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		<title>&apos;Fahrenheit 451&apos; has texture</title>
		<link>http://blog.astormofwords.com/2009/03/23/fahrenheit-451-has-texture/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.astormofwords.com/2009/03/23/fahrenheit-451-has-texture/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Mar 2009 21:46:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>taryn</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[classic sff books]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[“Do you know why books such as this are so important? Because they have quality. And what does the word quality mean? To me it means texture. This book has pores.”]]></description>
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		<title>‘Interesting Times’ will make you LOL</title>
		<link>http://blog.astormofwords.com/2009/03/23/interesting-times-will-make-you-lol/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.astormofwords.com/2009/03/23/interesting-times-will-make-you-lol/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Mar 2009 04:58:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>taryn</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[best ever books]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The ancient curse goes: "May you live in interesting times." This is a classic Pratchett, inspired by China in the early 20th century. 

    "Pig's ear soup, eh? Now what does that tell you about the place, eh?"
    Rincewind shrugged, "Very provident people?"
    "Some other bugger pinches the pig!"]]></description>
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		<title>Well worth it – The Knife of Never Letting go by Patrick Ness</title>
		<link>http://blog.astormofwords.com/2008/09/25/well-worth-it/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.astormofwords.com/2008/09/25/well-worth-it/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Sep 2008 15:49:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>taryn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This book has one of the best first lines ever: "The first thing you find out when yer dog learns to talk is that dogs don't got nothing much to say. About anything."
"Need a poo, Todd."]]></description>
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