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	<description>My Novel and other Writings. Plus Reviews and Articles on SciFi/Fantasy, History, Martial Arts, Technology, Mathematics, Philosophy, Travel and other info that the Voices Inside My Head share</description>
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		<title>series review: The Gap Cycle by Stephen R. Donaldson</title>
		<link>http://www.duskbeforethedawn.net/2008/06/29/series-review-the-gap-cycle-by-stephen-r-donaldson/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jun 2008 01:36:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Reading a complete series from cover to cover in consecutive sittings (i.e., without many books in between) is a rarity for me&#8230;either the series doesn&#8217;t hold my attention, the series is incomplete (i.e., I&#8217;d read George R. R. Martin&#8217;s Ice and Fire series straight through if they were all written and published) or something else [...]]]></description>
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		<title>bookrev: Ragamuffin by Tobias S. Buckell</title>
		<link>http://www.duskbeforethedawn.net/2008/06/22/bookrev-ragamuffin-by-tobias-s-buckell/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Jun 2008 18:32:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Science Fiction and Fantasy]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Ragamuffin is three books in one: a space opera, featuring a complex world with humans near the bottom of the socio-economic chain; a sequel to Mr. Buckell&#8217;s excellent first novel, Crystal Rain, featuring Pepper and John from that book as Nanagada evolves after the war from that book; and the bringing together of both story [...]]]></description>
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		<title>bookrev: This Day All Gods Die: The Gap Into Ruin by Stephen R. Donaldson</title>
		<link>http://www.duskbeforethedawn.net/2008/06/15/bookrev-this-day-all-gods-die-the-gap-into-ruin-by-stephen-r-donaldson/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Jun 2008 23:06:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Fifth and final book in the Gap Series
This concluding book brings all the players in the saga together on or around Earth, where the political and personal manipulations conclude in individual and mass space battles. The ending (spoilers below) is satisfying without being Disney-esque.
At the end of book 4, Morn and company aboard Trumpet had [...]]]></description>
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		<title>If McCain or Obama wants me&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.duskbeforethedawn.net/2008/06/14/if-mccain-or-obama-wants-me/</link>
		<comments>http://www.duskbeforethedawn.net/2008/06/14/if-mccain-or-obama-wants-me/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Jun 2008 22:34:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Martial Arts, Philosophy, etc.]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Now that the preliminaries are over (and it went on much too long, longer than the line I waited in to vote against Hillary in the Democratic primary), we can now get down to the main event: experience and age vs. youth and passion; Republican vs. Democrat; McCain vs. Obama.
Normally I leave the political commentary [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wine in the Woodlands</title>
		<link>http://www.duskbeforethedawn.net/2008/06/08/wine-in-the-woodlands/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Jun 2008 22:53:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Travel]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Wine, food and my wife&#8230;.three of my favorite things, a gluttony triple-header! 
My wife and I were invited to a couple of the final events of Wine and Food week in the Woodlands. The Waterford by Robert Mondavi Seminar and the Wine Rendezvous Grand Tasting &#38; South American Chef Showcase. I found some great wines [...]]]></description>
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		<title>bookrev: Chaos and Order: The Gap into Madness by Stephen R. Donaldson</title>
		<link>http://www.duskbeforethedawn.net/2008/06/03/bookrev-chaos-and-order-the-gap-into-madness-by-stephen-r-donaldson/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jun 2008 03:35:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Science Fiction and Fantasy]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Book 4 of The Gap Cycle 
In every space opera series, there must be action; there must be space battles; there must be high drama and adventure.
As far as Stephen R. Donaldson&#8217;s Gap Series goes, this, the fourth book in the series, is the one that gets the space warfare cranked up. He levels up [...]]]></description>
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		<title>bookrev: Big Red Tequila by Rick Riordan</title>
		<link>http://www.duskbeforethedawn.net/2008/05/31/bookrev-big-red-tequila-by-rick-riordan/</link>
		<comments>http://www.duskbeforethedawn.net/2008/05/31/bookrev-big-red-tequila-by-rick-riordan/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 31 May 2008 23:03:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[General Fiction]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Big Red Tequila is the first in a series of Tres Navarre novels, a semi-private investigator set in my home town of San Antonio. I&#8217;ve always enjoyed novels set in locations where I&#8217;ve been, describing locations I know. But this is the first I&#8217;ve read set in San Antonio that describes the places and characters [...]]]></description>
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		<title>geek job #e squared: the writer of this check and the one who figures the amount to cash it</title>
		<link>http://www.duskbeforethedawn.net/2008/05/24/geek-job-e-squared-the-writer-of-this-check-and-the-one-who-figures-how-the-amount-to-cash-it/</link>
		<comments>http://www.duskbeforethedawn.net/2008/05/24/geek-job-e-squared-the-writer-of-this-check-and-the-one-who-figures-how-the-amount-to-cash-it/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 24 May 2008 14:39:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Technology]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[ Yet another shining example of what will happen when geeks rule the world.

Unfortunately (or fortunately) this makes total sense to me. And, keeping it all in the family, my lovely daughter works for BB&#38;T, so she will probably figure out how to cash it. (From tiny pic).
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		<title>bookrev: A Dark and Hungry God Arises: The Gap into Power by Stephen R. Donaldson</title>
		<link>http://www.duskbeforethedawn.net/2008/05/23/bookrev-a-dark-and-hungry-god-arises-the-gap-into-power-by-stephen-r-donaldson/</link>
		<comments>http://www.duskbeforethedawn.net/2008/05/23/bookrev-a-dark-and-hungry-god-arises-the-gap-into-power-by-stephen-r-donaldson/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 24 May 2008 03:05:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Science Fiction and Fantasy]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Book 3 of The Gap Cycle  
The classification of &#8220;space opera&#8221;can be interpreted in many ways:

a soap opera in space;
large-scale adventures in space whose outcome is global (or space wide) in affect;
from Wiki, &#8220;a subgenre of speculative fiction or science fiction that emphasizes romantic, often melodramatic adventure, set mainly or entirely in space, generally involving [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Won ARC of Sly Mongoose by Tobias Buckell</title>
		<link>http://www.duskbeforethedawn.net/2008/05/23/won-arc-of-sly-mongoose-by-tobias-buckell/</link>
		<comments>http://www.duskbeforethedawn.net/2008/05/23/won-arc-of-sly-mongoose-by-tobias-buckell/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 24 May 2008 02:48:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Science Fiction and Fantasy]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Matt at Variety of Words had a contest to give away an Advanced Reader Copy of Tobias Buckell&#8217;s upcoming novel, Sly Mongoose. Matt started my memorial day weekend off right by emailing me this morning that I had won the copy.
I&#8217;ve read Crystal Rain, Tobias&#8217; first novel, but have not yet read Ragamuffin, his second [...]]]></description>
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