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<div style="RIGHT: auto"><SPAN style="RIGHT: auto">I didn't like either <EM>Beasts</EM> or <EM>The Deep.</EM> In my opinion, <EM>Engine Summer</EM> is a masterpiece in both senses.</SPAN></div>
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<DIV><SPAN>Are you sure you don't mean <SPAN style="FONT-STYLE: italic">The </SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-STYLE: italic">Deep</SPAN>? Even that one was </SPAN><SPAN>bad </SPAN><SPAN>only for Crowley.</SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN><SPAN>I recommend </SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-STYLE: italic">Engine Summer</SPAN> too.</SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN>I strongly second the recommendation for Crowley, and I'd start with <I>Little, Big, </I>although he's never written anything bad since <I>Beasts</I>. </SPAN></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV><BR></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV><BR><BR></DIV></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></div></div></body></html>