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Gain In his sixth novel, Powers's antagonists are a 42-year-old real estate broker and a corporation. Divorcee Laura Bodey lives with her 17-year-old daugh... Galatea 2.2 In this, Powers' fifth novel, he pushes the envelope of self-conscious storytelling. The narrator/protagonist has his name, goes where he has been (Ch... Operation Wandering Soul Powers's fourth novel centers on the activities in the pediatrics ward of a Los Angeles hospital. The protagonist physician tries to help the various ... Plowing the Dark At the turn of the 1990s, a team of young hotshots and middle-aged artists and teachers work for an R&D spinoff of a Microsoft-like corporation in the... Prisoner's Dilemma Although it starts out seeming to present the portrait of a family, and the relations between siblings, Powers's second book is also out for bigger ga... Powers booklist The Echo Maker Mark Schluter has been in a serious car accident. Soon after his sister Karin arrives at the hospital, Mark slips into a coma. Karin finds a mysteriou... The Gold Bug Variations This is NOT summer beach reading. Powers writes rich, powerful, intellectual novels and this is his masterpiece (so far). Two couples -- a pair of sci... Three Farmers on Their Way to a Dance Powers published this stunning debut novel at the age of 28. An actual photo taken by August Sander, the Austrian photographer of the common man, of t...	View these reviews in full mode Richard Powers Message Board 12/6/2010 1:42:53 AM Talk about the novels, new and used books that Powers has written!

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