Metal Gear Solid
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- Author：Raymond Benson
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Summary
This 'Metal Gear Solid' novel ventures beyond the videogame and delves into the dark heart of Solid Snake's world。 The former FOXHOUND agent is called out of retirement to do what he does best - neutralize a crisis of epic proportions。
Reviews
Kyle
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I’m disappointed in what they’ve done to my hero。 Ever since I got my hands on MGS3 on PS2 when I was younger I fell in love with the series。 My dad found MGS2 for me at a pawn shop and the games just came into my life after that。 Snakes “one liners” literally are the dumbest thing ever。 If I didn’t have an issue with bent or written in books I’d mark through them with a sharpie。 In no real world context would anyone call the man over their mission and say hey your niece is one wacky babe。 Unles I’m disappointed in what they’ve done to my hero。 Ever since I got my hands on MGS3 on PS2 when I was younger I fell in love with the series。 My dad found MGS2 for me at a pawn shop and the games just came into my life after that。 Snakes “one liners” literally are the dumbest thing ever。 If I didn’t have an issue with bent or written in books I’d mark through them with a sharpie。 In no real world context would anyone call the man over their mission and say hey your niece is one wacky babe。 Unless that person is just a freak。 I’m scared to actually pick up the other two MGS books I bought in the solid snake series。 Many people have talked about the ruining of a great source material but one guy stated that the author didn’t read it and I agree。 He probably watched YouTube footage of the game and said I want to mess this up so bad。 。。。more
Ieuan Bartlett
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Loved the game， love the book。
Slinkydreams
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God this book is so sillyI love it。 This is pretty much exactly what I was expecting， and hoping for when I picked this one up。 It's just so goofy。 What a fun read。 My one gripe is Snake doesn't go nonlethal。 What the heck？ God this book is so sillyI love it。 This is pretty much exactly what I was expecting， and hoping for when I picked this one up。 It's just so goofy。 What a fun read。 My one gripe is Snake doesn't go nonlethal。 What the heck？ 。。。more
G。 Urzaiz
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Solo son rescatables algunos apuntes interesantes。
Sasch Stormcloak
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Re-reading this novel more than 7-8 years after my first read， as part of my current Metal Gear marathon。 This is by far one of my favorite video games and video game sagas。 I haven’t played the original Playstation MGS for at least 15 years， but have re-played the rest of the games at least 3 or 4 times each。 Still， 15 years later， I can still remember the map layout， the weapons and ammo caches， and the boss battles。 This novelization is astonishingly accurate， as it perfectly describes the vi Re-reading this novel more than 7-8 years after my first read， as part of my current Metal Gear marathon。 This is by far one of my favorite video games and video game sagas。 I haven’t played the original Playstation MGS for at least 15 years， but have re-played the rest of the games at least 3 or 4 times each。 Still， 15 years later， I can still remember the map layout， the weapons and ammo caches， and the boss battles。 This novelization is astonishingly accurate， as it perfectly describes the video game I remember from my childhood。 Pretty much all dialogues are the real thing taken from the conversations and codec-tala within the game。 The author also did an amazing work adapting those parts that cannot realistically be kept exactly as in the game， such as not being able to equip all weapons at once， or adapting the different confrontations and boss fights to just a couple accurate shots and moves。 I found the way the Psycho Mantis battle was adapted is particularly good。Overall， a really good and accurate novelization of one of the top video games from my childhood。 。。。more
Rodrigo
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Me ha recordado fielmente al juego。 Muy entretenido， para pasar el rato。
Alexander Engel-Hodgkinson
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3。3/5Benson's adaptation work for the first Metal Gear Solid game is fine。 I say 'fine' because I haven't played the first game， but I've read up on the overall storyline well enough to understand what's going on fairly well。 But reading this， you'll know right away that it's based on a game。 Descriptions of locations are fairly scarce and Benson doesn't bother to omit dialogue where characters explain how things work to Snake for the benefit of the players （or in this case， readers）， when he co 3。3/5Benson's adaptation work for the first Metal Gear Solid game is fine。 I say 'fine' because I haven't played the first game， but I've read up on the overall storyline well enough to understand what's going on fairly well。 But reading this， you'll know right away that it's based on a game。 Descriptions of locations are fairly scarce and Benson doesn't bother to omit dialogue where characters explain how things work to Snake for the benefit of the players （or in this case， readers）， when he could have easily explained it away within the prose itself。The novel's a fairly quick read， just a few hours， though Benson's style is fairly dull at times。 I found that he didn't adapt the atmosphere of the game too well （I've seen playthroughs and I listen to the soundtrack regularly）， but I guess he only had so much to work with。 Action scenes played out in an almost mundane way， too。 No build-up， no suspense。 One thing that genuinely annoyed me was the fact that every single 'boss' had a long-winded speech to give Snake while dying from mortal wounds--a trope I was never fond of to begin with， and this one's got it in spades。 The other thing that began to grate on my patience was how people would tell Snake one thing， then Snake would do something in line with what they said， only for them to tell him it was all conveniently fine after another battle， or something。 Also， why would Snake's enemies give him the means to progress further into Shadow Moses just because he defeated them？ Wouldn't it make more sense for him to just find it on them after they've passed on？ A bit sloppy。。。I still enjoyed the book to a degree， mainly because of my fascination with the franchise and its strange and endearing plotline， but I doubt I'll read this again。 。。。more
Ashley Sheldon
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The only thing that made this good was the parts that were taken literally from the game。 The writing is pretty poor to be honest and hard to stomach in most parts。 Should’ve just played the game 😂。
Shadow Steve
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As much as I enjoy the game on PS Classic this book has the moments from the game including characters like Solid Snake Campbell & that ninja it’s just that some of the lines wasn’t compared to Hideo Kojima’s original writingI honestly didn’t think Raymond Benson had actually played MGS on the original PlayStation because in the game you get to wonder around Shadow Moses island to get to 1 boss to another。However I’m a little ok with the mystery story telling in this book just like the game even As much as I enjoy the game on PS Classic this book has the moments from the game including characters like Solid Snake Campbell & that ninja it’s just that some of the lines wasn’t compared to Hideo Kojima’s original writingI honestly didn’t think Raymond Benson had actually played MGS on the original PlayStation because in the game you get to wonder around Shadow Moses island to get to 1 boss to another。However I’m a little ok with the mystery story telling in this book just like the game even though it feels like a let down to the series。 Feel free to stick to the gameSo I’m giving MGS novel 5/10 。。。more
Lea M
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It's a cheesy novelization， but I enjoyed it。 It's a cheesy novelization， but I enjoyed it。 。。。more
Patrick
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This should have been an absolutely incredible novel， but it turned into a complete fiasco。 Metal Gear Solid is an iconic video game not only for the stealth gameplay and the awesome boss battles 。。。 but because of the incredible story telling。 Turning that story into a novel should have turned out to be a thriller for the ages 。。。 but Raymond Benson writes it as if he's an eighth grader doing his first creative writing project for middle school English。 My god。。。 how did this man ever publish A This should have been an absolutely incredible novel， but it turned into a complete fiasco。 Metal Gear Solid is an iconic video game not only for the stealth gameplay and the awesome boss battles 。。。 but because of the incredible story telling。 Turning that story into a novel should have turned out to be a thriller for the ages 。。。 but Raymond Benson writes it as if he's an eighth grader doing his first creative writing project for middle school English。 My god。。。 how did this man ever publish ANYTHING and why on earth was he picked to novelize MGS？ He has no grasp of the characters whatsoever， and he literally writes the novel without addressing reality AT ALL。 Oh， Snake is supposed to use a stinger missile in this scene。。。 well in the game he just selects it from his inventory and fires it， so I'll just write it like that！ So he writes the scene as if Snake literally just pulls a stinger missile launcher right out of his ass and uses it。 Like， no consideration for reality WHATSOEVER。 These are the areas in which a good writer could have taken creative liberty to fill in the gaps that normally would have been filled by gameplay and turned that portion into a riveting scene for the reader to enjoy。 Instead he puts no real work at all into writing action scenes， does nothing to develop the characters， and basically just copies and pastes from the game manuscript and throws in a few adjectives and inflections here and there。 Its pathetic， and it is a disgrace to the incredible saga that is Metal Gear Solid。 Metal Gear Solid the game is an easy 11/10。。。 but this novel deserves a 0。 。。。more
Major
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I have never played a Metal Gear Solid game， but I'm familiar with the franchise。 I found this book to be very interesting and I enjoyed it。 The plot was and if your an action junkie I recommend this book。 I have never played a Metal Gear Solid game， but I'm familiar with the franchise。 I found this book to be very interesting and I enjoyed it。 The plot was and if your an action junkie I recommend this book。 。。。more
Keegan
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An indulgent 1-to-1 retelling of the events of the first game。 Characterization is goofy and the dialog feels like a bond film but a good time for a fan of the series。
Andy Mullan
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Cheesy to the point of being a parody spy story。 Not for fans who are looking for the tension and intrigue Kojima carried in the game's storytelling。 Cheesy to the point of being a parody spy story。 Not for fans who are looking for the tension and intrigue Kojima carried in the game's storytelling。 。。。more
Danny Graf
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Same as the game。 You will get exactly that。 Bringing up some nice memory moments。
Alex
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Essentially just the dialogue from Jeremy Blaustein's translation in the original Metal Gear Solid videogame， linked together with uninspired scene descriptions and cliched action from the main sequence of the game。 There's a great opportunity to deviate or flesh out here but for the most part when the author does this it's in the direction of a generic action-adventure thriller。 There aren't even enough entertainingly awful passages to put it in the "so bad it's good" category。 Avoid。 Essentially just the dialogue from Jeremy Blaustein's translation in the original Metal Gear Solid videogame， linked together with uninspired scene descriptions and cliched action from the main sequence of the game。 There's a great opportunity to deviate or flesh out here but for the most part when the author does this it's in the direction of a generic action-adventure thriller。 There aren't even enough entertainingly awful passages to put it in the "so bad it's good" category。 Avoid。 。。。more
AmbroseKalifornia
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A mediocre retelling of a groundbreaking game。 The best thing I can say about it is that I could hear the voice actors reading the dialogue。 。。。you know， from when I ENJOYED the story。Sadly， I don't feel like anything new or clever was introduced aside from the Psycho Mantis scene which MAY have been from "The Twin Snakes"， but it loses so much more because THAT particular scene REALLY worked as a game， and would be nearly impossible to adapt to a book。I， mean， you COULD get clever。 Have dialogu A mediocre retelling of a groundbreaking game。 The best thing I can say about it is that I could hear the voice actors reading the dialogue。 。。。you know， from when I ENJOYED the story。Sadly， I don't feel like anything new or clever was introduced aside from the Psycho Mantis scene which MAY have been from "The Twin Snakes"， but it loses so much more because THAT particular scene REALLY worked as a game， and would be nearly impossible to adapt to a book。I， mean， you COULD get clever。 Have dialogue start repeating and mess with the page order， culminating with strike through and typeover text and blank pages。 That would be neat。 But alas， no such adventure here。This book only took a few hours to read， so I guess it's faster that replaying the original。 But with no music， voice acting or the phenomenal sound effects， it's not worth the tradeoff。 Three stars because the source material was great and this， despite its flaws， WAS a faithful adaptation。 I don't know who I'd ever recommend this to， but to be completely honest， I'd buy a cheap copy just to have。 。。。more
Cory Dinkel
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A good adaptation。 There were a few weird intentional dialogue changes that seemed odd but I liked how it tackled Psycho Mantis。
Oscar Enrique
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Amazing game， fucking disappointing book
Joe Horney
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Love this game but also a pretty good book
Zinntruther
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This is a real bad book， everything added onto the original game script is 90% trash with 10% just about stretching to passable。 It's also wild in what is retained from the game， literally directly translating backtracking which is acceptable inside a videogame into pointless wordcount padding。 Still it's Metal Gear and I'm reminded that Kojima's and Jeremy Blaustein's dialogue despite Kojima's reputation can be concise， snappy and naturalistic so can't be too hard on it This is a real bad book， everything added onto the original game script is 90% trash with 10% just about stretching to passable。 It's also wild in what is retained from the game， literally directly translating backtracking which is acceptable inside a videogame into pointless wordcount padding。 Still it's Metal Gear and I'm reminded that Kojima's and Jeremy Blaustein's dialogue despite Kojima's reputation can be concise， snappy and naturalistic so can't be too hard on it 。。。more
Liam Owen
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A good basic plot summary of the first game。 Hardly went "beyond" the plot as advertised on the back， but it was a nice quick read regardless。 A good basic plot summary of the first game。 Hardly went "beyond" the plot as advertised on the back， but it was a nice quick read regardless。 。。。more
Joel Hawkins
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Small amendment to the star rating。The book， as an adaptation of the game， is four stars。 It recounts all the beats from the game and allows you to relive all the key moments just like in the PlayStation classic。 Just what I want from this kind of book。As a stand-alone book or for someone who has never played the game， it is an incoherent， illogical and downright cheesy action piece worthy of just two stars。In short， great for fans of the game。。。and that's about it。 Small amendment to the star rating。The book， as an adaptation of the game， is four stars。 It recounts all the beats from the game and allows you to relive all the key moments just like in the PlayStation classic。 Just what I want from this kind of book。As a stand-alone book or for someone who has never played the game， it is an incoherent， illogical and downright cheesy action piece worthy of just two stars。In short， great for fans of the game。。。and that's about it。 。。。more
Leo
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This honestly reads better than anything that is just a verbatim video game script has any right to read。
Sergei
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Козима гений！ （на троечку）
Randal Schmidt
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You don't read a novelization of a video game expecting it to be "good" writing， but boy， was this terrible！ Raymond Benson writes like a middle aged man channeling the voice of a thirteen year old - bizarre， corny jokes and references to women as babes are abundant here。 Benson was in charge of writing the Bond novels at one point。 Based on this book， however， I'm convinced he wrote it purely for the money and treated the whole thing as a joke。 His disdain and disregard for the source material You don't read a novelization of a video game expecting it to be "good" writing， but boy， was this terrible！ Raymond Benson writes like a middle aged man channeling the voice of a thirteen year old - bizarre， corny jokes and references to women as babes are abundant here。 Benson was in charge of writing the Bond novels at one point。 Based on this book， however， I'm convinced he wrote it purely for the money and treated the whole thing as a joke。 His disdain and disregard for the source material is evident。 I read this because I loved the MGS game in the 90s。 The game is a thoughtful examination of political， social， and moral themes。 This book， on the other hand， is trash。 The only reason it avoided 1 star is because MGS is still a great story， even poorly told。 。。。more
George Edward
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Aside from a few sections such as expanding the backstory of Master Miller， Psycho Mantis， and references to future games in the series， this book fails to bring the magic of Metal Gear Solid into the form of a book。 Snake is depicted as a womanizer who complains about everything that is happening around him。 It’s understandable considering Benson has written a number of James Bond novels， and I’m assuming that’s why he was chosen to write this book。 However， Snake is so much different than Jame Aside from a few sections such as expanding the backstory of Master Miller， Psycho Mantis， and references to future games in the series， this book fails to bring the magic of Metal Gear Solid into the form of a book。 Snake is depicted as a womanizer who complains about everything that is happening around him。 It’s understandable considering Benson has written a number of James Bond novels， and I’m assuming that’s why he was chosen to write this book。 However， Snake is so much different than James Bond， and writing him to be anything like James Bond is a huge insult to what the character is all about。 Furthermore， many of the other characters are not portrayed accurately at all， such as Meryl who is just seen as a damsel in distress and an object of Snake’s lonely sexual fantasy。 Much of the book is the script directly from the game。 Those moments are all great。 However， the added scenes and added text that go to explain the atmosphere， backstory， would-be gameplay， and Snake’s thoughts are all poorly written。 The writing in this book is bland and sounds the same throughout the entire novel despite what may be happening。 The text merely does what it has to do to compliment the dialogue， nothing beyond that。This book is good for those who may want to experience the MGS story without replaying the game。。。but it honestly will just make you want to replay the game。 Not recommended for any others。 This will turn off people from the series and make them feel indifferent or hate the characters。 Play the games instead if you are interested， you won’t regret it。 。。。more
Arik Manley
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Metal Gear Solid is my favorite video game of all-time。 It's an intense and intelligent sci-fi espionage thriller with a gritty， dark atmosphere， a complex story that weaves through deep conspiracy theories and philosophies， unique and memorable characters， and it has just enough silly camp and self-awareness to make it absolutely fun alongside being totally compelling。 Hideo Kojima's masterpiece is a work that truly transcends the video game medium into interactive cinematic art。Unfortunately， Metal Gear Solid is my favorite video game of all-time。 It's an intense and intelligent sci-fi espionage thriller with a gritty， dark atmosphere， a complex story that weaves through deep conspiracy theories and philosophies， unique and memorable characters， and it has just enough silly camp and self-awareness to make it absolutely fun alongside being totally compelling。 Hideo Kojima's masterpiece is a work that truly transcends the video game medium into interactive cinematic art。Unfortunately， the Metal Gear Solid novelization is garbage。 Raymond Benson doesn't understand the characters at all and most of the action and whatnot just reads like a transcription of someone playing the video game， which isn't very interesting when I'm trying to read a book。 Reading about how Snake keeps sneaking around grabbing stray hand grenades in boxes and a billion different guns just doesn't work when the prose is bad and boring。There's also the aggravating fact that Snake keeps spouting off cringy， totally out-of-character one-liners that most of the time don't even make sense， such as: "Merry Christmas，" Snake said as he delivered two power-house punches， left and then right， into the guards' faces。 The soldiers plopped to the floor。 "I forgot to tell you — Christmas is early this year。"Or he just has really dumb thoughts all the damn time， like when he finds the Kevlar vest and thinks: You don't find too many of these in Cracker Jack boxes！ There's one particularly mind-blowingly awful moment in the sequence where he's running from the Hind-D helicopter between two towers that are being increasingly engulfed in flames and basically thinks "these towers are on fire， but at least it's not as bad as 9/11！" I just。。。what the actual fuck。The only time it's actually any good is when he's just copying the cutscenes and dialogue verbatim， but none of that is even actually his own creation so he doesn't even get any points there， especially when in most of these moments he's throwing in his own shitty dialogue and prose， completely ruining any tension or drama in the scenes。This book is an embarrassment to the legacy of Kojima's creation， and the fact that he was brought back to write the Sons of Liberty novelization is absolutely amazing （and I hate myself for feeling the need to read it at some point as well）。 。。。more
Artemis
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I love Metal Gear Solid as a series。 I love it for the characters， the plots， the themes， the emotions， the shenanigans， the wild tonal shifts between heartbreaking & tragic and goofy & ridiculous。Raymond Benson doesn't seem to get any of that。This novelization had some good points - the embellishments to the Gray Fox scenes were good！ Allowing Otacon to participate in the ending was great！ - but mostly it vacillated between "bland" and "insulting"。 The writing itself was boring， the video game I love Metal Gear Solid as a series。 I love it for the characters， the plots， the themes， the emotions， the shenanigans， the wild tonal shifts between heartbreaking & tragic and goofy & ridiculous。Raymond Benson doesn't seem to get any of that。This novelization had some good points - the embellishments to the Gray Fox scenes were good！ Allowing Otacon to participate in the ending was great！ - but mostly it vacillated between "bland" and "insulting"。 The writing itself was boring， the video game plot was exposed as utterly ridiculous in print format。。。 and the characters were butchered。 That's what was so disappointing。Solid Snake is supposed to be a tired， grumpy， jaded veteran with PTSD who doesn't want to be a killer and who mostly just wants to go home and be depressed in peace。 In this novel， he's written as a suave， （attempted） snarky， ruthless killer who just sort of slaughters rather than sneaks his way through the base。 By the end of the book he's going out of his way to kill people for extremely flimsy reasons， making stupid one-liners as he does so。 He has very few real emotions besides pride and annoyance about anything that happens （can't tell if this is bad characterization or just bad writing， though）。 Important emotional beats from the game that characterize Snake as being thoughtful， regretful， doubtful， philosophical， caring， they're all downplayed or removed entirely。 And he's significantly more of a leering creep。 This isn't Solid Snake - it's a painfully generic too-cool-to-care action hero。 It's a knockoff James Bond。 （Which isn't surprising， I guess。 This author spent a good eight years writing official Bond novels。 It shows。）The problem is that this author seems to want so badly for Metal Gear to be cool， and thus takes out all the parts that make it dorky or silly or goofy or awkward or embarrassing or random or honest or earnest or emotional or fun。Like， okay， it's a video game novelization， it was never going to be great literature。 I only read it because I'm too deep into Metal Gear Hell to be able to pass up the chance to see what the book was like。 I'm still grumpy though。 。。。more
bee
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（I rated this book 2。5/5 stars！）I'm a huge Metal Gear Solid fan so when I was made aware of the existence of these cheesy action/sci-fi novels I had to get my hands on them。 Is it as good as the game？？？ Hell no。 It's not even in the same realm of "amazing" as the games are， and this definitely shouldn't be the definitive way that you experience the story。 It doesn't add anything new or expand upon anything in the story （except for the prologue and the Psycho Mantis fight， both of which I actuall （I rated this book 2。5/5 stars！）I'm a huge Metal Gear Solid fan so when I was made aware of the existence of these cheesy action/sci-fi novels I had to get my hands on them。 Is it as good as the game？？？ Hell no。 It's not even in the same realm of "amazing" as the games are， and this definitely shouldn't be the definitive way that you experience the story。 It doesn't add anything new or expand upon anything in the story （except for the prologue and the Psycho Mantis fight， both of which I actually kind of appreciated？） and the dialogue is really cut-and-paste from the game and thus clunky at times。 Practically all of the emotional impact of scenes is lost because of this。 Solid Snake seems hilariously out of character at times too。I did enjoy it， if only because it's a Metal Gear adaptation and because I had fun laughing at how Solid Snake apparently knows what manga is。 。。。more
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