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"I’m so glad I don’t live in Maine anymore."

If that's your attitude, we're glad too. I happen to love Maine AND Seattle (for many of the same reasons, actually), but to each his own.

And aside from the beautiful design work, "The Forever War" is an astounding work of memoir/reporting; If the invasion of Iraq were a car accident, and this book was an account of it-- your eyes would be glued to every page & you'd be shocked and fascinated, mesmerized by the writing and shaking your head at the things Filkins witnesses.

@1: Did you bother to read why he said he was glad not to live in Maine anymore? There are many "small" places like that where a French accent automatically angers people, and denying that is silly. I'm from Maine too, and sometimes I miss it like crazy, but I know why I live here.