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  "thread": {
    "id": 144,
    "subject": "_Soldier of the Mist_ by Gene Wolfe",
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    "first": "1997-03-27T12:26:15+00:00",
    "last": "1997-03-27T12:26:15+00:00"
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      "message_id": "<sflovers-v22-131-16@digest.sf-lovers>",
      "from": {
        "name": "David Kennedy",
        "address": "d.kennedy at qub.ac.uk"
      },
      "date": "1997-03-27T12:26:15+00:00",
      "subject": "_Soldier of the Mist_ by Gene Wolfe",
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          "text": "I picked up a second hand copy of Gene Wolfe's _Soldier of the Mists_ a few\ndays ago, having never heard of it before.\n\nIt's excellent. But I have a few questions (well, I always do after a Wolfe\nbook!).\n\nFirstly, the book seems to end abruptly, many plot elements are unresolved\nand I feel that, although the cover doesn't make it clear, there is a\nsequel (or two)? Anyone any info on this?  I'd really like to find it if\nthere is.\n\nSecondly, well, I admit it, my history is scant, and while I managed to\npiece together most of it from childhood reading of 'myths and legends'\ntype books I'm a bit shaky on the events covered to be sure of what I'm\nreading. I'm not a complete idiot on the subject, its just that I know only\nlittle bits and pieces.\n\nI mean, I figured out that Latro is a Roman (isn't he? :-) ), that it must\nbe Xerxes' army that figures so prominantly, I spotted the Spartans\netc. but on the whole I was never quite sure where I was or what the\nsignificance of many of the battles, places and people were. Or the gods,\nI'm not too familiar with some of them either!  (I vividly remember the\nImmortals from childhood readings of big old history books my dad had\nthough! Very dramatic stuff)\n\nSo, as I have seen extensive stuff on the Book of the New Sun, is there\nanything similar for the _Soldier_ book(s)? A FAQ, however brief, might\nhelp clarify things on rereading. And I will reread this very soon, I\nenjoyed it more than anything I've read for a long time. It's also more\n'readable' than his other books that I have read, having real people,\nlocations, mythology and settings to work with anchors him a litte better.\nRecommended. A+ Try this if you were put off by his Book of the New Sun\nnovels.\n\nPlot synopsis: Latro is a former soldier who, due to a head wound, cannot\nremember for more than a day. So he keeps a scroll dairy where he writes\nall that happens to him (this is the novel), however he can now see and\ntalk to gods. But of course he won't remember that the next day either...\nSo, a mixed bag of people head off on a (often random seeming) journey\nwhere Things Happen and Latro Has Adventures as a result of his unique\ncondition.\n\nDavid Kennedy\nD.Kennedy at Queens-Belfast.ac.uk"
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