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  "thread": {
    "id": 153,
    "subject": "Review: Strange Travelers by Gene Wolfe",
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    "first": "2000-02-19T18:54:11+00:00",
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      "from": {
        "name": "Aaron M. Renn",
        "address": "arenn at urbanophile.com"
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      "date": "2000-02-19T18:54:11+00:00",
      "subject": "Review: Strange Travelers by Gene Wolfe",
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          "text": "Strange Travelers by Gene Wolfe\n\t\t    Review Copyright 2000 Aaron M. Renn\n\nConclusion: Recommended\n\nThis is a solid collection of Gene Wolfe short stories.  They are a diverse\nlot, having only excellence in common.  I'll admit that I'm really not a\nbig fan of short fiction, but the recent collections I've read are starting\nto convert me.\n\nMy readings of Wolfe consist of only this collection and the recent \"On\nBlue's Waters,\" so I obviously don't have a lot of experience upon which to\njudge things.  However, I'm starting to get the impression that Wolfe has a\ncertain shall we say motif that is common to much of his work.  This\nconsists of a high tech setting, perhaps during or after some type of\nsocietal fall, but one in which the characters do not fully comprehend the\ntrue nature of things such that the technology appears almost magical.\nThis could be because the character is a child, or is living in a post-tech\nfuture, or because the technology is so advanced that there is no need for\nhumans to really try to know it.  There also seems to be a certain\nsimilarity in his lead characters, especially those who narrate their own\ntales, though I've not really pinned this down exactly.  I don't suggest\nthat these similarities are bad, or make his stories seem like clones\nbecause they don't.  I'm just speculating on things based on what I've read\nto date and I needed something to say in this review besides \"It's great!\"\n\nOne interesting thing to note is that Wolfe does not give cutesy intros to\nany of these stories.  They stand alone and unadorned, which I liked a lot.\n\nThe only real downside of this book is the high hardcover price.  This is\nnot something so good that I feel it must be purchased in hardcover, or\nindeed at all.  So don't be afraid to wait for the paperback if money is a\nconstraint.\n\nAuthor:     Wolfe, Gene\nTitle:      Strange Travelers\nPublisher:  Tor\nDate:       2000-01\nOrder Info: ISBN 0-312-87227-5\nPages:      383 pp.\nComments:   hardcover, US$25.95\n\nReviewed on 2000-02-13\n\nAaron M. Renn"
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