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  "thread": {
    "id": 47,
    "subject": "The Castle of the Otter",
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    "first": "1985-12-13T20:16:10+00:00",
    "last": "1985-12-13T20:16:10+00:00"
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    {
      "message_id": "<sflovers-v10-461-7@digest.sf-lovers>",
      "from": {
        "name": "Linda Wald",
        "address": "math.linda at locus.ucla.edu"
      },
      "date": "1985-12-13T20:16:10+00:00",
      "subject": "The Castle of the Otter",
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          "text": "The Castle of the Otter (by Gene Wolfe) is subtitled \"a book about\nThe Book of the New Sun\".  A report in Locus mistakenly said that\nthe fourth book in The Book of the New Sun was to be titled The\nCastle of the Otter, and Wolfe liked the name enough to write a book\nto fit. In the book, Wolfe talks about how the tetrology was\nwritten, and why it has the form it does. He tells where the\npoems and all thoses weird words are from, and what they mean. He\neven has each of the main characters (well, all that were willing\nto) stand up and tell a joke.  I found it delightful to read, for\nWolfe has a wicked sense of humor. It is available from the Science\nFiction Book Club. If you loved the tetrology , you'll probably\nenjoy this. If you haven't read the tetrology, go and get The Shadow\nof the Torturer (it's the first book).\n\nLinda Wald"
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