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  "thread": {
    "id": 2143,
    "subject": "\"THB\" my original questions",
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    "first": "2000-03-08T13:34:42+00:00",
    "last": "2000-03-08T13:34:42+00:00"
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      "message_id": "<urth-v0028-0830@digest.urth.net>",
      "from": {
        "name": "Michael Andre-Driussi",
        "address": "mantis at sirius.com"
      },
      "date": "2000-03-08T13:34:42+00:00",
      "subject": "(urth) \"THB\" my original questions",
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          "text": "\"The Haunted Bordinghouse,\" spoilers alert.\n\n\n\n\nOkay, so we have this house, and each face opens onto a different era.\n\n   STYLE           ODD NOTES\n1. Neo-Classical   boy climbing out window\n2. Tudor           window of Enan's room\n3. Neo-Victorian   Enan's world (circa AD 2100, 2200?)\n4. Contemporary\n\nIt seems odd that Enan's room is on the Tudor side; does this mean that the\nTudor side is a staging area?  What is the Tudor connection to this story?\nIf Tudor is a staging area, then maybe Contemporary is a staging area, too;\nat which point the reader has been lured in, as well.  (That is: you know\nwhy you are reading it--you are being recruited.)\n\nWe have at least two battles-won-under-mysterious-circumstances: Hannibal's\ninvasion of Rome c. 216 BC; Mexico's invasion of Granville c. AD 2000 (date\nguess--maybe somebody else can come up with better dating for Enan's era).\nSo much is clear: Enan and a bunch of English speakers go and help save\nRome; in return, the trans-temporal army travels to Granville to help save\nGranville.\n\nBut ah!  While the dark lady says that you can see Mexican bullet-holes in\nthe Neo-Victorian face, it seems clear that the invasion must have actually\nhappened in the Contemporary era; the invasion was one of the elements that\nforged the neo-Victorian world that Enan lives in.\n\nSo the Neo-Victorian era is a staging ground for the wars:\n\n1.  Neo-Classical   Hannibal's invasion\n2.  Tudor\n3.  Neo-Victorian   staging ground\n4.  Contemporary    Mexico's invasion\n\nWell, I can't help but think about the defeat of the Spanish Armada (AD\n1587); another attempted invasion with overwhelming numbers.  In talking\nabout the Mexican invasion, the informant says there were suddenly a lot of\nboats around Granville, a detail that fits nicely with (or inspires me to\ndream up) the Armada as a third battle.\n\nStill a tad shaky.\n\nHere's something else: \"Enan Bradford\" sounds rather close to \"Emory\nBainbridge\" of \"The Ziggurat,\" which is strange.\n\n=mantis="
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