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  "thread": {
    "id": 2522,
    "subject": "a merry christmas. . .",
    "messages": 2,
    "voices": 2,
    "first": "2000-12-27T23:53:56+00:00",
    "last": "2000-12-28T04:31:19+00:00"
  },
  "messages": [
    {
      "message_id": "<urth-v0030-0216@digest.urth.net>",
      "from": {
        "name": "Redhaven1",
        "address": "redhaven1 at aol.com"
      },
      "date": "2000-12-28T04:31:19+00:00",
      "subject": "(urth) a merry christmas. . .",
      "in_reply_to": null,
      "reply_link": null,
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          "kind": "text",
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          "text": "I was rather pleased with my Christmas presents this year.  Under the tree I \nfound a copy of PEACE and FREE LIVE FREE.  With my Christmas money I bought a \ncopy of THE FIFTH HEAD OF CERBERUS.  And I think I'm getting STRANGE \nTRAVELERS at a party tomorrow.  So the question is: where do I start?\n\n-Steve"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "message_id": "<urth-v0030-0217@digest.urth.net>",
      "from": {
        "name": "William Ansley",
        "address": "wansley at warwick.net"
      },
      "date": "2000-12-27T23:53:56+00:00",
      "subject": "Re: (urth) a merry christmas. . .",
      "in_reply_to": "<urth-v0030-0216@digest.urth.net>",
      "reply_link": "subject",
      "blocks": [
        {
          "kind": "quote",
          "depth": 1,
          "text": "I was rather pleased with my Christmas presents this year.  Under the tree I\nfound a copy of PEACE and FREE LIVE FREE.  With my Christmas money I bought a\ncopy of THE FIFTH HEAD OF CERBERUS.  And I think I'm getting STRANGE\nTRAVELERS at a party tomorrow.  So the question is: where do I start?\n\n-Steve"
        },
        {
          "kind": "text",
          "depth": 0,
          "text": "Definitely start with _Peace_. I would then read _The Fifth Head of \nCerberus_, followed by _Free Live Free_ and _Strange Travelers_ (I \nhope you get it).\n\nI am a strong proponent of reading books in the order they were \nwritten, and I think I have given them in this order above, or as \nclose as possible, considering ST is a collection of short stories.\n\nEnjoy!"
        },
        {
          "kind": "sig",
          "depth": 0,
          "text": "William Ansley"
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