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  "thread": {
    "id": 2715,
    "subject": "Digest urth.v030.n140",
    "messages": 1,
    "voices": 1,
    "first": "2001-07-03T23:28:33+00:00",
    "last": "2001-07-03T23:28:33+00:00"
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      "message_id": "<urth-v0030-0539@digest.urth.net>",
      "from": {
        "name": "David Duffy",
        "address": "davidd at qimr.edu.au"
      },
      "date": "2001-07-03T23:28:33+00:00",
      "subject": "(urth) Re: Digest urth.v030.n140",
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          "text": "Dan'l and William said:"
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          "depth": 2,
          "text": "The fact that TA didn't take place in Gormenghast didn't bother\nme particularly, in fact I rather liked the weird, science-\nfictional,  somewhat Kafkaesque world in which Titus found himself."
        },
        {
          "kind": "quote",
          "depth": 1,
          "text": "Puts you in a definite minority among Peake fans -- most seem to"
        },
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          "text": "I have to admit, the last time I reread the trilogy, I read it backwards,\nand enjoyed Titus Alone the best (I was reminded of it last weekend,\nsitting in deckchairs criticising a sunrise ;)).\n\nAdam said"
        },
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          "depth": 1,
          "text": "Somewhere in storage I have an anthology of rare psychedelic rock from the\n60s which includes a track by a group called, iirc, Steerpike, which\nreleased a concept album whose concept was that Steerpike was the true hero"
        },
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          "text": "At one time in the 80's, there was to be a movie version with Sting as\nSteerpike (a la Brimstone & Treacle I guess) -- I was quite looking\nforward to it.  The current version is visually good and the supporting\ncharacters true to Peake's drawings and descriptions (has anyone mentioned\nthe Doctor), but too short and somehow missing the exact tone of Peake's\nwriting (I too recommend reading _Mr Pye_).\n\nCheers, David.\n\n| David Duffy.                                                     ,-_|\\\n| email: davidD at qimr.edu.au  ph: INT+61+7+3362-0217 fax: -0101    /     *\n| Epidemiology Unit, The Queensland Institute of Medical Research \\_,-._/\n| 300 Herston Rd, Brisbane, Queensland 4029, Australia                 v"
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