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  "thread": {
    "id": 2904,
    "subject": "\"It's all right there in Chapter 1\"",
    "messages": 3,
    "voices": 3,
    "first": "2002-01-31T16:37:00+00:00",
    "last": "2002-02-01T16:33:35+00:00"
  },
  "messages": [
    {
      "message_id": "<urth-v0202-34@digest.urth.net>",
      "from": {
        "name": "Dan'l Danehy-Oakes",
        "address": "ddanehy at siebel.com"
      },
      "date": "2002-01-31T16:37:00+00:00",
      "subject": "(urth) \"It's all right there in Chapter 1\"",
      "in_reply_to": null,
      "reply_link": null,
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          "text": "...so Marc wrote; and I think that's a very important point. Looking at\nBotNS and BotLS, both are written\nin a somewhat holographic manner, with most of the \"story\" implied or stated\nbaldly in the first chatper.\nWhy should SS be any different? "
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "message_id": "<urth-v0202-37@digest.urth.net>",
      "from": {
        "name": "Michael Straight",
        "address": "straight at email.unc.edu"
      },
      "date": "2002-01-31T17:07:12+00:00",
      "subject": "Re: (urth) \"It's all right there in Chapter 1\"",
      "in_reply_to": "<urth-v0202-34@digest.urth.net>",
      "reply_link": "subject",
      "blocks": [
        {
          "kind": "quote",
          "depth": 1,
          "text": "On Thu, 31 Jan 2002, Dan'l Danehy-Oakes wrote:\n...so Marc wrote; and I think that's a very important point. Looking at\nBotNS and BotLS, both are written\nin a somewhat holographic manner, with most of the \"story\" implied or stated\nbaldly in the first chatper.\nWhy should SS be any different? "
        },
        {
          "kind": "text",
          "depth": 0,
          "text": "SS is also holographic, but I don't think Horn talks about genetics\nbecause plants are the key.  Hybrids are the key.  Silk and Horn must be\ncombined to get the benefits of hybrid vigor, but it won't last.  \nEventually (corn) Silk must return to being a pure strain in order to be\nhealthy.\n\n-Rostrum"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "message_id": "<urth-v0202-48@digest.urth.net>",
      "from": {
        "name": "James Jordan",
        "address": "jbjordan4 at home.com"
      },
      "date": "2002-02-01T16:33:35+00:00",
      "subject": "Re: (urth) \"It's all right there in Chapter 1\"",
      "in_reply_to": "<urth-v0202-37@digest.urth.net>",
      "reply_link": "subject",
      "blocks": [
        {
          "kind": "quote",
          "depth": 1,
          "text": "At 11:07 AM 1/31/2002, you wrote:\nOn Thu, 31 Jan 2002, Dan'l Danehy-Oakes wrote:"
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        {
          "kind": "quote",
          "depth": 2,
          "text": "...so Marc wrote; and I think that's a very important point. Looking at\nBotNS and BotLS, both are written\nin a somewhat holographic manner, with most of the \"story\" implied or \nstated\nbaldly in the first chatper.\nWhy should SS be any different?"
        },
        {
          "kind": "quote",
          "depth": 1,
          "text": "SS is also holographic, but I don't think Horn talks about genetics\nbecause plants are the key.  Hybrids are the key.  Silk and Horn must be\ncombined to get the benefits of hybrid vigor, but it won't last.\nEventually (corn) Silk must return to being a pure strain in order to be\nhealthy.\n\n-Rostrum"
        },
        {
          "kind": "text",
          "depth": 0,
          "text": "If plant-human hybrids are a theme of the book, then consider the ultimate \nplant-human hybrid: the Roman Catholic transsubstantiated bread and wine. \nAnd this does seem to figure in the books, doesn't it?\n\nNutria"
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