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  "thread": {
    "id": 3156,
    "subject": "OT: Two books",
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    "first": "2002-04-16T14:10:35+00:00",
    "last": "2002-04-16T14:10:35+00:00"
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    {
      "message_id": "<urth-v0204-623@digest.urth.net>",
      "from": {
        "name": "Adam Stephanides",
        "address": "adamsteph at earthlink.net"
      },
      "date": "2002-04-16T14:10:35+00:00",
      "subject": "(urth) OT: Two books",
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          "text": "I wanted to recommend two books I've read recently which should be of\ninterest to those on this list, although they have nothing else in common\naside from very similar titles.\n\nOne is THE IMPOSSIBLE BIRD by Patrick O'Leary, who has occasionally\ncontributed here.  It's well-written, imaginative and thought-provoking, and\ncovers some of the same fictional territory (in a different way) as\n\"Forlesen,\" whose ending O'Leary quotes explicitly.  But O'Leary's book has,\nin a strange sort of way, a happy ending, or at least a final redemption,\nwhich Wolfe's story lacks.\n\nThe other is THE IMPOSSIBLY by Laird Hunt (published by Coffee House Press).\nThis has no connection to Wolfe whatsover, and is not even sf, but fans of\nnon-chronological storytelling, narrative ellipsis and unreliable narrators\n(which I imagine most of those on this list are) should love it.  Its prose\nis very reminiscent of Flann O'Brien, which bits of Beckett thrown in; in\nfact, I was surprised to gather from the dust jacket that Hunt is apparently\nnot Irish (though it's not stated what nationality he is).\n\n--Adam"
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