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  "thread": {
    "id": 3171,
    "subject": "Parabolic rebuttal",
    "messages": 1,
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    "first": "2002-04-19T11:27:42+00:00",
    "last": "2002-04-19T11:27:42+00:00"
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    {
      "message_id": "<urth-v0204-688@digest.urth.net>",
      "from": {
        "name": "Nigel Price",
        "address": "nigel.a.price at virgin.net"
      },
      "date": "2002-04-19T11:27:42+00:00",
      "subject": "(urth) Parabolic rebuttal",
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          "text": "(Testing, testing, testing...\n\n1-2-3... 1-2-3...\n\nIs this thing on? Is it working now?\n\nLet me try a short test message before posting anything larger.)\n\nBlattid suggests that Severian is more Christ-like than Wolfe is willing to\nconcede and further suggests that the imbedded stories in TBotNS in some way\nparallel the parables in the gospels. I reject both assertions, though I\nmust say that I find the latter intriguing. Blattid is absolutely right to\npoint out that there are more parallels between Severian and Christ than\nsimply the temptation episode that I alluded to, but in terms of both his\ncharacter and his adventures, Severian is very, very different from Christ,\nfor all that he may, falteringly and imperfectly, become more like him as\nthe story progresses. Wolfe's explanation is that Severian is a pilgrim, and\neven refers, if I recall, to \"Pilgrim's Progress\" as one of the indirect\nmodels along for the story (along with millions of other things).\n\nAs for the imbedded stories in TBotNS, which I love, I can only say that\nthey are quite unlike parables in their structure, length and tone. They are\nmore like folk tales than parables.\n\n(If this posting works, I may be tempted to say more!)\n\nNigel"
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