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  "thread": {
    "id": 3319,
    "subject": "Junie Moon",
    "messages": 3,
    "voices": 2,
    "first": "2002-06-14T02:17:50+00:00",
    "last": "2002-06-17T16:43:09+00:00"
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  "messages": [
    {
      "message_id": "<urth-v0206-1238@digest.urth.net>",
      "from": {
        "name": "Fernando Q. Gouvea",
        "address": "fqgouvea at colby.edu"
      },
      "date": "2002-06-14T02:17:50+00:00",
      "subject": "(urth) Junie Moon",
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          "text": "I just re-read Wolfe's \"Has Anybody Seen Junie Moon\", in the Moon Shots\nanthology edited by Peter Crowther. The story is a homage to R. A. Lafferty, \nand it refers to a Lafferty story about a small moon that orbits very close\nto the Earth's surface. I remember reading that story, but don't remember\nits title or where I read it. Can anyone help?\n\nThanks,\n\nFernando"
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          "text": "Fernando Q. Gouvea                      \nDepartment of Mathematics          Editor, FOCUS and MAA Online\nColby College                      Mathematical Association of America\nWaterville, ME 04901               http://www.maa.org\nfqgouvea at colby.edu                      \n==========================================================\n\nReality is for people who lack imagination.\n\n\n\n\n-- "
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    {
      "message_id": "<urth-v0206-1255@digest.urth.net>",
      "from": {
        "name": "Alex David Groce",
        "address": "alex_groce at forlesen.modck.cs.cmu.edu"
      },
      "date": "2002-06-17T16:09:49+00:00",
      "subject": "(urth) Junie Moon",
      "in_reply_to": "<urth-v0206-1238@digest.urth.net>",
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          "text": "I just re-read Wolfe's \"Has Anybody Seen Junie Moon\", in the Moon\nShots anthology edited by Peter Crowther. The story is a homage to\nR. A. Lafferty, and it refers to a Lafferty story about a small moon\nthat orbits very close to the Earth's surface. I remember reading\nthat story, but don't remember its title or where I read it. Can\nanyone help?"
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          "text": "It's \"You Can't Go Back\" in _Iron Tears_.  One of Lafferty's better\nstories, which is saying a lot.  While the intention was, I'm sure,\nall to the good, I think \"Junie Moon\"'s main virtue is in pointing out\nthat imitation Lafferty just doesn't work."
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          "text": "\"And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.\" John 8:32\n--\nAlex David Groce (agroce+ at cs.cmu.edu)\nPh.D. Student, Carnegie Mellon University - Computer Science Department\n8112 Wean Hall (412)-268-3066\nhttp://www.cs.cmu.edu/~agroce\n\n-- "
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      "message_id": "<urth-v0206-1258@digest.urth.net>",
      "from": {
        "name": "Fernando Q. Gouvea",
        "address": "fqgouvea at colby.edu"
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      "date": "2002-06-17T16:43:09+00:00",
      "subject": "Re: (urth) Junie Moon",
      "in_reply_to": "<urth-v0206-1255@digest.urth.net>",
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          "text": "**** On Mon, 17 Jun 2002 12:09:49 -0400, you said:"
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          "text": "I just re-read Wolfe's \"Has Anybody Seen Junie Moon\", in the Moon Shots\nanthology edited by Peter Crowther. The story is a homage to\nR. A. Lafferty, and it refers to a Lafferty story about a small moon\nthat orbits very close to the Earth's surface. I remember reading that\nstory, but don't remember its title or where I read it. Can anyone help?"
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          "text": "Alex> It's \"You Can't Go Back\" in _Iron Tears_.  One of Lafferty's better\nAlex> stories, which is saying a lot.  While the intention was, I'm sure,\nAlex> all to the good, I think \"Junie Moon\"'s main virtue is in pointing\nAlex> out that imitation Lafferty just doesn't work.\n\nTo some extent, I agree, but I still enjoyed the story, both because it\nreminded me of the Lafferty (a pleasure in itself) and because of little\ntouches, such as Junie (whose real name must be Juno) sending \"Hercules\" on\nhis labors.\n\nFernando"
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          "text": "Fernando Q. Gouvea                      \nDepartment of Mathematics          Editor, FOCUS and MAA Online\nColby College                      Mathematical Association of America\nWaterville, ME 04901               http://www.maa.org\nfqgouvea at colby.edu                      \n==========================================================\n\n   This is the way the world ends\n   This is the way the world ends\n   This is the way the world ends\n   Not with a bang but a whimper.\n       -- T. S. Eliot, The Hollow Men\n\n\n\n-- "
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