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  "thread": {
    "id": 3654,
    "subject": "Pike's ghost",
    "messages": 1,
    "voices": 1,
    "first": "2002-12-04T18:38:34+00:00",
    "last": "2002-12-04T18:38:34+00:00"
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  "messages": [
    {
      "message_id": "<urth-v0212-2367@digest.urth.net>",
      "from": {
        "name": "maa32",
        "address": "maa32 at dana.ucc.nau.edu"
      },
      "date": "2002-12-04T18:38:34+00:00",
      "subject": "(urth) Pike's ghost",
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          "text": "I was thinking about the whole Patera Pike's ghost thing.  Mr. Wolfe denied \nthat it was Quetzal, and I wasn't sure whether Mainframe could project a saved \nimage of Pike outside of the polar region.  Anyone up for the idea that a much \nolder Silk returned to his earlier life for a second while astrally \ntravelling, as Horn returned to see Nettle while in the Pit?  Could this \nexplain the aged augur on the steps?  Silk catching a glimpse of his future \nold self, as Severian caught a glimpse of his future old self in the past as \nApu Punchau?\n\nHas the ghost of Pike been explained?  I know that the ghost of Crane shows up \nat the end of Return to the Whorl, but can these ghosts be formed or \nmaintained outside of the poles?  Is there a better explanation?\n\nMarc Aramini"
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