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    "id": 4105,
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    "first": "2003-07-20T04:51:19+00:00",
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      "message_id": "<urth-v0307-3704@digest.urth.net>",
      "from": {
        "name": "Ken Burstall",
        "address": "kenneth_burstall at excite.com"
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      "date": "2003-07-20T04:51:19+00:00",
      "subject": "(urth) various",
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          "text": "<delurk>\nApologies in advance in case my theories have already been discussed and demolished, although I haven't seen them in the archives.\n\nI doubt that Silk=Malrubius. \n\nI think that the real reason for Silk/Horn meeting with Severian is, firstly, to provide a sort of Chapter Zero for tBotNS, an explanation for why Severian should have this itch to be good when his li\nAnother reason is how morally symmetrical it makes the book sequence -  \nSeverian triumphs over possibly the worst upbringing devisable, Silk over a genetic inheritance from hell (if you accept that Silk is a clone of Typhon).\n\nJust some thoughts\n\n\nWe’ve been good.\nWe deserve a Van de Graaf Generator.\nAnd a Tesla Coil.\n\n(Teresa Neilsen-Hayden)\n \n\n_______________________________________________\nExpress Yourself - Share Your Mood in Emails!\nVisit www.SmileyCentral.com - the happiest place on the Web."
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