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This file was rebuilt from parsed fields rather than retained headers, so it is faithful in content but not byte-exact.", "addresses": "obscured as 'user at host'" }, "archive": "urth", "thread": { "id": 4321, "subject": "Gene of Green Gables", "messages": 3, "voices": 3, "first": "2005-01-18T10:13:45+00:00", "last": "2005-01-18T12:48:16+00:00" }, "messages": [ { "message_id": "<20050118181341.84554.qmail@web25701.mail.ukl.yahoo.com>", "from": { "name": "Jim Raylor", "address": "rjraylor at yahoo.co.uk" }, "date": "2005-01-18T10:13:45+00:00", "subject": "(urth) Gene of Green Gables", "in_reply_to": null, "reply_link": null, "blocks": [ { "kind": "text", "depth": 0, "text": "Anne of Cerberus\n\nAnne had her own Shadow Children : Katie Maurice (her\nreflection in the glass of the bookless bookcase) and\nVioletta (the little echo girl).\n\nI was speaking of anise and Anne asked me how it was\nspelt. I told her and she looked disappointed.\n'Wouldn't it look better spelt \"Annese\" with an 'e'\nlike my name?' she suggested, a little vainly I\nthought.\n'No it distinctly says \"anise\"...' I showed her the\nphrase in the book.\n'Yes I know it... it is a smell and a taste... like\nthose sweets that I didn't like much and that odd\ndrink those French artists like too much... Ugh!' She\npulled a most unbecoming face, but brightened up\nalmost immediately...\n'Let me show you some fine plants that smell of\nAnnese?' She begged and I did not have the heart to\ncorrect her spelling.\n\n\n'Later, child... I must continue reading this book.' I\nannounced at last. \n'The writer must be a very happy man, now!' She\nannounced as she read the cover.\n'Why do you say that?' I asked, frankly puzzled.\n'He was sad when he was just 'Gene Wolfe, The fifth\nhead', but now he is Gene Wolfe the Fifth Head... OF\nCERBERUS.' She clapped her hands as she positively\nshouted the last two words.\n\n'And to think we almost sent you away beacuse you were\nnot quite a boy!' I smiled at her.\nShe looked pensive and was silent for a surprisingly\nlong time.\n'Is that what abo means?' she asked ingenuously.\n\n=====\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\t" } ] }, { "message_id": "<1f7617370501181032649005cf@mail.gmail.com>", "from": { "name": "Dan'l Danehy-Oakes", "address": "danldo at gmail.com" }, "date": "2005-01-18T10:32:24+00:00", "subject": "(urth) Gene of Green Gables", "in_reply_to": "<20050118181341.84554.qmail@web25701.mail.ukl.yahoo.com>", "reply_link": "header", "blocks": [ { "kind": "text", "depth": 0, "text": "Oh, goodness ... do we have a new genre here? \"What if someone else\nhad written Gene Wolfe's book?\"" }, { "kind": "quote", "depth": 1, "text": "On Tue, 18 Jan 2005 18:13:41 +0000 (GMT), Jim Raylor\n wrote:\nAnne of Cerberus\n\nAnne had her own Shadow Children : Katie Maurice (her\nreflection in the glass of the bookless bookcase) and\nVioletta (the little echo girl).\n\nI was speaking of anise and Anne asked me how it was\nspelt. I told her and she looked disappointed.\n'Wouldn't it look better spelt \"Annese\" with an 'e'\nlike my name?' she suggested, a little vainly I\nthought.\n'No it distinctly says \"anise\"...' I showed her the\nphrase in the book.\n'Yes I know it... it is a smell and a taste... like\nthose sweets that I didn't like much and that odd\ndrink those French artists like too much... Ugh!' She\npulled a most unbecoming face, but brightened up\nalmost immediately...\n'Let me show you some fine plants that smell of\nAnnese?' She begged and I did not have the heart to\ncorrect her spelling.\n\n'Later, child... I must continue reading this book.' I\nannounced at last.\n'The writer must be a very happy man, now!' She\nannounced as she read the cover.\n'Why do you say that?' I asked, frankly puzzled.\n'He was sad when he was just 'Gene Wolfe, The fifth\nhead', but now he is Gene Wolfe the Fifth Head... OF\nCERBERUS.' She clapped her hands as she positively\nshouted the last two words.\n\n'And to think we almost sent you away beacuse you were\nnot quite a boy!' I smiled at her.\nShe looked pensive and was silent for a surprisingly\nlong time.\n'Is that what abo means?' she asked ingenuously.\n\n=====\n\n\n___________________________________________________________\nALL-NEW Yahoo! Messenger - all new features - even more fun! http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com\n_______________________________________________" } ] }, { "message_id": "<41ED75CA.6050502@gmail.com>", "from": { "name": "maru", "address": "marudubshinki at gmail.com" }, "date": "2005-01-18T12:48:16+00:00", "subject": "(urth) Gene of Green Gables", "in_reply_to": "<1f7617370501181032649005cf@mail.gmail.com>", "reply_link": "header", "blocks": [ { "kind": "text", "depth": 0, "text": "All of a sudden, all of Borges' works spring to mind, as does an \nacademic paper 'Shakespeare's works were not written by him, but by \nanother person of the same name'.\n~Maru\nIn case you can't tell, Borges and Hofstadter are two of my favorite \nauthors. Who deal with similar issues." }, { "kind": "quote", "depth": 1, "text": "Dan'l Danehy-Oakes wrote:\nOh, goodness ... do we have a new genre here? \"What if someone else\nhad written Gene Wolfe's book?\"\n\n\nOn Tue, 18 Jan 2005 18:13:41 +0000 (GMT), Jim Raylor\n wrote:\n " }, { "kind": "quote", "depth": 2, "text": "Anne of Cerberus\n\nAnne had her own Shadow Children : Katie Maurice (her\nreflection in the glass of the bookless bookcase) and\nVioletta (the little echo girl).\n\nI was speaking of anise and Anne asked me how it was\nspelt. I told her and she looked disappointed.\n'Wouldn't it look better spelt \"Annese\" with an 'e'\nlike my name?' she suggested, a little vainly I\nthought.\n'No it distinctly says \"anise\"...' I showed her the\nphrase in the book.\n'Yes I know it... it is a smell and a taste... like\nthose sweets that I didn't like much and that odd\ndrink those French artists like too much... Ugh!' She\npulled a most unbecoming face, but brightened up\nalmost immediately...\n'Let me show you some fine plants that smell of\nAnnese?' She begged and I did not have the heart to\ncorrect her spelling.\n\n'Later, child... I must continue reading this book.' I\nannounced at last.\n'The writer must be a very happy man, now!' She\nannounced as she read the cover.\n'Why do you say that?' I asked, frankly puzzled.\n'He was sad when he was just 'Gene Wolfe, The fifth\nhead', but now he is Gene Wolfe the Fifth Head... OF\nCERBERUS.' She clapped her hands as she positively\nshouted the last two words.\n\n'And to think we almost sent you away beacuse you were\nnot quite a boy!' I smiled at her.\nShe looked pensive and was silent for a surprisingly\nlong time.\n'Is that what abo means?' she asked ingenuously.\n\n=====\n\n\n___________________________________________________________\nALL-NEW Yahoo! Messenger - all new features - even more fun! http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com\n_______________________________________________" } ] } ] }