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  "thread": {
    "id": 4339,
    "subject": "Borski's Labyrinth",
    "messages": 1,
    "voices": 1,
    "first": "2005-01-27T05:19:36+00:00",
    "last": "2005-01-27T05:19:36+00:00"
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  "messages": [
    {
      "message_id": "<NIBBJLHJDCMBDLKLILDICEIGDEAA.nigel.aprice@virgin.net>",
      "from": {
        "name": "Nigel Price",
        "address": "nigel.aprice at virgin.net"
      },
      "date": "2005-01-27T05:19:36+00:00",
      "subject": "(urth) Borski's Labyrinth",
      "in_reply_to": null,
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          "text": "Turin asked:"
        },
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          "depth": 2,
          "text": "has anyone read robert borski's solar labyrinth\non the book o fthe new sun."
        },
        {
          "kind": "text",
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          "text": "Yes, I've got a copy. It's beautifully written and very witty, in an erudite\nway, and I read it with a great deal of pleasure. Robert's methodology is,\nas ever, based in large measure on imaginitive extrapolation and inspired\ntheorising and I would issue a huge health warning about most if not all of\nhis conclusions. For example, his ideas about Wolfe's alleged scheme for\nmaking the names of related characters partial anagrams of each other is\nobviously true in some cases, but he has to apply truly Procrustean logic to\nmake it work in others.\n\nOn the other hand, Robert has a brilliant eye for details and for spotting\nrecurring words, images and themes in Wolfe's text. There were plenty of\noccasions when I started off with my usual scepticism and an attitude of \"Oh\ncome on Robert, this is far-fetched nonsense!\", only to be brought up short\nby his quotations from the actual text. Having examined these, I was often\nforced to recognise that he really was onto something, even its significance\nwas not necessarily that which he ascribed to it. I don't share Robert's\nassumption that every mystery within TBotNS has a precise solution, but it\nwas good fun re-examining the text in his company.\n\nNigel Price"
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