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  "thread": {
    "id": 4624,
    "subject": "bsharp",
    "messages": 2,
    "voices": 2,
    "first": "2006-05-26T13:28:27+00:00",
    "last": "2006-05-26T13:41:19+00:00"
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  "messages": [
    {
      "message_id": "<BAY103-F22DC59735A14A5BC639128D79E0@phx.gbl>",
      "from": {
        "name": "b sharp",
        "address": "bsharporflat at hotmail.com"
      },
      "date": "2006-05-26T13:28:27+00:00",
      "subject": "(urth) bsharp",
      "in_reply_to": null,
      "reply_link": null,
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          "text": "Bsharp has been my nom de internet for quite a while now. I wasn't sure how \nimportant or revealed the members' vital statistics are for this community \nso I held back on that.  I noticed some recent interest so I guess I ought \nto pull back the curtain.  My stats are not at all fascinating, so I'll \nreveal them.  I wouldn't want a false sense of mystery to color my posts.\n\nI am male  age 45, married (twice) with 3 kids.  I have some East Coast \nroots but have been a long time resident of Columbus, Ohio.  I was raised in \na very mild form of Judaism but have no religious convictions. My education \nis primarily in Biology and Anthropology and my occupations have been mostly \nas an educator, social worker and currently, as a very low level bureaucrat \nin public health.\n\nLike Thecla, I am slightly pleased that someone thought I might be of the \nopposite gender. On the other hand, though my educational and occupational \nbackground gives me a familiarity with such odd topics as homsexuality, \npedophila and transvestitism I have no personal inclinations in those \ndirections. (so remember that in regard to some of my future posts! lol).\n\nI've read 5th Head of Cerberus, BotNS + Urth religiously, and most of \nWolfe's other older books.  I read the Long Sun series and felt the first \nbook was almost as good as Severian's tale but I was disappointed by the \nlast book and never got to the Short Sun or later work.  I think I will now \nhave to do that. But, as is obvious, I have a lot of issues to resolve in \nBotNS first.\n\nThanks to all for giving me such a warm welcome!\n\n-bsharp"
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    },
    {
      "message_id": "<3B432741-6D75-4C5E-AE84-203C0BFEDB1D@gmail.com>",
      "from": {
        "name": "Transentient",
        "address": "transentient at gmail.com"
      },
      "date": "2006-05-26T13:41:19+00:00",
      "subject": "(urth) bsharp",
      "in_reply_to": "<BAY103-F22DC59735A14A5BC639128D79E0@phx.gbl>",
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          "text": "I've read 5th Head of Cerberus, BotNS + Urth religiously, and most of\nWolfe's other older books.  I read the Long Sun series and felt the  \nfirst\nbook was almost as good as Severian's tale but I was disappointed  \nby the\nlast book and never got to the Short Sun or later work.  I think I  \nwill now\nhave to do that. But, as is obvious, I have a lot of issues to  \nresolve in\nBotNS first."
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          "text": "Short Sun is really really excellent - I'm just on my first tour  \nthrough the works of Gene Wolfe myself,  but I really like Short Sun  \nbest out of the big cycle. You really have to read BoTNS and BoTLS to  \nfully enjoy it, but getting through BoTLS is well worth it. "
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