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  "thread": {
    "id": 499,
    "subject": "Peace Question #2",
    "messages": 2,
    "voices": 2,
    "first": "1998-04-17T14:32:36+00:00",
    "last": "1998-04-18T00:21:51+00:00"
  },
  "messages": [
    {
      "message_id": "<urth-v0009-0752@digest.urth.net>",
      "from": {
        "name": "Michael Straight",
        "address": "straight at email.unc.edu"
      },
      "date": "1998-04-17T14:32:36+00:00",
      "subject": "(urth) Peace Question #2",
      "in_reply_to": null,
      "reply_link": null,
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          "text": "I got such enlightening responses from Paul, Tony, Adam, et. al., that I'm\ngoing to throw out another question I've gotten no takers on before.\n\nThe story of Finn M'Cool and his cat appears in Wolfe's Book of Days (I\nthink - I don't own a copy).  Was it originally composed for Peace or was\nit published earlier?  Is the anthologized version the same as the one in\nPeace?  It seems it must be a little different because the Peace version\nhas an aside to Dennis (\"and [the dog] would have had this tale if you\nhadn't laughed at the cat\"--which is odd in that it implies a version of\nthe story with the dog in the cat's role).  \n\nThis is one story that seems to invite allegorical interpretation with the\nexchange: \"Who are they?  Well, one is wickedness, and the other a fairy\ncat.\"  But while I enjoy this tall tale, I'm hard pressed to find any\nconnections with Weer's story or tease out the allegory. \n\n-Rostrum, who if he gets a good response to this might have the courage\n to ask a fourth time for help with the end of FREE LIVE FREE."
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "message_id": "<urth-v0009-0754@digest.urth.net>",
      "from": {
        "name": "William H. Ansley",
        "address": "wansley at warwick.net"
      },
      "date": "1998-04-18T00:21:51+00:00",
      "subject": "Re: (urth) Peace Question #2",
      "in_reply_to": "<urth-v0009-0752@digest.urth.net>",
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          "text": "The story of Finn M'Cool and his cat appears in Wolfe's Book of Days (I\nthink - I don't own a copy).  Was it originally composed for Peace or was\nit published earlier?  Is the anthologized version the same as the one in\nPeace?  It seems it must be a little different because the Peace version\nhas an aside to Dennis (\"and [the dog] would have had this tale if you\nhadn't laughed at the cat\"--which is odd in that it implies a version of\nthe story with the dog in the cat's role)."
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          "text": "Rostrum,\n\nI can only help you with a small part of your question. The story for St.\nPatrick's Day in _Gene Wolfe's Book of Days_, titled \"St. Brandon\" is an\nexcerpt from _Peace_, aside to Dennis and all. In fact, I think the whole\nchapter (section?) containing this story is excerpted (I don't have my copy\nof _Peace_ handy to check.) The story in GWBOD starts with \"We had fish and\nroast beef, and I think I remember green beans cooked with mushrooms.\" I\nsuppose this would have bothered me more if I hadn't read _Peace_ first.\n(By the way, I am actually referring to _Castle of Days_ which contains\nGWBOD, as well as _Castle of the Otter_ and essays by GW.)\n\nI found the aside strange, too. I agree that it does seem to imply a\nversion of the story with the dog in cat's role, but it would have to be\nquite a different story if it were told that way, as far as I can see.\n\nI don't know what this story has to do with Weer's story, but it amused me\nthat America or more specifically Boston seems to be the earthly paradise\nhere. This may have something to do with Weer referring to America as a\nmagic land (if I recall correctly) elsewhere in _Peace_.\n\nRats *were* brought to America by Europeans and I am pretty sure\ndomesticated cats were too, but I would guess that if GW has this in mind\nat all, it was a very minor part of what he put into the story.\n\nWilliam Ansley"
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