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  "thread": {
    "id": 517,
    "subject": "Kafka and Wolfe",
    "messages": 1,
    "voices": 1,
    "first": "1998-04-27T14:33:57+00:00",
    "last": "1998-04-27T14:33:57+00:00"
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  "messages": [
    {
      "message_id": "<urth-v0009-0783@digest.urth.net>",
      "from": {
        "name": "adam louis stephanides",
        "address": "astephan at students.uiuc.edu"
      },
      "date": "1998-04-27T14:33:57+00:00",
      "subject": "(urth) Kafka and Wolfe",
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          "depth": 1,
          "text": "On Mon, 27 Apr 1998 alga wrote:\nFor the second week, I nominate Kafka's \"In the Penal Colony.\" With all the\nemphasis on Borges, I think Kafka has been somewhat overlooked as an\ninfluence on Wolfe. In my opinion, THE CASTLE has relevance to PEACE, to\nFIFTH HEAD, to \"Tracking Song\" and to \"Seven American Nights,\" which also\nlooks to AMERIKA."
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          "text": "I hadn't thought about those works, but THE CASTLE is an obvious source\nfor THERE ARE DOORS.  Klamm, of course, is directly from THE CASTLE, and\nthere are parallels between the situations of the protagonists.\n\n--Adam"
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