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  "thread": {
    "id": 5209,
    "subject": "Schroeder",
    "messages": 3,
    "voices": 3,
    "first": "2008-11-05T06:57:16+00:00",
    "last": "2008-11-05T15:31:29+00:00"
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  "messages": [
    {
      "message_id": "<359586.23546.qm@web81404.mail.mud.yahoo.com>",
      "from": {
        "name": "Stuart Hamm",
        "address": "hammstu at sbcglobal.net"
      },
      "date": "2008-11-05T06:57:16+00:00",
      "subject": "(urth) Schroeder",
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          "text": "“I picked up \"Lady of Mazes\"..and 3 chapters in I'm having a hard time staying interested...does it pick up?”?\n\n\nStuart"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "message_id": "<5c3e602f0811050645i126bcfc7kfc87ec5360794a44@mail.gmail.com>",
      "from": {
        "name": "Rob Thornton",
        "address": "oblate777 at gmail.com"
      },
      "date": "2008-11-05T14:45:16+00:00",
      "subject": "(urth) Schroeder",
      "in_reply_to": "<359586.23546.qm@web81404.mail.mud.yahoo.com>",
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      "blocks": [
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          "kind": "quote",
          "depth": 1,
          "text": "On Wed, Nov 5, 2008 at 1:57 AM, Stuart Hamm <hammstu at sbcglobal.net> wrote:\n I picked up \"Lady of Mazes\"..and 3 chapters in I'm having a hard time\nstaying interested...does it pick up???"
        },
        {
          "kind": "text",
          "depth": 0,
          "text": "Not really. I think \"Lady of Mazes\" requires very close reading for it\nto work well and if you are not into it soon, it might not work for\nyou at all. If you want to read a better blend of action and ideas\nfrom Schroeder, I would suggest Ventus or Permanence. His Queen of\nVirga series is good but I'm not turned on by the book's\nworld-building."
        },
        {
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          "depth": 0,
          "text": "\"In a perfect world everything would be as stark and void of color as\nthese cupcakes. They are baneful in their absolute disdain for your\ntastelessness, and are true misanthropes as far as baked goods go.\"\n\n              --The Black Oven"
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    {
      "message_id": "<4E8D1950-71A0-41B0-8D7D-C930DF724B78@io.com>",
      "from": {
        "name": "Adam Thornton",
        "address": "adam at io.com"
      },
      "date": "2008-11-05T15:31:29+00:00",
      "subject": "(urth) Schroeder",
      "in_reply_to": "<359586.23546.qm@web81404.mail.mud.yahoo.com>",
      "reply_link": "header",
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          "depth": 1,
          "text": "On Nov 5, 2008, at 12:57 AM, Stuart Hamm wrote:\n I picked up \"Lady of Mazes\"..and 3 chapters in I'm having a hard  \ntime staying interested...does it pick up???"
        },
        {
          "kind": "text",
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          "text": "I thought it did.  I enjoyed it a lot.\n\nAdam"
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