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  "thread": {
    "id": 572,
    "subject": "Stuff to read...",
    "messages": 1,
    "voices": 1,
    "first": "1998-05-07T07:46:45+00:00",
    "last": "1998-05-07T07:46:45+00:00"
  },
  "messages": [
    {
      "message_id": "<urth-v0010-0106@digest.urth.net>",
      "from": {
        "name": "Dan'l Danehy Oakes",
        "address": "ddanehyo at us.oracle.com"
      },
      "date": "1998-05-07T07:46:45+00:00",
      "subject": "(urth) Stuff to read...",
      "in_reply_to": null,
      "reply_link": null,
      "blocks": [
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          "kind": "quote",
          "depth": 1,
          "text": "J.Shultz wrote: \nSpeaking of this, anyone have any suggestions for further reading. "
        },
        {
          "kind": "text",
          "depth": 0,
          "text": " \nFurther than what?  8*) \n \nYou might check out the recent discussion of a \"syllabus\" for \nan introductory BotNS class.  There's been a lot of good stuff \nmentioned there (and some real trash). "
        },
        {
          "kind": "quote",
          "depth": 1,
          "text": "I'm hungry for a good story and I can get lost in a bookstore for \nhours without ever making a decision.  Any help in the right \ndirection would be appreciated. "
        },
        {
          "kind": "text",
          "depth": 0,
          "text": " \nHoom.  Well, there are a few SF writers out there with literary \naspirations and executions as high as Wolfe, or nearly so:  Dan \nSimmons comes to mind, as does Samuel R. Delany.  Ursula K. Le Guin \n-- though she seems less likely to appeal to a Wolfe fan.  Tim \nPowers is not quite as good, but packs a lot of layers of meaning \ninto his work anyway. \n \nA few individual books I've read lately that I can recommend:  Matt \nRuff's \"Sewer, Gas, and Electric,\" which is almost impossible to \ndescribe.  A computerized ghost of Ayn Rand is a major character; \nso is a giant flying shark.  If that doesn't grab you, forget it, \nthe book's not for you.  If it does -- the book is a major hoot. \n \nSay:  what ever happened to the idea of \"Wolfe\" and \"Lupine\" \nlists... \n \n-- Roach \n \n "
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