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  "thread": {
    "id": 578,
    "subject": "The Green Man and the Circus",
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    "first": "1998-05-09T01:02:17+00:00",
    "last": "1998-05-09T01:02:17+00:00"
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  "messages": [
    {
      "message_id": "<urth-v0010-0115@digest.urth.net>",
      "from": {
        "name": "William H. Ansley",
        "address": "wansley at warwick.net"
      },
      "date": "1998-05-09T01:02:17+00:00",
      "subject": "(urth) The Green Man and the Circus",
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          "text": "Is anyone else reminded of _The Circus of Dr. Lao_ by Charles G. Finney\nwhen reading the passage describing Severian's encounter with the green man\nin ch. 3 of _Claw_ (pp. 229-231, Orb ed.)?\n\nI think the echoes are faint and distorted but unmistakable. The green man\ncombines characteristics of the hound of the hedges and Apollonius of Tyana\nin his role as fortune teller. There are many other resonances, as well.\nThe chapter is even called \"The Showman's Tent\".\n\nFor people that haven't read _Circus_, I highly recommend it, with one\ncaveat: it contains passages that might not be considered politically\ncorrect by some today. But taking into account it was first printed in\n1935, I think the likelihood of anyone taking offense is minor. It is an\nunique fantasy and it has had a wide influence in the field.\n\nFinney's writing is lupine at least to the extent that he leaves the reader\nwith some deliberately unanswered questions and ambiguities.\n\nWilliam Ansley"
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