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  "thread": {
    "id": 28,
    "subject": "Still amazed by Wolfe's FIFTH HEAD OF CERBERUS after 20 readings...",
    "messages": 2,
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    "first": "1985-06-06T09:59:50+00:00",
    "last": "1985-06-07T19:22:51+00:00"
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    {
      "message_id": "<1475@utah-gr.UUCP>",
      "from": {
        "name": "Donn Seeley",
        "address": "donn at utah-gr.uucp"
      },
      "date": "1985-06-06T09:59:50+00:00",
      "subject": "Still amazed by Wolfe's FIFTH HEAD OF CERBERUS after 20 readings...",
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          "text": "I give up.  After going through the book for the twentieth time or so,\nI still have to admit that Gene Wolfe's THE FIFTH HEAD OF CERBERUS is\nmy favorite work of sf, and very possibly my favorite book, period.  I\nhave found something new every single time I've read it, which I think\nis the greatest and most difficult gift an author can make to a\nreader.  On this pass I finally figured out what Number Five's real\nname is.  In retrospect I probably should have guessed it sooner, but\nthat would have taken some of the fun and suspense out of it!  Has\nanyone else had this experience?\n\nAwed,\nPS -- If you're a Wolfe fan and haven't figured out who Number Five is,\nare desperate to know and happen to be going to the Usenix conference,\nbuttonhole me when you see me there and I'll give you a hint.  I'm also\nopen to hypotheses about PEACE, NEW SUN and other Wolfe masterpieces..."
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    {
      "message_id": "<236@rti-sel.UUCP>",
      "from": {
        "name": "William Ingogly",
        "address": "wfi at rti-sel.uucp"
      },
      "date": "1985-06-07T19:22:51+00:00",
      "subject": "Re: Still amazed by Wolfe's FIFTH HEAD OF CERBERUS after 20 readings...",
      "in_reply_to": "<1475@utah-gr.UUCP>",
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          "text": "In article <1475 at utah-gr.UUCP> donn at utah-gr.UUCP (Donn Seeley) writes:"
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          "text": "I give up.  After going through the book for the twentieth time or so,\nI still have to admit that Gene Wolfe's THE FIFTH HEAD OF CERBERUS is\nmy favorite work of sf, and very possibly my favorite book, period.  I\nhave found something new every single time I've read it, which I think\nis the greatest and most difficult gift an author can make to a\nreader.  On this pass I finally figured out what Number Five's real\nname is.  In retrospect I probably should have guessed it sooner, but\nthat would have taken some of the fun and suspense out of it!  Has\nanyone else had this experience?"
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          "text": "The Fifth Head of Cerberus is also close to being my favorite SF work,\nalthough Lem's Solaris and certain other works by other authors\nare also contenders. It's an infinitely rich and rewarding book, but \nreading Wolfe is definitely work. You've certainly beat me on the \nnumber of readings; I've read it three times. It's a book I recommend \nto anyone I talk to about SF.\n\nWolfe's short stories are also first-rate; check out The Death of Dr.\nIsland And Other Stories And Other Stories. Actually, I can't think of\nanything he's written that I haven't enjoyed, including the mainstream\nnovel Peace (at least it appears to be mainstream).\n\nAt the risk of starting more flames in the group on quality and SF\n(:-), my opinion is that Fifth Head of Cerberus is his best work, \nbut I've only read the Book of the New Sun once so I haven't really \ngotten into it. I'd be interested in hearing from other people in the\ngroup on F. H. of C; does anyone else share our high opinion of this\nbook?\n                                 -- Bill Ingogly"
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