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  "thread": {
    "id": 3,
    "subject": "Book of the New Sun",
    "messages": 3,
    "voices": 3,
    "first": "1982-10-25T03:45:53+00:00",
    "last": "1982-10-27T05:54:15+00:00"
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    {
      "message_id": "<bnews.unc.4150>",
      "from": {
        "name": "unc!tim",
        "address": "unc!tim"
      },
      "date": "1982-10-25T03:45:53+00:00",
      "subject": "Book of the New Sun",
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          "text": "I've heard that \"Citadel of the Autarch\", to be released\nin November or December, is the fourth and final volume of\nGene Wolfe's Book of the New Sun. I didn't know that the\nthird had come out; can anyone tell me its title and\npublisher? Thanks.\n\nFor those of you who don't know, the first two books are\n\"The Shadow of the Torturer\" and \"The Claw of the Concili-\nator\", and are available wherever you get sf paperbacks.\nThey are impressionistic science fantasy of the kind Moorcock\nwould like to be able to write (and I love Moorcock). I\nstrongly recommend them to anyone whose likes extend beyond\nAsimov, Hogan, Clement, and other \"pure\" hard-sf writers."
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "message_id": "<bnews.inuxc.483>",
      "from": {
        "name": "inuxc!burton",
        "address": "inuxc!burton"
      },
      "date": "1982-10-27T04:31:04+00:00",
      "subject": "Re: Book of the New Sun",
      "in_reply_to": "<bnews.unc.4150>",
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          "text": "There was a convention here in Indy the weekend of July 4th, and there I\nsaw the hardbound edition of the 3rd book of the New Sun, called\n\"the Sword of the Lictor\". I haven't yet seen it paperback.\n\nI agree with Maroney, both about Wolfe and Moorcock. The Book of the New\nSun is excellent, although you do feel a little confused by the setting,\nand also the beginning of the first book (for that matter, the beginning\nof the second book) sort of jumps you into the middle of something, then\nlater goes back and catches you up. Furthermore, a lot of background\nis left unexplained for a long time (do you agree, Tim?), so that you very\nslowly begin to catch on to all the references, terms, names, etc. This\nto me was the only drawback to reading it. As far as I know, this book\nhas not been discussed much on the net; any particular reason?\n\n\tDoug Burton"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "message_id": "<bnews.ucbarpa.2392>",
      "from": {
        "name": "kalash",
        "address": "kalash"
      },
      "date": "1982-10-27T05:54:15+00:00",
      "subject": "Re: Book of the New Sun",
      "in_reply_to": "<bnews.inuxc.483>",
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          "text": "The Third book in the \"Book of the New Sun\" is \"The Sword of\nthe Lictor\". It is published by Simon and Schuster (under the timescape\nimprint). It is scheduled to come out in paperback sometime in dec. The\nforth book (\"Citidal of the Autarch\") was supposed to be out in nov/dec,\nbut was canceled (no reason given) and should be out in January.\n\n\t\t\tJoe"
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