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  "thread": {
    "id": 5,
    "subject": "Wolfe's The Book of the New Sun",
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    "first": "1982-12-11T01:46:36+00:00",
    "last": "1982-12-11T01:46:36+00:00"
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    {
      "message_id": "<bnews.sri-arpa.29>",
      "from": {
        "name": "SRI-UNIX",
        "address": "sri-unix@sri-unix"
      },
      "date": "1982-12-11T01:46:36+00:00",
      "subject": "Wolfe's The Book of the New Sun",
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          "text": "I have now twice read the first volume (THE SHADOW OF THE TORTURER) in\na vain attempt to convince myself that it is the beginning of an\nearth-shaking effort or \"the best SF I've read all year (Le Guin)\".  It\nwould appear to be the beginning of just another quest story and having\njust finished LORD OF THE RINGS for the first time, I don't think I can\nhandle yet another of these.  Could someone out there who has read the\nentire tetralogy and admires it please explain what he/she thinks is so\nmarvelous about it?  Mike \"the Monk\" Urban, are you listening?  I'll\nadmit that Wolfe handles his language better than most SF authors I've\nread but the story itself seems extremely drawn out and the characters\ndon't catch my fancy.  Maybe it's just that I don't much care for sword\nand sorcery and quests.\n\n\tStuart"
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