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    "source": "https://urth.darkrealm.vip/thread/whorl/1285",
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  "archive": "whorl",
  "thread": {
    "id": 1285,
    "subject": "truculent comments",
    "messages": 2,
    "voices": 2,
    "first": "2001-03-25T23:02:49+00:00",
    "last": "2001-03-26T12:31:52+00:00"
  },
  "messages": [
    {
      "message_id": "<whorl-v0012-0482@digest.urth.net>",
      "from": {
        "name": "Ian Smith",
        "address": "doctoriancsmith at hotmail.com"
      },
      "date": "2001-03-25T23:02:49+00:00",
      "subject": "(whorl) Re: truculent comments",
      "in_reply_to": null,
      "reply_link": null,
      "blocks": [
        {
          "kind": "text",
          "depth": 0,
          "text": "Just spent ages catching up on the last 15 digests.  Blimey!\n\nAnyhow, just a couple of quick things I couldn't resist:"
        },
        {
          "kind": "quote",
          "depth": 1,
          "text": "Blattid wrote:\nWell, everyone on Tzadkiel's ship seems to speak Urthish, for\nwhat that's worth."
        },
        {
          "kind": "text",
          "depth": 0,
          "text": "Not true.  I can't be bothered to look for the ref, but I distinctly\nremember Gunnie talking to Sev about the ship and explaining how the put\nsimilar races near to each other, and hints there may be different\natmospheres in the further reaches of the ship for totally 'alien' races.\nRemember, only  people from urth get to land on yesod to go and 'judge' Sev.\n\nAnd Patera N.:"
        },
        {
          "kind": "quote",
          "depth": 1,
          "text": "      1c. This is not Wolfe but Star Trek, and humans intermarry with\n               aliens all the time!!!!"
        },
        {
          "kind": "text",
          "depth": 0,
          "text": "Now as you know very well Wolfe and Star Trek are NOT mutually exclusive.\nThe former did write an episode of the latter after all!\n\nAnd las a question (although I'm sure I don't deserve any favours after\ncomments like the above).  Is the Clute review available on the web\nanywhere, or could anyone email me a copy?\n\nIan\n\n\n\n*This is WHORL, for discussion of Gene Wolfe's Book of the Long Sun."
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "message_id": "<whorl-v0012-0484@digest.urth.net>",
      "from": {
        "name": "James Jordan",
        "address": "jbjordan4 at home.com"
      },
      "date": "2001-03-26T12:31:52+00:00",
      "subject": "Re: (whorl) Re: truculent comments",
      "in_reply_to": "<whorl-v0012-0482@digest.urth.net>",
      "reply_link": "subject",
      "blocks": [
        {
          "kind": "quote",
          "depth": 1,
          "text": "Now as you know very well Wolfe and Star Trek are NOT mutually exclusive.\nThe former did write an episode of the latter after all!"
        },
        {
          "kind": "text",
          "depth": 0,
          "text": "Whoa. I sure did not know that. What episode, on which show?\n\nNutria\n\n\n*This is WHORL, for discussion of Gene Wolfe's Book of the Long Sun."
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
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