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  "thread": {
    "id": 433,
    "subject": "Wolfe's",
    "messages": 1,
    "voices": 1,
    "first": "1997-09-10T09:19:00+00:00",
    "last": "1997-09-10T09:19:00+00:00"
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  "messages": [
    {
      "message_id": "<whorl-v0007-0573@digest.urth.net>",
      "from": {
        "name": "David Wells",
        "address": "adw at ovum.com"
      },
      "date": "1997-09-10T09:19:00+00:00",
      "subject": "(whorl) Wolfe's",
      "in_reply_to": null,
      "reply_link": null,
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          "text": "   Now, \"Wolfe is not trying to convert anybody.\" Hmmm. Well, that's going \nto\ndepend on what you mean by \"convert.\" In \"The Detective of Dreams,\" a\nstealthy invasion of the gospel is presented as the corrective to tyranny.\nI think that's pretty much what is going on in both the Severian and Silk\nnarratives also, and elsewhere. Sure, that's just how Wolfe looks at\nthings. But, when a Christian communicates his ideas and worldview, that\nCAN be called \"evangelism\" in some broad sense, no?"
        },
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          "text": "One thing I, as an atheist, like about Wolfe is that he leaves room for \ninterpretation.\nTo me, Crane's explanation of Silk's encounters with the Outsider are \nplausible.\nJust as theists have told me they dread reading science fiction by authors \nthey\nknow to be atheists - in case the author decides to dive into some \nsub-Von-Daineken\nscientific explanation of the nature of God in the final chapter - I \napproached\nBoTLS with some apprehension in case Wolfe decided it was time he did a\nC.S.Lewis and beat us over the head with an unambiguous Christian message.\n\nIn fact, of course, he didn't. I like this, not just for selfish reasons but \nbecause I\nthink it makes for more interesting fiction.\n\nnewt"
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