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    "id": 60,
    "subject": "Rereading and Exodus a",
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    "first": "1997-02-01T17:49:00+00:00",
    "last": "1997-02-01T17:49:00+00:00"
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      "message_id": "<whorl-v0002-0100@digest.urth.net>",
      "from": {
        "name": "m.driussi",
        "address": "m.driussi at genie.com"
      },
      "date": "1997-02-01T17:49:00+00:00",
      "subject": "(whorl) Rereading and Exodus a",
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          "text": "Reply:  Item #4986522 from WHORL at LISTS.BEST.COM@INET00#\n\nMichael Bowman,\n\nHello there!\n\nGlad to read about how your appreciation for Long Sun has developed.\nI think the same sort of thing is happening for a lot of people.  One\nof the things we love about the New Sun (if I may be so bold as to\nblindly speak for everybody else) is the baroque language and\nRenaissance perceptions of Magic-level Technology.  This gap between\nRenaissance eyes and Ubertech creates fascinating tension, puzzles,\nand the like, as we re-examine all sorts of off-the-shelf sf items\nthrough new lenses (lexical aside: \"lens\" is from lentil bean,\nbecause of the shape.  Holy Beanman!  Gives a fresh nuance to the\nterm `feisty'--whoops, that punchline is a few days old.)  The Long\nSun offers a more narrow gap between a 19th century \"Father Brown\" and\na 21st century \"cyberpunk\" worldviews.  The language is more modern,\nbut beneath that calm and lucid surface . . . well, it is turning out\nto be pretty complicated and convoluted.\n\nLet's see, I think the only New Sun short story you're\nforgetting is \"The Cat\" in ENDANGERED SPECIES.  And even though it\nisn't really a short story, we always forget \"These Are the Jokes\"\nfrom CASTLE OF THE OTTER (now also CASTLE OF DAYS) at the same time\nwe always remember the Urth jokes.  (PLAN[E]T ENGINEERING has a map\nand an article \"The Books in THE BOOK OF THE NEW SUN\" but no Urth\nfiction.)\n\nYes, the chapbook supplement you refer to (\"Additions, Errata, &cetera\"\n[1995]) has been followed by a second volume of all new material\n(\"Additions, Errata, &cetera--Volume 2\" [1996]).  And the next one is\nalready beginning to form in the magic mirror, so e-mail your notes\nasap--contributors get a free copy.\n\nPurchasing v1 and/or v2:\n\nfor a copy of either one, send\n\n--$2 (dollar bills or uncanceled postage stamps)\nor\n--$1 + SASE (self addressed stamped envelope, 6x9 size, with 55 cents\npostage)\n\nfor a copy of both, send\n\n--$4 (dollar bills/stamps)\nor\n--$2 + SASE (6x9 with $1.01 postage)\n\nto me at the usual address:\nSirius Fiction\nP.O. Box 460430\nSan Francisco CA 94146\n\n=mantis=\n\nQuestions or problems to whorl-owner at lists.best.com"
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