{"id":1094,"date":"2008-12-08T19:47:00","date_gmt":"2008-12-08T19:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=1094"},"modified":"2008-12-08T19:47:00","modified_gmt":"2008-12-08T19:47:00","slug":"kink-on-other-planets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=1094","title":{"rendered":"Kink on Other Planets"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Plain vanilla me, I have read none of the <a href=\"http:\/\/io9.com\/5096491\/ten-of-the-kinkiest-science-fiction-books-youll-ever-read\">ten kinkiest science fiction books<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>I give myself one point for knowing about the <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gor\">Gor series<\/a> and knowing that there are people who like to act them out.<\/p>\n<p>If you have read any of them, feel free to comment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Plain vanilla me, I have read none of the ten kinkiest science fiction books. I give myself one point for knowing about the Gor series and knowing that there are people who like to act them out. If you have read any of them, feel free to comment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[22,12],"class_list":["post-1094","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","tag-weirdness","tag-writing"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6xQTg-hE","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4809,"url":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=4809","url_meta":{"origin":1094,"position":0},"title":"Weirdest Google Search String Yet","author":"Chas S. 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