{"id":2988,"date":"2012-06-10T09:41:50","date_gmt":"2012-06-10T14:41:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/?p=2988"},"modified":"2012-09-07T12:08:48","modified_gmt":"2012-09-07T17:08:48","slug":"strange-days-in-old-yandrissa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/2988","title":{"rendered":"Strange Days in Old Yandrissa"},"content":{"rendered":"

Strange Days in Old Yandrissa<\/a><\/em> (2012) John R. Fultz<\/a><\/p>\n

This initially had the feel of a folktale, but then it swerved, went back to the folktale lane and then went all apocalyptic.<\/p>\n

I enjoyed the bits with the folktale feel, but the wanton destruction–just not my thing.
\nRating: 5\/10<\/strong><\/p>\n

Published by Orbit <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Strange Days in Old Yandrissa (2012) John R. Fultz This initially had the feel of a folktale, but then it swerved, went back to the folktale lane and then went all apocalyptic. I enjoyed the bits with the folktale feel, but the wanton destruction–just not my thing. Rating: 5\/10 Published by Orbit<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","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":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[2,35],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2988","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fantasy","category-short-story"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/piQkW-Mc","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":334,"url":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/334","url_meta":{"origin":2988,"position":0},"title":"The Ladies of Grace Adieu","author":"Michelle","date":"December 31, 2006","format":false,"excerpt":"The Ladies of Grace Adieu (2006) Susanna Clarke Illustrated by Charles Vess The Ladies of Grace Adieu is a collection of short stories set in the same world was Jonathan Strange and Mister Norrell during the 18th and 19th centuries. 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