{"id":563,"date":"2008-05-05T21:30:37","date_gmt":"2008-05-06T01:30:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/?p=563"},"modified":"2025-08-04T18:47:29","modified_gmt":"2025-08-04T22:47:29","slug":"paths-not-taken-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/563","title":{"rendered":"Paths Not Taken"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/179\">Paths Not Taken<\/a><\/em> (2005) Simon R. Green<\/p>\n<p>This is the one that ends badly. Off to read <em>Sharper than a Serpent&#8217;s Tooth<\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Paths Not Taken (2005) Simon R. Green This is the one that ends badly. 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