{"id":133289,"date":"2017-04-17T22:03:07","date_gmt":"2017-04-18T04:03:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2017\/04\/17\/space-empires.html"},"modified":"2017-04-17T22:03:07","modified_gmt":"2017-04-18T04:03:07","slug":"space-empires","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2017\/04\/17\/space-empires.html","title":{"rendered":"Space Empires!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I must confess, I am sorely tempted to try to write a novel set in this star map. With the serial numbers filed off, of course.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"sm2wp\"><p>\n<a style='display:inline;' href='http:\/\/boingboing.net\/2017\/04\/17\/every-sci-fi-star-map.html?utm_content=buffer15cd6&#038;utm_medium=social&#038;utm_source=plus.google.com&#038;utm_campaign=buffer'><br \/>\n<img src='https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/proxy\/ll6HXqYE-Rh6WsPSFj5tGscOjI6DFcu6YMgc2G9ut2sZJE3IoKo2rRjeT16NqksxrV1hUKmrgo7ShqbNm98PhqHHfz5XicA6XT7mgjRH-M43qrwf-n122DEZ=w506-h910' border='0' style='max-width:650px;'\/><br \/>\n<\/a><br \/>\n<span style='font-size:large;'><a href='http:\/\/boingboing.net\/2017\/04\/17\/every-sci-fi-star-map.html?utm_content=buffer15cd6&#038;utm_medium=social&#038;utm_source=plus.google.com&#038;utm_campaign=buffer'>Every Sci-Fi star map<\/a><\/span><br \/>\nEvery Sci-Fi star map\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style='font-size:small;'><a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/+DaveHill47\/posts\/gVYK35N37K6'>View on Google+<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I must confess, I am sorely tempted to try to write a novel set in this star map. With the serial numbers filed off, of course. 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