{"id":3320,"date":"2014-07-04T14:12:11","date_gmt":"2014-07-04T18:12:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nimlas.org\/blog\/?p=3320"},"modified":"2017-05-31T18:32:04","modified_gmt":"2017-05-31T22:32:04","slug":"nutty-bites-61-interview-robert-j-sawyer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nimlas.org\/blog\/general\/nutty-bites-61-interview-robert-j-sawyer\/","title":{"rendered":"Nutty Bites 61: Interview with Robert J Sawyer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nimlas.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/CoverArt61.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[3320]\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"3321\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/nimlas.org\/blog\/general\/nutty-bites-61-interview-robert-j-sawyer\/attachment\/coverart61\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nimlas.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/CoverArt61.jpg?fit=600%2C600&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"600,600\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"CoverArt61\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nimlas.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/CoverArt61.jpg?fit=584%2C584&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-3321\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nimlas.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/CoverArt61.jpg?resize=300%2C300\" alt=\"CoverArt61\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nimlas.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/CoverArt61.jpg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nimlas.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/CoverArt61.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nimlas.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/CoverArt61.jpg?w=600&amp;ssl=1 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Join Nuchtchas, Mark the Encaffeinated One Kilfoil, and Tek the Clockwork Doctor, interview author <a href=\"http:\/\/sfwriter.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Robert J Sawyer <\/a>(Red Planet Blues, Neanderthal Trilogy, WWW Trilogy, Flash Forward, and many more novels and short stories). 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