{"id":3809,"date":"2012-11-08T22:00:39","date_gmt":"2012-11-09T03:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.chuckchat.com\/technorama\/?p=3809"},"modified":"2012-11-14T07:53:34","modified_gmt":"2012-11-14T12:53:34","slug":"interview-ernest-cline","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chuckchat.com\/technorama\/2012\/11\/08\/interview-ernest-cline\/","title":{"rendered":"Interview: Ernest Cline"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"3810\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.chuckchat.com\/technorama\/2012\/11\/08\/interview-ernest-cline\/mwbw-ernectcline\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.chuckchat.com\/technorama\/files\/2012\/11\/mwbw-ernectcline.jpg?fit=619%2C447&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"619,447\" 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=\"mwbw-ernectcline\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.chuckchat.com\/technorama\/files\/2012\/11\/mwbw-ernectcline.jpg?fit=619%2C447&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-3810\" title=\"mwbw-ernectcline\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.chuckchat.com\/technorama\/files\/2012\/11\/mwbw-ernectcline-300x216.jpg?resize=300%2C216\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"216\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.chuckchat.com\/technorama\/files\/2012\/11\/mwbw-ernectcline.jpg?resize=300%2C216&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.chuckchat.com\/technorama\/files\/2012\/11\/mwbw-ernectcline.jpg?w=619&amp;ssl=1 619w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ernestcline.com\">ERNEST CLINE<\/a> has worked as a short-order cook, fish gutter, plasma donor, elitist video store clerk, and tech support drone. 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