• Writer/director Guillermo del Toro would like to direct a faithful film version of H.P. Lovecraft's "At the Mountains of Madness".


• "Tales of talking animals and fantastical adventure aren't just for children, argues Ursula Le Guin - we can and should return to them throughout our lives." - from the New Statesman article Imaginary Friends. [via W@ateotu]


• Now available, Rudy Rucker's Flurb issue #2 with fiction from Rucker, Charlie Anders, Charles Stross, Marc Laidlaw and more to come.


• The physics of Buckaroo Banzai.


• Geek Monthly interviews Josh Friedman, Executive Producer of The Sarah Connor Chronicles.


• Justine Larbalestier asks Are short stories necessary? in response to the comment thread in Tobias Buckell's Survey results: how many novels did you write before selling one?.


• In the spirit of Christmas, Avalanche blog has their own version of misfit toys: Cowboy with Tuberculosis, draft dodging army man, serial killer cereal box, garbage rummaging Teddy Bear or a poop throwing monkey. Also fun: Lost merchandising campaign that never took off.

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