- The Truth About Books interviews Matt Ruff (Bad Monkeys). "With all of my novels, I try to have strong opening and closing paragraphs, so if I'm asked for favorite lines those are the ones I think of."
- At SciFi Wire, John Joseph Adams profiles Sarah Monette, co-author of A Companion to Wolves with Elizabeth Bear.
- Lit Lists recalls this Powell's interview with George R.R. Martin in which he names 5 novels That Should Have Won the Hugo Award. Good call on Ken Grimwood's Replay.
- The Book Stacks lists Thirteen SF/F Books Mr. Book Stacks Recommends.
- Benjamin Rosenbaum offers 2 Corollaries to Sturgeon's Revelation that 90% of everything is crap. (This is one of those legends: Sturgeon actually said "Ninety percent of science fiction is crud, but then, ninety percent of everything is crud." But we aren't picky.)
- Fred @ Texas Best Grok sent us a link to this list of fictional chemical substances, where you'll find such items as Carbonite, Corbomite, Ephemerol, Plasteel, and Balonium.
- Niccola Griffith is blogging about her new novel.
- Free Fiction:
- Cover pr0n: Scott Westerfeld has the new Midnighters covers.
- Michael May draws our attention to the fantastic artwork of David Wenzel.
- The New York Review of Science Fiction is having a reading with Judith Berman and Michael Swanwick on Tuesday, January 8th at South Street Seaport Museum's Melville Gallery. [via Tachyon]
- Awards news:
- Larry Ketchersid (Dusk Before the Dawn) envisions problems with implementing Asimov's Three Laws.
- Cosmos lists their Top 10 Favorite Real-Life Robots.
- YesButNoButYes lists Ten things they hope the Cloverfield monster really is. I think Jesus is the longshot. But, the Jolly Green Giant is another matter entirely.
- Cynical-C points shares this scene-for-scene remake of Star Wars.
- StarWars blog lists Star Wars references in The Simpsons. [via Star Wars Blog]
- Are you a Dickhead or a Hubbardite? See Red Meat's latest comic strip for whether it matters.

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