• Joseph Mallozzi interviews artist John Picacio (covers for Jeffrey Ford, Frederik Pohl, Walter M. Miller - great stuff!) [Ed: Thanks for the kind birthday wishes, Joe!]


• James Wallace Harris breaks down what stories are in which "Best of" anthologies this year - very cool!


• Review: Seeds of Change edited by John Joseph Adams


• Locus Awards problems


• "Watchmen" artist Dave Gibbons on Alan Moore's choice to distance himself from Hollywood


• Some quick Clarkesworld updates


• Philip Pullman, Terry Pratchett and other prominent writers are urging publishers not to specify age groups on the covers of children's books


• "I don't want to live in a Pollyanna universe, but I do know this. Love and enthusiasm for what I do has always carried me through, and I hope to goodness it continues to do so. And, hey, if that love and enthusiasm lead me to a Bestseller, I can deal with that. So my motto is the same as always. Be true to yourself. Do what you love and the good things in life will come to you. But don't ask me for a loan." Joe R. Lansdale, Writer of the Purple Rage, story notes.


• What Shelf Monkey might have looked like


• "You don't need to be a neuroscientist or a cultural snob to realise repeated exposure to fast-paced video games and snippet-style music videos makes it harder to embark on reading a novel."


• New rules will place Canadian literature in Canadian schools


• Every kind of something-punk literature that you could possibly imagine


• Interview with "Ant King" author Benjamin Rosenbaum


• Paul Raven rounds up a bunch of cool free fiction


• Readers sound off on what they're looking for in the "Books" section of the Chicago Tribune


• More on the demise of the newspaper book review


• Young Adult novels about life on the fringe


• Check out the covers for Scott Lynch's The Republic of Thieves and Felix Gilman's Gears of the City


• M. John Harrison reviews Night Work by Thomas Glavinic


• Michael Chabon is serious about genre


• "So I wanted to address the question: Is there a New York literary scene, and if so, does being a part of it help you get published, no matter your talent (or lack thereof)?"


• Theodora Goss on finding your voice


• Teacher to use Nancy Kress' Dogs in class


• Fantasy Magazine looking for a slush reader


• Cat Rambo interviews L. Timmel Duchamp


• "Online, R U Really Reading?"


• Win a signed copy of Toll the Hounds by Steven Erikson


• What role does religion play in speculative fiction?


• A few comments about Lovecraft and werewolves


• N. Robin Crossby, creator of "Harn" roleplaying supplements dead at 54


• At Gorilla Artfare, Kian posts his interpretation of John Carter of Mars. Nice.


• SFX has a mini-interview with Brent Spiner


• Ten Science Fiction Novelists Mike Brotherton Really Likes

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