From Fallen Princesses

Rachel Swirsky’s Short Story Nomination & Recommendation List for the 2009 Nebula Awards

http://www.jeffvandermeer.com/2010/01/27/rachel-swirskys-short-story-nomination-recommendation-list-for-the-2009-nebula-awards/

My Reading By Numbers gets a highly recommended.

Someone doing an impersonation of Werner Herzog (director of Grizzly Man) reading Curious George.

The Death of the Slush Pile
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703414504575001271351446274.html

For The Love of God, People, The Slush Pile Isn’t Dead
http://therumpus.net/2010/01/for-the-love-of-god-people-the-slush-pile-isnt-dead/

A long, but interesting article on James Patterson (who has more NY Times bestsellers than anyone else).
James Patterson Inc.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/24/magazine/24patterson-t.html?pagewanted=all

Mystery visitor to Poe’s grave is a no-show
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100119/ap_en_ot/us_poe_mystery_visitor

The monetization paradox (or why Google is not my friend)
http://www.antipope.org/charlie/blog-static/2010/01/the-monetization-paradox-or-wh.html

The Future of Air Travel

The Secret Cities of Yemen
http://trifter.com/asia-pacific/the-secret-cities-of-yemen/

The Lost Libraries of Timbuktu
http://www.cheryl-morgan.com/?p=7612

Do You Thinking Teaching Fighting Skills Could Honor the Lord?

Video game success may be in the mind, study finds
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/8471182.stm

Mr. Nine & the Gentleman Ghost (my week 6 Clarion South tale of a book prospector, the ghost of a zeppelin captain and a gold-eating, monkey-hunting homicidal puppet) has just been accepted for publication on the Weird Tales web site (to coincide with the launch of their upcoming steampunk issue).

Woohoo!