The World SF News Blog has an interesting interview with Ashok Banker, an Indian author who has a lot of controversial things to say about the state of science fiction publishing. http://worldsf.wordpress.com/2009/10/19/exclusive-interview-with-ashok-banker/
A Japanese amusement park that has a “zombie-infested” haunted house made a promotional video showing off that they have the best trained zombies in the business. httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1cOxlhpoHAg
I only stayed a couple of days in Belarus and then took a night train to Kiev in Ukraine. (Where are all these countries? Here’s a map) Lonely Planet books tend to exaggerate, and the chapter on Ukraine is particularly …