Psst! Did you know darchildre was reading Icelandic sagas and sharing the recorded narrations? Run, don't walk, to partake of the goodness.

And now, on the subject of YA dystopias...

* From The New York Times: "Our Young-Adult Dystopia" by Michelle Dean. There are some interesting assertions here, especially in the context of Divergent and The Bone Season ( Read more... )

Attention Browncoats! Firefly's 10th anniversary special, Firefly: Browncoats Unite, airs tonight on the Science Channel. Here's a sneak peek...

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Here's some fascinating goodness for your Sunday...

* From NPR's "On Point," a terrific interview with Nancy Marie Brown, author of the new book Song of the Vikings: Snorri and the Making of Norse ( Read more... )

* The Libertarian Futurist Society, the organization behind The Prometheus Awards, has a new LiveJournal here* Later this week I will be heading out to Tucson to serve as the discussion leader at a colloquium on "Liberty and Responsibility in the Literature of Frontiers: Sagas and Westerns." The common texts that we will be discussing include the ( Read more... )

I am back from a fantastic week in breathtaking Iceland. The "Liberty and Property in the 21st Century" conference was extremely thought-provoking and productive for me, and my trips in Reykjavik (on the day of the Reykjavik Marathon!) and Thingvellir were enchanting. The beauty of the country's land and history was simply stunning: no wonder great ( Read more... )