The Writing Life: The point of the long and winding sentence - Pico Iyer says writing longer phrases is a way to protest the speed of information bites people are subjected to each day. (Via ( Read more... )

A reader reacts to Green - Rather much with the liking.

The language of stamps - A little bit of lost culture. (Via David Goldman.)

Pass the Large Grain of Salt - I found this article on cuisine to be hilarious.

Old, million-dollar violins don't play better than the new models

US Cancer Deaths Continue To Fall, ACS Report

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Telegraphic language - Complaints from another era about the influence of media on literature. Always amusing to read this stuff, sort of like reading about Socrates complaining about kids today. His day, twenty-five centuries ago.

Raiding the Lost Ark - A “filmumentary” offering an in-depth look at the making of the 1981 collaboration between ( Read more... )

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Author Interview - Philip Athans

What’s the ‘value’ of a cancer treatment? - A discussion of cancer treatments and costs in the UK. (Via Curiosity Counts -

Ecosystems shift as climate changes - By 2100, nearly 40 percent of land-based ecosystems - forest, grassland or tundra, for example - will have moved from one type to another. More liberal ( Read more... )

Conversations About Bigotry, Literature, and the World Fantasy Award

Novels and Short Stories… - ( Read more... )

Library of Congress to receive entire Twitter archive - (Via ( Read more... )

The Fathomless Abyss is now on sale for all your holiday reading needs - A shared world anthology from Mike Resnick & Brad R. Torgersen, Mel Odom, J.M. McDermott, Cat Rambo, and me, edited by New York Times best-selling author Philip Athans. More details here. Go check it out.

Jonathan Lethem on The Exegesis of Philip K. Dick - ...a fascinating ( Read more... )

Algae helps explains Antarctic ice sheet formation

After Lean Acorn Crop in Northeast, Even People May Feel the Effects

How COPPA Teaches Children to Lie - (Via David Goldman.)

19 Occupy Portland protesters arrested at park - Because riot police are just what you need to deal with nonviolent protest. My city is shamed.

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A reader reacts to Endurance - And likes the book quite a bit.

To Develop Expertise, Motivation is Necessary but Insufficient - There's a lesson in this piece for both aspiring writers and working writers.

CO2 climate sensitivity 'overestimated' - Global temperatures could be less sensitive to changing atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) levels than ( Read more... )