Great way to start the morning. Thanks allanh! There are a few here I still hope to get to. :-)
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Have you read more than 6 of these books? The BBC believes most people will have read only 6 of the 100 books listed here.

Instructions: Copy this list; bold those books you've read in their entirety. Italicize the ones you started but didn't finish or ( Read more... )

His real name was Samuel Steward, and he lived a very gay life in a time when few others did. The NY Times has a fun book review on a new biography on him, by Justin Spring.

Harlan Ellison is selling off a chunk of his book collection, from his own rare editions to those given him by friends. Ah, the days of giant bookcases ( Read more... )

For one week, access to a bunch of freebies from Tor, including novels.

http://tor.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=blog&id=577 

This weekend I got to attend a few Frameline films. Friday night's treat was *The Polymath*, a film about Samuel R. Delany.

Delany has long, long been one of my favorite writers, science fiction and autobiography and an essay or six (I am still uneasy after reading an essay about the lack of science behind so many AIDS proclamations and procedures ( Read more... )

Brian Dettmer creates incredible sculptures out of books, relecting their content. Book fetishist that's me!

http://coilhouse.net/2008/01/09/brian-dettmers-book-autopsies/

http://store.doverpublications.com/by-subject-dover-bargain-bin.html

Clip art, costuming, novels, a range of stuff... thought it might be of interest to some. Goes til 9/27.

to the IMsL crud. Actually, with the help of Airborne early on, I seem to be moving through it pretty quickly. Oooky chest today. ah well. Such is often the result of a con, however said con is defined ( Read more... )

Considering that I am reading *Anansi Boys* by Neil Gaiman right now, this tickled me.

"ACHTUNG!LoboLance may actually be a spider-human hybrid
From Go-Quiz.comSpeaking of the book, I am enjoying it... kind've a follow up to *American Gods.* Now I know how Brits must feel when Americans write Grail stories, etc. It's a trip having a Brit write such ( Read more... )