Link salad: Yummy yummy.
A week's worth of favourite links, all probably purloined from one science fiction author or another :}
- "14) The only universal message in science fiction: There exist minds that think as well as you do, but differently.
Niven's corollary: The gene-tampered turkey you're talking to isn't necessarily one of them." (From Niven's Laws. Slightly more entertaining than Asimov's. Much better than the Sunscreen Song.)
- How did I miss No Pants Day?
- Organising your Sex Toy collection: handy hints! (photos.)
- Kenny G: Death via STEAMPUNK, booyah!
- Munchausen by Internet.
- Bildungsroman/story talk: 'Eight reasons why "The Hero's Journey" [storytelling model] sucks!' and...
- "New proof that every Sci Fi epic is based on Joseph Campbell!" (Chart.)
- A highly literate Australian YA sci-fi author on being dumped, and the 'romantic love partnership = grown-uppitude" meme (in the original sense of the word).
- The "Upped your Meds!" letter set. (Believe it, baby.)
- Ten beautiful sets of geek cufflinks.
- And finally: b3ta challenge: LOLChairs!