For fans of Lois Bujold's World of Five Gods universe, today, February 29, Leap Day, corresponds to the Bastard's day: (quoting from memory) "the intercalary day added to every second year to keep the calendar aligned with the seasons."

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From GQ (Gentleman's Quarterly) UK
Why we hope Terry Pratchett's Discworld can live on after his death

Terry Pratchett's dying wish that all his unfinished work would be destroyed has been carried out thanks to a steamroller and a hard drive. Is it possible another novelist may be allowed to pick up the master fantasy writer's mantle?

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From Metro. 'American Gods' in the age of Trump
Neil Gaiman discusses immigrants, road trips and the importance of empathy.
April 21, 2017
Neil Gaiman hopes that “American Gods” will make your world "weirder." A TV adaptation of his critically acclaimed book of the same title, it brings viewers face-to-face with gods of the past and gods of the ( Read more... )

That book is AMAZING! (Well, Neil Gaiman...) I just saw this:

American Gods adds Corbin Bernsen as VulcanNow well into its filming schedule, the TV series based on Neil Gaiman's book American Gods isn't finished adding cast members. Corbin Benson has now signed up, set to play the ancient god Vulcan ( Read more... )

( **BIG** pic! )

What if World War I Had Never Happened?

Including

• Health-Nut Hitler
• A Slower U.S. Rise
• No 'God Bless America',
• The drive for equality - through woman's suffrage and the civil rights movement - would have happened more slowly.
• A Farewell To Carrot Cake (And Other Things Lost Without World War I)

The Guardian, July 2

Terry Pratchett forced to cancel appearance by Alzheimer's
Discworld author, diagnosed in 2007, has announced that 'the Embuggerance is finally catching up with me'

Terry Pratchett, who announced his diagnosis with early onset Alzheimer's seven years ago, has pulled out of a Discworld convention later this summer, saying "the ( Read more... )

I'm listening to the Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem's album Ain't It Grand Boys in iTunes. I just heard

Children's Medley: Shellicky Bookey; Ilee Alee O; Recitation; Wallflowers; Mary the Money; Frosty Weather; There Was a Man of Double Deed; the Wren SongAnd the spoken introduction to the Wren Song, about how as boys they would go out on Christmas ( Read more... )

This is the text of a newsletter I received today from Peter Beagle Webmaster webmaster@peterbeagle.com. Although there is a website at peterbeagle.com, it hasn't been updated since 2009; otherwise I'd post an excerpt and a link, as I usually do.
I take permission to post this from the sentence I've italicized just under the SHOWTIMES.

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In honor of the 112th birthday of Jorge Luis Borges


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