Fernweh for Magellanica - Fernweh is what the Germans call that longing for faraway places, the poetic certainty that things are better elsewhere. But there is a superlative degree of geographic desire, a Fernweh even more sublime: the ache for fictional faraway places.

The Cost Of Free Doughnuts: 70 Years Of Regret - The risks of categorical ( Read more... )

Recognizing a New Medium: the Kindle - Interesting. (Via ( Read more... )

Amazon Commits Rare Strategic Blunder Using Brilliant Tactic - Just a typical abuse of their corporate power. I personally continue to boycott Amazon because of their abusive behaviors.

Mission patch from 1930-1931 Miskatonic University Antarctic Expedition - :: wants ::

Cassini to make a double play

An Unusual Vein of Deposited Rock on Mars - ( Read more... )

Neo-opsis with a classic review of my short novel Rocket Science

The Importance of Voice or Style in Writing - ( Read more... )

Another Perspective on Amazon as Publisher & Bookseller, Plus a Contrarian View on Disruption in Publishing - Long but worth the read.

Cosmic dust contains organic matter from stars, study finds - Such chemical complexity was thought to arise only from living organisms.

Asteroid Lutetia may have core of hot melted metal - Huh. I find this really ( Read more... )

Philip Pullman calls time on the present tense - (Via @lilithsaintcrow.)

The Trouble with Amazon - Amazon as publisher? Worry about it as a bookseller. (Via @angelajames.)

Cul de Sac on the awesome power of a blank sheet of paper

Is reading on the loo bad for you? - Filthy habit or blameless bliss? A public health study by Ron Shaoul lifts the lid ( Read more... )

Endurance Sweepstakes! - tor.com with a giveaway of my forthcoming book.

Amazon Signs Up Authors, Writing Publishers Out of Deal - Amazon.com has taught readers that they do not need bookstores. Now it is encouraging writers to cast aside their publishers. (Via several sources, including my Dad.)

What killed Steve Jobs? - Pharyngula with more on ( Read more... )