- An attempt to define science fiction by "new guard" writers at SF Signal. What Dave says. (So far, anyway.)
- This Strange Horizons review makes The Red Men by Matthew de Abaitua sound worth adding to the neverending list. (Tangentially speaking, since SH also just did their Year in Review: Spook Country by William Gibson — so much buzz when it came out, but I saw it on practically nobody’s best of the year list…)
- Elizabeth Bear, Sarah Monette, Will Shetterly, and Emma Bull are doing something really, really smart cool. Seriously, seriously interesting.
- Sara Ryan points to an excellent-sounding podcast featuring The Wire’s Wendell Pierce and Andre Royo. (I am trying to be strong and not resubscribe to HBO.)
- Colleen sticks up for fictional cheerleaders.
- Curtis Brown agent Nathan Bransford offers some query cliches. Hee.
- Stephany Aulenback on Where the Wild Things Are and the upcoming Dave Eggers/Spike Jonze movie adapation. Could be fabulous.