- Two posts of interest at The Valve: early Bengali SF and thoughts inspired by the short film of Terry Bisson’s "They’re Made Out of Meat".
- Chris McLaren recommends Jeff Ford’s new short story collection.
- Justine wants to know why we want so much love in books.
- The NYT Magazine piece on talent.
- Jeff VanderMeer’s 64 favorite fictions.
- And stop by the LBC this week, where a bunch of us will be discussing Gina Frangello’s My Sister’s Continent.