Friday links and stuff

[yendi]

1. I missed the announcement, but it looks like Vericon's GoH for next year is Kim Stanley Robinson! Hah -- no need to travel to Melbourne in 2010!

2. Because you demanded it: The Ten Best Woody Allen sex scenes of all time. That would be scenes he directed or starred in (not always both). "Boy, you must really love onions."

3. Chris Butcher challenges Tokyopop'c claims that their books aren't cancelled.

4. Jeff VanderMeer is now writing a sci-fi column at HuffPo!

5. An interview with Whit Stillman!

6. Why the world needs quantum mechanics. Still no word on whether it needs quantum Mikes.

7. The Parallel Universe Film Guide!

8. A quick look at the use of languages other than English in Louisiana. Idiot xenophobe school board members like Rickie Pitre would do well to read the article, but would likely stumble over some of the words.

9. The Berkman Center at Harvard is developing a "semi-synchronous" community concept called Rotisserie, aimed at reducing the noise caused by flame wars.

10. Finally, what happens when you post on Craigslist that you found some cash? Let's see.

Comments

[ckd]

1. Ah, a much better choice of triply-named SF writer GoH than the last Vericon.

[lordrexfear.livejournal.com]

This Tokyou Pop thing depresses me more and more all the time.

KING CITY, PANTHEON HIGH, Mail Order Ninja, and plenty more will probably never their stories completed (at least in Print). It sucks so much.

[yendi]

Very true.

[yendi]

True. But maybe there's hope of some rights reversions and other publishers picking them up.