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(via PZ) Here’s a list of The Most Significant SF & Fantasy Books of the Last 50 Years.

When I first looked it over I couldn’t believe how many of these books I have NOT read. Shocking. For example: I have not read Sword of Shannara. Tsk, and I call myself an SF&F fan!

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Great Gift Idea: Cookbook By Progressive Bloggers To Benefit Doctors Without Borders

And They Cook, Too

A Blogger Cookbook Fundraiser for Doctors Without Borders Compiled and edited by Ginger Mayerson and Kathy Flake Illustrations by Carol Colin and Robin Riggs Cover Graphics by Tild~

From the introduction:

Last year on October 8 an earthquake, measuring 7.6 on the Richter scale, hit Kashmir, the northern part [...]

It took me two– count’em –TWO hours yesterday to traverse the 20+/- miles from Tildebunkport to Nordeast for the weekly DL festivities. Gaaah. Then once I finally got there the 331 Club seemed even more crowded than usual: the rain kept everyone inside, and it was the farewell (for the season) performance of club [...]

Finally getting some “Prestige”

I’ve been hearing from my kids for months now about a movie coming out later this year called The Prestige.

It’s got Best, Most Ass-kicking Batman Ever Christian Bale! And ultimate Cool Old Dude Michael Caine! It’s directed by Memento/Batman Begins director Christopher Nolan! And best of all: David Bowie plays Nikolai Tesla! This movie [...]

Science Fiction Double Feature

I’ve blogged before aboutÃ‚Â Alice Sheldon, the SF author who famously wroteÃ‚Â under the pseudonym James Tiptree Jr. in theÃ‚Â 1970s.Ã‚Â She has long beenÃ‚Â in my personal pantheon of favorite writers.Ã‚Â Ã‚Â

There’s a new biography of Sheldon/TiptreeÃ‚Â out now, and last week Salon reviewed it (well worth sitting through the advertisementÃ‚Â if you don’t subscribe to Salon Premium).

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BookMooch

Yeah! An idea whose time has come. Via BoingBoing, a new bookswapping service that costs nothing except postage to mail your books to people who want to read them. People who will mail you their books that you want to read.

This appeals to me more than selling my old books — of [...]