November 21, 2008 Links and Plugs

Yey, it's the weekend:

• A round-up of Science Fiction in India.
• New Scientist tackles a question that never seems to get old: Is Science Fiction Dying?
• Booksquare talks about Social Networking and how it relates to promoting books/authors.
• Edward Champion covers the National Book Awards.
• This'll sound like spam but it's not: get credit at the Anthology Builder for answering their survey.
• Benjamin Rosenbaum gives a gender breakdown for the upcoming Tumbarumba.
• More P. N. Elrod on piracy.
• Jim C. Hines on The Dangers of Switching Series.
• Bruce Sterling has an essay on Steampunk for Gogbot.

As for your Friday book plug, here's something for the Bradbury fans:

The Day It Rained Forever by Ray Bradbury