Bibliophile Stalker: December 24, 2008 Links and Plugs

Last day of work but I suspect I'll be in for the holidays. Merry Christmas! (Updates will be intermittent over the break... but probably not.)

You know one guy I'd love to interview? Ted Chiang. That doesn't mean I can't appreciate someone else's interview with him over at the Nebula Awards.
Man, there's a couple of awesome interviews that I'm not doing. Check out Richard Dansky's Five for Writing with James Lowder and those are some great answers.
Since Lowder does touch upon tie-in fiction, Larry has a blog entry on an outsider's perspective on some recent media tie-in books.
Going back to the Nebulas, you might want to check out the Preliminary Qualifiers.
The New York Times on The Buzzwords of 2008.
John August on Money 101 for Screenwriters.
Lou Anders asks: "What it is that fantasy does - beyond the entertainment/intellectual value that all literature bequeaths - that is unique to its form?"
The anti-read list: 10 Books Not to Read Before You Die.
About.com's 2008 Best New Manga.
Paul Tremblay's Best of '08... So Far.
Matt Forbeck on Noncompulsive Writing.
Tobias Buckell on Borders and Andrew Wheeler responds.
A couple of genre books are making it to the iPhone.
Eeek. The Man Booker Prize had funds linked to the Madoff Ponzi scheme.

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