February 26, 2009 Links and Plugs

R.I.P. Philip Jose Farmer.

• Christopher Nolan, an Irish mute and paraplegic author, also passed away today.
  
• Richard Nash leaves Soft Skull Press.
• Jonathan Strahan is looking for recommendations for his upcoming dragon-themed anthology, Wings of Fire. He also posts part three of Books I'm Looking Forward To.
• SF Signal's Mind Meld on Who are Your Literary Influences in the Ongoing Conversation of Science Fiction?
• Columbia is having a science fiction and futurist conference entitled Encuentro Fractal 09.
• Jim C. Hines on Writing. Diabetes. The Same ... Only Different.
• Mary Robinette Kowal on Campbell Contenders.
• There's a couple of commentaries from various authors regarding George R. R. Martin's reaction to his detractors: John Scalzi, Charles Stross, and Joshua Palmatier.
• Computerworld on Online Book Sites.
• Jeffrey Ford on The Look Homeward Angle.
• John Klima on From the Web to Print when it comes to comics.

And for your book plug:

Voracious by Alice Henderson