io9 reports that Borders has launched its own blog pitched as a sci-fi blog, but addressing much more as a result of miscategorization of the content creator's works. (Author Kim Harrison is the content creator of the blog.) Click the title for more, including links.

Kindle 2 and iPod Shuffle do a scene from Bladerunner. Video included. :-) Click the title of the story to view and hear how these devices actually perform.

Click the title for links to sites with wild mythological and otherwise imagined animal art.

President Alicia Henn posted a link to this (well-written) article by Roy Blount, Jr., addressing the question of whether authors should receive payment for audio rights as a result of Kindle 2 (and other similar devices) converting text versions of works to speech.

An interesting question. My initial impression is that having your device read your book aloud is no different than having a friend read it to you. That seems like a fair use of the product that you have purchased. However, Blount presents a strong case for author compensation as a result of Kindle readings. Click the title to see why.

Ursula K. Le Guin will read from her novel, "Always Coming Home," in Second Life on Saturday, Feb. 28th, at 3:30 pm in conjunction with Second Life Librarians and the Potlatch 18 Science Fiction Conference in Sunnyvale, California. Click the headline for more.

As visitors may have noticed, it had been a long time since the site had been updated. There were good reasons for that, but events have transpired that have enabled those of us who can to resume updates. Updates across the board will take some time, but we'll have a bit every week.

Huzzah!

Let's say that you want to write a piece of fiction and you have no starting point whatsoever. No sense of time. place, location. No characters. No idea of the problem or challenge that they're facing, no notion of the beginning, the development, the outcome. A total blank.

What do you do?