Seattle sets a record with books

Seattle Public Library (Photographer: Rem Koolhaas)

 

Oooh, but as a book lover, the video was a bit painful to watch, especially certain parts!

Did you know that SF writer Nancy Kress lives in Seattle? And that the Association of Writers & Writing Programs will hold its 2014 conference there?

... and the final Iain Banks interview

from The Guardian

Sadness ... Iain Banks (1954-2013)

BBC News
The Guardian
Obituary
In His Own Words
Five Minutes with: Iain M. Banks
Neil Gaiman journal entry

136 Days to Capclave

Ten days to Balticon!

Bowie-ancy on the International Space Station

(click on picture for video)

And on the 7th day of May

... in 1931, Gene Wolfe was born.

Image from Wikipedia
original photo here

Here are seven links for the occasion:
 

John Scalzi's December 2012 blog post: Gene Wolfe Chosen as SFWA Grand Master

December 2012 Tor.com announcement -- 19 Gene Wolfe Books Now Available Again in Ebook

Gene Wolfe quotes from Goodreads.com

Gene Wolfe's entry in the Internet Speculative Fiction Database

Gene Wolfe interviewed (video) at Balticon 40 (in 2006)

Gene Wolfe at Fantastic Fiction

Chicago Literary Hall of Fame -- Honoring Gene Wolfe


(Okay, technically nine links, but two were more Balticon-related.)