- Roberto Bolaño’s “Beach,” the story that has been the source of the notion that the late author was a heroin addict (since debunked in a fairly convincing fashion) has been translated into English.
- “Science Fiction Authors That Lit Geeks Think It’s Cool To Read“
- “Top 10 US out of print books of 2008” and the heartening news that three of the books on the list will be brought back into print in 2009: Once a Runner, A Lion Called Christian, and Comanche Heart.
- Google now has 7 million books scanned.
- Put this instant classic in your stocking and save it for next year: “A hearing into the case of Rudolph, a reindeer“