Friday Link Roundup 8/1/09
The sad state of contemporary publishing.
• “The Google Nexus-One - More human than human”
• To those of you who’ve stolen a Bible, I’ve got a bit of a spoiler for you: stealing is bad!
• Sherlock Holmes - “amorphous sleuth”.
• I have no idea what this is – suffice to say that it pushes the boundaries of awesomitude.
• This year, read a book you hate. You never know… you might just find something good. And even if you don’t, at least you can take solace in the fact that you were right.
• It’s 2010. WHERE IS MY HOVERBOARD, DAMN IT!?
• Hilary Mantel doesn’t win 2009 Costa Award!
• A. L. Kennedy on why writers need friends.
• “The knave abideth.” The Big Lebowski gets rewritten… as a work of Shakespeare.
