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To the Moon!
Time has a piece today on the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) and future plans for the moon. Test flights of manned lunar spacecraft by 2015? Sweet. I look forward to celebrating my retirement with a vacation on the Sea of Nectars.
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Thoughts About Book Reviews Provoked by GalleyCat
In the video that follows, Flashlight Worthy co-founder Eric Mueller talks to GalleyCat’s Jason Boog and has some interesting things to say about the emerging dynamics of book reviews. The old dynamic is certainly moribund, as I have noticed in the weeks since Buyout came out; fewer and fewer of the old standby review outlets…
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A Couple of Literary Tidbits
Katherine Dunn, author of the most excellent Geek Love, talks to Guernica about boxing and her new book, One Ring Circus. Over at Omnivoracious, China Mieville unexpectedly declares his admiration for Tolkien.
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Farewell, Shaman Drum
Sad news that the Shaman Drum bookstore in Ann Arbor is going to close on June 30. I used to skulk around the store when it was upstairs from the (also now-vanished) Continental Diner, which was next to the original location of Borders. Wish I was going to get back to Ann Arbor before it…
Crooked House Fictions 