Blinks: UCR’s Eaton collection; conferences in Warwick and Grand Rapids; Bond on Grossman; Mythic Delirium; Dark Delicacies events

» Nalo Hopkinson expresses concern about the future of University of California, Riverside’s Eaton Science Fiction Collection

» University of Warwick (UK) is hosting a 3-day conference, 21-23 August, the first day about M. John Harrison, the second and third about SF/F Now

» The Center for Future Consciousness in Grand Rapids, MI, is hosting workshop Science Fiction: The Mythology of the Future, 19-21 September

» LA Times: Gwenda Bond reviews Lev Grossman’s The Magician’s Land: “Maybe, this masterful close suggests, both real and fantasy worlds have space for heroes and magic.”

» Mythic Delirium’s August featured content includes a story by Saira Ali and poems by Landis, Garfinkle, and Lupescu

» Dark Delicacies (in Burbank CA) upcoming events include Joseph Maddrey, Alain Silver, James Ursini, Eric Forsberg, Jon Towlson, and Justin Humphreys