Blinks: Ansible; PW’s Best Books of 2014; Doctorow, Gibson, VanderMeer, Kay; Hand on Rice; Events

» David Langford’s Ansible 328

» Publishers Weekly is first out with Best Books of 2014 lists: Sf/fantasy/horror titles are by Cambias, Gibson, Hyde, Lebbon, MacFarlane, Page & Lake, and Sherman; fiction titles include Margaret Atwood, Chang-Rae Lee, and Helen Oyeyemi

» NPR interviews Cory Doctorow about whether “information wants to be free”

» LA Times profiles William Gibson

» The Atlantic: Jeff VanderMeer on The Uncanny Power of Weird Fiction

» Guardian profiles Guy Gavriel Kay

» Washington Post: Elizabeth Hand reviews Anne Rice’s Prince Lestat

» Kepler’s Books in Menlo Park CA hosts a Sci Fi/Fantasy Day [scroll down] on Nov 15, with Andy Weir, Steven Erikson, Pat Murphy, Ellen Klages, Marie Brennan, Chaz Brenchley, and others

» Dark Delicacies in Burbank CA hosts Joe R. Lansdale on Nov 5th and a Creature from the Black Lagoon 60th anniversary event on Nov 8th with David J. Schow and many others

» Redcat at Disney Hall in downtoan LA presents Samuel R. Delany, Nov 15, 3pm

» Guardian’s 10 greatest changes of the past 1,000 years has “Invention of the future” as the one of the 20th century