Bookmarks: online shoppers prefer books, kids ought to read, sci-fi space gods are dumb, and other shockingly obvious book news
Some book-related links:
- Books are tops amongst the world’s online shoppers (The Guardian)
- Apparently, reading is good for kids, so they should do it more (Toronto Star)
- The dumbest space gods in science fiction (io9)
- Will Ferrell – yes, that Will Ferrell – wins James Joyce Award (Canadian Press)
- Zagat restaurant guides to be sold? (The Mercury News)
- Welsh writers in digital archive spat with National Library of Wales (BBC News)
- Nine (American) destinations for bookstore connoisseurs (The News & Observer)
- Professional radio vulgarian Don Imus sued by publisher of presidential bio (CNN.com)
- Three Little Pigs update turned down for award for potential offence (Journal Live)
Well, not all sci-fi gods are dumb (says the author of Calculating God, a science-fiction novel …). But the io9 post is mostly about gods in SF film and TV; for a good survey of the topic of gods in printed SF, see The Gospel According to Science Fiction, a nonfiction book by Gabriel McKee.