Enter the Octopus

Jeff VanderMeer begins his next wave of “60 in 60” classics reading blitz

http://www.jeffvandermeer.com/2009/01/08/60-in-60-21-confucius%e2%80%99-the-first-ten-books-penguin%e2%80%99s-great-ideas/

Neat old school gaming art

http://jrients.blogspot.com/2008/07/willingham-by-request.html

Cool Cloverfield toy

http://scifiwire.com/2009/01/own-the-cloverfield-monster-that-destroyed-new-york.php

Mark Finn’s Best of 2008

http://www.revolutionsf.com/article.php?id=4378

MORE AFTER THE JUMP

IO9’s Annalee Newitz talks about sexy vampires

http://io9.com/5124225/why-are-vampires-so-damn-sexy

IO9 run downs this year’s upcoming SF/F movies

http://io9.com/5125988/30-fantastic-movies-to-watch-or-avoid-this-year

SFSIGNAL wants to know about your favorite bookstore

http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Sfsignal/~3/506916456/

How do the werewolf transformations in Rise of the Lycans compare to other movies?

http://scifiwire.com/2009/01/is-rise-of-the-lycans-a-dog-or-does-it-have-a-leg-up-on-past-werewolf-films.php

Eight Reasons why 24 is Science Fiction

http://scifiwire.com/2009/01/eight-reasons-why-foxs-24-is-really-science-fiction-really.php

Meet the new disaster girl…

http://www.urlesque.com/2009/01/08/new-disaster-girl/

SLG rereleasing Stitch for 10^th anniversary

http://blog.newsarama.com/2009/01/08/slg-to-rerelease-stitch-in-march/

“Credit Mack Daddy” another reason to turn TV off for good

http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Videogum/~3/506355021/the-credit-mack-daddy-totally_044331.html

DC Comics movies ON HOLD

http://blog.newsarama.com/2009/01/08/goyer-dc-movies-on-hold/

Nobody wants your sandwich, dude.

http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Videogum/~3/506526771/how-to-stop-coworkers-from-ste_044411.html

Robot Chicken’s “Humping Robot” toy for all your humping needs

http://blog.newsarama.com/2009/01/08/sota-releases-robot-chickens-humping-robot/

Why is Obama cuddling up to RIAA lawyers?

http://www.popmatters.com/feeder/?FeederAction=clicked&feed=PopMatters&seed=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.popmatters.com%2Fpm%2Fpost%2F68752-why-is-obama-hitching-up-with-the-riaas-favorite-suit%2F&seed_title=Why+is+Obama+hitching+up+with+the+RIAA%27s+favorite+suits%3F

D20 flail brings new meaning to the term “dungeon master”

http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/507118089/d20-flails.html

Forget wedding rings…braiding your hair together is the new hotness

http://www.urlesque.com/2009/01/09/we-are-braided-together/

Bacon in library books? Scalzi, is that you?

http://papercuts.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/01/08/librarian-theres-some-bacon-in-my-book/

Review of R.A. Salvatore’s The Ancient

http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/GraemesFantasyBookReview/~3/506293402/ancient-ra-salvatore-tor-uk.html

Etiquette for the Recently Deflowered Girl?

http://jezebel.com/5126591/etiquette-for-the-recently-deflowered-girl

Someone get Warren Ellis away from his computer. Now.

http://www.warrenellis.com/?p=6905

Cool postcard from H.P. Lovecraft to Clark Ashton Smith

http://chrisperridas.blogspot.com/2009/01/lovecraft-postcard-recently-surfaces.html

Robert Thompson reviews Charlie Huston’s The Mystic Arts of Erasing All Signs of Death

http://fantasybookcritic.blogspot.com/2009/01/mystic-arts-of-erasing-all-signs-of.html

Graeme Flory reviews James Morrow’s Shambling Towards Hiroshima (I’m doing the publicity for this book)

http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/GraemesFantasyBookReview/~3/506914324/shambling-towards-hiroshima-james.html

Mark Rose reviews Fred Vargas’ This Night’s Foul Work

http://www.bookgasm.com/reviews/thrillers/this-nights-foul-work/

Condalmo blurbs The Literary Site (very cool)

http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Condalmo/~3/507202518/

Vote for what you think John Scalzi should be ashamed of

http://whatever.scalzi.com/2009/01/09/shame-me/

It’s International Traditional Roleplaying Week!

http://greyhawkgrognard.blogspot.com/2009/01/international-traditional-roleplaying.html