New Kid's Book from Neil Gaiman!

Gaiman and Charles Vess are collaborating on another picture book! This one is based on Gaiman's poem "Instructions", and Vess' illustrations look completely stunning, as usual.

Gaiman's Blog-
http://journal.neilgaiman.com/2009/08/your-instructions-should-you-choose-to.html

Vess' Blog-
http://greenmanpress.com/news/archives/447

I love posting blog links today, apparently. Oh, I'm so excited! Blueberry Girl was amazing- I can't wait to see the final product for this one! Sadly it looks like it's not due out until 2010, but it'll be worth the wait, I'm sure.

Wired's 5 Worst Sci-Fi/Fantasy Books

This link amused me. I agree with it with the most part (though I haven't read the Heinlein and I won't read the Meyer, so...)

5 Science Fiction/Fantasy Books We Wish Had Never Been Written

WorldCon

WorldCon.
Montreal.
Canada. (Where it's not 102 degrees outside.)
Peadar O'Guilin.
Neil Gaiman.
Catherynne M. Valente.
Hugo Awards.
Panels on EVERYTHING.

Guess where I wasn't this weekend?

Gackt Update

Got the album in. It is everything I could have hoped for, and more. Oh, so pretty... I'm going to make the upstairs neighbor hate me for playing this thing...(unless I convert her to Gackt fangirl-hood as well...hmm, new mission, perhaps?)