Coldest Links

The Boomerang Nebula is the coldest place in the universe, recorded as being just one degree above absolute zero.

A planet in the "rotisserie" alignment could still support life.

Damien Walter hosts an interview between Monica Byrne and Rudy Rucker on transrealism and Rumpus hosts her interview with Jeff VanderMeer on his Southern Reach trilogy.

Marina Warner: How Fairy Tales Grew Up.

Viking women were most certainly not stay-at-home moms.

EU approves stem cell therapy to treat blindness.

Overview of Iain M. Banks' life, career, and Culture sf novels.

Writers 6/17

Alan Moore and Mitch Jenkins are working on a film and they've trying to fund it through Kickstarter.

This week's SFSignal podcast round table features a discussion of the work of Iain M Banks. 

The nominees for the British Fantasy Awards have been announced.

Book/Writing 6/15-16

"For all my sins – and I assure you, the only thing that has ever held me back from God-like greatness is my humility – I am the Harlan Ellison, the only one. I'm in the Encyclopaedia Britannica, right between Ellis Island and Ralph Ellison."

Ian Banks: The Final Interview

James Joyce's last undiscovered pieces to be published.

Rebecca Keegan interviews Neil Gaiman for the Los Angeles Times.