* Overheard in the store:
"I love the smell of books. It smells so good in here! I want to bottle it and wear it as a perfume."
"I've only met one person ever who didn't like GOOD OMENS, and I didn't trust them."
"It's like people who never say the f-word, or who dislike dogs!"
"She said that worrying was like praying for something you don't want."
"She sold her soul for a toaster oven."
"So... what I'm hearing is that Wiccans shouldn't drink."
"Repeatedly forgetting your PIN is an excellent way to save money."
"I'm turning my life in a new direction: Horizontal."
"You can't discriminate against someone based on their Hogwarts' House!"
* Locus Magazine is hosting a Writing Master Class with author Andy Duncan! July 21, 2019, 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. at Locus Magazine HQ in downtown Oakland. The cost is $150.00. Details and sign up here: https://locusmag.com/locus-bay-area-writers-workshop-writing-master-class-with-andy-duncan-july-2019/
* Local author (and Borderlands sponsor) Charlie Jane Anders did a marvelous interview with the Huffington Post: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/charlie-jane-anders-crosses-the-divide_n_5cdc281ae4b0437438c5290e
* Congratulations to Irene Gallo, who has been promoted to Vice President, Publisher of Tor.com! https://www.tor.com/2019/06/20/irene-gallo-promoted-to-vice-president-publisher-of-tor-com/
* Author Richard Kadrey on the Cool Tools Podcast: https://kk.org/cooltools/richard-kadrey-nyt-bestselling-author-of-the-sandman-slim-series/
* HBO is turning Philip Pullman's HIS DARK MATERIALS into a series, and the trailer looks awesome: https://youtu.be/0Qz8L4KaTss
* This annotated list of the books that author & scholar Jo Walton read in June is really fascinating. https://www.tor.com/2019/07/05/jo-waltons-reading-list-june-2019/
* Daniel O'Malley's supernatural spy novel THE ROOK has been made into a series on Starz. Check out the trailer here! https://www.tvguide.com/news/starz-the-rook-trailer/
* A list of the 100 most commonly mentioned fantasy books on Reddit, 2018 - 2019: https://topredditbooks.com/c/genre/fantasy . No real surprises but it interesting to skim.
* Nanoprobes are in the works: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/07/190703121358.htm
* Quantum leaps are real? https://www.newscientist.com/article/2205089-quantum-leaps-are-real-and-now-we-can-control-them/
* An interesting podcast on converting carbon dioxide to fuel, and autofocal glasses: https://www.sciencemag.org/podcast/converting-carbon-dioxide-gasoline-and-autofocal-glasses-lenses-change-shape-fly
* Telepathic Tetris, anyone?: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/07/190701163827.htm
* The first trailer for Disney's live-action "Mulan" is here, and it's beautiful: https://io9.gizmodo.com/the-first-mulan-trailer-teases-a-sweeping-warriors-adve-1836166020
* Author Gillian Flynn is "sickened" by a defense attorney's suggestion that a missing woman (whose husband, along with his girlfriend, have been charged with evidence tampering and hindering prosecution) has staged her own disappearance a la GONE GIRL: https://www.wtnh.com/news/connecticut/author-of-gone-girl-issues-statement-regarding-jennifer-dulos-disappearance/
* Did you know there was a celebrity cruise that included authors Ben Bova and Issac Asimov to commemorate the launch of Apollo 17 in December 1972? Neither did we. https://www.fastcompany.com/90372061/the-weird-space-themed-caribbean-cruise-that-celebrated-the-last-trip-to-the-moon
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