Link dump for Sunday, 2012/05/06 after the cut. The wiki version includes a tag cloud.Links:

• ‘Ridiculously’ dim bevy of stars found beyond Milky Way (Astronomy)
• 10 Scientists Who Spent Time Behind Bars (io9, Prison, List, Scientist)
• 25 Realizations Writers Need To Have (Publishing, Writing)
• 3 Steps to Writing a Novel with Unforgettable Characters (Advice, Character, Writing)
• A Taxonomy of Recently Published Speculative Fiction Short Stories | Wet Asphalt (SpeculativeFiction, SpF, Fantasy, SciFi, SF, Link, Free, ShortStory, Taxonomy)
• America’s decade of reverse-nation-building at home – Boing Boing (EconomicDivide, Taxes, Reputation, International, InternationalRelations, Torture, War, Terrorism, Privacy, BoingBoing, Economics, USA, Government, Watch)
• Art of the Genre: The Top 10 Literary Sci-Fi/Fantasy Covers of the 1980s — Black Gate (BlackGate, 1980s, CoverArt, Fantasy, SciFi, SF)
• Crappy First Drafts of Great Books | Psychology Today (Image, Example, Quote, Author, FirstDraft, Revision, Writing)
• Deborah J. Ross: GUEST BLOG: Rayne Hall on Music For Writing Fight Scenes (Music, FightScene, Writing)
• Dueling with Words: Dialogue and Action, Part 1 | Book View Cafe Blog (Action, Dialogue, Writing)
• Edgar Rice Burroughs in 1930 on â??The Purpose of Entertainment Fictionâ? | thejohncarterfiles.com (Entertainment, Essay, EdgarRiceBurroughs)
• Finally â?? GIMP 2.8 has been released! â?? News â?? gimpusers.com (2012, Announcement, Release, GIMP)
• Five Ways that Tolkien Defies Accusations of Narrative Simplicity | L.B. Gale (LotR, Analysis, Narrative, Tolkien)
• Google in talks with insurers about self-driving car (News, Insurance, Google, Vehicle, Car, Autonomous)
• GraphExeter: New graphene-based material could revolutionise electronics industry (Tech, Watch, Electronics, Transparent, Display, Graphene, MaterialScience)
• How to become an e-book sensation. Seriously. – The Globe and Mail (SelfPublishing, Ebook)
• Maintain your brain: The secrets to aging success (Aging, Health, Brain)
• Making the Match: Engaging Reluctant Readers in YA Literature — Ohio Resource Center > AdLIT > In Perspective Magazine (CoverArt, Writing, Reading, YoungAdult, YA)
• Master Pacing in Fiction & Take Your Story From Boring to Exciting | WritersDigest.com (Advice, Pacing, Writing)
• Michaele Jordan on Anime: Treat Yourself to The Many Possibilities of Noein – SF Signal â?? A Speculative Fiction Blog (Recommendation, Anime)
• Ogre Designer’s Edition by Steve Jackson Games â?? Kickstarter (SteveJacksonGames, SteveJackson, Game.Board, Game.Ogre, BoardGame, KickStarter)
• PBS Frontline’s “Money, Power and Wall Street” doc: watch it for free, online – Boing Boing (BoingBoing, Frontline, Watch, Money, Video, Online, Documentary, WallStreet, PBS)
• Quantitative patterns of stylistic influence in the evolution of literature (Change, Evolution, Analysis, Research, Style, Writing)
• Raven, Evermore | Superhero Novels (SuperheroNovels, Novel, Supervillain, Superhero, YA)
• Robin Koerner: There Is No Left Left (USA, Politics, Watch)
• Silver Spring couple craft superhero stories — Gazette.Net (Fiction, Superhero)
• Statistics proves once and for all that authors are a product of their times (io9, Clustering, Style, Analysis, Statistical, Writing)
• Steve Jackson’s “Ogre Designer’s Edition” – Boing Boing (News, Game.Board, BoardGame, SteveJackson, Game.Ogre, Game, BoingBoing)
• Stroppy Author’s guide to publishing: A view from the bridge (2): Rejections (Rejection, Writing)
• Ten Fantasy Clichés That Should Be Put To Rest | Fantasy Faction (Reading, Writing, List, Cliche, Fantasy)
• The Avengers – Television Tropes & Idioms (Pick, Trope, TvTropes, TheAvengers, Film, Movie)
• The Case for Genre — Tor/Forge’s Blog (Writing, Reading, Genre)
• The most badass physicist you’ve probably never heard of (io9, History, Physics, Scientist)
• The Other Side of the Story: Real Life Diagnostics: Show Me the Details: Showing in a Distant Third Person (ThirdPerson, Analysis, Critique, Writing)
• Three Key Ingredients to a Successful E-book Cover: Silhouettes | | The Art of John WardThe Art of John Ward (Book, Design, Advice, Art, Artist, Cover, Ebook)
• Weezerâ??s Superheroes – SF Signal (Film, Movie, Video, Superhero)
• Weight Hacking — Indiegogo (Weight, LifeHack)
• What is a Minor Character: Understanding the Minor Characters’ Role | WritersDigest.com (Advice, Character, Writing)
• Writer Beware ® Blogs!: Vetting an Independent Editor (Writing, Vetting, Hiring, Editor)
• Writing a Novel People Want to Read | WritersDigest.com (ReaderWriterRelationship, Reader, Advice, Process, Writing)

Tagged Art

• Three Key Ingredients to a Successful E-book Cover: Silhouettes | | The Art of John WardThe Art of John Ward

Tagged Author

• Crappy First Drafts of Great Books | Psychology Today

Tagged Critique

• The Other Side of the Story: Real Life Diagnostics: Show Me the Details: Showing in a Distant Third Person

Tagged Fantasy

• A Taxonomy of Recently Published Speculative Fiction Short Stories | Wet Asphalt
• Art of the Genre: The Top 10 Literary Sci-Fi/Fantasy Covers of the 1980s — Black Gate
• Ten Fantasy Clichés That Should Be Put To Rest | Fantasy Faction

Tagged Game.Board

• Ogre Designer’s Edition by Steve Jackson Games â?? Kickstarter
• Steve Jackson’s “Ogre Designer’s Edition” – Boing Boing

Tagged Genre

• The Case for Genre — Tor/Forge’s Blog

Tagged Movie

• The Avengers – Television Tropes & Idioms
• Weezerâ??s Superheroes – SF Signal

Tagged Pick

• The Avengers – Television Tropes & Idioms

Tagged Publishing

• 25 Realizations Writers Need To Have

Tagged Reading

• Making the Match: Engaging Reluctant Readers in YA Literature — Ohio Resource Center > AdLIT > In Perspective Magazine
• Ten Fantasy Clichés That Should Be Put To Rest | Fantasy Faction
• The Case for Genre — Tor/Forge’s Blog

Tagged Recommendation

• Michaele Jordan on Anime: Treat Yourself to The Many Possibilities of Noein – SF Signal â?? A Speculative Fiction Blog

Tagged SelfPublishing

• How to become an e-book sensation. Seriously. – The Globe and Mail

Tagged SF

• A Taxonomy of Recently Published Speculative Fiction Short Stories | Wet Asphalt
• Art of the Genre: The Top 10 Literary Sci-Fi/Fantasy Covers of the 1980s — Black Gate

Tagged Superhero

• Raven, Evermore | Superhero Novels
• Silver Spring couple craft superhero stories — Gazette.Net
• Weezerâ??s Superheroes – SF Signal

Tagged Tech+Watch

• GraphExeter: New graphene-based material could revolutionise electronics industry

Tagged Trope

• The Avengers – Television Tropes & Idioms

Tagged Video

• PBS Frontline’s “Money, Power and Wall Street” doc: watch it for free, online – Boing Boing
• Weezerâ??s Superheroes – SF Signal

Tagged Writing

• 25 Realizations Writers Need To Have
• 3 Steps to Writing a Novel with Unforgettable Characters
• Crappy First Drafts of Great Books | Psychology Today
• Deborah J. Ross: GUEST BLOG: Rayne Hall on Music For Writing Fight Scenes
• Dueling with Words: Dialogue and Action, Part 1 | Book View Cafe Blog
• Making the Match: Engaging Reluctant Readers in YA Literature — Ohio Resource Center > AdLIT > In Perspective Magazine
• Master Pacing in Fiction & Take Your Story From Boring to Exciting | WritersDigest.com
• Quantitative patterns of stylistic influence in the evolution of literature
• Statistics proves once and for all that authors are a product of their times
• Stroppy Author’s guide to publishing: A view from the bridge (2): Rejections
• Ten Fantasy Clichés That Should Be Put To Rest | Fantasy Faction
• The Case for Genre — Tor/Forge’s Blog
• The Other Side of the Story: Real Life Diagnostics: Show Me the Details: Showing in a Distant Third Person
• What is a Minor Character: Understanding the Minor Characters’ Role | WritersDigest.com
• Writer Beware ® Blogs!: Vetting an Independent Editor
• Writing a Novel People Want to Read | WritersDigest.com

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