Srs Book Lnx – I mean, for real — check these out for lo, they contain much awesomeness

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  • Sunken Treasure: Wil Wheaton’s Hot Cocoa Box Sampler. Sunken Treasure is a short collection of Wil’s favorite pieces from his books and blog, including a production diary from his 2008 role in Criminal Minds and much, much more. If you like Wil’s writing — of if you’ve ever been curious about his writing and wondered where to begin — then this is a most excellent place to start.

  • In case of WorldFail, read this. It’s Hacking the Earth by renowned environmental futurist Jamais Cascio. What do we do if our best efforts to limit the emission of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere fall short? According to a growing number of environmental scientists, we may be forced to try an experiment in global climate management: geoengineering. Geoengineering would be risky, likely to provoke international tension, and certain to have unexpected consequences. It may also be inevitable.

  • The Fast Fiction Challenge by Lee Barnett. In the summer of 2005, Lee Barnett gave readers of his blog and other writers a simple challenge: “reply with a title (no longer than four words) about which you’d like me to write a fast fiction of exactly 200 words, along with a word you want me to include in the tale.” And the challenges arrived: Stories with titles like “She Killed Me Twice”, “The Brain That Exploded”, “The Pachyderm Wore Pink” and “Single White Fee Male” with words like ranunculus, vaginate and carronade. 300 stories later, here for the first time in print are 180 of the best.


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