Web Round-Up

• Brandon Sanderson talks about his upcoming series (yes, there will be life after the Wheel of Time).

• Terry Pratchett’s moving article about ending life. (via Bibliophile Stalker)

• Chatspeak is nothing new; telegrams used to limit word and character count, inspiring an impressive jargon.  (via Diane Duane)

• Steve Mitchelmore on head injuries and fear of reading.

• Cheryl Morgan offers a solution for Twitter addicts caught without web access.

• Meat grown in a lab! The best part will be seeing who can talk the most vegetarians into trying it.

• Pride and Prejudice and Zombies will soon be a graphic novel!

• SF Scope plots the length of the Harry Potter books vs. the length of their movie counterparts.

• Apparently, people glow. (Does that make me a vampire made out of diamonds? Please, say yes.)

• What if this hand were thicker than itself with brother's blood? Cro-Magnon killed Neanderthals.

• Attempting to pick up guys by reading; I can’t decide whether I should be vaguely offended or taking notes.

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