Thanks for posting this, Alex! I love her comments on Amazon, of course, she has an advantage with living in Portland of having direct access to Powells. Still, I haven't bought a book from Amazon since their various attempts at bullying began.

She has to be one of the few remaining second generation Grandmasters of Science Fiction.

http://news.streetroots.org/2014/08/14/otherworldly-and-utterly-portland-ursula-k-le-guin

Lots of discussion regarding his long career in comics, as a writer, and in film. He worked on the Del Torro version of The Hobbit briefly, but apparently none of the Del Torro footage was used. I wonder if it'll make an appearance in the DVD bonus material.

http://www.wired.com/underwire/2012/10/geeks-guide-mike-mignola/all/

Haven't finished it yet, but I like what I've read thus far. A multi-platinum artist, he's been recording for 25 years and just had his first top 10 hit 2 years ago. And I think that's about how ling I've been listening to him, I saw him in concert, IIRC, for Like A Surgeon in the early/mid 80's.

http://www.wired.com/entertainment/theweb/magazine/16-10/ff_weirdal?currentPage=all

I've had three sets of speakers from them over the years: 301's, 201's, and a 150(?) center channel speaker. I returned the latter because I did not like the sound. I still have the 301's, they're right now in my living room, waiting for my DVD and LaserDisc player to be connected up so that they can once again have movies played through them!

I also highly recommend the noise-canceling headphones. Very nice on flights.

http://www.wired.com/techbiz/people/news/2007/10/bose_qa