"I sort through the entries after the deadline, in an attempt to try to minimize any bias toward entries that arrive early (or late), but I can't help but look at most of them as they come in.  One really caught my eye, and even after looking at hundreds of other entries, it still stood out.  Here it is..."

The classic, sci-fi magazine has digitized all 224 of its print issues, dating back to 1979. Be sure to check out issues 100 and 200, featuring interviews with notable sci-fi artists, including John Carpenter, George Lucas, William Gibson and Terry Gilliam. Check out the archive here. Via Metafilter.

From THNKR.

A Tumblr of obscurities.

Journalist Kevin Sites profiling the lives of eleven soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan in his upcoming book, The Things They Cannot Say, out late January 2013. Below, a trailer. Much more at Sites' official YouTube.

"An Evening of Russian Poetry," from a 1958 Books and Authors Luncheon. Audio and much more at WNYC.

Seven New Poems: Check it out on Amazon. You can read an excerpt at Voguing to Danzig.

The Guardian reviews Schwarznegger's new memoir, Total Recall. Brilliant excerpts included.

Pitting word against word, blogger Ted McCagg has finally figured out the best word in the English language. $1 million says you'll never guess it. Metafilter has much, much more.