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Good news for Wild Cards fans!  George has told the WC consortium that Tor has scheduled the finale of the Committee Triad, Suicide Kings, for publication this coming December.  Suicide Kings wraps up the story that began with Inside Straight and continued with Busted Flush.

And as with the previous two volumes, Suicide Kings boasts yet another fantastic cover by the amazing Michael Komarck.   I think he’s outdone himself with this cover.  Check it out here and see for yourself.

Jay Lake has a well-reasoned and well-informed post on his blog about the Google Book Search settlement.  It’ll take 3 minutes of your time, and whether you’re a reader or writer, it’s worth it. 

It’s no small secret that I dream of one day living in a giant, floating, pirate sea arcology.  And that the Seasteading Institute wants to make my dream a reality.  And that while they sound slightly insane, they are to date my best hope of seeing my dream become reality.  (Even if it doesn’t include robot sharks.) 

This is the obligatory blog post where I jump on the let’s-discuss-Watchmen bandwagon. It’s also where I reveal that I belong to that strange minority of people who find Watchmen (both the novel and the film) to be way, way overhyped. Other brave souls have already come forward on this delicate and emotionally-charged topic, including Sarah Zettel over at the Book View Cafe, and Vic Milan. Watchmen isn’t terrible, but in my humble opinion, it’s not great  either. Below the cut, I’ll try to explain why it doesn’t work for me.

Spoilers ahoy!

Tomorrow (March 7) a rag-tag fugitive fleet of Wild Cards authors will descend upon Page 1 books in Albuquerque to sign copies of the latest Wild Cards release, Busted Flush.