The 2012 Hugo Awards nominations are out, and amongst the typical gritty fantasy and zombie apocalypse novels are Jo Walton's Among Others, which sounds genuinely intriguing.

Author Christopher Priest whips out his epeen and gets in a nerd rage over the 2012 Arthur C. Clarke Award shortlist. Is it because it's that bad? Or is it because he's not on it this year?

The U.S. Department of Justice investigates Apple and five publishers for alleged collusion over ebook pricing, the Wall Street Journal reports. Also, Apple won't carry ebooks that reference other works sold by Amazon.

A lot of news in the book world recently, not the least of which is the appearance of journalist Anthony Shadid's memoir, House of Stone. Welcome to Random Book News, Volume V or so.

Isaac Asimov's Foundation books, including the sequels and prequels, bookend the author's career and illustrate how he grew as an author and changed with the times.

Life happens, knocking you out of the saddle, and you don't always have time for books and hobbies. But as Bender would say, "I'm back, baby."