Tuesday Links

Itzkoff patronises reviews Mieville, Gaiman (via sovay)

Steven Brust's fanfic Firefly novel, free under Creative Commons

Talking Squids in Outer Space -- SF the Margaret Atwood way, courtesy of major_clanger.

P J Thompson on instinctual writing

MPs feel safe walking around Hackney at night, in a group, with plenty of journalists and film cameras in tow