* One of the lesser-known consequences of Kurt Vonnegut's passing has been an explosion of interest in Backwards City #1. Our site has been getting tons of hits—I just had to buy more bandwidth to keep it up.

* Salon reports on the quick rise and quicker downfall of the Dylan Hears a Who! Web site.

* Delderfield and other authors devoured by our parents have sunk into obscurity. But why, and who will disappear from our current favourites? In the Guardian.

* If Wikipedia is too basic and the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy too dry, there's always Christian Hubert's Contents Under Pressure. Via Vu.