lethem The Ecstasist: A Conversation with the Novelist Jonathan Lethem Mark Dery

science fiction New online short class about one of Philip K. Dick's nuttiest novels David Pescovitz

medical myths Ish sucks venom from a snakebite in Earth Abides. But experts agree: Don't do this! Carla Sinclair

books Jonathan Lethem ponders: "Did Philip K Dick dream of Palestinian sheep?" Thom Dunn

books New online class about mind-bending science fiction writer Philip K. Dick taught by the stars of PKD scholarship David Pescovitz

art Bob Eckstein's watercolor postcards Elías Villoro

tools My interview with Duane Swierczynski, crime novelist Mark Frauenfelder

earth abides Jonathan Lethem reviews the 1959 adaptation of Earth Abides, starring Burt Lancaster Mark Frauenfelder

happy mutants Jonathan Lethem on Edward Snowden's "Permanent Record" Cory Doctorow

movies Ed Norton finally breaks cover in Motherless Brooklyn Séamus Bellamy

happy mutants David Byrne's Luaka Bop label is releasing a compilation of "secular gospel" from the 1970s, with liner notes by Jonathan Lethem Cory Doctorow

happy mutants Congrats to this year's MacArthur "geniuses," including the amazing Kelly Link! Cory Doctorow

music Legal advice to musicians, after "Blurred Lines": pretend you have no influences Cory Doctorow

happy mutants The Blot: correspondence between Jonathan Lethem and Laurence A. Rickels about Philip K Dick Cory Doctorow

science fiction Philip K. Dick Conference 4/29-4/30 in So Cal David Pescovitz

gift guide Boing Boing Gift Guide 2015 Boing Boing

lemony snicket A Series of Unfortunate Questions for Daniel Handler Mark Dery