Legends – Knights, Pirates, Vikings and Robin Hood. Link from Michael Delahoyde‘s interesting mythology and literature site.
Also, a nice Robin Hood site, and a general one on Medieval Europe (have I linked to it before?), where I found this article about “Viking” Pilgrimage to the Holy Land. Also, an excellent Greek Mythology site, GML.
Playing With a Full Deck Wild Cards Comes to Roleplaying by John J. Miller (Roleplayer, October 1989). A review of Wild Cards XVI: Deuces Down (iBooks, 2002) and a brief overview of the entire series (scroll down).
Frederic Brown (1906-72): Fredric Brown was a man who hated to write, but absolutely loved putting words together. It’s a paradox he would have probably enjoyed.
Bibliography, collections and anthologies, and the complete text of his short-short The End.
There are no rules. You can write a story, if you wish, with no conflict, no suspense, no beginning, middle or end. Of course, you have to be regarded as a genius to get away with it, and that’s the hardest part — convincing everybody you’re a genius.
— Fredric Brown
Wired News reports about the US army’s plans to arm its soldiers in the future with thermobaric bullets, portable fuel-air bombs.