5 mixed things on a Sunday

1. RIP, Robert Holdstock. (via Ansible)

2. Tobias Buckell has a lovely thoughtful essay on Rastafarians and dreads.

3. mirrorthaw and I went to see Hayward Williams last night (blues-country-indie rock and a voice you can wrap around yourself like deepest, darkest velvet). He was excellent, as always.

4. 67,500 words on The Goblin Emperor.

5. Pat Rothfuss previews Worldbuilders, the Heifer International auction that will eat feed the world--the official unveiling is tomorrow. (Reminder: I am donating items for the auction, (1) a complete signed set of Doctrine of Labyrinths hardbacks and (2) The Bone Key with mss of the uncollected stories, all signed.)