Around the Blogs, Vol. 21, Bookish Edition

1. The sixteen first rules of fiction

2. Based on this, I'll venture the guess that Richard Cohen has read some of another Richard's short prose.

3. The antilibrary

(As usual, this isn't a ranking or some such thing; it's just that I like numbered lists. In case anyone has ever wondered, no, I have never been diagnosed with Asperger's syndrome, nor do I plan to. Come to think of it, I'm not sure the condition is available in Germany.)