The weekly web ramble (12/17)

Our weekly link roundup from the tweetverse and blogosphere.

WEB OF INTEREST –>

– What it’d look like if your sci fi favorites were made into children’s books

Cory Doctorow on the future of the internet and DOS attacks:

– Maureen Corrigan’s favorite murder mysteries of 2010, for NPR

<–AUTHOR TALK

Sir Terry Pratchett on his battle with dementia

John Courtenay on reclaiming the vampire

Allison Leotta on the five things TV crime shows get wrong

– Richard Kadrey‘s top 10 reads of 2010

Stephen King answers fan questions about his latest, Full Dark, No Stars

WEB READS –>

– Peek at chapter one of Kim Harrison‘s upcoming Hollows novel, Pale Demon

– Peek at the prologue of Ilona Andrews‘ upcoming Kate Daniels novel, Magic Slays

– Download Reaper, a FREE novella from Rachel Vincent that takes place in the Soul Screamers world

– Read Carrie Vaughn‘s SF short Amaryllis (recently picked to be included in The Year’s Best Science Fiction anthology), here

– A tiny peek at City of Fallen Angels, the forth book in Cassandra Clare‘s Mortal Instruments series

– Read the prologue and first chapter of The Lost Saint by Bree Despain, the second book in her Dark Divine series