Links roundup and other assorted mayhem

Stuff's piling up over on Twitter and Facebook, so it's time to play clearinghouse and get it all onto the main page. Here goes:

How You Can Help the Tornado Victims in the South – Time does a pretty concise round-up of the usual suspects. I wish I had something brilliant and useful to say on the subject, but it's mostly been said already – by smarter people than me, who are closer to the situation than I am right now.

Do you like furniture? How about Michigan? – My friend Sarah Sharp has a most excellent KickStarter project underway. Behold – I give you … THE COUCHES OF DETROIT. No seriously, it's awesome. Click through to see.

Dreadnought gets love from Drey's Library – Huzzah! Many thanks. Actually, Dreadnought has been getting a lot of love lately. See also below …

The Denver Examiner digs Dreadnought – "I thoroughly enjoyed Dreadnought. The writing craft is as good as the story, and both are as entertaining as they are suspenseful. If you're looking for zombies, zeppelins, and some zealous history re-writing, Cherie Priest's "Clockwork Century" series is for you." This is one of those reviews that decides Dreadnought was oodles better than Boneshaker; so whether you loved or hated Boneshaker, maybe you should give the sequel a chance.

Look, another Dreadnought review – I wonder if it's been going around a book club or something. Not complaining! Just curious about the sudden influx of friendly commentary. "The characters are wonderful, and the images Priest builds are so well done, you can almost smell the coal dust in the air. It is a fine example of not only what Steampunk is, but what it should be."

In other news, I am not writing about Bin Laden. If you're like me, you're probably generally happy he's gone – but in a somewhat complicated way. I don't really have the energy to dissect it at this time, nor the inclination to put it in public, so there you go.

[Crossposted from my website. If you'd like to comment, you can do so either here or there.]