• SF Signal hosts another Mind Meld: "What's your favorite subgenre of science fiction?"

• The IEE posts a wonderful slide show chronicling the steampunk sensation.

• One of the more gratuitous shots in science fiction, the slow-motion shower scene, edited into a single triumphantly titillating video. Warning: A lot of these are fairly gross.

• A 1926 Brazilian science-fiction novel predicts a U.S. election determined by race and gender...albeit pretty badly.

• The BBC will bring back serialized science-fiction programs next season.

• io9 lists some of the longest science-fiction books of all-time and mentions one of my favorites, The Vivian Girls.