Prospero

At £3.50 a seed
(New York Times): Chinese artist Ai Weiwei’s works “Sunflower Seeds’’ sold at Sotheby’s in London Tuesday evening for £349,250

Angry Birds vs Halo
(Wired): Mobile games endanger the console gaming industry

Man Asian prize will reward published work
(Wall Street Journal): “As we sat down and thought about it, we came to realize that, in fact, the Man Booker format of dealing with published novels is a lot better”

Today's quote:

“If I had a serious brain injury I might well write a children's book, but otherwise the idea of being conscious of who you're directing the story to is anathema to me, because, in my view, fiction is freedom and any restraints on that are intolerable. ”

~ Martin Amis, "Martin Amis claims only a 'serious brain injury' could make him write children's literature" (Telegraph)