Swift Wins 40th Anniversary Clarke Award - Locus

 

Yesterday was a big party day for black cats.

Today's first stop in the Catosphere for Panzer was the Locus magazine blog site. There he found a post about the 2026 Clarke Award.

 

On August 12 When There Are Wolves Again by E. J. Swift was announced the winner of the 2026 Arthur C. Clarke Award for best SF novel of the year.

 

Panzer says, "At the site the runners up and information about the award are also listed."

 

To visit the Locus site tootle over to Arthur C. Clarke Award Yesterday

Yesterday Was National Black Cat Appreciation Day

But It's What Every Day Should Be

 

 

 

Leave the treats here on your way to clean my litter box.

Puzzle - Any time is Nap Time.

Hint

Here's today's new jigsaw puzzle. 

 

At the puzzle site click the square in the lower left corner to see the finished puzzle.

 

This one is a real challlenge. 

 

Have fun!

 

To do the puzzle tootle over to Cat Jigsaw Puzzle

Free to Watch Classic Drama Movie: Bad For Each Other

See you tomorrow.

Panzer found this movie on the Silver Scenes channel on Youtube.

  

Bad for Each Other is a black and white 1953 classic moral ethics drama movie. It's 1 hour 22 minutes long.

 

Make apizza, get your favorite beverage and enjoy the movie.

 

Note: If you want to binge watch classic movies, the top of the right column lists the others available. 

To watch the movie tootle over to Classic Movie

Free to Listen Small Town Romance Audiobook: Small Town Girl

I'll be back with something else for you.

Here's a small town romance Panzer found on the Audiobook Romance Full LengthLa channel ion Youtube.

 

Small Town Girl is written by LaVyrle Spenser. It's narrated by Emily Sutton-Smith and 6 hocoveurs 9 minutes long.

 

Note: I'm not sure if this is an authorized site.

 

To listen to the aiudiobook tootle over to Small Town Romance Audiobook 

Free to Listen Hockey Romance Audiobook: Against the Boards

Told you I'd be right back.

If you like hockey romance audiobooks, Panzer found this one on the author's channel on Youtube.

 

Against the Boards is written by Cynthia Gunderson. It's 6 hours 3 minutes lont.

 

To listen to the audiobook tootle over to Hockey Romance Audiobook

Free to Listen Cozy Mystery Audiobook: The Sign of Four Spirits

Back in a few minutes.

Here's a cozy murder mystery Panzer found on the Cozy Mystery Audio channel on Youtube.

 

The Sign of Four Spirits is written by Vicki Delany. It's 8 hour 27 minutes long.

 

To listen to the audiobook tootle over to Cozy Mystery Audiobook 

He's sold more than 50 million books. There's 'some little Utah connection' in many of them. - The Salt Lake Tribune

It's been very hot today. I just can't stay awake.

Panzer made a stop at The Salt Lake Tribune site today. There our intrepid kitty traveler found a post about bestselling fantasy author Brandon Sanderson.

 

The post begins with how and why he became an author. It then continues with where he gets his ideas and setting locations from. The post also includes a link to a Youtube interview with him.

 

 Panzer says, "It's interesting where some of his ideas come from."

 

Note: This is a long post with the interview on Youtube. You'll need to decide what you want to bring to snack on.

 

To read the post tootle over to Utah Inspiration 

Anthropic just rolled out a tool that could decimate some people's dreams of writing AI novels undetected - Business Insider

What's the point if you can undo it?

Here's a post about Anthropic Panzer found on the Business Insider site.

 

Anthropic announced that effective August 2 Claude will be adding a watermark to all the material it generates.

Panzer says, "So, no more here's my great steamy New York zebra-riding vampire cowboy in love with a dolphin-riding mermaid romance. No. Wait. Read almost all the way to the end and you'll find a way to fix that watermark."

Note: This is a very long post because there are a lot of ads to ignore. Bring a glass of iced tea today.

  

To read the post tootle over to Anthropic Watermarking Feature

OverDrive Acquires European Digital Library Service - Publishing Perspectives

OverDrive has Libby too.

Traveling around the Catosphere today, Panzer discovered news about OverDrive at the Publishing Perspectives site.

 

 OverDrive has acquired divibib GmbH which will allow the company's expansion in the European digital lending service. The post also contains links to other information.

 

 Panzer says, "This little kitty didn't know the company already had a footprint there."

Note: This is a medium length post. Bring a glass of lemonade to drink.

 

To read the post tootle over to OverDrive