Pop culture roundup: 1950s sci-fi; new Bob Dylan!

Explore some of the best of 1950s science fiction at a special site created by the Library of America as a tie-in to it's new, two-volume collection "American Science Fiction: Nine Classic Novels of the 1950s," which includes works by Frederik Pohl and C. M. Kornbluth, Theodore Sturgeon, Richard Matheson, Robert A. Heinlein, James Blish and Fritz Leiber.

The site includes short pieces by contemporary writers such as William Gibson, Neil Gaiman and Michael Dirda discussing some of these landmark works from sci-fi's golden era.

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Bob Dylan has announced the release of his 35th studio album for Sept. 11. Titled Tempest, the LP is reported to contain a 14-minute song about the Titanic and song titled "Roll On, John" in tribute to John Lennon. This being Dylan, the results may be brilliant or terrifyingly bad. Not sure what's up with the Photoshop 101 cover art...