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(Back from vacation!)

Jeff VanderMeer crushes the dreams of aspiring dragon-owners everywhere. (Now, what if I want to own a Flesh Dog, Jeff?)

How different SF/F authors escape from the island of “The Prisoner” were they Number Six.

So long, Cody’s Books

Alan Moore interview, Part II.

Win an ARC of Gaiman’s “The Graveyard Book”

Jeremiah Tolbert on why this book trailer is awesome (and how you can do the same for your own).

I really want to see this H.P. Lovecraft documentary

Rabble-rouser Felix Gilman finds a belligerently anti-union document crafted by a WalMart lackey.

(TONS MORE AFTER THE JUMP – PREPARE TO WASTE HOURS OF YOUR PRECIOUS TIME)

Connie Willis and Cory Doctorow win Locus awards

Researching your next novel? 100 Useful Niche Search Engines You’ve Never Heard of

Is that you, Jay Lake?

Reviews: Scholes’ “Lamentation” and Scalzi’s “Zoe’s Tale.”

Review: “In the Woods” by Tana French.

John Scalzi wants your hate mail.

Photo and short report on Ed Park’s “Personal Days” reading

Radio station declines to broadcast a reading of Joyce’s “Ulysses” for fear of FCC trouble

What was wrong with Caitlin Kiernan’s Wiccan ritual, and how it was resolved.

In which SF author Mike Brotherton receives some cat food of unusual provenance.

“Spicy Slipstream Cento” by Nick Mamatas

First three chapters from “Suzy, Led Zeppelin and Me” by Martin Millar!

Review: “Central Park in the Dark” by Marie Winn (cannibalistic owls!)

Review: “Monsterology” by Dugald Steer

Interview with Nancy Kress

It’s Bathroom Reading Month

How to sell a book that doesn’t exist

Sarah Hall on Bat Segundo Show

How can you hate second-hand books? And can I have your books when you’re done with them?

Tasha Tudor dead at 92

“Midnight Never Come” author Marie Brennan on what she learned from role-playing games.

Review: “Mainspring” by Jay Lake with bonus Q&A

Review: “Sly Mongoose” by Tobias Buckell

Who the hell is the “Media Bloggers Association?”

Cat Rambo on Gender and Editorial Decisions (Sorry, Cat!)

Subterranean Press offers “The Jack Vance Reader.”

The Five Best “Worst” Stephen King Movie Adaptations

“Seeds of Change” book explores SF authors and real-world transformation

Fanfic: Menace or Threat?

Quick peek at the new HBO series based on the “Sookie Stackhouse” vampire books

Praise for Jeffrey Ford’s “The Drowned Life” continues: There is little doubt that extraterrestrials have contacted him by way of an AM radio channel, and he is surely possessed by the Holy Ghost…

Interview with Jeffrey Thomas

Top 100 SF/F books to read before you die?

The Best and Worst from the Best Summer Reads

“Elizabeth Bear’s brain reminds me of popping popcorn…”

Review: “Red Rose Rages (Bleeding)” by L. Timmel Duchamp

“Why I Like Nick Mamatas”

Review: “Singularity’s Ring” by Paul Melko

New genre acquisitions at The Swivet

Irvine Welsh interview

Ten Free SF Books Online

Terry Pratchett: “I create gods all the time, now I think one might exist.”

Tachyon Publications wants to see your dog

“The Far Future and the Deepend Culture Layer.” (Vance, Wolfe, Etc.)

Lethem’s Top Five Depressed Super Heroes

Written by Matt Staggs

June 22, 2008 at 5:29 pm

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  1. I think the link labeled “Elizabeth Bear on Gender and Editorial Decisions” might not be leading to the place that you’re thinking it leads.

    Cat Rambo

    June 22, 2008 at 5:43 pm

  2. Eek! Sorry Cat!
    Thanks for the heads up!

    Matt Staggs

    June 22, 2008 at 5:45 pm

  3. Awesome Alan Moore interview. I really enjoyed that.

    Ennis Drake

    June 23, 2008 at 12:11 pm


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