Matt’s Bookosphere 6/23/2008

Interview with Robert Silverberg

Jeff VanderMeer’s favorite fantasists in the short story form

The AV Club’s “The Nerds of Summer”

Look for Jay Lake’s story “Chain of Fools” in Subterranean

Got any questions for Iain M. Banks?

Getting Away from it All: Means of Transportation in Science Fiction

Fiction: “Tales of the Chinese Zodiac: Rat” by Jenn Reese

In Praise of Librarian Warriors

LOTS MORE AFTER THE JUMP

Yes, Hal Duncan. It is quite pretty.

What say you, Maud Newton?

Review: “The Slippery Art of Book Reviewing”

William Gibson and others inducted into SF Hall of Fame

A new generation of comic books and how they handle the war

A history of Cuba’s “Independent Library Movement.”

Caitlin R. Kiernan’s day at the beach

Fiction: “The Lodger at Wintertide” by E. Catherine Tobler

Even Eddie Campbell’s looking for a publisher

Review: “Omega” by Christopher Evans

Rogue Pictures to make film adaptation of Kruger’s “The Keep.”

“Fantasy as Genre: Possibilities and Considerations.”

Interview with Ellen Datlow

Know any good Guybrarians?

A giant homicidal maniac with the head of a bear splits a man in half from head to chest with a rusty machete.

David Hajdu chats it up with Ed Champion

Entertainment Weekly’s Top 100 New Classics

Old: Christians Hate Harry Potter. New: Muslims Hate Harry Potter

Interview with Bryan Davis, author of “Raising Dragons.”

Interview with Alan Davis