Matt’s Bookosphere 6/25/08

“Neuromancer,” as performed in a Missouri barn by hippies and baptists

In which Elizabeth Genco advises us of her draconian tendencies

John Joseph Adams announces a vampire anthology

The Sound of Young America interviews Benjamin Nugent about “American Nerd”

Jerry Pournelle is a little bit happier about supporting John McCain

How to define a genre and why not to bother

LOTS MORE AFTER THE JUMP

Meehan Crist of THE BELIEVER recommends a few reads

Report on Ideomancer, Vol. 7, Issue 2.

Megan McArdle earns the ire of female sci fi fans everywhere

Rise, Sir Salman Rushdie

Lucius Shepard likes Jasper’s “A Gathering of Doorways”

Review: “Superpowers” by David J. Schwartz

T.S. Eliot V. Portishead

Michael Phillips on e-books (Seriously, this is cool)

“What does it mean to be the cultural center of a community that has no culture?”

Warren Ellis’ hand on eBay

Review: “The Summer Place” by Lawrence Watt-Evans

Jonathan Strahan addresses gender and Eclipse Two

New Lovecraft comic coming soon: “The Strange Adventures of H.P. Lovecraft”

Review: “Escapement” by Jay Lake

Review: “Horror Isn’t a Four Letter Word” by Matthew Warner

Joe Sherry continues his Fourth Street Fantasy reportage

Margaret Atwood wins Spain’s “Prince of Asturias” award

John Scalzi’s The Big Idea: “The Road to Vengeance” by Judson Roberts

Writers: Dealing with Fear?

Brian Ruckley interview

Interview with Patrick Rothfuss

Kyle Picollo: Comic Shop Therapist

Interview with Katy Ball

That’s the other depression-hallmark of Sheldon’s writing: she is keenly aware of exactly how much wish-fulfilment is involved in the whole sf genre, and takes an undue pleasure, sometimes, in stepping on it…

Cool Tim Pratt prize pack at Strange Horizons!

Review: “The Hounds of Ash and Other Tales of Fool Wolf” by Greg Keyes

“Massive Balls in Fact and Fiction”

Murketing?

Get Jay Lake’s “Escapement”

M. John Harrison on personal metaphors

Review: “Of Love and Other Monsters” by Vandana Singh

Benjamin Rosenbaum wants a Premoir

It’s time for a “hummus party” with Michael Chabon

D&D founder Gary Gygax’s last fantasy novel to be published

Borges: Literature’s Mozart

Recommended reads from OF Blog of the Fallen

Gaiman’s Coraline news

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