Matt’s Bookosphere 6/27/08

Paul Jessup says the AFI needs a lesson on what SF is and is not

Interview with Samantha Henderson

Review: “An Alien Light” by Nancy Kress

Interview with Joe Abercrombie

Tentacles and Cosmic SF: The Art of H. P. Lovecraft

“The Outlaws of Mars”

The Buffy Effect: The Rise of Urban Fantasy in Literature

MORE AFTER THE JUMP

Science Fiction and Fantasy: Defining Genres and Subgenres

Is there for room for faith in science fiction?

“I feel that everyone should own at least one book by Jeffrey Thomas and Tim Lebbon.”

“How do I get published?”

Amy Sturgis gives voice to science fiction

“Kelly Link who?”

Wordsmiths for Obama?

Superhero fan fic made easy

Review: “The Tremendous World I have Inside My Head: Franz Kafka: a Biographical Essay” by Louis Begley

In which Ed Champion dusts off his Deerstalker hat and magnifying glass

John Scalzi answers some oft-asked questions about the book trade

Check out Larry’s book haul! (and good luck with the job – fingers crossed!)

The Wasp Factory: An Explanation

Review: “Through the Mist” by Zoran Zivkovik

Calling out Jonathan Lethem’s unnatural love for sandwiches

Short interview with Joyce Carol Oates

Andrew Wheeler schools us on publishing basics

Charles Tan interviews Nathan Ballingrud

“A Book About Books We Loved When We Were Girls.”

Brian Ruckley is really getting around

Publishers fear the “Gawker shitstorm”

Summer catalogs from Simon & Schuster and Counterpoint/Soft Skull

“Publicists, take note of Yen Cheong’s blog”

I love it when librarians talk smack!

David J. Schwartz on Scalzi’s Big Idea

Can a canny conspirator buy a Hugo?

Reason you should love “Bats for Lashes:” singer loves Angela Carter, Jung, Victor Hugo