Matt’s Blogosphere 6/28/2008

Jeffrey Goldberg interviews Michael Chabon about “You Don’t Mess with the Zohan” (Really? Huh?)

Interview with Robert J. Sawyer

Article on Dragonlance creators Tracy and Laura Hickman

New Marketing for Sci Fi, Part Five: Move to where the people are

MORE AFTER THE JUMP

Post Cosmic Horror (influences)

“Only in the years following my French Catholic grandmother’s death was it revealed to me that there is no such thing as “magical realism.” There are, instead, culturally specific experiences of the real which, when rendered in fiction, produce different results.”

The Ten Year Meme?

Review: “The Porcelain Dove” by Delia Sherman

Kelley Eskridge’s “Dangerous Space” getting good reviews

Allen Steele, Chris Roberson? Sci Fi TV trivia gods…and check out the video that John DeNardo’s uncovered

Old SF Magazine covers

What do you think it’s like to be Joe R. Lansdale’s manservant, anyway? (ask Jason!)

Genre: the Everlasting Quest for Definition

“…I wonder how much of the attraction to popular literature is a result of having characters that are easy for the general reading public…to identify with”

Win Blood Engines and Poison Sleep by TA Pratt!

A Long Weekend with Science Fiction Romance author Linnea Sinclair

SFX Book Meme – The Unread

“Let us sin then, and sin to infinity”

Review: “Crime” by Irvine Welsh

Rick Klaw’s unexpected sighting

John Joseph Adams: anthologist, metalhead

Hang in there, Jonathan

Read first chapter of Gary McMahon’s “Rain Dogs!” and try not to get this song of the same name stuck in your head forever.

Welcome to the Fiction Liberation Front

Seven Dubious Methods of Avoiding Pregnancy in Science Fiction