Matt’s Bookosphere 7/09/08

Richard K. Morgan says, “Ah, fuck it, why go on? Sure, there’s a reason, and that reason is blind prejudice. The mainstream critical world doesn’t like (or know anything much about or want to know anything much about) SF and Fantasy fiction for exactly the same reason British people on package holidays to Spain demand access to fish and chips and Sunday roast – because they’re too ignorant and self satisfied to look beyond their own narrowly ingrained and inculcated tastes and taboos.”

Interview with Terry Pratchett

So, you know that guy who climbed the NYC skyscraper? Yeah, an author looking for publicity

Steve Berman wrote a cool article on how gaming played into his development as a writer

New trailer for Jeff Somer’s “The Digital Plague”

Review: Shawn Klomparens’ “Jessica Z”

MORE AFTER THE JUMP

Cat Rambo: Ten things you can do to improve your manuscript’s chances

Review: “The Viper of Portello” by James C. Glass

It’s time for some…genreflections

What happens when Otaku grow up? The Future of U.S. manga

“You’re ruining my life, Charlie Huston.”

“Nerd Heroes” list of SF/F authors

Neil Gaiman’s new classic monsters

Hey Jim Hall, host of Cult Pop, what are you reading this summer?

Read “Bell, Book and Candle” by Leah Bobet from the “Clockwork Phoenix” antho!

“The Geek Hierarchy Must Go”

Congratulations, Andrew Fox! (new novel “The Good Humor Man” sold to Tachyon)

Interesting article on hidden worlds in YA fiction

Praise for Angela Carter’s “The Bloody Chamber”

“If you want (your book) to be taken seriously by the gatekeepers at the New Yorker, here are some tips”

Podcast of “The Yeti Behind You” by Jeremiah Tolbert available for download!

Happy Birthday, Ekaterina Sedia!

Happy Birthday, Jason Erik Lundberg (CORRECTION: his birthday is in October – sorry JEL!)

Free download of “City of Pearl” by Karen Traviss

An appreciation of the Everyman’s Library series

Jonathan Franzen talks about a movie version of “The Corrections”

Top Ten Flawed Romantic Heroines

A Hidden Cache of Sci Fi Pulp Fiction

Time for Dog vs. Sandwich

Review: “Less than Human” by Gary Raisor

ComicCon schedule leaked

Time for Conflux!

CONvergence report

Ain’t no party like a Pyr party…

Is it time to rethink book reviewing?

BPP talks “Petropolis”