Matt’s Bookosphere 7/12/08

The contributions of sheep to science fiction

Cthulhu mythos fanzine from 1985 features story from S.T. Joshi!

Readercon schedule courtesy of Nathan Ballingrud

Chuck Palahniuk: “Writing is like sex. If it hurts and it’s painful, you’re doing it wrong”

Review “Zoe’s Tale” by John Scalzi

Congratulations International Horror Guild nominees!

The Life and Times of J.G. Ballard

Nancy Kress finishing up at Odyssey

Q & A with K.J. Bishop

In defense of free downloads

To hell with accessibility

Fifty outstanding literary translations from the last fifty years

Review of “The Martian General’s Daughter” by Theodore Judson

Review: “All About Lulu” by Jonathan Lulu

Thomas M. Disch’s “Winter Journey” to premiere at Readercon (READ THIS!)

High praise for “Worlds of Weber”

The short, wild life of Joe Slowinski, snake wrangler

Let’s see some book porn, Larry!

Nick Mamatas didn’t care too much for Hellboy II

“Craphound” story by Doctorow: podcast