Matt’s Bookosphere 8/6/08

Review: ‘Hocus Pocus: A Tale of Magnificent Magicians” by Paul Kieve

Geek Curmudgeon Rick Klaw on Irving Klaw and Bettie Page

Review: “The Graveyard Book” by Neil Gaiman

Nancy Kress’ “Dogs” at the Page 69 Test

Joe Abercrombie on “No Country for Old Men”

Imminent death of short sf predicted

Best SF debut novels in recent years?

A little clarification on genre

Genre???

“Galatea” by Vylar Kaftan at Podcastle

Review: “Underground” by Kat Richardson

Contest: Win a 10 book Solaris prize pack!

There are voices in Steve Buchheit’s head, and he likes them

“Three Fallen Women” author Amy Guth continues her tour

Want to live forever? (more on the Geek Rapture)

Starship Sofa Aural Delights #36: Paul Di Filippo

Ten steampunk novels you ought to read

Fiction: “Things That Make Me Weak and Strange Get Engineered Away” by Cory Doctorow

In praise of Caitlin R. Kiernan’s blog

Ekaterina Sedia on “The Traitor” by Michael Cisco

Review: “Mainspring” by Jay Lake

Paul Jessup is thinking about human characters in secondary worlds again

“Predicting the Unpredictable: the 2008 Hugo Awards”

FanLit chats with Patrick Rothfuss

Review: “The Leather Maiden” by Joe R. Lansdale

100 places to connect with other bibliophiles online

Has Comic-Con jumped the shark?

Review: “The Dead Father’s Club” by Matt Haig

Indie presses go to audiobook

New spin-off projects for indie comic “Deadworld”

The Dystopic Earths of Heinlein’s juveniles (Thanks, Boing Boing!)