Matt’s Bookosphere 8/14/08

Tim Pratt’s “Cup and Table” at Podcastle

Alethea Kontis on WorldCon

Barth Anderson beware, J.M. McDermott is on to you

Hal Duncan: “Notes on Strange Fiction: the Pataphysical quirk”

Joe R. Lansdale and Marcus Lakey at Poisoned Pen Bookstore

Here’s the Mystery/Suspense version of the Bookosphere!

Cory Gross’ the Birth of Steampunk, Part III

P. Craig Russell talks about adapting Elric of Melnibone to comics

Twenty Essential SF books

An extensive review of “Mr. Pye” by Mervyn Peake

“Seeds of Change” anthology site now live (Thanks, Jeremiah Tolbert!)

Paul Jessup is contemplating Neanderthal Man

The Crotchety Old Fan is feeling…er…crotchety about the SF Generation Gap (Get off his lawn, Paul!)

Universal planning “Wheel of Time” series

How much do digital delivery systems for fiction bring money and empowerment to writers?

Radiohead now denying involvement with CHOKE

Stephen King, Ready for Download

“John Ringo is the last centurion”

Savage Dragon endorses Obama (Yes, that Savage Dragon)

Review: “Plague War” by Jeff Carlson

Even MORE on the SF Generation Gap

Books control your mind as powerfully as television

Graeme reviews John Scalzi’s “The Ghost Brigades”

“Bedlam: London and its Mad”

Can fiction tell the truth?

John Scalzi on why you should care about “Zoe’s Tale”

Happy (belated) birthday, Bookgasm!