Matt's Bookosphere 6/3/08

Publisher's plans to implement age guidance on juvenile literature has authors like Philip Pullman up in arms.Alan Cheuse recommends Vonnegut retrospective, others for summer reading.Vernor Vinge offers his thoughts on the nature of the Singularity in IEEE.Rob Rogers describes his novel "Devil's Cape" as a super hero story of sorts."Dinotopia" artist James Gurney sketches the Jehovah's Witnesses who come to his door.John Scalzi, Wil Wheaton and Cory Doctorow participate in panel on online communities.In praise of the chapbook.Charlie Huston interviewed at The Fantasy BookSpot.The Book Swede reviews Marie Brennan's "Midnight Never Come"Survey on book purchasing trends - interesting!Nabokov story never before published in English in this week's New Yorker.Great BEA recap from KT Literary (Neil Gaiman and Judy Blume?)Matthew Hughes' "Template" coming soon from PS Publishing.Author drops more than $10,000 in cash from plane to promote book.Review of "The Edge of Reason" by Melinda SnodgrassMichael Chabon and others on "To The Best of Our Knowledge." Topic: Genre Busters.Joe Abercrombie answers your questions about "The Blade Itself."Paul Witcover talks about the third wave of feminism and Jo Graham's "Black Ships."Time for the Strange Horizons fund drive.Cat Rambo's "Kallakak's Cousins" at Escape Pod!Read the full text of "The Funeral, Ruined" by Ben Peek from the "Paper Cities" antho.Good word of mouth on "The Best of Lucius Shepard"Michael Haulica, Liviu Radu and more in latest issue of "Nautilus"