05/12/08–05/18/08 Agony Column Podcast News Report : A 2008 Interview With René Hicks : "I'm Just One Blade of Grass" A 2008 Interview with Eleanor Coppola : "It's a struggle - but the struggle enriches both aspects"

05/05/08–05/11/08 Nam Le Voyages Aboard 'The Boat' : The Symmetry of Home ; Agony Column Podcast News Report : A Phone Interview with Marga Gomez : Comedy Vs. Tragedy. Mario Guslandi Reviews 'The New Weird' ; Agony Column Podcast News Report : A Conversation With Jeremy Lassen A Review of 'Pretty Is What Changes' : Following Science, Leading Society ; Agony Column Podcast News Report : An Interview With Bookseller Steve Bercu : Book People. Time for a Roundup : A Glimpse at the Present and the Future ; A 2008 Interview With Jessica Queller, Part 2 : "I took the test a second time". A 2008 Interview with Jessica Queller : 'Pretty Is What Changes' (Part 1).

04/28/08–05/04/08 Laurie Gough Travels to 'Kiss the Sunset Pig' : Agony Column Podcast News Report : A 2008 Interview With Laurie Gough at Capitola Book Café ; And Now for this Public Service Announcement : Uncharacteristic Blog Link. Patrick McGrath Endures 'Trauma' : A Family Madness ; Agony Column Podcast News Report : Patricia A. McKillip Interviewed at SF in SF, April 20, 2008 : A Good Take. Eleanor Coppola Takes 'Notes on a Life' : Bumpy Roads ; Agony Column Podcast News Report : David Lunde, Patricia A. McKillip and Terry Bisson at SF in SF, April 20, 2008 : "Seems like we have a theme here". Millipede Press and Tom Tryon 'The Other' : The Twins at 50 ; Agony Column Podcast News Report : David Lunde Reads at SF in SF, April 20, 2008 ; Instead. Pico Iyer Takes to 'The Open Road' : A 2008 Interview with Pico Iyer.

04/21/08–04/27/08 Nathaniel Rich Speaks 'The Mayor's Tongue' : A Conscience for Svevo ; Agony Column Podcast News Report : Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston at Capitola Book Café : The Hip Pocket. James D. Houston Lives 'Where Light Takes Its Color From the Sea' : Agony Column Podcast News Report from Capitola Book Café : James D. Houston and Tom Killion Toast Santa Cruz. Terry D'Auray Reviews Lee Child's 'Nothing to Lose' : Arresting Novel ; Agony Column Podcast News Report : Patricia A. McKillip Reads at SF in SF : 'The Bell at Sealey Head'. David Louis Edelman Gets MultiReal : One Second Jump for Mankind ; Agony Column Podcast News Report : A Conversation with David Lunde at SF in SF on April 23, 2008 : SF Poetry. A 2008 Interview With Peter F. Hamilton : "There is no specific, set way to write".

04/14/08–04/20/08 Orson Scott Card is 'Keeper of Dreams' : Exceptions to the Rule ; Agony Column Podcast News Report : Joseph Ribeiro Knows 'The Importance of Being Earnest' : Cabrillo College Spring Theater Art Production. Tim Palmer Scales 'Luminous Mountains' : Agony Column Podcast News Report : A 2008 Interview with Tim Palmer : Passing of the Stanislaus. Chuck Palahniuk's 'Snuff' is Enough : For Some, the Gag Reflex ; Agony Column Podcast News Report : An Interview with Susan Chang Tor YA Editor: "The first time I'd ever seen anything like that" . Terry D'Auray Reviews 'Bone Song' by John Meaney : "A one-stop-shop for readers of genre fiction" ; Agony Column Podcast News Report : A 2008 Interview with Matt Bialer, Agent for Isamu Fukui : "A real, searing vision". A 2008 Interview with Isamu Fukui : "Nothing really directly addressed the worst parts of school".

04/07/08–04/13/08 : Margaret Lucke Puts a 'House of Whispers' in Escrow : The Supernatural Realtor ; Agony Column Podcast News Report : NPR, Company Sued for Potentially Ending the World : Wagner, Rucker, Dimopoulos and CERN. Steven Greenhouse Puts You in 'The Big Squeeze' : Tough Times (and Luck) for the American Worker ; Agony Column Podcast News Report : Rudy Rucker and the LHC Lawsuit : Science Fiction Tips the Universe on Its Side. Mario Guslandi Reviews 'Other Voices' by Andrew Humphrey : Reasons to Be Cheerful (or Torrentially Depressed) ; Agony Column Podcast News Report : A 2008 Interview With Savas Dimopoulos : Other Universes. Anton Strout 'Dead to Me' : Americana Paranormal ; Agony Column Podcast News Report: Walter Wagner of LHCDefense.org : "Almost a religious zeal on the part of physicists". A 2008 Interview with Sandra Aamodt, Ph.D. and Sam Wang, Ph.D. : 'Welcome to Your Brain' : Why You Lose Your Car Keys but Never Forget How to Drive'

03/31/08–04/06/08 : Update: Rudy Rucker and the LHC Lawsuit on NPR : Tipping the Universe. Nicholson Baker's WWII : The Maximum Minimalism of 'Human Smoke' ; Agony Column Podcast News Report : NPR First Books Toby Barlow : 'Sharp Teeth' Gives Werewolves an Epic Treatment. Gateway Drug Books : Hooking the Unwary on Science Fiction ; Agony Column Podcast News Report : NPR All Things Considered Report : "Machiavelli, Not Such a Bad Guy?" Isamu Fukui Calls for 'Truancy' ; Agony Column Podcast News Report : Oxford English Dictionary Etymologist Dr. Katrin Thier A 2008 Interview with Peter Constantine : "The slangy, with-it expression at the time for somebody who is evil." A 2008 Interview with Albert Russell Ascoli : "Machiavelli himself wasn't Machiavellian".

03/24/08–03/29/08 : : Jamil Nasir Explores 'The Houses of Time' : Dream House Conspiracy ; Agony Column Podcast News Report : Terry Bisson, Jeffrey Ford and Tim Pratt : Panel Discussion at SF in SF, March 16, 2008. Philip K. Dick's 'Ubik: The Screenplay' : Reality TV ; Agony Column Podcast News Report : Jeffrey Ford Reads at SF in SF : 'The Drowned Life'. Jeffrey Ford Lives Through 'The Shadow Year' : Autobiographical Fantasy ; Agony Column Podcast News Report : A Brief Interview With Jeffrey Ford : SF in SF, March 16, 2008. Tom Corwin and Craig Frazier Send 'Mr. Fooster Traveling on a Whim : Hey Babe, Take a Walk on the Whimsical Side ; Agony Column Podcast News Report: A 2008 Interview with HarperCollins Editor Jennifer Barth : Return to Sender. A 2008 Interview with Toby Barlow: 'Sharp Teeth'

03/17/08–03/22/08 : NPR First Book Series, Toby Barlow : Presumably to Air ; Agony Column Podcast News Report : A Conversation With Nancy Bass Wyden of Strand Books, NY : 23 Miles of Books. Black Static Three and Andrew Humphrey's 'Alison' : Back to the Best of the 80's With Third Alternative Press ; Agony Column Podcast News Report : Tim Pratt at SF in SF, March 16, 2008 : Briefly Interviewed. Mary Doria Russell Awakens 'Dreamers of the Day' : Yesterday's Vacation, Today's World ; Agony Column Podcast News Report : Tim Pratt Reads 'Artifice and Intelligence' at SF in SF on March 16, 2008 : Taking Cues. Tim Pratt Transforms in T. A. Pratt : No Rest for 'Poison Sleep' : Agony Column Podcast News Report : SF in SF March 16, 2008 : Tim Pratt Reads The River Boy. A 2008 Interview with Paolo Bacigalupi and Jeremy Lassen: "Crossovers and Melding Points".

03/10/08–03/16/08 : NPR First Books Series: Toby Barlow : Werewolf Epic in Free Verse on NPR Weekend Edition NEXT Sunday. A Review of Paul Melko's 'Singularity's : Ring' by Richard Gingell : "Something Unknowable" ; Agony Column Podcast News Report : A Conversation With Stephen Youll : Portrait of the Artist as Pixels. Remembrances of Things Present : Book Geek Gift ; Agony Column Podcast News Report : A Conversation With Thomas McNamee : Alice Waters and Chez Panisse. Makes You Think : Book-Tech, RAM and Why Kindle Will Not Ignite Readers (but may prove useful to writers). Agony Column Podcast News : A 2006 Interview with Dr. Bruce Ames : "Fear is easy to sell" A 2008 Interview With Alan Drew : 'Gardens of Water.' A 2008 Interview with Alan Katz : Oops!

03/03/08–03/09/08 : Agony Column Podcast News Report : Toby Barlow's 'Sharp Teeth' Audio Book Review : Let's Sing. A Review of 'Sharp Teeth' by Toby Barlow : Sharp Writing ; Agony Column Podcast News Report : A Conversation with Seana Graham : Report from the Writing Life. Christopher Conlon Marks 'Midnight on Mourn Street' : Secrets and Revelations ; Agony Column Podcast News Report : Paolo Bacigalupi Reads 'The People of Sand and Slag' at SF in SF : Table-Turning the Upside-Down Classics. Alan Campbell Wishes for an 'Iron Angel' : Deepgate Codex II ; Agony Column Podcast News Report : A Brief Conversation With Paolo Bacigalupi At SF in SF : "A Bit Like A Homecoming". SF in SF Panel Discussion from February 23, 2008 : "Science fiction is for real".

02/25/08–03/02/08 : Mike Dawson Rhapsodizes 'Freddie & Me' : Coming of Age With Queen ; Agony Column Podcast News Report : A Conversation With Bookseller Joyce Meskis : Tattered Cover. Terry D'Auray Reviews 'The Blonde' by Duane Swierczynski : Sarcasm and Bloody Mayhem ; Agony Column Podcast News Report : Carter Scholz at SF in SF : "The Flight to San Francisco". Lauren Groff Exhumes 'The Monsters of Templeton' : What Lies Within ; Agony Column Podcast News Report : Terry Bisson at SF in SF : Novels are hard. Walter Jon Williams Explores 'Implied Spaces' : Sword and Singularity ; Agony Column Podcast News Report : Carter Scholz Reads at SF in SF : 'Radiance'. A 2008 Capitola Book Café Interview with Debra Klein : 'Yoruba Bata Goes Global'.

02/18/08–02/24/08 : John Varley Unleashes 'Rolling Thunder' : Poddy Sings ; Agony Column Podcast News Report : A Conversation With Publisher Jack Estes : Pleasure Boat Studio. Melinda Snodgrass Goes to 'The Edge of Reason' : Cops vs Gods ; Agony Column Podcast News Report : Charles Bock First Book for NPR : 'Beautiful Children'. Iain M. Banks 'Matter' Reviewed by Richard Gringell : Return to the Culture ; Agony Column Podcast News Report : Catching Up With Erika Mailman : The HWA and the Stokers. Agony Column Podcast News Report: 'Mysterious California' : A Criminal Environment. A 2008 Interview with John Burnham Schwartz : 'The Commoner'.

02/11/08–02/17/08 : Clive Barker is 'Mister B. Gone' : Changing the World One Word At a Time ; Agony Column Podcast News Report : A Conversation with Bob Eggleton. Agony Column Podcast News Report : Christopher Phillips Chats Up 'Socrates in Love: Philosophy for a Die-Hard Romantic' : Oddly On-Topic. Agony Column Podcast News Report Shannon McGinnis 'The 10 Minute Tidy' : Clear the Clutter. Terry D'Auray Reviews 'Pyres' by Derek Nikitas : Edgar Nominee, Best First Novel ; Agony Column Podcast News Report : Chatting With Christopher Moore at Capitola Book Café. A 2008 Interview With Charles Bock : 'Beautiful Children' Review.

02/04/08–02/10/08 : John Meaney Sings 'Bone Song' : Fantasy Noir Genre ; Agony Column Podcast News Report With Jeremy Lassen : Nuts and Bolts of Book Distribution : "It's not a completely corrupt process". Steve Toltz Looks for 'A Fraction of the Whole' : The Great Australian Novel ; Agony Column Podcast News Report NPR First Book Series 5 Michael Harvey : The Deadline Effect. A Review of Phil Rickman's 'The Remains of an Altar' : Music in the Literary Landscape ; Agony Column Podcast News Report : Laurie R. King Live at KUSP, January 25, 2008 : Your Questions, Answered. Terry D'Auray Reviews 'Blue Heaven' by C. J. Box : Rapture and Respect ; Agony Column Podcast News Report : SF in SF Panel: Terry Bisson, Peter S. Beagle, Mark Ferrari Discuss Fantasy A 2008 Interview With Beth Lisick : 'helping me help myself'.

01/28/08–02/03/08 Neil Shubin Unveils 'Your Inner Fish' : A Journey Into the 3.5-Billion-Year History of the Human Body. Barth Anderson Shuffles 'The Magician and the Fool' : Tarot, Tarot on the Wall ; Agony Column Podcast News Report : A Conversation With Paul Kennedy, Bookseller : "It does not pay for a living". Peter S. Beagle Reads at SF in SF : An Essay on Author Robert Nathan. Mark J. Ferrari Reads from 'The Book of Joby' at SF in SF : Actual, Real Fantasy. A 2008 Interview with Laurie R. King : "A thousand years of established history". NPR First Book Series : Michael Harvey on Weekend Edition Sunday, January 27, 2008.

01/21/08–01/27/08 Jeff and Ann VanderMeer Meet 'The New Weird' : Not the Same As the Old Weird ; NPR First Book Series : Michael Harvey on Weekend Edition Sunday, January 27, 2008. Toby Barlow Has 'Sharp Teeth' : Blank Verse Werewolf Epic ; Agony Column Podcast News Report : Peter S. Beagle Interviewed at SF in SF January 19, 2008 : "Fantasy occurs, really, in the corner of the eye". Laurie King Live Interview Tomorrow 10:07 AM to 11 AM PST at KUSP : Email Your Questions or Call In. S. M. Peters Worships 'Whitechapel Gods' : Steampunk Revolution ; Agony Column Podcast News Report: SF IN SF for January 19, 2008 : A Conversation With Mark J. Ferrari : Words and Pictures. Míceál Ledwith and Klaus Heinemann Unveil 'The Orb Project' : A Conversation With Míceál Ledwith at Gateways Books and Gifts. A 2008 Interview With Michael Pollan : "This a food that's left the realm of food".

01/14/08–01/20/08 Sylvia Sellers-Garcia Knows 'When the Ground Turns In Its Sleep' : "It's inevitable that we edit". Frigyes Karinthy Offers 'A Journey Round My Skull' : "Death Tempts Me" ; Agony Column Podcast News Report : Hugo Chat With Jeremy Lassen. Neil Smith Goes 'Bang Crunch' : Short Story Collection Shocker ; Agony Column Podcast News Report : A Conversation With John Picacio : Cover Story. Eric Weiner Explores 'The Geography of Bliss' : Database of Happiness. A 2007 Interview with Vikram Chandra : "Deeply felt and loudly expressed".

01/07/08–01/13/08 'Charlatan' by Pope Brock : 'America's Most Dangerous Huckster, The Man Who Pursued Him and the Age of Flimflam' ; Agony Column Podcast News Report : A Conversation with Malcolm Bell of Bookfellows Books : Mystery, Imagination and Bookselling. Charlie Huston Spills 'Half the Blood of Brooklyn' : And He Swears A Lot As Well ; Agony Column Podcast News Report : A Conversation with Charlie Huston : "Let's get rid of those fuckin' dashes and put in some quotation marks". Mario Guslandi Reviews 'Strange Tales Volume II' Edited by Rosalie Parker : Pleasant Uneasiness ; Agony Column Podcast News Report : A Champagne Toast for 'Touchstone' : Email Your Questions for Laurie R. King. Jeff Long Goes 'Deeper' : Fresher Hells ; Agony Column Podcast: A Panel Discussion with Mollie Katzen, Michael Pollan and Ann Vileisis : The New American Meal, Part II. The New American Meal: Michael Pollan, Mollie Katzen and Ann Vileisis talk about food, history and the future of food.