James Sallis offers some love for unknown writers, including the great Robert Sheckley (“Sheckley was our Voltaire”), Horace McCoy, and Edgar Pangborn.

George Takei tears William Shatner a new one.

Another quarter, another delightful edition of Scott Esposito’s Quarterly Conversation. This time, Haruki Murakami is the focus. But there is also a comic by Derik Badman on the passing of Gilbert Sorrentino, among many other attractions.

For those who were fans of the roundtable discussions of David Mitchell’s Black Swan Green and T.C. Boyle’s Talk Talk, the next discussion is going to be even more remarkable. I’ll say no more. Details to come.

A blog devoted to book covers. (via Fimoculous)