Guardian: Ursula K. Le Guin reviews China Miéville's Embassytown

NY Times: obituary of Joanna Russ

NY Times Book Review: Kevin Brockmeier reviews Graham Joyce's The Silent Land

Guardian: Neil Gaiman hits back at Minnesota politician's theft accusation; more at Neil Gaiman's Journal

Lawrence Person's photos from World Horror Con part 1, part 2

Omnivoracious: Finnish Science Fiction and Fantasy: Johanna Sinisalo, Hannu Rajaniemi, and Moomins

NY Daily News: Donato Giancola does postage stamps

Fantastic Literature's May booklist is online

Dave Langford's Ansible 286

Washington Post: Elizabeth Hand reviews Jean M. Auel's The Land of Painted Caves; also, Ron Charles reviews Mary Doria Russell's Doc

Guy Gavriel Kay is online today today, 2pm-3pm EDT, using a new online conversation technology from PollStream; register here then visit http://isay.it/b023aca9be to participate

LA Times: Susan Salter Reynolds reviews Jules Vernes' The Secret of Wilhem Storitz; earlier, Chris Barton reviews Graham Joyce's The Silent Land

Financial Times: James Lovegrove reviews China Miéville's Embassytown

Austin Chronicle: Marc Savlov profiles The Steampunk Bible

Globe and Mail: Cori Dusmann reviews Robert J. Sawyer's Wonder

Washington Post: Jeff VanderMeer reviews Graham Joyce's The Silent Land

B&N: Paul Di Filippo reviews Blake Butler's There Is No Year

Austin Statesman: Joe Gross reviews Martha Wells, Katy Stauber, Stina Leicht

LA Times talks with Charles Yu

Naples Daily News: Ben Bova on UFOs and parking tickets