From the Ground and from Space, New Planetary Systems Unveiled

Locus Online editorial On Mixed Marriages, responding to Gary Westfahl's essay

LA Times: Susan Carpenter reviews Suzanne Collins' Mockingjay (on sale tomorrow) - "Wow"; also, Ed Parks reviews Charles Yu's How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe

The New Gay interviews Hal Duncan

BSCreview interviews Jane Lindskold, Alex Bledsoe, and Aaron Dembski-Bowden

The Agony Column interviews Gary Shteyngart and reviews Super Sad True Love Story

Daily Mail: Harry Ritchie reviews Stephenie Meyer, Justin Cronin, Charlaine Harris

South Africa Mail & Guardian Online: Gwen Ansell reviews Mark Chadbourn, Jacqueline Carey, KJ Parker

Ellen Datlow's photos from KGB reading on August 18 with Laura Anne Gilman and Mary Robinette Kowal

Omnivoracious Reports from Clarion San Diego: Great Writing, Purple Dye, Water Gun Battles, and Book Recs

Orbit Books has built a Chart of Fantasy Art, comparing elements in fantasy cover art from 2008 to 2009

Washington Post: Michael Dirda reviews William H. Patterson, Jr.'s Robert A. Heinlein biography, due from Tor August 17th

Washington Post: Elizabeth Hand reviews Larry Doyle, Meg Cabot, Amelia Beamer

Strange Horizons: John Clute reviews Hannu Rajaniemi's "brilliant first novel" The Quantum Thief

Alt Hist is a new online magazine of historical fiction and alternate history

The Berkeley Daily Planet profiles The Other Change of Hobbit bookstore, recently relocated

B&N: Paul Di Filippo reviews Mary Roach's Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void

The Agony Column interviews David Mitchell and reviews The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet

Slate: Laura Shapiro reviews Shirley Jackson

The Agony Column interviews Tim Powers