Blinks: Butler; KSR; Pullman; Dirda; reviews of Flynn, Chang, Martine; Edelman dines

» LA Times: 5 paths to continue your Octavia E. Butler discovery after ‘Parable of the Sower’

» Guardian: ‘There is no planet B’: the best books to help us navigate the next 50 years, by Kim Stanley Robinson

» Guardian: 25 years of His Dark Materials: Philip Pullman on the journey of a lifetime

» Washington Post, Michael Dirda: Can’t get enough Game of Thrones or Star Wars? New editions on cult favorites are here to satisfy.

» SF Chronicle: Julie Bunton reviews Katie M. Flynn’s The Companions

» SF Chronicle: Brandon Yu reviews K-Ming Chang’s Bestiary

» Vox: Emily VanDerWerff: One Good Thing: The wonderful sci-fi novel A Memory Called Empire makes diplomacy enthralling

» Scott Edelman dines with Priya Sharma