Around the Web: Samuel R. Delany; John Scalzi; Reviews by Higgins, Barnett, Tuttle, and Kunzru of books by Leckie, Djuna, Atalla, Siddiqi, and others; “The Lottery” 75 years on; Cosmic horror and science fiction

» The New Yorker, profile by Julian Lucas: How Samuel R. Delany Reimagined Sci-Fi, Sex, and the City, subtitled “A visionary novelist and a revolutionary chronicler of gay life, he’s taken American letters to uncharted realms.” (Print title: “Galaxy Brain: How Samuel R. Delany reimagined science fiction.”)

» John Scalzi, blog post: How Awards Work: A Quick Primer

» Los Angeles Review of Books, review by David M. Higgins: Your Genes Aren’t Your Destiny: On Ann Leckie’s “Translation State”

» The Guardian, review essay by David Barnett: It’s not climate change, it’s everything change’: sci-fi authors take on the global crisis, discussing newer titles by Rachelle Atalla, EJ Swift, Kate Sawyer, and others

» The Guardian, reviews by Lisa Tuttle: The best recent science fiction, fantasy and horror – reviews roundup, covering titles by Ayesha Manazir Siddiqi, Emma Törzs, Sarah Davis-Goff, Silvia Moreno-Garcia, and Nick Hunt

» NY Times, review by Hari Kunzru: In Djuna’s Space-Elevator Sci-Fi, Corporate Conspiracies Abound, subtitled “The pseudonymous South Korean author’s first novel to be translated into English pits a multinational conglomerate against life on earth.” (About Djuna’s novel Counterweight)

» The New Yorker, essay by Ruth Franklin: 75 Years Ago, ‘The Lottery’ Went Viral. There’s a Reason We’re Still Talking About It.

» Cambridge University Press, paper by Helen De Cruz: Cosmic Horror and the Philosophical Origins of Science Fiction