It's time for the weekly round-up of interesting links about speculative fiction from around the web, this week with Black Panther, Red Sparrow, Star Trek Discovery, A Wrinkle in Time, the 2018 Academy Awards, an uproar involving WorldCon's new YA award as well as the usual mix of awards news, writing advice, interviews, reviews, con reports, crowdfunding campaigns, science articles, free online fiction and much more.
Speculative fiction in general:
- John Crowley shares his appreciation for Ursula K. Le Guin's Hainish novels and stories.
- Angus McIntyre shares his appreciation for Brian Stableford's Hooded Swan series.
- Sam Reader ranks Iain M. Banks' Culture novels.
- Doris V. Sutherland revisits some very early space opera stories from the 1930s and 1940s.
- Gideon Marcus revisits The Star Wasps by Robert Moore Williams and Warlord of Kor by Terry Carr.
- Judith Tarr revisits Andre Norton's 1955 science fiction novel Sargasso of Space.
- James Davis Nicoll revisits the 1959 novel Virgin Planet by Poul Anderson.
- Alicia Kroell takes a look at some of the very strange bookcovers foisted on Philip K. Dick.
- Daniel Crown takes a look at the newly discovered pulp magazine illustrations of Edward Hopper.
- Alan Brown shares his appreciation for Neil Gaiman's 1996 novel Neverwhere.
- Sam Wollaston profiles Philip Pullman.
- Andrew Whalen profiles Patrick Rothfuss and reveals the future of his Kingkiller Chronicles series.
- Lili Loofbourow talks about the male glance and why it is so pervasive.
- Kristian Wilson reports that racial diversity in romance publishing actually got worse in 2017.
- Alison Flood declares that Terry Goodkind is really not the person who should complain about sexist book covers, given the content of some of his books.
- Leigh Butler shares the top five worst moments in Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson's Wheel of Time cycle.
- Jeff Somers takes a look at the literary legacy of The Creature from the Black Lagoon.
- Chloe N. Clark reviews the horror film The Ritual.
- Mary Woodbury shares her thoughts on the film Annihilation, based on Jeff VanderMeer's eponymous book.
- Emily Asher-Perrin calls John Crichton and Aeryn Sun one of science fiction's greatest love stories.
- Eddie Nugent reports that more than 40 Doctor Who writers, artists and fans have launched the #WhoAgainstGuns campaign against gun violence in the US.
- Science fiction critic Peter Nicholls died aged 78.
- Longterm Swedish SFF fan Lars-Olov Strandberg has died aged 88.
Comments on Black Panther:
- Joseph Allen Hill and Carrie Vaughn share their thoughts on Black Panther.
- Teju Cole talks about the blackness of Black Panther.
- Liam Nolan reports that Black Panther is now among the top ten highest grossing films of all time in the US.
- Samantha Raphelson reports that Black Panther has brought new visibility of cosplayers of colour.
Comments on Red Sparrow:
- Ian Cardona takes a look at the similarities between Red Sparrow and Marvel's Black Widow.
- Ian Cardona also explains what the planned Black Widow movie can learn from Red Sparrow.
- Renaldo Matadeen explains Red Sparrow's twist ending.
Comments on Star Trek Discovery:
- Andrew Liptak explains that he believes that Star Trek Discovery is heading in the right direction.
- Dave Nemetz interviews Star Trek Discovery showrunners Aaron Harberts and Gretchen J. Berg.
- Janie Lovett reports that William Shatner would love to play a redshirt in Star Trek sometime.
- Keith DeCandido recommends several Star Trek Discovery tie-in novels and comics.
- Phil Hornshaw reports that Star Trek Discovery confirmed that Klingons have two sets of genitalia.
Comments on A Wrinkle in Time:
- Mari Ness wonders whether the upcoming film adaptation of Madeleine L'Engle's A Wrinkle in Time can live up to the book.
- Robert Kojder shares his thoughts on A Wrinkle in Time.
- Leah Schnelbach shares her appreciation for the novel A Wrinkle in Time and other works by Madeleine L'Engle.
- Sandy Angulo Chen interviews Storm Reid, the young star of A Wrinkle in Time.
Awards:
- The winners of the 2017 Bram Stoker Awards have been announced.
- The finalists for the 2017 AnLab Readers' Awards have been announced.
- The winners of the 2017 SFRA Awards have been announced.
- The finalists for the 30th Annual Lambda Literary Awards have been announced.
- The longlist for the 2018 Deutscher Phantastik Preis has been announced.
- The Kevin O'Donnell Jr. Service to SFWA Award has been awarded to John C. "Bud" Sparhawk.
- The winners of the 2018 Film Independent Spirit Awards have been announced with lots of love for the horror comedy Get Out.
- The winners of the 2018 Razzie Awards have been announced.
- Chris M. Barkley proposes to rename the newly created Lodestar Award for Best Young Adult Book to be given out in conjunction with the Hugos, but won't say what the proposed new name is.
- Mike Glyer reports about massive pushback against the proposal to rename the WorldCon YA award.
- Camestros Felapton weighs in on the YA award renaming proposal as well.
Comments on the 2018 Academy Awards:
- The winners of the 2018 Academy Awards have been announced with lots of love for SFF movies.
- Dan Sarto asks whether CGI characters deserve Academy Awards and if so, who should get them?
- Charles Pulliam-Moore complains that the Academy did not have the guts to give Get Out the Oscar for Pest Picture.
- Cora Buhlert shares her thoughts on the 2018 Academy Award winners.
- Germain Lussier shares a list of twelve science fiction films that deserved to win best picture just like The Shape of Water.
- Gwen Ihnat shares a list of those missing from the In Memoriam segment during the 2018 Academy Awards.
Writing, publishing and promotion:
- Jeff VanderMeer shares eight writing tips.
- Lauren Sapala talks about the dangers of perfectionism for writers.
- Kris Gage shares the number one reason to make people like your writing.
- Sarah Conklin shares six reasons why reading is essential for writers.
- Jaine Fenn shares the books that inspired her new science fantasy novel Hidden Sun.
- Linda Gould talks about characters and imaginary friends.
- Patty Jansen asks if you can make a living selling short fiction.
- Patty Jansen also tackles the claim that author mailing lists will eventually stop working.
Interviews:
- Ilana C. Myer interviews Chuck Wendig.
- Joe Mynhardt interviews Gene O'Neill.
- Nicole Chung intervies Tomi Adeyemi.
- Andrea Johnson interviews Rachel Harrison.
- The Qwillery interviews Laura Purcell.
- The Qwillery interviews Clarissa Goenawan.
- The Qwillery interviews Sean Grigsby.
- Juliana Spink Mills interviews Dan Jones.
- Zach Baron interviews actor Oscar Isaac, best known to genre audience from Star Wars, Annihilation and Ex Machina.
- Mallory Yu interviews actor Doug Jones, who starred in The Shape of Water and also plays Saru in Star Trek Discovery.
Reviews:
- Ceridwen Christensen reviews Burn Bright by Patricia Briggs.
- Tadiana Jones also reviews Burn Bright by Patricia Briggs.
- The Qwillery also reviews Burn Bright by Patricia Briggs.
- Cat Rambo reviews Space Opera by Cathrynne M. Valente.
- Mark Yon reviews Martians Abroad by Carrie Vaughn.
- Russell Letson reviews Persepolis Rising by James S.A. Corey.
- Liz Bourke reviews Terminal Alliance by Jim C. Hines.
- Liz Bourke also reviews Sparks Fly by Llinos Cathryn Thomas and The Empress of Timbra by Karen Healey and Robyn Fleming.
- Ernest Lilley reviews The Tea Master and the Detective by Aliette de Bodard.
- Camestros Felapton reviews The Wonder Engine by T. Kingfisher.
- Ana Grilo reviews Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi.
- Alex Brown also reviews Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi.
- Aidan Moher reviews The Armored Saint by Myke Cole.
- Colleen Mondor reviews All the Crooked Saints by Maggie Stiefvater.
- Rob Bedford reviews Daughters of the Storm by Kim Wilkins.
- The Fantasy Café reviews Beneath the Haunting Sea by Joanna Ruth Meyer.
- Nicole Hill reviews Master Assassins by Robert V.S. Redick.
- Ross Johnson reviews Blood of the Four by Christopher Golden and Tim Lebbon.
- Andrew Liptak reviews The Gone World by Tom Sweterlitsch.
- Sam Reader reviews Good Guys by Steven Brust.
- Niall Alexander reviews The Strange Bird by Jeff VanderMeer.
- Brit Mandelo reviews Monster Portraits by Del and Sofia Samatar.
- Roy Scranton reviews Frankenstein in Baghdad by Ahmed Saadawi.
- Kelly Anderson reviews Quietus by Tristan Palmgren.
- Michael Patrick Hicks reviews The Detained by Kristopher Triana.
- Carrie O'Grady reviews The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton.
- Ross Johnson reviews the expanded edition of the novelisation of The Last Jedi by Jason Fry.
Crowdfunding:
- The Dark magazine is looking for funding for two more years of unsettling dark fantasy and horror fiction.
- Love & Bubbles - A Romance Anthology Under the Sea, edited by Jaylee James and Jennifer Lee Rossman, is looking for funding.
- On Bodies, a new anthology by 3 Cups Press, is looking for funding.
- Batman - Gotham City Chronicles, a miniature boardgame, is looking for funding.
- Pregnant Broadway actress Ruthie Ann Miles was critically injured in a traffic accident in Brooklyn, New York, and lost her four-year-old daughter Abigail. The family needs some help with medical expenses.
- Lauren and Charles Lew were injured in the same accident in Brooklyn, New York, and lost their son Joshua. They also need help with medical expenses.
- The family of Avery Scheit, a 17-year-old cosplayer who died following a massive asthma attack and heart attack at Emerald City Comic Con in Seattle, Washington, needs some help with medical and other expenses.
Con reports:
- JJ shares the best cosplay photos from Emerald City Comic Con in Seattle, Washington.
- JJ shares even more cosplay photos from Emerald City Comic Con.
- John King Tarpinian reports about the exhibition Dreaming the Universe: The Intersection of Science, Fiction and Southern California in Passadena, California.
- Ellen Datlow shares some photos of Stokercon in Providence, Rhode Island.
- Kathryn Cramer talks some more about the alleged age discrimination at Readercon in Boston, Massachusetts, and other conventions.
- Mike Glyer reports that Readercon has issued an apologogy for the problematically worded letter sent to some longtime program participants.
- Mysty Vander shares a follow-up to the harrassment she experienced at an unnamed gaming convention.
- Mark L. Blackman reports about a reading featuring Nicholas Kaufman and Alisa Kwitney in Brooklyn, New York.
Science and technology:
- Ethan Siegel explains why we haven't bumped into another universe yet.
- Ethan Siegel reports about the Giant Magellan Telescope, the world's largest telescope.
- Evan Selinger explains why robots don't need to resemble human beings.
- The BBC reports that a robotic wolf designed to scare wild boar away from crops is a big success in Japan.
Free online fiction:
- "I Frequently Hear Music in the Very Heart of Noise" by Sarah Pinsker in Uncanny.
- "Do As I Do, Sing As I Sing" by Sarah Pinsker in Beneath Ceaseless Skies.
- "The Emotionless in Love" by Jason Sanford in Beneath Ceaseless Skies.
- "Brightened Star, Ascending Dawn" by A. Merc Rustad in Lightspeed.
- "Al Kahf" by Beesan Odeh in Lightspeed.
- "Irregularity" by Rachel Harrison in Apex Magazine.
- "President Monster" by Andrew Kozma in Daily Science Fiction.
- "Bearadise Lodge" by Lindsay Buroker.
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