It's time for the weekly round-up of interesting links about speculative fiction from around the web, this week with tributes to Stan Lee and William Goldman, the new series of Doctor Who, the new She-Ra and the Princess of Power, Outlander, Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald, Ralph Breaks the Internet: Wreck-It Ralph 2 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:
- The Barnes & Noble Sci-Fi and Fantasy Blog shares their favourite SFF novels of 2018.
- Lady Business share their most anticipated books of 2019.
- Colleen McMahon offers a round-up of speculative fiction texts that are in the public domain.
- Adri Joy discusses feminist separatism in science fiction.
- Anne T. Donahue explains why witchcraft and the occult are so popular in pop culture at the moment.
- Book Marks shares five classic J.G. Ballard novels.
- Marina Berlin shares her appreciation for the gay historical fantasy romances of K.J. Charles.
- Ross Johnson declares that George R.R. Martin may never finish A Song of Ice and Fire and that's okay.
- White Wolf responds to complaints about the Vampires: The Masquarade books Camarilla and Anarch.
- Nectar Gan reports about the case of Chinese gay erotica writer Tianyi who was sentenced to ten years in prison, more than many actual sex offenders, because of outdated obscenity laws.
- John Hertz remembers Fred Patten.
Film and TV:
- James Whitbrook shares everything you need to know about Section 31, Starfleet's secret intelligence branch in various Star Trek series.
- Charles Bramesco declares that Kurt Russell gives it all as Santa Claus in The Christmas Chronicles.
- Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya shares her thoughts on the latest episode of Outlander.
- Paul Levinson shares his thoughts on the latest episode of Outlander.
- Kerry Truong shares her thoughts on the Korean SFF drama You Who Came From the Stars.
- Camestros Felapton shares his thoughts on the Coen brothes' movie The Ballad of Buster Scraggs.
- Brian Greene shares five outstanding feminist characters in western movies.
- Noel Murray finds that 2018 prestige television looks more and more like 1970s cinema.
- Breena Kerr explains how HBO is changing its sex scenes in the wake of #MeToo.
- Simon Abrams discusses the hidden message of the 1993 film Addams Family Values.
- Cammila Collar celebrates the terrifying feminism of 1970s horror movies The Sentinel and Season of the Witch.
- Cheryl Eddy shares five cult horror movies to watch over the winter holidays.
- David Weiner reports how many problems Ralph Bakshi had to make his 1978 animated version of The Lord of the Rings.
- Austin Gilkeson also revisits the 1978 animated Lord of the Rings.
- James Whitbrook reports that Marvel has scrapped the Shadows of Vader comic miniseries after first firing writer Chuck Wendig.
Tributes to Stan Lee:
- Michael E. Uslan shares his tribute to Stan Lee.
- Roy Thomas remembers Stan Lee.
- Evangeline Lilly remembers Stan Lee.
- Sam Raimi remembers Stan Lee.
- US television host Bill Maher is being a jerk about the death of Stan Lee and the outpouring of grief that followed.
- Stan Lee's company POW Entertainment responds to Bill Maher's comments in an open letter.
- Noah Dominguez shares reactions from comic professionals to Bill Maher's comments about Stan Lee.
- Cynthia Vinney declares that Bill Maher is wrong and comic books are important.
- Drew Mollo reports that Bill Maher decided to double down on his dismissive remarks about the death of Stan Lee and thus proves beyond the shadow of a doubt that he is a jerk.
- Daniel E. Slotnik collects reactions from New York Times readers to the death of Stan Lee.
- Guardian readers share their memories of Stan Lee.
- Brian Cronin traces the surprising origin of Stan Lee's Bullpen Bulletins and Stan's Soapbox columns.
- Rob Bricken discusses Stan Lee's other legacy.
- Jason Cohen takes a look at the work Stan Lee did for Marvel's friendly rival DC Comics over the years.
Tributes to William Goldman:
- Screenwriter William Goldman, best remembered for Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, Marathon Man, All the President's Men, The Stepford Wives and The Princess Bride, has died aged 87.
- Richard Natale and Brent Lang share an obituary for William Goldman.
- Jennifer Ouellette remembers William Goldman.
- Aja Romano remembers William Goldman.
- Camila Domonoske remembers William Goldman.
- Ross Johnson remembers William Goldman.
- Tor.com remembers William Goldman.
- Margeaux Sippell shares William Goldman's best lines.
- Crime Reads share their favourite William Goldman quotes.
Comments on series 11 of Doctor Who:
- Dan Martin shares his thoughts on "Kerblam!", the latest episode of series 11 of Doctor Who.
- James Whitbrook shares his thoughts on "Kerblam!"
- Emily Asher-Perrin shares her thoughts on "Kerblam!"
- Camestros Felapton shares his thoughts on "Kerblam!"
- Caroline Siede shares her thoughts on "Kerblam!"
- Elizabeth Sandifer shares her thoughts on "Kerblam!"
- James Whitbrook reports that due to an Amazon streaming mix-up, some American viewers got to see the next episode of Doctor Who a week early.
- Martin Belam wonders whether Doctor Who finally gets race and other social issues right.
- Chris Hastings shares some fan complaints that Doctor Who has supposedly become too politically correct.
- Susan Devaney shares Doctor Who star Jodie Whittaker's response to those who complain that the show has become too politically correct.
Comments on She-Ra and the Princesses of Power:
- Emily Asher-Perrin calls She-Ra and the Princesses of Power freaking fabulous.
- Angie Dahl explains why She-Ra and the Princesses of Power are the perfect heroes for our time.
- Renaldo Matadeen explains how She-Ra and the Princesses of Power redefines the concept of princess.
- K.K. Bracken offers a beginner's guide to She-Ra and the Princesses of Power.
- Rob Bricken shares his love for the original 1980s She-Ra cartoon.
Comments on Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald:
- Glen Weldon declares that Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald contains plenty of crime and beasts, but is far from fantastic.
- Emily Asher-Perrin details the crime of Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald.
- Dan Kois declares that Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald is so bad that it actually makes the other movies in the Harry Potter universe worse.
- Nick Martin declares that Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald makes an excellent sleeping pill.
- Rob Bricken shares the ultimate guide to Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald.
- Katharine Trendacosta explains how Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald fails at representation and what J.K. Rowling can do about it.
- Germain Lussier discusses the ending of Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (spoilers).
- Sam Stone shares all the Harry Potter related Easter eggs in Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald.
Comments on Ralph Breaks the Internet: Wreck-It Ralph 2:
- Natalie Zutter declares that Ralph Breaks the Internet: Wreck-It Ralph 2 explores the grey areas of online life.
- Jesse Hassenger calls Ralph Breaks the Internet: Wreck-It Ralph 2 an ambitious and overstuffed sequel.
- Scott Tobias declares that toxic masculinity is the bad guy in Ralph Breaks the Internet: Wreck-It Ralph 2.
Awards:
- The winners of the 2018 Premio Ignotus have been announced.
- The longlist for the 2019 international DUBLIN Literary Award has been announced with some love for genre novels.
- The nominees for the 2018 Gamers' Choice Awards have been announced.
- Karl-Johan Norén reports about changes made to the currently suspended Nobel Prize for Literature.
Writing, publishing and promotion:
- Sylvia Whitman shares seven tips for writing across cultures.
- Janice Hardy shares seven tips on writing a series.
- Janice Hardy shares some tips for how to develop your novel's theme.
- Kristine Kathryn Rusch talks about dealing with resistance.
- Libby Fisher Hellman explains why it has never been easier - or harder - to self-publish.
Interviews:
- James Hibberd interviews George R.R. Martin.
- Stephen Colbert interviews George R.R. Martin (video).
- John Valeri interviews Ben Aaronovitch.
- Carl Slaughter intervies Jacey Bedford.
- Emily Hughes interviews Fran Wilde.
- David Smith interviews Dan Brown.
- Christian A. Coleman interviews Andy Duncan.
- The Civilian Reader interviews Scotto Moore.
Reviews:
- Liz Bourke reviews Space Unicorn Blues by T.J. Berry.
- Liz Bourke reviews City of Broken Magic by Mirah Bolender.
- Corrina Lawson reviews City of Broken Magic by Mirah Bolender.
- Liz Bourke reviews Lies Sleeping by Ben Aaronovitch.
- Tadiana Jones reviews Phoenix Unbound by Grace Draven.
- Camestros Felapton reviews The Consuming Fire by John Scalzi.
- Liz Bourke reviews Creatures of Want and Ruin by Molly Tanzer and The Deep and Shining Dark by Juliet Kemp.
- Caroline Cushman reviews Competence by Gail Carriger and The Girl in the Green Silk Gown by Seanan McGuire.
- Lila Garrott reviews Time's Convert by Deborah Harkness.
- Russell Letson reviews Infinity's End, edited by Jonathan Strahan.
- Camestros Felapton reviews Salvation by Peter F. Hamilton.
- James Davis Nicoll revies The Epic Crush of Genie Lo by F.C. Yee.
- Becca Evans reviews Girls of Paper and Fire by Natasha Ngan.
- Abigail Nussbaum reviews The Breath of the Sun by Rachel Fellman.
- Kate Sherrod reviews The Blood of Four Gods and Other Stories by Jamie Lackey.
- Adri Joy reviews Redemption's Blade by Adrian Tchaikovsky and Salvation's Fire by Justina Robson.
- The Civilian Reader reviews King of Assassins by R.J. Barker.
- The Civilian Reader reviews Vigilance by Robert Jackson Bennett.
- Rob Bedford reviews MJ-12: Inception by Michael J. Martinez.
- Bill Capossere reviews Unholy Land by Lavie Tidhar.
- Ceridwen Christensen reviews Unholy Land by Lavie Tidhar.
- Gary K. Wolfe reviews Zion's Fiction: A Treasury of Israeli Speculative Literature, edited by Sheldon Teitelbaum and Emanuel Lottem.
- Chris Beckett reviews Red Moon by Kim Stanley Robinson.
- Jana Nyman and Marion Deeds review The People's Republic of Everything by Nick Mamatas.
- Paul Di Filippo reviews Return to the Hollow Earth by Rudy Rucker.
- Anthony Cummins reviews Notes from the Fog by Ben Marcus.
- Mark Yon reviews Elevation by Stephen King.
- Matthew Keeley reviews Bedfellow by Jeremy C. Shipp.
- Michael Patrick Hicks reviews The Sorrows by Jonathan Janz.
- Michael Patrick Hicks reviews The Summer Job by Adam Cesare.
- Andrew Liptak reviews Big Damn Hero by James Lovegrove and Nancy Holder.
- James Davis Nicoll reviews The Future Is Female! 25 Classic Science Fiction Stories By Women, From Pulp Pioneers To Ursula K. Le Guin, edited by Lisa Yaszek.
Classics reviews:
- Vance Kotrla revisits the 1915 feminist science fiction novel Herland by Charlotte Perkins Gilman.
- Erica Frank revisits the 1963 science fiction novel Slave Planet by Laurence M. Janifer.
- Yosef Lindell revisits the 1968 fantasy novel The Last Unicorn by Peter S. Beagle.
- Bridget McGovern also revisits the 1968 fantasy novel The Last Unicorn by Peter S. Beagle.
- Tadiana Jones also revisits The Last Unicorn by Peter S. Beagle.
- James Davis Nicoll revisits Norman Spinrad's 1974 science fiction novella Riding the Torch.
- Phoebe Wagner revisits Ursula K. Le Guin's 1974 science fiction novel The Dispossessed.
- Sandstone revisits Ursula K. Le Guin's 1986 work of literary criticism The Carrier Bag Theory of Fiction.
- Kat Hooper shares her thoughts on the 1997 space opera novel Deathstalker War by Simon R. Green.
Crowdfunding:
- Thousand Arrows, a samurai action tabletop roleplaying game by Brennan Taylor and James Mendez Hodes, is looking for funding.
- After the War, a post-apocalyptic tabletop roleplaying game by Jason pitre, is looking for funding.
Con and event reports:
- Jeanne Gomoll shares a history of WisCon, the feminist science fiction convention in Madison, Wisconsin.
- Mike Glyer reports that the Arisia convention in Boston, Massachusetts, has changed hotels in response to a hotel worker strike.
- Hannah Collins explains how the Twilight mania changed San Diego Comic Con in San Diego, California.
- John G. Hartness shares the lessons he learned from one year on the convention circuit.
Science and technology:
- Ethan Siegel reports that physicists have used Einstein's theory of relativity to successfully predict a supernova.
- Marina Koren reports that the Mars mission simulation installation HI-SEAS in Mauna Loa, Hawaii, is being transformed into a moon mission simulation.
- Tony Deller explains why our ideas about evil aliens are probably wrong.
- Caleb Scharf wonders whether you can ever really known exteraterrestrials.
- Eddie Kim explains why female soldiers are committing suicide at an alarming rate.
- Shaugnessy Bishop-Stall talks about weird hangover cures through the ages.
Free online fiction:
- "Moonboys" by Stephen Graham Jones in Lightspeed.
- "Meet Me in Iram" by Sofia Samatar in Lightspeed.
- "How the Mighty" by Dan Micklethwaite in Beneath Ceaseless Skies.
- "Feral Attachments at Kulle Bland Bergen" by T.S. McAdams in Beneath Ceaseless Skies.
- "A Catalogue of Sunlight at the End of the World" by A.C. Wise in Clarkesworld.
- "Ghost Island" by E.E. King in Clarkesworld.
- "The New Heart" by Natalia Theodoridou in Fireside Fiction.
- "Missed Connections" by Alena Flick in Strange Horizons.
- "Toothsome Things" by Chimedum Ohaegbu in Strange Horizons.
- "Don't Play the Blues" by Bruce Golden in Compelling Science Fiction.
- "The Concerning Fine: Part 2 of The Colluding Umpire" by Tim Catzi.
Odds and ends:
- Watch a trailer for Aquaman.
- Watch a trailer for Once Upon a Deadpool, the PG13 version of Deadpool 2.
- Watch a trailer for season 4 of The Magicians.
- Watch a trailer for The Limit.
- Watch a trailer for the live action The Lion King.
- Deana Whitney and Michael Gunther share recipes inspired by Brandon Sanderson's Mistborn series.
- Robert Rooney shares H.P. Lovecraft's not entirely serious recipe for brining a turkey.
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