Speculative Fiction Links of the Week for June 3, 2022

It's time for the latest weekly round-up of interesting links about speculative fiction from around the web, this week with Star Trek: Strange New Worlds and the many other iterations of Star Trek, the Marvel Cinematic Universe in general, Obi-Wan Kenobi and Star Wars in general, season 4 of Stranger Things, The Time Traveler's Wife, The Boys, season 3 of The Orville, Our Flag Means Death, Jurassic World: Dominion and Jurassic Park in general and much more.

Speculative fiction in general:

• Cheryl Eddy shares 58 new science fiction, fantasy and horror books to read this summer. 
• Grant Wythoff talks about space opera in the 2020s. 
• Inspired by the debate about a potential science fiction canon, James Davis Nicoll shares five works of science fiction featuring cannons. 
• Emad El-Din Aysha talks about Muslim and Arab science fiction. 
• Wole Talabi shares a preliminary and incomplete history of African science fiction.
  
• Charlie Jane Anders declares that we need heroes who remind us that heroism is fun.
  
• Terence E. Hanley explores the legendary lost continent of Lemuria and the way it was portrayed in pulp SFF in the 1920s to 1940s.
  
• Bill Ward shares his appreciation for the Dilvish the Damned stories by Roger Zelazny. 
• Kelley Armstrong explains why she wrote a time travel mystery. 
  
• Kim Stanley Robinson shares his love for the High Sierra region in California.
  
• Adventures Fantastic remembers Patricia A. McKillip.
  
• Brazilian SFF author, editor and poet Carlos Emílio C. Lima has died aged 65.
• Lygia Fagundes Telles, Brazilian writer who occasionally dabbled in SFF, has died aged 103.
  

Comics and Art:

• Bobby Derie shares his thoughts on the unlicensed Barbarian King Conan comics from Italy by Massimo Rossi and Alessio Landi.
• Locus interviews Alyssa Winans.
  
• Unquiet Things shares their appreciation for the artwork of Leo and Diane Dillon.
• Alex Kranz reports that merging Amazon's Kindle and the Comixology app has been a disaster.
  

 

Film and TV:

• Alasdair Stuart shares his thoughts on the Foundation TV series.
• Abigail Nussbaum shares her thoughts on Everything Everywhere All At Once. 
• Abigail Nussbaum also notes the lack of women in season 2 of Love, Death + Robots. 
• David Cote calls Irma Vep ridiculously meta and enjoyable.
  
• Jordan Hoffman calls Neptune Frost a mesmerising, metaphorical science fiction musical. 
• Leigh Monson calls After Blue (Dirty Paradise) a dreamlike post-apocalyptic journey that evokes the science fiction and fantasy films of the 1970s and 1980s.
• Leslie Felperin calls Dashcam a nasty, brutish and mercifully short, but occasionally mildly amusing horror film.
• Sam Barsanti calls Ghost in the Shell SAC_2045 a poor copy. 
• Paul Levinson shares his thoughts on the latest episode of The Man Who Fell To Earth.
  
• Randee Dawn explains why soap opera can be genre and genre can be soap opera.
  
• Kath Leroy shares five great underrated Steampunk movies. 
• Cheryl Eddy shares fourteen horror movies featuring killer crocodiles.
  
• Briony Kidd shares the fifteen greatest horror films from Australia.
  
• Joe George shares his appreciation for Vincent Price, horror's original evil genius.
• Henry Hoke revisits the 1988 science fiction film Mac and Me.
  
• Rich Pelley interviews Robert Englund, star of V and A Nightmare on Elm Street.
  
• Justin Carter reprots that the Animation Guild has archieved an agreement with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers ensuring that animation writers are paid on par with live action writers 

 

Comments on Star Trek: Strange New Worlds and the many other iterations of Star Trek: 

• Keith R.A. DeCandido shares his thoughts on "Memento Mori", the latest episode of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds.
• James Whitbrook shares his thoughts on "Memento Mori".
• Paul Levinson shares his thoughts on "Memento Mori". 
• Ryan Britt wonders why it took Star Trek so long to embrace LGBTQ characters.
  
• Jennifer Ouellette shares her thoughts on the various Star Trek novelty wines.
  

 

Comments on the Marvel Cinematic Universe in general (spoilers): 

• Arley Sorg and Josh Pearce discuss Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness.
  
• Producer Kenny Johnson and Actor Lou Ferrigno remember the making of the original Incredible Hulk TV series in the 1970s.
  

 

Comments on Obi-Wan Kenobi and Star Wars in general: 

• Emmet Asher-Perrin shares their thoughts on the two-part premiere of Obi-Wan Kenobi.
• Andy Welch shares his thoughts on the two-part premiere of Obi-Wan Kenobi.
• Sam Barsanti shares his thoughts on the two-part premiere of Obi-Wan Kenobi.
• Germain Lussier shares his thoughts on the two-part premiere of Obi-Wan Kenobi. 
• Cora Buhlert shares her thoughts on the two-part premiere of Obi-Wan Kenobi.
  
• Emmet Asher-Perrin shares their thoughts on part III of Obi-Wan Kenobi. 
• Gavia Baker-Whitelaw shares her thoughts on part III of Obi-Wan Kenobi. 
• Germain Lussier shares his thoughts on part III of Obi-Wan Kenobi.
  
• Andy Welch shares his thoughts on part III of Obi-Wan Kenobi. 
• Manuel Betancourt shares his thoughts on part III of Obi-Wan Kenobi. 
• Stuart Heritage praises the action sequences of Obi-Wan Kenobi. 
• Justin Carter praises the character of the Sith Inquisitor Third Sister in Obi-Wan Kenobi. 
• Gavia Baker-Whitelaw reports that actress Moses Ingram, who plays Third Sister in Obi-Wan Kenobi, is receiving racist harassment. 
• Ryan Parker also reports about the harassment of Moses Ingram and that Disney attempted to defend the actress.
  
• Justin Carter shares his appreciation for the Obi-Wan Kenobi opening theme, courtesy of Jihn Williams.
  
• John Burlingame interviews Nicholas Brittell, who composed the score for Andor. 
• Anthony Hayward remembers Colin Cantwell, production designer for the original Star Wars films.
  
• Watch a trailer for season 2 of Star Wars: The Bad Batch.
  

Comments on season 4 of Stranger Things: 

• Jack Seale declares that season 4 of Stranger Things is bigger, better and more gruesome than ever.
• Abigail Nussbaum declares that season 4 is the first time Stranger Things has felt like a coherent story of its own rather than a tale stitched together from other stories.
  
• Sabina Graves shares twelve things she loved about season 4 of Stranger Things and five things she didn't. 
• Adam B. Vary interviews Noah Schnapp and Millie Bobby Brown, who play Will and Eleven in Stranger Things.
  
• Jennifer Maas reports that a content warning has been added to season 4 of Stranger Things, following the school shooting in Uvalde, Texas.
  

 

Comments on The Boys:

• Joel Golby is surprised that The Boys is actually good and compares it to Game of Thrones, which is apparently the only other SFF series he has actually seen. 
• Stuart Heritage interviews Karl Urban, star of The Boys. 

 

Comments on The Time Traveler's Wife:

• Paul Levinson shares his thoughts on the latest episode of The Time Traveler's Wife.
• Natalie Zutter shares her thoughts on the latest episode of The Time Traveler's Wife.
  

 

Comments on The Orville:

• Cheryl Eddy interviews Seth McFarlane, creator and star of The Orville. 
• Cheryl Eddy interviews Penny Johnson Jerald, who plays Dr. Claire Finn in The Orville.
  
• Cheryl Eddy interviews Anne Winters who plays Ensign Charly Burke in The Orville.
  

 

Comments on Our Flag Means Death:

• Linda Codega interviews Vico Ortiz who plays the non-binary pirate Jim in Our Flag Means Death.
• Leah Schnelbach reports that the queer pirate show Our Flag Means Death has been renewed for a second season.

 

Comments on Jurassic World: Dominion and Jurassic Park in general: 

• Germain Lussier revisits the 2001 dinosaur film Jurassic Park 3. 
• Germain Lussier interviews Sam Neill, star of Jurassic World Dominion and the entire Jurassic Park series. 
• Germain Lussier interviews DeWanda Wise, one of the stars of Jurassic World Dominion. 
  

 

Awards:

• The winners of the 2021 Aurealis Awards have been announced.
  
• The shortlist for the 2022 Nommo Awards has been announced.
• The finalists for the 2022 Mythopoeic Awards has been announced.
  
• The winners of the 2022 Tomorrow Prize and Green Feather Award have been announced. 
• The winners of the 2022 Maine Literary Awards have been announced. 
  
• Actress Angela Lansbury, best known for Murder She Wrote, The Court Jester, The Manchurian Candidate, Gaslight and The Picture of Dorian Gray, will receive a Lifetime Achievement Tony Award for her stage work. 
  
• Voting is open for the 2022 Hugo Awards and the Hugo Voter Packet is now available.
• Cora Buhlert shares her thoughts on the semi-finalists for the 2022 Self-Published Science Fiction Competition.
• Trevor Quachri muses about whether it is time for a permanent videogame Hugo Award.

 

Writing, publishing and promotion:

• Lana Harper talks about blurring genre boundaries. 
• Susan Speranza talks about the mystery of subtext.
  
• P. David Ebersole explains why he stopped writing screenplays and started writing novels. 
• Naomi Kanakia talks about bias against trans people in the publishing industry.
  
• Michael Kozlowski reports that older Kindle e-readers will loose access to the Kindle store in August.
• Laura Spinney reports that most literature of earlier times has been lost.
  

Interviews:

• Arley Sorg interviews Sam J. Miller.
  
• The Wrath of the iOtians interviews Juliette Wade. 
• Oliver Brackenbury interviews Gemma Files.
  
• The HWA interviews Usman T. Malik. 
• Paul Weimer interviews Jennifer Brozek. 
• Julia Frazer interviews Ed McDonald. 
• Andrea Johnson interviews Gideon Marcus.
  
• The HWA interviews Angela Yuriko Smith.
• Arley Sorg interviews Samit Basu.
  
• Scott Edelman interviews Steven R. Southard. 
• Molly Odintz interviews Sarai Walker. 
  
• Cat Luria interviews Rebecca Harrison.
• Punk Noir Magazine interviews Raegan Pietrucha.
  

Reviews:

• Carrie Chi Lough reviews Eyes of the Void by Adrian Tchaikovsky.
  
• Mike Glyer reviews Iron Truth by S.A. Tholin. 
  
• Adrienne Martini reviews Nettle and Bone by T. Kingfisher. 
• Martin Cahill reviews Nettle and Bone by T. Kingfisher.
  
• Matthew Keeley reviews Flint and Mirror by John Crowley.
  
• Paul Weimer reviews Aspects by John M. Ford.
• John Mauro reviews The Three Body Problem and The Dark Forest by Liu Cixin, translated by Ken Liu.
  
• Blue Book Balloon reviews The Fall of Babel by Josiah Bancroft. 
• Runalong the Shelves reviews Cast Long Shadows by Cat Hellisen.
  
• James Davis Nicoll reviews The Stardust Thief by Chelsea Abdullah. 
• Lesa Holstine reviews A Rip Through Time by Kelley Armstrong. 
• Janet Webb reviews A Rip Through Time by Kelley Armstrong.  
• Aaron Jones reviews The Martyr by Anthony Ryan. 
• James Tivendale reviews Anatomy of a Heretic by David Mark.
  
• Runalong the Shelves reviews The Merciless Ones by Namina Forna. 
• Doreen Sheridan reviews Every Cloak Rolled in Blood by James Lee Burke. 
  
• Colleen Mondor reviews From Dust, a Flame by Rebecca Podos.
  
• Runalong the Shelves reviews Hide by Kiersten White. 
• Alex Clark reviews The Men by Sandra Newman.
  
• Ian Mond reviews The Candy House by Jennifer Egan. 
• Runalong the Shelves reviews House of Hollows by Krystal Sutherland.
  
• Sukhdev Sandhu reviews The Perfect Golden Circle by Benjamin Myers. 
• John Mauro reviews In a Hotel Room by Chillicothe by Joshua Shuh. 
  
• Justin Blazier reviews Off to Be the Wizard by Scott Meyer.
• Gary K. Wolfe reviews Boys, Beasts and Men by Sam J. Miller 
• Elizabeth Tabler reviews Heroic Hearts, edited by Jim Butcher and Kerrie Hughes.
• Robin McKee reviews Atoms and Ashes: From Bikini Atoll to Fukushima by Serhii Plokhy.

 

Classics reviews:

• Paperback Warrior revisits the 1912 adventure novel Tarzan of the Apes by Edgar Rice Burroughs. 
• Lis Carey revisits the 1942 science fiction related mystery Rocket to the Morgue by Anthony Boucher. 
  
• Michael Ward revisits the 1956 Narnia children's fantasy novel The Last Battle by C.S. Lewis.
  
• M. Porcius revisits the 1966 science fiction collection The Night of the Wolf by Fritz Leiber. 
• David Levinson revisits the July 1967 issue of If: Worlds of Science Fiction.
  
• Gideon Marcus revisits the July 1967 issue of Analog. 
• Marion Deeds revisits the 1976 fantasy novel The Riddle-Master of Hed by Patricia A. McKillip. 
  
• James Davis Nicoll revisits the 1980 science fictional vampire novel The Vampire Tapestry by Suzy McKee Charnas.
• Joachim Boaz revisits the 1982 post-apocalyptic novel After the Flood by P.C. Jersild.
• Adventures Fantastic revisits the 1986 Kardios sword and sorcery story The Slaughter of the Gods by Manly Wade Wellman.
• James Davis Nicoll revisits the 1986 fantasy novel The Curse of Sagamore by Kara Dalkey.
• Alissa Burger revisits the 1990 YA horror novel Beach Party and the 1992 YA horror novel Beach House by R.L. Stine.
  

 

Crowdfunding:

• Murenga, a queer African science fiction graphic novel by Kugali, is looking for funding.
• Hugo finalist Bitter Karella is having a sale to finance their trip to Chicon 8, the 2022 Worldcon.
  

 

Con and event reports:

• Mike Glyer reports that the con chair has apologised to author Stephanie Burke after she was removed from panels at Balticon in Baltimore, Maryland, for an alleged Code of Conduct violation.
  
• Germain Lussier reports about the Attack of the Clones twentieth anniversary panel at Star Wars Celebration in Anaheim, California. 
• Justin Carter shares several photos of Star Wars Celebration in Anaheim, California.
  
• Justin Carter shares the best cosplay photos from Star Wars Celebration in Anaheim, California. 
• Cheryl Eddy shares a round-up of all the news from Star Wars Celebration.
  
• Mike Glyer reports that the 2023 Worldcon in Chengdu, China, has added several overseas staffers, including the co-chair. 
• Gavia Baker-Whitelaw reports that the NFT creator Pink Cat was disinvited from the Toronto Comic Arts Festival in Toronto, Canada, over plagiarism charges.
• Rob Hansen remembers Loncon 1, the first overseas Worldcon in London, UK, in 1957. 
• Kristine Kathryn Rusch reports about the 2022 Licensing Expo in Las Vegas, Nevada. 
• Emma Steen shares her experiences at the Manuscript Writing Café in Koenji, Japan.
  
• Robert Purchese reports that a Witcher School LARP organisation in Poland had to shut down after losing their license to use The Witcher trademarks because one of the staffmembers is an ultraconservative Catholic with anti-LGBTQ views.
• Neima Jahromi reports about the Star Wars Galactic Starcruiser experience at Disney World in Orlando, Florida.
• Lynnmarie Wolverton also reports about the Star Wars Galactic Starcruiser experience at Disney World in Orlando, Florida.
• Sabina Graves shares the latest news and attractions from various theme parks around the US.
  

Science and technology:

• Gideon Marcus shares a round-up of the latest space news from 1967.
  

Free online fiction:

• "The Art of Navigating an Affair in a Time Rift" by Nika Murphy in Clarkesworld. 
• "Company Town" by Aimee Ogden in Clarkesworld.
  
• "India World" by Amit Gupta in Tor.com. 
• "These Hands Only Make Last Meals" by Evan Marcroft in Beneath Ceaseless Skies. 
• "The Nostalgia Panes" by Aaron Perry in Beneath Ceaseless Skies. 
• "Ppaka" by Angela Liu in The Dark.
  
• "Dragon Bait" by Ray Daley in Heroic Fantasy Quarterly.
• "The Butterfly Eater" by Katherine Shats in Luna Station Quarterly.  
• "Memory in a Bottle" by William E. Davies in Wyngraf Magazine.
  
• "The Skycalled Will Save the World" by Jo Miles in Wyngraf Magazine.  
  
• "First Strikes the Lightning" by Wen-Yi Lee in Anathema.
• "Out of Ash" by Brenda Cooper in Slate Future Tense.
• "For Her Only" by Matthew K. Chikono in Omenana.
• "The Whole of Me" by Alex Sobel in Daily Science Fiction.
• "Star Crossed" by Andrea Caroline Rivera in Daily Science Fiction.
• "Almost Real" by Toshiya Kamei in Daily Science Fiction.
  
• "Departure" by Nina Kiriki Hoffman in Daily Science Fiction.
• "A Brief Summary of Stories Written in the Sediment of Mars" by Kurt Pankau in Daily Science Fiction.
• "Folk Lure" by Kristine Kathryn Rusch.
  

 

Trailers and videos:

• Watch a trailer for Gotham Knights.
  
• Watch a trailer for Green Lantern: Beware My Power. 
• Watch a trailer for Oni: Thunder God's Tale.
  
• Watch a trailer for Who You Gonna Call?
  
• Watch a trailer for the latest adaptation of Pinocchio.