It's
time for the latest weekly round-up of interesting
links
about speculative
fiction from
around the web, this week with Star Trek in general, Masters of the Universe in general, season 4 of The Witcher, season 2 of Hazbin Hotel, Predator: Badlands, Tron: Ares, the latest version of Robin Hood, It: Welcome to Derry and Stephen King adaptations in general, Pluribus, tributes to Peter Watkins, Adam Greenberg, Tchéky Karyo, Ralph Senensky, Pauline Collins and Diane Ladd and much
more.
Speculative fiction in general:
- Cheryl Eddy shares 62 new science fiction, fantasy and horror books arriving in November
- Natalie Zutter shares science fiction and fantasy books coming out in November.
- Reactor shares all the new science fiction books arriving in November 2025
- Reactor shares all the new fantasy books arriving in November 2025
- Reactor shares all the new romantasy books arriving in November 2025
- Reactor shares all the new horror books arriving in November 2025
- Alex Brown shares five underrated SFF novellas.
- Lorna Wallace shares spooky stories set on Halloween.
- Christina Henry talks about the perils of nostalgia in horror and gothic fiction.
- James Davis Nicoll shares five ways science fiction can expand beyond homo sapiens
- Rachel Ayers shares six retellings of the story of the cruel sister.
- Alex Brown shares SFF reading recommendations for the characters of Peacemaker
- Molly Templeton talks about reading everything by a given author.
- Meghan Fitzmartin talks about reclaiming the Mary Sue.
- Alex Dueben shares his appreciation for the work of Patricia McKillip.
- Zack Handlen discusses Stephen King's fascination with his character Holly Gibney.
Comics and Art:
Film and TV:
- Writers of the Guardian share their favourite horror movies.
- Readers of the Guardian share their favourite horror movies.
- Director Oz Perkins shares his favourite horror movies.
- Matthew Byrd shares the most underrated horror movie sequels
- Olivia Rutigliano shares French horror movies from the 1940s to 1960s.
- Peter Bradshaw declares that Don't Trip starts as a compelling satire of the film industry and turns into an unconvincing schlocky mess
- Catherine Bray calls A Mother’s Embrace a low-key but well-designed horror thriller from Brazil.
- Mike McCahill shares his thoughts on the interactive horror thriller The Run.
- Melody McCune shares her thoughts on the latest episode of Talamasca: The Secret Order.
- Avery Kaplan shares her thoughts on the latest episode of Adventure Time: Fionna and Cake.
- Germain Lussier compares the 1987 and 20025 adaptations of The Running Man.
- Kali Wallace revisits the 1964 science fiction film Robinson Crusoe on Mars
- Jessica Holmes revisits the 1970 time travel series Timeslip.
- Blake Young revisits the 1983 dark fantasy film Something Wicked This Way Comes
- Keith R.A. DeCandido revisits the 1997 Babylon 5 episode “Atonement"
- Isaiah Colbert revisits the 2003 South Korean horror film Save the Green Planet
- Zoe Williams interviews Famke Janssen who played Jean Gray in the X-Men movies, Xenia Onatopp in GoldenEye and Kamala in Star Trek: The Next Generation.
- Amy Fleming interviews Fiona Shaw, best known for her roles in Andor, True Blood, the Harry Potter movies, Killing Eve, Baptiste and many others.
- Will Harris interviews Diane Lane, best known for her roles in Streets of Fire, Knight Moves, The Cotton Club, The Outsiders and many others.
- Chris Broughton interviews JoBeth Williams and Martin Casella, two of the stars of Poltergeist.
- Leah Schnelbach interviews Julian Glander, director of Boys Go to Jupiter
- Rhianna Evans lists the five most sought after missing episodes of Doctor Who.
- João Pedro de Magalhães wonders about the retirement age of Jedi.
- Olivia Rutigliano reminds us that director Otto Preminger played Mr. Freeze in the 1966 Batman TV series.
- Joel Guinto reports that the Japanese TV series Super Sentai, which inspired the Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers and many other series, is ending after fifty years.
- Andrew Pulver reports that October 2025 has been the weakest month at the US box office since 1997.
Tributes to Peter Watkins, Adam Greenberg, Tchéky Karyo, Ralph Senensky, Pauline Collins and Diane Ladd:
- Adam Greenberg, cinematographer of Terminator, Terminator 2: Judgment Day, Ghost, Lemon Popsicle, Near Dark, Snakes on a Plane, Rush Hour and many others, has died aged 88.
- James Cameron remembers Adam Greenberg.
- Actress Diane Ladd, best known for her performances in Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore, Wild at Heart, Rambling Rose, Chinatown, Something Wicked This Way Comes, Black Window and many others, had died aged 89.
- Peter Bradshaw remembers Diane Ladd.
- British actress Pauline Collins, best known for her roles in The Liver Birds, Upstairs Downstairs, Doctor Who and Shirley Valentine, has died aged 85.
- Peter Bradshaw remembers Pauline Collins.
- Joanna Ruck shares photos from Pauline Collins' lengthy career.
- French Turkish actor Tchéky Karyo, best known for his roles in Nikita, The Missing, GoldenEye, Bad Boys and many others, has died aged 70.
- Ralph Senensky, who directed several episodes of the original Star Trek as well as The Twilight Zone, The Waltons and the pilot of Dynasty, has died aged 102.
- Peter Watkins, director of The War Game, Privilege, Punishment Park and many others, has died aged 90.
- Peter Bradshaw remembers Peter Watkins.
Comments on Masters of the Universe in general:
Comments on Star Trek in general:
- Camestros Felapton revisits the season 4 of Star Trek Enterprise, which aired in 2004/2005.
- Keith R.A. DeCandido shares his thoughts on season 1 of the audio drama Star Trek: Khan.
- Avery Kaplan celebrates three women who helped to make Star Trek.
- Germain Lussier reports that the fourth Star Trek movie featuring Chris Pine and Zachary Quinto as Captain Kirk and Mr. Spock respectively is no longer in development at Paramount.
- James Whitbrook shares an overview of the many times Star Trek 4 has been cancelled.
Comments on the Predator: Badlands and Predator in general:
- Peter Bradshaw calls Predator: Badlands the latest installment in a pointless but unkillable franchise that has started to eat itself
- Jarrod Jones calls Predator: Badlands a safe, frictionless, lore-centric franchise expansion.
- Germain Lussier calls Predator: Badlands a rousing, killer, science fiction adventure
- Germain Lussier interviews Elle Fanning and Dimitrius Schuster-Koloamatangi, stars of Predator: Badlands.
- Watch a clip from Predator: Badlands.
Comments on season 4 of The Witcher:
Comments on Tron: Ares:
Comments on the latest version of Robin Hood:
Comments on It: Welcome to Derry and Stephen King adaptations in general:
- William Hughes shares his thoughts on the latest episode of It: Welcome to Derry.
- Melody McCune shares her thoughts on the latest episode of It: Welcome to Derry.
- Leah Schnelbach shares her thoughts on the latest episode of It: Welcome to Derry.
- Vanessa Armstrong shares the theories of the cast and creators of It: Welcome to Derry have regarding the true nature of Pennywise.
- Melody McCune shares her appreciation for the character of Charlotte Hanlon in It: Welcome to Derry.
- Diana Keng visits Port Hope, Ontario, Canada, the filming location of It: Welcome to Derry.
- Justin Carter reports that It: Welcome to Derry’s premiere was HBO’s third-biggest hit
Comments on season 2 of Hazbin Hotel:
Comments on Pluribus:
Awards:
- The winners of the 2025 World Fantasy Awards have been announced.
- The winners of the 2025 British Fantasy Awards have been announced.
- Mike Glyer reports that 2023 Hugo administrator Dave McCarty has still failed to deliver the missing 2023 Hugo trophies, defying a court order, and that the Chengdu Worldcon has now taken over the task of getting the trophies to the winners.
Writing, publishing and promotion:
- Gareth L. Powell shares some insight into compiling a short fiction collection.
- Robbie Bach explains how he went from creating video games to writing novels.
- Matt Binder reports that Google has blocked the book pirate site Anna's Archive.
- Victoria Strauss explains what you need to know about the Anthropic AI class action settlement.
- Kurt Schlosser reports about the Swoon City romance bookstore in Seattle, Washington, and how they use AI for categorising their inventory.
- Corey Kilgannon reports about the Argosy Bookstore in Midtown Manhattan, New York.
Interviews:
- Alexandra Alter interviews Margaret Atwood.
- Lisa Allardice interviews Margaret Atwood.
- Katie Razzall interviews Philip Pullman.
- Scott Edelman interviews Natalia Theodoridou
- Paul Weimer interviews Chloe N. Clark.
- Alex Puncekar interviews Steve Hugh Westenra.
- Arley Sorg interviews R.T. Ester.
- Arley Sorg interviews K.A. Teryna.
Reviews:
- Rob Bedford reviews The Will of the Many by James Islington.
- Paul Di Filippo reviews Artificial Wisdom by Thomas R. Weaver
- Paul Weimer reviews God's Junk Drawer by Peter Clines
- Adrian Collins reviews A Sword of Gold and Ruin by Anna Smith Spark
- Carla Schantz reviews The Hearth Witch’s Guide to Magic and Murder by Kiri Callaghan.
- Marlene Harris reviews Witches of Dubious Origin by Jenn McKinlay
- Lesa Holstine reviews Witches of Dubious Origin by Jenn McKinlay
- Marion Deeds reviews Queen of None by Natania Barron
- Arley Sorg and Melissa A. Watkins reviews The King Must Die by Kemi Ashing-Giwa
- Julia Kitvaria Sarene reviews The First of Shadows by Deck Matthews
- Esmay Rosalyne reviews Tides of Torment by N. C. Scrimgeour
- Rai Furniss-Greasley reviews Fate’s Bane by C.L. Clark
- Julia Kitvaria Sarene reviews Dread Nation by Justina Ireland
- Aaron Jones reviews Empire of the Dawn by Jay Kristoff
- Gayle Surrette reviews The Adventure of the Demonic Ox by Lois McMaster Bujold
- Colleen Mondor reviews Wake the Wild Creatures by Nova Ren Suma
- Niall Harrison reviews When There Are Wolves Again by E.J. Swift
- C.T. Phipps reviews Elisha Barber by E.C. Ambrose
- Marlene Harris reviews To Clutch a Razor by Veronica Roth
- Maya C. James reviews Madame Sosostris and the Festival for the Brokenhearted by Ben Okri
- Ali Karim reviews The Autumn Springs Retirement Home Massacre by Philip Fracassi
- Marlene Harris reviews Cathedral of the Drowned by Nathan Ballingrud
- Doreen Sheridan reviews Slashed Beauties by A. Rushby
- Roseanna Pendlebury reviews A Mouthful of Dust by Nghi Vo
- Runalong the Shelves reviews Darker Days by Thomas Olde Heuvelt
- Rob Bedford reviews Play Nice by Rachel Harrison.
- Marlene Harris reviews Spread Me by Sarah Gailey
- Gary K. Wolfe reviews Not What I Intended by Nancy Kress
- Mark Yon reviews Who Will You Save? by Gareth L. Powell.
- Niall Harrison reviews The Other Shore by Rebecca Campbell
- Robin Marx reviews The Essential Horror of Joe R. Lansdale by Joe R. Lansdale
- Marlene Harris reviews The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2025, edited by Nnedi Okorafor
- Runalong the Shelves reviews Hiding Under The Leaves, edited by Donna Scott
- Ali Karim reviews Chasing the Dark by Ben Machell
- Mark Yon reviews Dune: Part Two – The Photography by Niko Tavernise
- Kathryn Hughes reviews In Love With Love: The Persistence and Joy of Romantic Fiction by Ella Risbridger
- Blake Morrison reviews Book of Lives by Margaret Atwood
- Alvaro Zinos-Amaro reviews Amazing Worlds of Science Fiction and Science Fact by Keith Cooper
Classics reviews:
- Camestros Felapton revisits the 1953 short science fiction novel The Gulf Between by Tom Godwin
- James Davis Nicoll revisits the 1961 Jim Stanley YA science fiction novel Moon of Mutiny by Lester del Rey
- Dave Hook revisits the 1962 science fiction anthology A Century of Science Fiction and its 1964 sequel A Century of Great Short Science Fiction Novels, edited by Damon Knight.
- Sandy Ferber revisits the 1970 gothic novel Bleak November by Rohan O’Grady
- Victoria Silverwolf revisits the winter 1970 issue of Worlds of Tomorrow.
- James Davis Nicoll revisits the 1984 science fiction novel Voyager in Night by C.J. Cherryh
- Kat Hooper revisits the 1995 Pip and Flinx space opera novel Mid-Flinx by Alan Dean Foster
- Clara Cohen revisits the 2010 epic fantasy novel Dragon Haven by Robin Hobb.
Con and event reports:
- Gary Lovisi shares a video of the 2025 Pulp AdventureCon in Langhorn, Pennsylvania.
- David Barnett reports that writer Joe Hill, V Castro and Keith Rosson have withdrawn from the Tales of the Weird festival at the British Library in London, UK, in support with striking workers.
- Mike Glyer reports that the 2026 WSFS Business Meeting will be virtual as well, following the precedent set in 2025.
- Germain Lussier reports that San Diego Comic Con in San Diego, California, has changed its hotel reservation system, making it even more unpleasant.
- Mary Picken highlights two events at the Aye Write book festival in Glasgow, Scotland.
- ErsatzCulture reports about the opening of the science fiction themed Ansible Café in Chengdu, China.
- Seph Rodney reports about the unveiling of a rocketship shaped sculpture called The Mothership Connection by Zak Ové in Manhattan, New York.
Science and technology:
Toys and collectibles:
Free online fiction:
- "Barnacle" by Kate Elliott in Reactor.
- "Jade Fighter" by D.A. Xiaolin Spires in Clarkesworld.
- "The Stone Played at Tengen" by R.H. Wesley in Clarkesworld.
- "Fire, Snow and Blood" by Sam Belleneuve in Swords and Sorcery Magazine.
- "Code Green" by Rebecca Johnson in Apex Magazine.
- "Totensonntag" by Brian Evenson in The Dark.
- "Make of Your Chest a Place for Birds" by James L. Sutter in Nightmare Magazine.
- "How to Set Up Your Mourning Robot" by Angela Liu in Lightspeed.
- "In the Zone" by Lisa M. Bradley in Lightspeed.
Trailers and videos:
- Watch a trailer for Wonder Man.
- Watch a teaser for Shaun The Sheep: The Beast of Mossy Bottom
- Watch a trailer for season 2 of Percy Jackson and the Olympians.
- Watch a behind the scenes video for season 2 of the live action One Piece.
- Watch a trailer for Stranger Things: Tales From ‘85
- Watch a trailer for 100 Nights of Hero.
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