Here is our weekly round-up of interesting links about speculative fiction from around the web, this week with Wonder Woman, The Handmaid's Tale, The Mummy, It Comes At Night, Tributes to Adam West as the usual mix of awards news, writing advice, interviews, reviews, awards news, con reports, science articles and free online fiction.
Speculative fiction in general:
- Jeffrey C. Wells discusses military science fiction and even offers a handy military SF bingo card.
- Erin Lindsey shares her taxonomy of villains.
- Tobias Carroll discusses the creeping resurgence of literary horror and offers some places to start.
- Laura Lam shares five books set in a futuristic California.
- Nilanjana S. Roy talks about the rise of dystopian fiction.
- Robert Minto profiles Samuel R. Delany.
- Claire Armitstead reports about the literary feud between Richard Ford and Colson Whitehead which started over a negative review back in 2001.
- Natalie Zutter asks if time travel is science fiction or fantasy.
- Cindy Pon explains why she writes about Asian characters.
- The BBC profiles Indian fantasy author Amish Tripathi.
- Sam Reader shares his appreciation for The Algebraist by Iain M. Banks.
- Nicky Drayden shares her appreciation for Mongrels by Stephen Graham Jones.
- Richard Freedman profiles Steampunk author Stephanie Kato.
- Aidan Moher shares his appreciation for SFF artist Galen Dara.
- Cheryl Eddy shares her appreciation for the 1987 movie Predator.
- Craig Shirley and Scott Mauer attempt to recast Star Wars as a conservative morality tale.
- Meanwhile, Damien Walter views Star Wars as an illustration of intersectional political alliances on the left.
- Camestros Felapton discusses the pervasive door motif in Jessica Jones.
- L.J. Cohen talks about growing up in fandom in the 1970s.
- Actress and model Anita Pallenberg, best known for her role in the 1968 science fiction movie Barbarella, died aged 73.
Comments on Wonder Woman:
- Andrew Dyce discusses what he considers the most important scene of Wonder Woman.
- Jill Lepore shares her thoughts on Wonder Woman.
- Aaron Pound reviews Wonder Woman.
- Andrew Dyce also shares fifteen moments in Wonder Woman which crush sexism.
- Carolyn Petit and Anita Sarkeesian discuss Wonder Woman.
- Abigail Nussbaum shares five additional comments on Wonder Woman.
- Stephanie Abraham has some quibbles with Wonder Woman.
- Jason Wilkins shares fifteen reasons the Wonder Woman movie is better than the comics.
- Renaldo Matadeen explains how Wonder Woman is a visual and aesthetic gamechanger for the DC Universe.
- Jenna Amatulli offers a round-up of clueless male critics and their condescending Wonder Woman reviews.
- Fraser Sherman shares some weird alternate versions of Wonder Woman.
- Tom Blunt shares the history of Wonder Woman villain Dr. Poison.
- Beth Elderkin shares photos of women who are wearing swords stuffed down the back of their dresses, inspired by Wonder Woman.
- Ross Johnson shares nine books Wonder Woman fans will enjoy.
Comments on The Handmaid's Tale:
- Natalie Zutter discusses the season finale of The Handmaid's Tale.
- Beth Elderkin reveals eight questions she'd like answered in season 2 of The Handmaid's Tale.
- Damien Walter explains why he thinks that The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood is not science fiction.
- Collier Meyerson profiles Margaret Atwood.
Comments on The Mummy:
- Alasdair Stuart unfavourably compares the 2017 The Mummy to the 1999 The Mummy starring Brendan Fraser and Rachel Weisz.
- Katharine Trendacosta discusses the main problem with The Mummy.
- Germain Lussier explains the ways in which The Mummy sets up Universal's potential Dark Universe.
- Ben Child explains why Universal's Dark Universe seems cursed from the start.
- Benjamin Eaton reports that The Mummy has bombed in the US, but earned out its budget internationally.
Comments on It Comes At Night:
- Benjamin Lee calls It Comes At Night a devastating dystopia with a frightening punch.
- Evan Narcisse interviews Trey Shults, director of It Comes At Night.
Tributes to Adam West:
- Actor Adam West, best known for playing Bruce Wayne a.k.a. Batman in the 1966 Batman TV series, died aged 88.
- Jon Arvedon shares tributes to Adam West from friends and colleagues.
- Katharine Trendacosta remembers Adam West.
- Mike Glyer shares his tribute to Adam West.
- Glen Weldon remembers Adam West.
- Kevin Melrose explains how he came to love Adam West's portrayal of Batman.
- Keith DeCandido shares Adam West's five best Bat-moments.
Awards:
- The winners of the 2017 Ditmar Awards have been announced.
- The winners of the 2017 Kurd Laßwitz Preis have been announced.
- Margaret Atwood has been named as the recipient of the 2017 Peace Prize of the German Book Trade.
- The winners of the 29th annual Lambda Literary Awards have been announced.
- The winners of the Fifth Annual Philip K. Dick Film Festival have been announced.
- The winners of the 2016 Bisexual Book Awards have been announced.
Writing, publishing and promotion:
- Lauren Sapala declares that persistence is the most important quality a writer can have.
- Lauren Sapala also offers some tips regarding how to deal with the guilt many feel for daring to take the time to write.
- Rachel Kadish offers a defence of imaginary friends and explains how dreaming up characters is crucial for writers.
- Gail Godwin shares five tips for getting into the mind of your character.
- Laura Lam talks about the inspiration behind Shattered Minds.
- Cindy Pon talks about writing through the lens of an artist.
- Julia Glass urges writers to do research, but not too soon.
- Steven Smith shares five essential websites for writers.
Interviews:
- Angela Slatter interviews Foz Meadows.
- Joshua Sky interviews Steven Barnes.
- Joshua Sky also intervies Trina Phillips.
- Marion Deeds, Bill Capossere and Kate Lechler interview Robert Jackson Bennett.
- Ross Johnson interviews Jeff Lemire.
- Aaron Reese interviews Jason Aaron and Russell Dauterman, the creative team currently working on The Mighty Thor.
Reviews:
- Aidan Moher reviews Raven Strategem by Yoon Ha Lee.
- Shana DuBois reviews A Peace Divided by Tanya Huff.
- Mark Chitty reviews Vanguard by Jack Campbell.
- Nicole Hill reviews Slaves of the Switchboard of Doom by Bradley W. Schenk.
- Blue Book Balloon reviews Mars Girls by Mary Turzillo.
- Mark Yon reviews The Boy on the Bridge by M.R. Carey.
- Michael Patrick Hicks reviews Come to Dust by Bracken MacLeod.
- Ardi Alspach reviews Down Among the Sticks and Bones by Seanan McGuire.
- Smart Bitches, Trashy Books reviews Just One Damned Thing After Another by Jody Taylor.
- Kelly Anderson reviews Soleri by Michael Johnston.
- Corrina Lawson reviews The Day After Gettysburg by Robert Conroy and J.R. Dunn.
- Sam Reader reviews The Rise and Fall of D.O.D.O. by Nicole Galland and Neal Stephenson.
- Sam Reader also reviews Virology by Ren Warom.
Crowdfunding:
Con reports:
- Artist Likhain shares her guest of honour speech from Continuum 13 in Melbourne, Australia.
- Cirsova Magazine shares a report about the North Texas RPG Con in Irving, Texas.
- Kara Dennison discusses the practice of lobbyconning.
Science and technology:
- Two new Jupiter moons have been discovered, bringing the total to 69.
- Will humanoid robots enter our homes and transform our lives?
- Bob Mayer shares tips for assembling a grab and go bag in case of a disaster.
Free online fiction:
- "eyes I dare not meet in dreams" by Sunny Moraine at Tor.com.
- "How to Synch Your Spouse" by Russell Nichols in Fireside Fiction.
- "Marcel Proust Incorporated" by Scott Dalrymple in Lightspeed.
- "The Magical Properties of Unicorn Ivory" by Carlos Hernandez in Lightspeed.
- "Captain Floof" by Mikki Kendall.
Odds and ends:
- Watch a trailer for Black Panther.
- Watch a trailer for Flatliners.
- Watch a trailer for Starship Trooper: Traitor of Mars.
- Win one of three copies of Children of the Shaman by Jessica Rydill.
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