It's time for the weekly round-up of interesting links about speculative fiction from around the web, this week with Star Trek Discovery, Outlander, The Orville, Glass, The Punisher, The Passage, The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, the 2019 Academy Award nominations and much more.
Speculative fiction in general:
- Joe Sherry shares his favourite science fiction and fantasy books of 2018.
- Cora Buhlert discusses her love for space opera.
- Joyce Chng explains why she writes about werewolves in space.
- Cheryl Morgan talks about a year of feminist speculative fiction.
- Joel Cunningham lists science fiction and fantasy books with a powerful message of social justice.
- Liz Bourke takes a look at science fiction and fantasy novel which put an LGBTQ spin on classic stories.
- Heather Cleary takes a look at some recent fantastic fiction in translation.
- Sarah Fine shares five books in which superpowers have unfortunate side effects.
- Charlie Jane Anders discusses why science fiction writers should write about climate change right now.
- James Davis Nicoll shares five SFF stories about surviving the dangers of boarding school.
- Jeff Somers shares thirteen novels based on or inpired by podcasts.
- James Wallace Harris explains how science fiction and fantasy made him want to travel to Mars and the Moon as a kid.
- Andrea Johnson explains why she reads vintage science fiction.
- Ryan Harvey shares his appreciation for the works of Leigh Brackett.
- Timothy the Talking Cat explains H.G. Wells 1898 classic War of the Worlds in his inimitable way.
- Emily Temple shares a brief and incomplete survey of Edgar Allan Poe portrayals in pop culture.
- Crime Reads share their twenty-five favourite Edgar Allan Poe illustrations of all time.
- SyFy Wire Fangrrls share their favourite Marvel women of all time.
- Luke Barnes reports that one month after tumblr purged supposedly adult content, the network is overrun by far right propaganda.
- L.D. Nolan reports that comics legend George Perez has announced his retirement.
- Writer and editor Diana Athill has died aged 101.
Film and TV:
- Cheryl Eddy shares all the big horror movie anniversaries and milestones coming up in 2019.
- Sidney Morgan shares her thoughts on season 1 of A Discovery of Witches.
- Paul Levinson shares his thoughts on the latest episode of Counterpart.
- Camestros Felapton shares his thoughts on The Predator.
- Don Lincoln discusses the science behind Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse.
- Keith R.A. DeCandido revisits the 2014 movie Captain America: The Winter Soldier.
- Guillermo del Toro explains why Logan is the best of the X-Men films.
- Camestros Felapton talks about movies we didn't need but got anyway.
- Emily Asher-Perrin discusses the portrayal of motherhood in Bird Box.
- Arkady Martine talks about the ethical dilemmas facing the character John Crichton in Farscape.
- Natalie Devitt takes a look at the four epiodes of season 5 of The Twilight Zone.
- Alex McLevy interviews Charlie Cox, star of Daredevil.
- Germin Lussier interviews Joe Cornish, director of Attack the Block and The Kid Who Would Be King.
- Hillary Lewis interviews Shiran Amir, a film and TV editor who has worked on several science fiction and fantasy programs.
- Joe Otterson reports that the Mars mission show The First has been cancelled after only one season.
- Nellie Andreeva reports that Michael Chabon's 2007 alternate history crime novel The Yiddish Policemen's Union will become a TV drama written by Chabon and his wife Ayelet Waldman.
- Actor Windsor Davies who appeared in Doctor Who and Terrahawks among others has died aged 88.
- Screenwriter Barbara Bradbury, daughter of Ray Bradbury, has died aged 64.
- Electronic music pioneer Alan R. Pearlman, who worked on Star Wars, Close Encounters of the Third Kind and Doctor Who among others, has died aged 93.
Comments on Star Trek Discovery and Star Trek in general (spoilers):
- Mike Bloom shares the ultimate guide to season 2 of Star Trek Discovery.
- Keith R.A. DeCandido shares his thoughts on "Brother", the first episode of season 2 of Star Trek Discovery.
- Camestros Felapton shares his thoughts on "Brother", the first episode of season 2 of Star Trek Discovery.
- Cora Buhlert shares her thoughts on "Brother".
- Gavia Baker-Whitelaw shares her thoughts on "Brother".
- James Whitbrook shares his thoughts on "Brother".
- Zack Handlen shares his thoughts on "Brother".
- Kayti Burt shares her thoughts on "Brother".
- Standback shares his thoughts on "Brother".
- Justin Partridge shares his thoughts on "Brother".
- Gavia Baker-Whitelaw discusses Captain Pike's service record as presented in Star Trek Discovery.
- Kevin Melrose discusses how Star Trek Discovery undermines the redshirt trope.
- Mike Bloom interview Alex Kurtzman, showrunner of Star Trek Discovery.
- Stephen Colbert interviews Sonequa Martin-Green, who plays Michael Burnham in Star Trek Discovery.
- Tim Baysinger wonders whether with Discovery, two animated series as well as a live-action Jean Luc Picard and Philippa Georgiou series on the way viewers might be at risk of Star Trek overload.
- Tim Webber reports that the Philippa Georgiou spin-off probably won't air until Star Trek Discovery ends.
- Emily Asher-Perrin discusses possible reasons why Starfleet allows whole families on its starships from the Next Generation era on.
- Charlie Brigden ranks the various starship Enterprise in Star Trek.
- Charlie Brigden also ranks the various Star Trek themes.
Comments on The Orville:
- Nick Wanserski shares his thoughts on the latest episode of The Orville.
- Paul Levinson shares his thoughts on the latest episode of The Orville.
- Cheryl Eddy shares her appreciation for the character of Dr. Claire Finn in The Orville.
Comments on Outlander:
- Elyse at Smart Bitches, Trashy Books shares her thoughts on the latest episode of Outlander.
- Paul Levinson shares his thoughts on the latest episode of Outlander.
- Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya shares her thoughts on the latest episode of Outlander.
Comments on The Punisher:
- Maggie Donahue implores us to enjoy The Punisher while we can, before Netflix inevitably cancels it.
- Tyler McCarthy offers a spoiler free review of season 2 of The Punisher.
- Caroline Siede offers an episode by episode review of season 2 of The Punisher.
- Charles Pulliam-Moore declares that Jigsaw is the most fascinating puzzle in The Punisher, because Frank Castle cannot solve him.
- Meagan Damore reports that season 2 of The Punisher has cast many real life veterans in supporting roles.
- James Hunt explains the ending of season 2 of The Punisher (spoilers, obviously).
- Nathaniel Brail reports that Daredevil and Kingpin might appear in season 3 of The Punisher, provided there is one.
- Joe Otterson interviews Jon Bernthal who plays Frank Castle in The Punisher.
Comments on Glass:
- Emily Asher-Perrin calls Glass an unnecessary sequel that undercuts Unbreakable.
- Brad Gullickson talks about Glass and the legacy of sourceless superheroes in Hollywood.
- Renaldo Matadeen sums up all the superhuman origin stories in Glass.
- Brandon Zachary points out that the secret cabal in Glass is like Marvel's SHIELD, only actually efficient.
- Germain Lussier discusses the ending of Glass.
- Clark Collis discusses the ending of Glass with director M. Night Shyamalan.
Comments on The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina:
- Phoebe Wagner share her thoughts on season 1 of The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina.
- The Alibi Shop share their thoughts on season 1 of The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina.
Comments on The Passage:
- Lucy Mangan calls The Passage a credible and pacy vampire drama.
- Cheryl Eddy calls The Passage a promising science fictional vampire show.
Awards:
- The preliminary ballot for the 2018 Bram Stoker Awards has been announced.
- Voting is open for the 33rd Annual Asimov's Readers' Award.
- Voting is open for the 2018 Analytical Laboratory Readers' Award.
- Nominations are open for the 2018 Clarkesworld Readers' Poll.
- The Jim Baen Memorial Short Story Award is open for submissions.
- The nominees for the 2019 Academy Awards have been announced with a little love for genre films and much more love for bad bio pics.
- The winner of the 2019 Coger Memorial Hall of Fame Award has been announced.
- Joyce Carol Oates has been awarded the 2019 Jerusalem Prize.
- The winners of the 2019 Producers Guild Award have been announced with little love for genre films.
- The nominees for the 2019 Razzie Awards have been announced with some disdain for genre movies.
- Jacob Trussell points out that the Oscars still don't give a fuck about horror movies.
- Cora Buhlert shares her general displeasure with the 2019 Academy Award nominees.
Writing, publishing and promotion:
- Lauren Sapala implores writers and artists to stop trying to fit into society's conventional boxes.
- Bob Mayer points out that idea is not story.
- Sarah Cy shares some unusual tips supposed to make you a better writer.
- Gilbert Bassey shares the ultimate guide to creating compelling antagonists in fiction.
- Elizabeth McCracken talks about short stories.
- Josiah Bancroft discusses epigraphs in fantasy and other fiction.
- Belinda Griffin shares five reasons authors resist marketing and why they're crap.
- Alison Flood reports that Amazon has refuted the Authors Guild's claim that they are responsible for falling author incomes and instead blames the study's bad methology.
- Frances Yackell shares seven free or cheap writing residencies to apply for in 2019.
Interviews:
- Andrew Liptak interviews John Scalzi.
- Justin Cox interviews Andy Weir.
- Christian A. Coleman interviews Henry Lien.
- Laura Hudson interviews Leigh Alexander.
- The Qwillery interviews Gareth Hanrahan.
- Tiffany Turner interviews J. Edwards Holt.
Reviews:
- Ross Johnson reviews Shadow Captain by Alastair Reynolds.
- Niall Alexander reviews Shadow Captain by Alastair Reynolds.
- Adrienne Martini reviews Swordheart by T. Kingfisher.
- Liz Bourke reviews In the Vanishers' Palace by Aliette de Bodard.
- James Davis Nicoll reviews Dragon Pearl by Yoon Ha Lee.
- Brit Mandelo reviews The City in the Middle of the Night by Charlie Jane Anders.
- Tadiana Jones reviews The Voodoo Killings and Lipstick Voodoo by Kristi Charish.
- Carlyn Atkinson reviews Witchmark by C.L. Polk.
- Ceridwen Christensen reviews Kingdom of Copper by S.A. Chakraborty.
- Bill Capossere and Tadiana Jones review Kingdom of Copper by S.A. Chakraborty.
- Jana Nyman reviews Empire of Sand by Tasha Suri.
- Liz Bourke reviews A Labyrinth of Scions and Sorcery by Curtis Craddock.
- Martin Cahill reviews Ship of Smoke and Steel by Django Wexler.
- Electra Prtichett reviews The Poppy War by R.F. Kuang.
- Liz Bourke reviews Song of the Dead by Sarah Glenn Marsh.
- Nicole Hill reviews The Gutter Prayer by Gareth Hanrahan.
- Summer H. Paulus reviews Grim Solace by Ben Galley.
- Kat Hooper reviews The Hod King by Josiah Bancroft.
- Adri Joy reviews The Wolf in the Whale by Jordanna Max Brodsky.
- Rich Rosell reviews Vultures by Chuck Wendig.
- Ian Mond reviews We Sold Our Souls by Grady Hendrix.
- Johanna Thomas-Corr reviews The Wall by John Lanchester.
- Gary K. Wolfe reviews More Walls Broken by Tim Powers.
- Matt Brandenburg reviews Twin Lakes: Autumn Fires by Michelle Garza and Melissa Lason.
- Michael Patrick Hicks reviews The Nightmare Girl by Jonathan Janz.
- James Smart reviews The Earlie King and the Kid in Yellow by Danny Denton.
- Rob Bedford reviews The Lost Puzzler by Eyal Kless.
- Russell Letson reviews Terran Tomorrow by Nancy Kress.
- Shelf Awareness reviews Golden State by Ben H. Winters.
- Logan Noble reviews The Worst Is Yet To Come by S.P. Miskowski.
- Gary K. Wolfe reviews The Book of Magic, edited by Gardner Dozois.
- Michael Patrick Hicks reviews Chiral Mad 4: An Anthology of Collaborations, edited by Michael Bailey and Lucy A. Snyder.
Classics reviews:
- Doris V. Sutherland revisits John Polidori's 1819 gothic novel The Vampyre.
- John C. Hocking revisits the 1914 ghost story The Hole of the Pit by Adrian Ross a.k.a. Arthur A. Ropes.
- Mark Yon revisits Robert A. Heinlein's 1951 science fiction collection The Green Hills of Earth.
- Gideon Marcus revisits the February 1964 issue of The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction.
- Victoria Silverwolf revisits the February 1964 issues of Fantastic Stories of Imagination.
- Andrea Johnson revisits Kate Wilhelm's 1976 post-apocalyptic novel Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang.
- James Davis Nicoll revisits the 1976 fantasy novel The Fog Maiden by Jane Toombs.
- James Davis Nicoll revisits Frederick Pohl's 1985 science fiction novel Black Star Rising.
- Judith Tarr revisits Meredith Ann Pierce's 1985 fantasy novel Birth of the Firebringer.
Crowdfunding:
- AH Comics is looking for funding for volume 3 of Moonshot, the Indigenous Comic Collection.
- Dark Delicacies, a horror book store in Burbank, California, is looking for funding to relocate.
Con and event reports:
- Angel Wilson shares the ultimate guide to enjoying San Diego Comic-Con in San Diego, California, on a small budget.
- Ellen Datlow shares some photos of the latest Fantastic Fiction at the KGB reading in New York City, featuring Victor LaValle and Julie C. Day.
Science and technology:
- The BBC shares some photos of the blood moon lunar eclipse.
- George Dvorsky reports that the Moon was struck by a meteorite during the blood moon eclipse.
- Amanda Kooser reports that NASA's Curiosity Mars rover is suffering from wheel damage.
- Jordan Pearson muses that the rumoured planet nine might actually be a disc of space objects.
- Evan Gough reports that a Russian start-up is planning to put billboards in space, even though that is a terrible idea.
- George Dvorsky reports that a collision with another planet may have seeded Earth with the ingredients for life.
- Sarah Emerson reports about the US government's secret UFO research program.
- Justin Parkinson talks about mining rights on the Moon.
- Rebecca Boyle reports that nearby stellar explosions in the distant past might have killed off large animals like the megalodon.
- Eric M. Johnson reports that Boeing has built a prototype of a flying car.
- Micki Seibel declares that indoor agriculture can feed the world.
- Martha Henriques explains how Japan's skyscrapers are built to withstand earthquakes.
- Jon Fingas reports that the Hen-Na Hotel in Japan, also known as the "robot" hotel, has fired much of its robotic staff, since the robots are not efficient and frequently malfunction.
Free online fiction:
- "Hell Rode With Her" by David Mack at Tor.com.
- "His Footsteps, Through Darkness and Light" by Mimi Mondal at Tor.com.
- "The Book Collector" by Sarah Micklem in Lightspeed.
- "Endor House" by Meg Ellison in Lightspeed.
- "A Model Dog" by John Scalzi in The Verge.
- "Monsters Come Howling in Their Season" by Cadwell Turnbull in The Verge.
- "Online Reunion" by Leigh Alexander in The Verge.
- "The King's Mirror" by M.K. Hutchins in Strange Horizons.
- "Model Home" by Julianna Baggott in Terraform.
- "Headstone in Your Pocket" by Paul Tremblay in Nightmare Magazine.
- "A Mother's Hope" by Erin Sweet Al.Mehairi
- "Keeping Time" by Marge Simon.
- "Cold, Silent, and Dark" by Kary English.
- "Skin Deep" by Kristine Kathryn Rusch.
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