It's time for the weekly round-up of interesting links about speculative fiction from around the web, this week with the 2019 Academy Award winner, an uproar surrounding the 2018 Nebula Award finalists, Star Trek Discovery, The Orville, Doom Patrol, The Umbrella Academy, Alita: Battle Angel, Captain Marvel, season 2 of American Gods, The Hole in the Ground, the cancellation of Jessica Jones and The Punisher, plagiarism in the romance world and much more.
Speculative fiction in general:
- Amal El-Mohtar shares the best new fantasy novels.
- Vicky Who Reads recommends adult science fiction and fantasy by women authors which those who enjoy YA speculative fiction will love.
- Joseph Hurtgen talks about space opera and progress.
- Leah Schnelbach discusses how fantasy novels handle trauma.
- Arkady Martine shares her favourite SFF books about the mechanisms of government.
- Tor.com shares eight books about rebuilding after an ecological catastrophe.
- Ross Johnson shares six science fiction and fantasy books inspired by Africa.
- CBS News reports about the renewed momentum of Afrofuturism.
- Charlie Jane Anders shares her appreciation for Ursula K. Le Guin's Hainish Cycle.
- Science fiction writer Vonda N. McIntyre is seriously ill.
Discussion of the Cristiane Serruya plagiarism scandal:
- Nora Roberts, another of the authors plagiarised by Cristiane Serruya, responds to the scandal with the appropriate amount of fury.
- Nora Roberts also makes a follow-up post and calls out various shady techniques used by black hat indie writers.
- Nora Roberts makes a second follow-up post and calls out more problematic techniques.
- Ilona Andrews weighs in on the Cristiane Serruya plagiarism scandal.
- Sharon Lee weighs in on the Cristiane Serruya plagiarism scandal.
- Alison Flood weighs in on the Cristiane Serruya plagiarism scandal.
- Michael Schaub weighs in on the Cristiane Serruya plagiarism scandal.
- D.M. Guay weighs in on the Cristiane Serruya plagiarism scandal and other underhanded tactics in the indie world.
- Sean McLachlan responds to the Cristiane Serruya plagiarism scandal and points out that there are many honest ghostwriters out there who don't resort to underhanded tactics.
- Caffeinated Fae lists all the books, articles and recipes plagiarised by Cristiane Serruya.
- Lucas Mota reports about the plagiarism scandal and interviews Cristiane Serruya who of course considers herself completely blameless.
Film and TV:
- Arley Sorg and Josh Pearce shares their thoughts on the Chinese science fiction movie The Wandering Earth.
- Paul Levinson shares his thoughts on the science fiction thriller Rememory.
- Tom Breihan revisits Avengers: Age of Ultron.
- Kate Heartfield talks about Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure and the time travel films of the 1980s.
- Victoria Silverwolf revisits the 1964 horror movies Castle of Blood and The Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Stopped Living and Became Mixed-Up Zombies.
- Cath Clarke declares that Burning Men about two rock musicians trying the summon the devil takes itself way too seriously.
- Alex McLevy shares his thoughts on the Finnish superhero movie Rendel: Dark Vengeance.
- Noel Murray calls Apollo 11 an astonishing documentary.
- Beth Elderkin declares that she is already sick of the debate around the latest reiteration of Ghostbusters, especially since it seems to be a repeat of the debate around the 2016 Ghostbusters.
- Xueting Christine Ni takes a look at the long tradition of Chinese science fiction films.
- Emma Thompson explains why she will not work with Pixar head John Lasseter.
- James Hibberd reports that George R.R. Martin turned down a cameo in Game of Thrones.
- Graeme Virtue reports that the next James Bond film has the rather silly working title Shatterhand.
- Noah Smith reports about the rampant toxicity in online gaming and why the video game companies have such problems curbing it.
- Mike Glyer shares a list of film personalities omitted by the "In Memoriam" segment at the Oscars.
- Actress Lisa Sheridan, who appeared in Invasion, Halt and Catch Fire and CSI Miami among others, has died aged 44.
- Actor Morgan Woodward, who was in Star Trek, Logan's Run and Dallas and played the "man with no eyes" in Cool Hand Luke, has died aged 93.
Comments on Star Trek Discovery and Star Trek in general (spoilers):
- Zack Handlen shares his thoughts on "The Sound of Thunder", the latest episode of Star Trek Discovery.
- James Whitbrook shares his thoughts on "The Sound of Thunder".
- Camestros Felapton shares his thoughts on "The Sound of Thunder".
- Gavia Baker-Whitelaw shares her thoughts on "The Sound of Thunder".
- Keith R.A. DeCandido shares his thoughts on "The Sound of Thunder".
- Kayti Burt shares her thoughts on "The Sound of Thunder".
- Cora Buhlert shares her thoughts on "The Sound of Thunder".
- John Orquiola declares that following events in Star Trek Discovery, Starfleet's black ops division Section 31 is now Starfleet's worst kept secret.
- John Orquiola ranks every Star Trek movie from worst to best.
- Ethan Alter interviews Sir Patrick Stewart who will soon portray Captain Jean-Luc Picard again.
Comments on The Orville:
- Nick Wanserski shares his thoughts on "Identity", the latest episode of The Orville.
- Paul Levinson shares his thoughts on "Identity".
- Cheryl Eddy declares that season 2 of The Orville focusses more on the characters and that the show has never been better.
Comments on Doom Patrol:
- In a departure from the majority opinion, Paul Tassi calls Doom Patrol as bad as Titans is good.
- Brandon Zachary declares that Cyborg and Robotman in Doom Patrol are the dynamic duo the show needed.
- Will Thorne interviews Matt Bomer who plays Larry Trainor a.k.a. Negative Man in Doom Patrol.
- Matt Morrison shares the five biggest questions he has after season 1 of Doom Patrol.
- Matt Morrison also talks about some Easter eggs in Doom Patrol.
- Kevin Melrose reports that Doom Patrol also contains a literal shout-out to Grant Morrison, writer of the Doom Patrol comic.
Comments on The Umbrella Academy:
- Meghan Ball compares The Umbrella Academy to the comics.
- Chris Davidson ranks the Hargreaves family members from The Umbrella Academy by power.
- Lisa Liebman profiles Aidan Gallagher who plays Number Five in The Umbrella Academy.
- Molly Freeman explains what viewers can expect from the not yet announced season 2 of The Umbrella Academy.
- Farid Ul-Haq reports that according to not yet confirmed rumours, The Umbrella Academy has been renewed for a second season.
Comments on the cancellation of Jessica Jones and The Punisher:
- Alasdair Stuart shares his thoughts on the cancellation of the various Marvel Netflix shows.
- Marshall Mathers, better known as Eminem, slams Netflix for cancelling The Punisher, in whose comic he guest-starred in 2009.
- Sam Stone shares star Krysten Ritter's reaction to the cancellation of Jessica Jones.
- Stuart Heritage muses how the various Defenders shows could be improved, if they eventually wind up on Disney's new streaming service.
- Ian Cardona declares that season 1 of Iron Fist was better than anybody gave it credit for.
- Dave Richards shares four comics for people who miss the Marvel Netflix shows.
- Colin Hickson reports that fans have purchases a "Save Daredevil" billboard on Times Square in New York City.
- Beth Elderkin reports that actress Simone Missick, who plays Misty Knight in Luke Cage and various other Defenders shows, will appear in season 2 of Altered Carbon.
Comments on the pre-release reaction to Captain Marvel:
- Zachary Levi who will portray Shazam in the eponymous movie took to social media to tell the trolls to stop bashing Captain Marvel, because there is no rivalry between them.
- Julia Alexander reports that Rotten Tomatoes has removed a feature that allowed users to downvote Captain Marvel and other movies before release.
- Noah Dominguez reports that Brie Larson, who plays Carol Danvers in Captain Marvel, specifically asked for Samuel L. Jackson's Nick Fury to be included in the movie, because the actors are friends in real life.
- Julie Muncy reports that Annette Bening, who plays a still unrevealed role in Captain Marvel, had to have the screenplay and background explained by her two children.
- Gavia Baker-Whitelaw wonders whether the friendship between Carol Danvers and Maria Rambeau in Captain Marvel will generate as many fanfics as that between Steve Rogers and Bucky Barnes.
- Watch a video of Goose the cat from Captain Marvel doing cat stuff.
Comments on Alita: Battle Angel:
- Renaldo Matadeen declares that Alita: Battle Angel shows how to do a live action manga adaptation right.
- Renaldo Matadeen reports that Alita: Battle Angel is setting box office records in China.
Comments on season 2 of American Gods:
- Gavia Baker-Whitelaw declares that season 2 of American Gods has kept the style but lost the substance of season 1.
- Jamie Sugah declares that season 2 of American Gods needs to pick up the pace.
Comment on The Hole in the Ground:
- Gavia Baker-Whitelaw calls the horror movie The Hole in the Ground genuinely terrifying.
- Mike McCahill calls The Hole in the Ground superbly scary country horror.
- Mike D'Angelo calls The Hole in the Ground spooky fun, until metaphor swallows the horror.
Awards:
- The final ballot for the 2018 Bram Stoker Awards has been announced.
- The winners of the 2018 Australian Romance Readers Awards have been announced.
- The winners of the 2019 Academy Awards have been announced with some love for genre films.
- The winners of the 2019 Razzie Awards have been announced.
- The winners of the 2019 BAFTA Film Awards have been announced with a little love for genre films.
- The winners of the 2018 International Film Music Critics Association Awards have been announced with quite a bit of love for genre films.
- Cora Buhlert shares her thoughts on the 2019 Academy Award winners.
- Mike Glyer shares the latest developments regarding the remarkable success of 20Booksto50K in the Nebula nominations.
- Cora Buhlert shares some reactions to the 2018 Nebula finalists.
Writing, publishing and promotion:
- Ken Miyamato shares five ways to reinvent genres.
- Ruth Harris asks whether there is a link between decision fatigue, writer's block and procrastination.
- Kristine Kathryn Rusch talks about priorities and writing with chronic illness.
- J.S. Breukelaar talks about writing speculative fiction.
- Amal El-Mohtar, Michi Trota and Aliette de Bodard host an "Writing the Other" roundtable discussion on YouTube.
- Katherine Addison shares her favourite moments writing The Goblin Emperor.
- Kellie Doherty reports about her experiences attending the publishing program at Portland Satet University in Portland, Oregon.
- Eamonn Griffin talks about publishing books via crowdfunding.
- Mike Gardner asks several authors about their day job.
Interviews:
- Paul Weimer interviews Gareth L. Powell.
- Paul Weimer interviews Simon Ings.
- Christian A. Coleman interviews Lilliam Rivera.
- Max Booth III interviews Josh Malerman.
- Jana Nyman interviews Alison Wilgus.
- LitRPG Reads interviews Paul Bellow.
- LitRPG Reads interviews Jonathan Smidt.
- Alex Preston interviews Marlon James.
Reviews:
- Adri Joy reviews The Raven Tower by Ann Leckie.
- Martin Cahill reviews The Raven Tower by Ann Leckie.
- Gary K. Wolfe reviews In the Vanishers' Palace by Aliette de Bodard.
- Liz Bourke revies The Afterward by E.K. Johnston.
- Liz Bourke reviews The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon.
- Ceridwen Christensen reviews The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samatha Shannon.
- Rob Bedford reviews The Ruin of Kings by Jenn Lyons.
- Jo Niederhoff reviews Empire of Sand by Tasha Suri.
- Liz Bourke reviews The Way of the Shield by Marshall Ryan Maresca.
- Michael Patrick Hicks reviews The Light Brigade by Kameron Hurley.
- Adrienne Martini reviews The Consuming Fire by John Scalzi.
- Adri Joy reviews Do You Dream of Terra-Two? by Temi Oh.
- Michael Patrick Hicks reviews Dead Moon by Peter Clines.
- Tadiana Jones reviews The Jane Austen Project by Kathleen E. Flynn.
- Liz Bourke reviews Creatures of Want and Ruin by Molly Tanzer.
- J.C. Kang reviews Never Die by Rob J. Hayes.
- Summer H. Paulus reviews The Blackest Heart by Brian Lee Durfee.
- Sukhdev Sandhu reviews Black Leopard, Red Wolf by Marlon James.
- Joseph Hurtgen reviews Famous Men Who Never Lived by K. Chess.
- Paul Di Filippo reviews The Spirit of Science Fiction by Roberto Bolaño, translated by Natasha Wimmer.
- Matthew Keeley reviews The Heavens by Sandra Newman.
- Camestros Felapton reviews "Interview for the End of the World" by Rhett C. Bruno.
- Camestros Felapton reviews "The Secret Lives of the Nine Negro Teeth of George Washington" by Phenderson Djèlí Clark.
- Gary K. Wolfe reviews Tales from the Inner City by Shaun Tan.
- Kat Hooper reviews A People's Future of the United States, edited by John Joseph Adams and Victor LaValle.
- Ian Mond reviews The Best of the Best Horror of the Year, edited by Ellen Datlow.
- Suzy Michael reviews Garden of Eldritch Delights by Lucy A. Snyder.
- Matt Brandenburg reviews Let There Be Dark by Tim McWorter.
- Michael Patrick Hicks reviews White Fire by Brian Keene.
- Stefan Dziemianowicz reviews Astounding - John W. Campbell, Isaac Asimov, Robert A. Heinlein, L. Ron Hubbard and the golden Age of Science Fiction by Alec Nevala-Lee.
- Malcolm Borthwick reviews Chernobyl: History of the Tragedy by Serhii Plokhy.
Classics reviews:
- Alan Brown revisits the 1928 science fiction novella Armageddon 2419 AD by Philip Francis Nowlan, which marks the first appearance of Buck Rogers.
- Sandy Ferber revisits the 1938 space opera Galactic Patrol by E.E. Smith.
- Hector DeJean revisits The Man in the Cage by John Holbrook Vance, better known as Jack Vance, which won the 1961 Edgar Award for the best first novel, even though it was far from Vance's first novel.
- Victoria Silverwolf revisits the March 1964 issue of Fantastic.
- Mark Yon revisits the March 1964 issue of New Worlds.
- Mari Ness revisits Anne McCaffrey's 1968 science fantasy novel Dragonflight.
- Joe Kenney revisits The Undying World, a 1973 novel in the Richard Blade science fantasy series by Jeffrey Lord.
- Kat Hooper revisits the 1975 science fiction novel Midworld by Alan Dean Foster.
- James Davis Nicoll revisits the November/December 1978 issue of Destinies.
- James Davis Nicoll revisits Shadow Magic, a 1982 fantasy novel by Patricia C. Wrede.
- Kat Hooper revisits The Oathbound, a 1987 sword and sorcery novel by Mercedes Lackey.
- Bogi Takàcs revisits the 1990 science fiction novel Hybrid Child by Mariko Ohara.
- James Davis Nicoll revisits City of Bones, a 1995 fantasy novel by Martha Wells.
Crowdfunding:
- I Need Diverse Games is looking for funding to produce some branded dice bags.
- Science fiction scholar and PhD candidate Charles Ledbetter needs some help, because he is about to lose his scholarship, because the donors don't approve of the fact that he is transgender.
Con and event reports:
- Daniel Dern reports about Boskone 56 in Boston, Massachusetts, and shares several pictures.
- Christopher Thomond shares several photos of the Jorvik Viking Festival in York, UK.
- Rachel Carney shares an overview of literature festivals in Wales in 2019.
- The Raksura Colony Tree Project, a community art project to be displayed at WorldCon 77 in Dublin, Ireland, is looking for contributors.
- Mike Glyer reports that DragonCon co-founder Ed Kramer has been arrested following parole violations.
Science and technology:
- George Dvorsky reports that the Israeli Beresheet moon lander has been successfully launched by a SpaceX rocket.
- The Mars Reconnaissance and Mars Express orbiters have found evidence that groundwater once saturated Mars.
- Jonathan Amos reports the company OneWeb has launched the first of its mega-constellation pathfinder satellites, which are supposed to provide internet access to remote parts of the Earth.
- Avie Schneider and Laura Sydell report that Microsoft workers are protesting against a contract between Microsoft and the US Army to develop military applications for the HoloLens technology.
- NASA has announced that they are going to name a facility after mathematician Katherine Johnson.
Free online fiction:
- "Marlowe and Harry and the Disinclined Laboratory" by Carrie Vaughn in Lightspeed.
- "Healing Benjamin" by Dennis Danvers in Lightspeed.
- "Compost Traumatic Stress" by Brian Koukol in GigaNotoSaurus.
- "Butterflies" by Elizabeth Hinkley in Luna Station Quarterly.
- "Silver Wings" by Joyce Chng in The Future Fire.
- "The Message" by Vanessa Fogg in The Future Fire.
- "The Boy Who Loved Drawning" by R.K. Duncan in Beneath Ceaseless Skies.
- "When Sirens Sings of Roses and Delegated Power" by Nin Harris in Beneath Ceaseless Skies.
- "With Roses I Won the Right" by Arkady Martine at the Museum of Science Fiction.
Odds and ends:
- Watch a trailer for Detective Pikachu.
- Watch a teaser for His Dark Materials.
- Watch a trailer for Dark Phoenix.
- Watch a trailer for season 2 of The Tick.
- Watch a trailer for The OA, Part II.
- Watch a joint trailer for various HBO programs, including Game of Thrones and Watchmen.
- Watch a not quite serious video of Ryan Reynolds in which he explains how he immersed himself into the character of Detective Pikachu.
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