Speculative Fiction Links of the Week for July 26, 2019

It's time for the weekly round-up of interesting links about speculative fiction from around the web, this week with all the new trailer and news from San Diego Comic Con, including news about Star Trek: Picard and the future of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Spider-Man: Far From Home, season 3 of The Handmaid's Tale, season 3 of Stranger Things, Midsommar, Pennyworth, Lambs of God, tributes to Rutger Hauer, a debate about the proposed deletion of the Wikipedia pages of some rightwing science fiction authors, proposed changes to the Hugo Award rules and much more. 

Speculative fiction in general:

• Seanan McGuire shares her ten favourite urban fantasy novels. 
• Erik Kain shares his favourite fantasy novels of all time. 
• Charlie Jane Anders shares five fantastic recent books about humans colonising other planets.
• Michael Benson claims that science fiction helped to send humans to the moon. 
• Mark Yon shares his favourite books, movies and music to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the moon landing.
• James Davis Nicoll discusses five ways science has made science fiction more interesting. 
• Joachim Boaz takes a look at vintage science fiction novels featuring new ice ages.
• Ian MacDonald explains how he created a cocktail culture on the moon for his Luna series.
• Adam Whitehead shares an introduction to The Witcher series by Andrzej Sapkowski.
• Tor.com shares eight fantasy tales for people with a sweet tooth.
• T. Marie Vandelly offers a primer on domestic horror.  
• Terry Brooks shares his thoughts on Donald Trump. 
• Kody Keplinger discusses the surprising ways blind players have made Dungeons & Dragons and other RPGs more accessible.

Comments on the proposed deletion of the Wikipedia pages of science fiction authors:

• Camestros Felapton comments on the proposed deletion of the Wikipedia pages of a few rightwing science fiction authors.
• John Scalzi comments on the proposed deletion of the Wikipedia pages of a few rightwing science fiction authors.
• Camestros Felapton shares some comments made by John Scalzi on the Wikipedia discussion about the proposed deletion itself.
• Camestros Felapton also offers a theory about why certain Wikipedia pages are flagged for deletion.
• Camestros Felapton looks at other Baen authors whose Wikipedia pages have issues and finds no discernable pattern.
• Camestros Felapton explains why secondary reliable sources matter.
  

Film and TV:

• Emily Nussbaum shares her appreciation for Years and Years. 
• Alex McLevy calls Another Life a messy science fiction series.
• Alex McLevy calls the streaming video series Dark/Web a subpar and very silly Black Mirror. 
• Paul Levinson shares his thoughts on the latest episode of The Rook. 
• Liz Shannon Miller shares her thoughts on the latest episode of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. 
• William Hughes shares his thoughts on the latest episode of Archer.
• Keith R.A. DeCandido looks back at thirteen seasons of Marvel shows on Netflix.
• Phil Hoad interviews director Duncan Jones and star Sam Rockwell about the making of Moon. 
• Sam Barsanti introduces as to the Eternals ahead of Marvel's proposed 2020 movie. 
• Camestros Felapton revisits the 1979 horror movie The Shining. 
• Dalya Alberge reports about plans, proposals and sketches for many unrealised ray Harryhausen projects that have now been published for the first time.
• Jacob Hall ranks every James Bond villain to date. 
• Ben Child wonders whether Quentin Tarantino's final movie will really be a Star Trek film.
• Roy Chacko declares that it's time to cancel Quentin Tarantino.
• Eva Wiseman interviews Natasha Lyonne, star of Russian Doll and Orange is the New Black.
• The Guardian reports that HBO will not remake season 8 of Game of Thrones.
  
• Rebecca Rubin wonders why Disney rules the box office. 
• Hannah Flint explains why Marvel's new diverse characters are the heroes the world needs right now. 
• Anna Smith asks if the age of feminist Marvel movies is upon us. 
• Alex McLevy reports about a deleted scene in Avengers: Infinity War revealed during a San Diego Comic Con panel.
• Rebecca Rubin reports that Avengers Endgame has surpassed Avatar and is now the highest grossing movie in history.
• The BBC reports that the suspect in the Kyoto Animation arson attack has been spotted in the area days before.
• Actor Jeremy Kemp, best known for playing Picard's brother in Star Trek: The Next Generation, a police officer in Z Cars and lots of Nazi generals, has died aged 84.
  
• Actor David Hedison, best known for his appearances in Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea and The Fly and as Felix Leiter in two James Bond movies, has died aged 92.
• Dutch actor Rutger Hauer, best known for Blade Runner, Ladyhawke and The Hitcher, died aged 75.
• Ryan Gilbey shares an obituary for Rutger Hauer.
• Peter Bradshaw remembers Rutger Hauer.
• Adam Rogers remembers Rutger Hauer.
  

Comments on Spider-Man: Far From Home (possible spoilers): 

• Gavia Baker-Whitelaw calls Spider-Man: Far From Home a hilarious teen comedy with a great villain. 
• Gavia Baker-Whitelaw also declares that the true villain in Spider-Man: Far From Home is fake news.
• Alexa Grave shares her thoughts on Spider-Man: Far From Home. 
• Charles Pulliam-Moore interviews Jake Gyllenhall who plays Quentin Beck a.k.a. Mysterio in Spider-Man: Far From Home.
  

Comments on season 3 of The Handmaid's Tale:

• Allison Shoemaker shares her thoughts on "Witness", the latest episode of The Handmaid's Tale.
• Abigail Chandler shares her thoughts on the latest episode of The Handmaid's Tale.
  

Comments on season 3 of Stranger Things: 

• Paul Levinson shares his thoughts on season 3 of Stranger Things. 
• Tim Stack interviews Milly Bobby Brown, one of the stars of Stranger Things.
• Sam Barsanti reports about the debut single of Stranger Things star Joe Keery.
  

Comments on Pennyworth:

• Gavia Baker-Whitelaw calls Pennyworth a deliriously strange addition to the Batman franchise.
• Sam Barsanti calls Pennyworth a surprisingly engaging spy show that neither needs the Batman connection nor does much with it.

Comments on Midsommar: 

• David Opie talks about Midsommar and the blinding terror of daylight horror.
• Inspired by Midsommar, Noah Martin declares that horror movies need to do more with folk horror.
  

Comments on Lambs of God:

• Luke Buckmaster calls the horror series Lambs of God gothic, grisly and deliriously compelling.
• Simon Miraudo interviews Essie Davis, one of the stars of Lambs of God.
  

Awards: 

• The nominees for the 2019 World Fantasy Awards have been announced.
• The shortlist for the 2019 British Fantasy Awards has been announced.
• The longlist for the 2019 Booker Prize has been announced with some love for genre fiction.
• The winners of the 2019 Scribe Awards have been announced.
• The winners of the 2019 Eisner Awards have been announced. 
• The shortlist for the 2019 Inky Awards has been announced. 
• The winners of the 2019 Inkpot Awards have been announced.
• The winners of the 2019 Prism Awards have been announced.
• The shortlist for the 2019 Prix Rosny Aîné has been announced.
• The nominees for the 2019 Killer Nashville Silver Falchion Awards have been announced.  
• Mark Hamill has won the 2019 Icon Award.
• The winner of the 2019 Alliance Award has been announced.
• The winners of the 2019 Ohioana Awards have been announced. 
• Mike Glyer shares a proposal to reform the Hugo Awards and reduce the numbers to five finalists per category. 
• Camestros Felapton offers some numbers on the Hugo rule change proposal. 
• Mike Glyer reports about another proposed Hugo rule change. 
• Stuart Heritage reports that Game of Thrones actors Alfie Allen, Gwendoline Christie and Carice van Houten were forced to submit themselves for Emmy nominations, because HBO wouldn't do it for them.
• Camestros Felapton notes that there are a whole lot of awards named Dragon Awards and also awarded the Dragon Awards Awards.
  

Writing, publishing and promotion:

• Dan Sinykin explains how capitalism changed American literature. 
• Patty Jansen points out that yes, you can make a living as an artist.
• Aaron Miles talks about worldbuilding through characterisation.
• Ada Hoffman talks about writing an autistic protagonist in The Outside.
• Mary E. Pearson talks about researching cold war bunkers for her fantasy novel Vow of Thieves. 
• Nick Setchfield talks about the inspirations behind The Spider Dance. 
• Kristine Kathryn Rusch talks about making an inventory of your works and doing triage on what to focus on.
  
• Evan Winter talks about writing and how his self-published fantasy landed him a traditional publishign deal. 
• J.D. Lasica shares six things indie authors should know about audiobooks.
  

Interviews:

• Sukhdev Sandhu interviews Colson Whitehead.
• Dave Maass interviews Nnedi Okorafor. 
• Carlos Hernandez interviews C.S.E. Cooney. 
• Sally Adee interviews Kim Stanley Robinson.
• Chiara Cigarini interviews Chen Qiufan.
• Rachel Cordasco interviews Elisabeth Vonarburg.
• Rachel Cordasco interviews Julia Meitov Hersey
• Christian A. Coleman interviews Evan Winter.
• The Qwillery interviews Monica Zwikstra.
• The Qwillery interviews Tom Chatfield.
• The Qwillery interviews J.M. Riddles.
  

Reviews:

• Rob Bedford reviews The Empress of Forever by Max Gladstone.
• Daniel Haeusser reviews Velocity Weapon by Megan E. O'Keefe. 
• James Davis Nicoll reviews Escaping Exodus by Nicky Drayden.
• James Davis Nicoll reviews Medusa Uploaded by Emily Devenport. 
• Paul Weimer reviews The Outside by Ada Hoffman. 
• Ross Johnson reviews Howling Dark by Christopher Ruocchio.
• Kelly Lasiter reviews Night and Silence by Seanan McGuire. 
• Tadiana Jones reviews A Sword Named Truth by Sherwood Smith.
• Kelly Lasiter reviews Magic for Liars by Sarah Gailey.
• Katharine Coldiron reviews Gather the Fortunes by Bryan Camp. 
• Richard Marpole reviews Uncanny Collateral by Brian McClellan. 
• Elizabeth Fitzgerald reviews The Abyss Surrounds Us by Emily Skrutskie.
• Russell Letson reviews Perihelion Summer by Greg Egan. 
• Tadiana Jones reviews DEV1AT3 by Jay Kristoff. 
• Ceridwen Christensen reviews The Redemption of Time by Baoshu, translated by Ken Liu. 
• Em Nordling reviews The Border Keeper by Kerstin Hall.
• Liz Bourke reviews Theater of Spies by S.M. Stirling. 
• Paul Di Filippo reviews The Ghost Clause by Howard Norman. 
• Bill Capossere reviews Kellanved's Reach by Ian C. Esslemont.
• The Qwillery reviews The Wolf's Call by Anthiny Ryan.
• Sandra Newman reviews My Name Is Monster by Katie Hale.
• Ben Boulden reviews Sherlock Holmes: Zombies Over London by Stephen Mertz. 
• Ardi Alspach reviews The Unlikely Escape of Uriah Heep by H.G. Parry. 
• Doreen Sheridan reviews The Accidental Alchemist by Gigi Pandian and tries a recipe from the book. 
• Kat Hooper reviews The Call by Peadar O'Guilin
• Kat Hooper reviews The Invasion by Peadar O'Guilin. 
• Jenny Maloney reviews The Need by Helen Phillips.
• Cat Rambo reviews The Grand Dark by Richard Kadrey.
• Adam-Troy Castro reviews Cardinal Black by Robert McCammon and Sefira and Other Betrayals by John Langan.
• Michael Patrick Hicks reviews The Drive-Thru Crematorium by Jon Bassoff.
• Kat Hooper reviews The Labyrith Index by Charles Stross. 
• Stuart Kelly reviews Zed by Joanna Kavenna.
• Tim Scheidler reviews Holy Sister by Mark Lawrence.
• Gary K. Wolfe reviews Lent by Jo Walton.
• Leticia Urieta reviews Gods of Jade and Shadow by Silvia Moreno-Garcia.
• Adri Joy reviews Gods of Jade and Shadow by Silvia Moreno-Garcia. 
• Nicole Hill reviews Gods of Jade and Shadow by Silvia Moreno-Garcia.
• Colleen Mondor reviews The Things She's Seen by Ambelin and Ezekiel Kwaymullina.
• Ian Mond reviews Lanny by Max Porter.
  
• Rich Horton reviews New Suns: Original Speculative Fiction by People of Colour, edited by Nisi Shawl. 
• Nathaniel Isaacson reviews Broken Stars: Contemporary Chinese Science Fiction in Translation, translated and edited by Ken Liu.
• Virginia L. Conn reviews Invisible Planets: Contemporary Chinese Science Fiction in Translation, translated and edited by Ken Liu.
• Alison Flood reviews Palestine + 100, edited by Bhasma Ghalayini.
• Leah Schnelbach reviews Becoming Superman: My Journey from Poverty to Hollywood by J. Michael Straczynski. 
• Ross Johnson reviews Becoming Superman: My Journey from Poverty to Hollywood by J. Michael Straczynski. 

Classics reviews:

• Victoria Silverwolf revisits the August 1964 issue of Fantastic Stories of Imagination.
• Gideon Marcus revisits the August 1964 issue of The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction.
• James Davis Nicoll revisites the 1968 science fiction novel Rite of Passage by Alexei Panshin.
• Wonkette revisits the 1969 science fiction novel The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin.
• Rich Horton revisits the 1970 science fiction novels Dwellers of the Deep by K.M. O'Donnell a.k.a. Barry Malzberg and The Gates of Time by Neal Barrett Jr.
• Joachim Boaz revisits the 1975 science fiction novel Seeklight by K.W. Jeter.
• Joachim Boaz revisits the 1976 science fiction novel Don't Bite the Sun by Tanith Lee.
• Fabio Fernandes revisits the 1976 fantasy novel The Devil in the Forest by Gene Wolfe.
  

Reports about San Diego Comic Con:

• Petra Mayer celebrates the fiftieth anniversary of San Diego Comic Con in San Diego, California, and shares its origin story. 
• Jordan Hoffman shares the biggest surprises from San Diego Comic Con. 
• The Hollywood Reporter shares the winners and losers of this year's San Diego Comic Con. 
• io9 also shares the biggest winners and losers of San Diego Comic Con.
• Emily Asher-Perrin reports about the Marvel panel at San Diego Comic Con. 
• Alex Cranz and Germain Lussier report everything they learned from the Marvel panel at San Diego Comic Con. 
• Keith R.A. DeCandido shares eleven thoughts about the various announcements at the Marvel panel at San Diego Comic Con.
• Germain Lussier explains what happened in the Black Widow footage shown at San Diego Comic Con.
• Megan Peters reports about a panel featuring Avengers: Infinity War and Endgame directors Joe and Anthony Russo. 
• Nicole Sobon explains why there was no Guardians of the Galaxy announcement at the Marvel panel at Sand Diego Comic Con. 
• Ryan Britt reports about the Star Trek panel at San Diego Comic Con with news about Star Trek Picard, Star Trek Discovery, Short Treks and Star Trek: Lower Decks. 
• Germain Lussier reports about the Star Trek panel at San Diego Comic Con.
• Germain Lussier reports about the Dark Crystal panel at San Diego Comic Con.
• Emily Asher-Perrin shares some highlights from the Terminator: Dark Fate panel at San Diego Comic Con. 
• Leah Schnelbach shares some highlights from the Game of Thrones panel at San Diego Comic Con. 
• Don Kaye reports about the Game of Thrones panel at San Diego Comic Con.
• Tor.com reports about the Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. panel at San Diego Comic Con. 
• Germain Lussier reports about the Westworld panel at San Diego Comic Con. 
• Cheryl Eddy reports about the Evil panel at San Diego Comic Con.
• Emily Asher-Perrin reports about the Farscape 20th anniversary panel at San Diego Comic Con. 
• Emily Asher-Perrin reports about the Lucasfilm Publishing panel at San Diego Comic Con. 
• Victor Domashev shares his experiences at San Diego Comic Con as well as several photos.
• Charon Dunn shares her experiences at San Diego Comic Con as well as several photos. 
• Cheryl Eddy offers a look at The Orville exhibition at San Diego Comic Con.

Other Con and event reports:

• Paul Weimer and Fred Kiesche share their experiences at ReaderCon in Boston, Massachusetts. 
• Katie Rife reports about the Fantasia Film Festival in Montreal, Canada.
• Ellen Datlow shares some photos of the latest installment of the Fantastic Fiction Readings Series at the KGB Bar in New York City, featuring Theodora Goss and Cadwell Turnbull.
• Martin Morse Wooster reports about a performance of Disney's Aladdin musical in Washington D.C.
• Sian Cain reports that Philip Pullman's YA fantasy novel La Belle Sauvage will be adapted for the London stage.
• Victoria Lucas reports about a Shakespeare performance at the Old Globe Theatre in San Diego, California, in 1964. 
• Charon Dunn shares her experiences at the Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge attraction at Disneyland in Anaheim, California.
  

Crowdfunding:

• The anthology Machinations & Mesmerism: Tales Inspired by E.T.A. Hoffmann, edited by Farah Rose Smith, is looking for funding to pay its writers, because the publisher suffered a health emergency. 
• Small press publisher and independent bookseller Aurelia Leo suffered fire damage and are running a subscription drive on their website and Patreon.
• Tiptree fellow Vida Cruz needs some help to attend WorldCon 77 in Dublin, Ireland.
  

Science and technology:

• Mary Robinette Kowal discusses why there is still a gender bias in space exploration.
• Christian Davenport and Robin Givhan talk about the design of spacesuits and other space clothes.
• Chris M. Barkley remembers meeting Neil Armstrong.
• Paul Rincon reports about NASA's proposed Artemis-1 moon mission.
• The BBC explains why 3D printing could be the key to building a moon base. 
• The BBC reports about India's Chandrayaan-2 moon mission. 
• Pavel Aksenov reports about Russia's Sirius moon simulation project. 
• James Davis Nicoll takes a look at NASA's never realised plans for a manned Venus fly-by.
• Rebecca Seales profiles David Warren, inventor of the flight recorder.
• Raymond Wong reports that there are now drones equipped with flamethrowers.
• Mary-Ann Russon asks if robots should ever look like humans.
• The BBC reports that the French army will establish a team of science fiction writers to predict future threats.
• The BBC reports that a plan to storm Loch Ness en masse and search for Nessie has caused concerned among the relevant authorities.
• Silvia Moreno-Garcia talks about shapeshifting in Mexican culture. 
• Former NASA flight director Chris Kraft has died aged 95.

Free online fiction:

• "The Moon Is Not a Battlefield" by Indrapramit Das in Lightspeed.
• "Ahura Yazda, the Great Extraordinary" by Senaa Ahmad in Lightspeed. 
• "The Weapons of Wonderland" by Thoraiya Dyer in Clarkewsworld.
• "Blood Is Another Word For Hunger" by Rivers Solomon at Tor.com.  
• "At the Riding School" by Cody Goodfellow in Nightmare Magazine.
• "Thin Places" by Kay Chronister in The Dark. 
• "Morpheus" by K.A. Teryna, translated by Alex Shvartsman, in Samovar.
• "The Spider's Widow" by Houyem Ferchichi, translated by Ali Znaidi, in Samovar.
• "Earth's Lament" by Avery Elizabeth Hurt in Daily Science Fiction.
  

Odds and ends:

• Watch a trailer for Star Trek Picard. 
• Watch a trailer for Star Trek Short Treks.
• Watch a clip from season 4 of The Expanse. 
• Watch a trailer for Carnival Row. 
• Watch another trailer for Carnival Row.
• Watch a trailer for The Boys.
• Watch a trailer for Snowpiercer.
• Watch a trailer for season 3 of Westworld.
• Watch a trailer for The Witcher. 
• Watch a trailer for Gemini Man.
• Watch a trailer for season 10 of The Walking Dead.
• Watch a trailer for Zombieland: Double Tap. 
• Watch a trailer for Watchmen.
• Watch a trailer for Jay and Silent Bob Reboot. 
• Watch a trailer for Harley Quinn.
• Watch a trailer for Steven Universe: The Movie.
• Camestros Felapton offers a parody of the Cats trailer starring Timothy T. Cat.