It's time for the latest weekly round-up of interesting links about speculative fiction from around the web, this week with Dune, What If...? and the Marvel Cinematic Universe in general, Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, Star Trek: Lower Decks and the many versions of Star Trek, the various DC Comics based TV shows, the new Candyman, Last Night in Soho, Martyrs Lane, Y: The Last Man, season 2 of What We Do in the Shadows, yet another take on Cinderella, season 11 of The Walking Dead, the 2021 Dragon Awards, Susanna Clarke winning to 2021 Women's Prize for Fiction, Salman Rushdie taking to Substack to serialise his next novel, tributes to Michael K. Williams and much more.
Speculative fiction in general:
- Daniel Roman shares fifteen highly anticipated SFF books coming out this fall.
- Leah Schnelbach shares seven SFF books coming out this September.
- Tor.com shares all the new science fiction books coming out this September.
- Tor.com shares all the new fantasy books coming out in September.
- Tor.com shares all the YA SFF books coming out in September.
- Sarah Waites shares ten standalone fantasy novels to combat series fatigue.
- Intisar Khanani shares five YA fantasies for people who love libraries.
- Nicole Kornher-Stace shares five SFF books which treat friendship as seriously as romance.
- T.J. Klune shares five books about death and what comes next.
- Jeremy C. Shipp lists five fictional ghosts to invite to a cookout.
- Lisa Morton and Leslie Klinger talk about pioneering women authors of supernatural fiction in the 19th and early 20th century.
- Charlotte Higgins explains why the Greek myths are relevant for all time.
- Dorian Lynskey discusses the 1921 science fiction play RUR by Karel Capek and the 1921 dystopian novel We by Yevgeny Zamyatin and explains why they still resonate 100 years later.
- Victoria V. shares her appreciation for Becky Chambers' Wayfarer series.
- Orrin Grey shares his appreciation for the works of Ramsey Campbell.
- Jeremy Finlay shares his appreciation for the Dragonlance novels by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman.
- Meghan Bell shares her appreciation for the fantasy works of Tamora Pierce.
- G.W. Thomas shares his appreciation for the Cappen Varra stories by Poul Anderson.
- Howard Andrew Jones shares his appreciation for the historical adventure fiction of Harold Lamb.
- Brian Murphy remembers Edgar Rice Burroughs.
- Terry Olson shares his appreciation for Edgar Rice Burroughs.
- Matthew Redmond talks about Edgar Allan Poe's friends.
- Shaun Asher shares Ray Bradbury's 1960 letter to John F. Kennedy offering to promote the space race and Kennedy's reply.
- Walker Caplan reports that the French military has enlisted science fiction writers to help them analyse potential future threats.
- Reid McCarter reports that Catholic Spanish bishop Xavier Norrell has resigned, because he fell in love with Silvia Caballol, an author of satanic erotic fiction.
- James Davis Nicoll shares five extremely unscientific methods for picking your next read.
- Molly Templeton asks if there is a perfect shape for books.
- Locus remembers Carol Carr.
Comics and Art:
- Marion Deeds reviews the graphic novel You Brought Me the Ocean by Alex Sanchez and Julie March.
- Rob Bricken looks aheads at the comic adaptation of Dune: House Atreides by Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson.
- G.W. Thomas takes a look at the comics work of Virgil Finlay.
- Jen Gheller interviews fantasy artist Amagoia Agirre.
- Milton Griepp and John Jackson Miller report that sales of comics and graphic novels have surged during the pandemic.
- Matthew Radulski shares the wild story behind one of the few surviving issues of Action Comics 1, which once belonged to Nicholas Cage and was stolen from him.
- Fan artist Charlie Williams has died.
Film and TV:
- Stephen Robinson calls the series finale of Lucifer compelling and satisfying.
- Leslie Felperin calls Come Play a mixed bag of a horror movie.
- Stephanie Bunbury shares her thoughts on Halloween Kills.
- William Hughes shares his thoughts on the latest episode of Archer.
- Lucy Mangan declares that Countdown: Inspiration4 Mission to Space is an ad disguised as a documentary.
- Cheryl Eddy lists seventeen bloody good horror movies.
- Darryl Jones talks about transformation and transcendence in body horror films of the 1980s.
- Joe George shares ten horror movies that will make you permanently suspicious about nature.
- Margaret David shares twenty movies about aliens to watch.
- Jason Brown ranks the various Alien tie-in novels.
- Matthew Radulski shares the reason why Han Solo was frozen in carbonite at the end of The Empire Strikes Back.
- Dylan Brown revisits the 1961 samurai movie Yojimbo.
- Timothy S. Brannan revisits the 1981 animated sword and sorcery movie Heavy Metal.
- Simon Jimenez revisits the 1997 fantasy anime Princess Monokoke.
- Morgan Parker and Mychal Denzel Smith revisits the 1998 horror movie The Faculty.
- Saloni Gajjar interviews Aasif Mandvi, one of the stars of Evil.
- Tansy Rayner Roberts shares her appreciation for Jodie Whittaker's performance as the Thirteenth Doctor in Doctor Who.
- The Guardian reports that British TV viewers voted for their favourite TV theme tunes.
- Rob Bricken reports that a new version of Mrs. Birsby and the Secret of NIMH is in the works.
- British actor Tony Selby, who appeared in Ace of Wands, Three Clear Sundays and who played Sabalom Glitz in Doctor Who, has died aged 83.
Tributes to Michael K. Williams:
- American actor Michael K. Williams, who is best known for his appearances in The Wire, Lovecraft Country and Boardwalk Empire, has died aged 54.
- Ryan Gilbey shares an obituary for Michael K. Williams.
- Salamishah Tillet shares her appreciation for the work of Michael K. Williams.
- Matt Fidler shares photos of Michael K. Williams' most memorable roles.
- Paul Owen explains why Omar Little, the character played by Michael K. Williams in The Wire, was so groundbreaking.
Comments on Dune:
- Xan Brooks calls Dune blockbuster cinema at its dizzying, dazzling best.
- Leila Latif calls Dune a staggering spectacle of science fiction imagination.
- Germain Lussier calls Dune the jawdropping science fiction epic we've been waiting for.
- Clarisse Loughrey calls Dune a spectacular science fiction adaptation that can rival Lord of the Rings.
- Stephanie Zacharek calls Dune an admirably understated science fiction spectacle.
- Kyle Buchanan declares that Dune has left him with three big questions.
- Germain Lussier interviews Denis Villeneuve, director of Dune.
- Mike Manalo interviews Denis Villeneuve.
- Kara Kennedy takes a look at the complexity of the women in the world of Dune.
Comments on What If...? and the Marvel Cinematic Universe in general (spoilers):
- Leah Schnelbach shares her thoughts on the latest episode of What If...?
- Rachel Leishman shares her thoughts on the latest episode of What If...?
- Sam Barsanti shares his thoughts on the latest episode of What If...?
- Charles Pulliam Moore shares his thoughts on the latest episode of What If...?
- Sylas K. Barrett explains how the relationship between Peggy Carter and Steve Rogers in What If...? affects him as a transman.
- Rob Bricken explains why Doctor Strange calls Tony Stark a douchebag in Avengers: Infinity War.
Comments on Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings:
- Kat Moon reports that Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings captured her experiences as an Asian-American better than any other Hollywood blockbuster.
- Jingan Young declares that Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings makes up for the flaws of Mulan.
- Rachel Leishman calls Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings legendary.
- Alex McLevy discusses the post credits scene of Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings.
- Germain Lussier also discusses the postg credits scene of Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings.
- Nancy Wang Yuen discusses the many impressive women of Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings.
- David Betancourt interviews Simu Liu, star of Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings.
- Marah Eakin interviews Destin Daniel Cretton, director of Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings.
- Nancy Wang Yuen interviews Destin Daniel Cretton.
- Elena Dockterman explains how Shang-Chi and the Legends of the Ten Rings retcons the problematic origins of the character in the comics.
- Sam Barsanti reports that Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings has performed much better at the box office than expected.
Comments on Star Trek: Lower Decks and Star Trek in general:
- Keith R.A. DeCandido shares his thoughts on the Star Trek: Lower Decks episode "An Embarrassment of Dooplers".
- James Whitbrook shares his thoughts on "An Embarrassment of Dooplers".
- Keith R.A. DeCandido revisits the Star Trek Voyager episode "Repentance".
- James Whitbrook has some concerns about Jean-Luc Picard's replicator in Star Trek: Picard.
- Alexandra Del Rosario reports that actress Annie Wershing has been cast as the Borg Queen in season 2 of Star Trek: Picard.
- Bruce Haring reports about the "Boldly Go" campaign to honour Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry who would have celebrated his 100th birthday this year.
- Emmet Asher-Perrin reports that Star Trek Strange New Worlds has announced its cast.
- Watch a trailer for Star Trek Prodigy.
- Watch a trailer for season 2 of Star Trek Picard.
Comments on the various DC Comics based movies and TV shows:
Comments on the new Candyman:
- Alasdair Stuart shares his thoughts on the new Candyman.
- Rachel Shatto praises the characters of Troy and Grady, a gay couple of colour in the new Candyman.
- Charles Pulliam-Moore weighs in on the racial aspects of the characters of Troy and Grady.
- Rebecca Nicholson reports that Candyman director Nia DaCosta is the first black female director to have a film debut at number 1 of the US box office.
Comments on season 2 of What We Do in the Shadows:
- Katie Rife shares her thoughts on the season 2 premiere of What We Do in the Shadows.
- Saloni Gajjar interviews Harvey Guillén and Kayvan Novak, who plays Guillermo and Nandor in What We Do in the Shadows.
- Alexis Soloski profiles Harvey Guillén, who plays Guillermo in What We Do in the Shadows.
- Cheryl Eddy shares thirteen of the most hilarious moments from season 2 of What We Do in the Shadows.
Comments on Last Night in Soho:
Comments on the latest version of Cinderella:
- Arturo Serrano finds some parallels between the latest version of Cinderella and the story of Meghan Markle.
- Marah Eakin interviews Billy Porter who plays a gender-swapped fairy godmother in the latest version of Cinderella.
- Marah Eakin interviews Kay Cannon, director of the latest version of Cinderella.
Comments on Martyrs Lane:
Comments on Y: The Last Man:
Comments on season 11 of The Walking Dead:
Awards:
- The winner of the 2021 Dragon Awards have been announced.
- The winner of the 2021 Eugie Award has been announced.
- The winner of the 2020 Otherwise Award (formerly known as the Tiptree Award) has been announced.
- The winner of the 2021 Mike Resnick Memorial Award for Short Fiction has been announced.
- The winners of the 2020 This Is Horror Awards have been announced.
- The winners of the 2021 Julie Award and the 2021 Hank Reinhardt Fandom Award have been announced.
- The winner of the 2021 Baen Fantasy Adventure Award has been announced.
- The winners of the 2021 Deutscher Science Fiction Peis have been announced.
- The winners of the 2021 Dwarf Star Awards have been announced.
- Alison Flood reports that Piranesi by Susanna Clarke has won the 2021 Women's Prize for Fiction.
- Justine Jordan calls Piranesi by Susanna Clarke a triumphantly unusual Women's Prize winner.
- Joe Sherry and Adri Joy share their thoughts on the novellas nominated for the 2021 Hugo Award.
- Cora Buhlert shares her thoughts on the 2021 Dragon Award winners.
- Camestros Felapton shares his thoughts on the 2021 Dragon Award winners.
- Doris V. Sutherland weighs in on the 2021 Dragon Award winners.
- The Hugo Book Club Blog looks at the 1965 Hugo Award Finalists for Best Dramatic Presentation, a number of snubs and how Harlan Ellison scuppered his chances at nomination by harrassing the chair of the 1965 Worldcon.
Writing, publishing and promotion:
- Maggie Tokuda-Hall explains why you should treat your unfinished novel like a jewel heist.
- James R. Benn talks about the challenges of writing historical fiction.
- Sue Burke traces the process of getting a book published from draft manuscript to print.
- Sophia Stewart explains how authors use TikTok to market backlist books.
- Kristine Kathryn Rusch explains how writers can evaluate all the cool new promotional techniques that are popping up.
- Anne R. Allen talks about some new and old scams aimed at authors.
- Jim Millliot reports how supply chain disruptions are affected the publishing industry.
- David Barnett explains why authors are turning down lucrative traditional publishing deals in favour of Substack.
- Alex Shephard wonders whether Salman Rushdie and Substack can revive serialized fiction and disrupt traditional publishing.
- Lincoln Michel weighs in on Substack and a revival of serialized fiction.
Interviews:
Reviews:
- Colleen Mondor reviews Juniper Wiles by Charles de Lint.
- James Davis Nicoll reviews Noor by Nnedi Okorafor.
- S.I. Clarke reviews Kitra by Gideon Marcus.
- S.E. Lindberg reviews A Sorcerer of Atlantis by John Shirley.
- Blue Book Balloon reviews Radio Life by Derek B. Miller.
- Lesa Holstine reviews Forgotten in Death by J.D. Robb.
- Runalong the Shelves reviews Monkey Around by Jadie Jang.
- Tadiana Jones, Jana Nyman and Bill Capossere review The Witness for the Dead by Katherine Addison.
- Runalong the Shelves reviews The Knight's Daughter by Jo M. Thomas.
- Bill Capossere reviews The Desert Prince by Peter V. Brett.
- L.A. Young reviews The Empire's Ruin by Brian Staveley.
- Rob Bedford reviews Paper and Blood by Kevin Hearne.
- Liz Bourke reviews For the Wolf by Hannah Whitten.
- Maya Gittelman reviews The Inheritance of Orchídea Divina by Zoraida Córdova.
- Alex Brown reviews Folklorn by Angela Mi Young Hur.
- Runalong the Shelves reviews A Strange and Brilliant Light by Eli Lee.
- Sean Dowie reviews In the Watchful City by S. Qiouyi Lu.
- Maya C. James reviews Home Is Not a Country by Safia Elhillo.
- Ian Mond reviews The Angels of L19 by Jonathan Walker.
- Leah Schnelbach reviews Tokyo Ueno Station by Yu Miri.
- James Davis Nicoll reviews The Factory by Hiroko Oyamada, translated by David Boyd.
- Bill Capossere reviews My Heart Is a Chainsaw by Stephen Graham Jones.
- Andrew Hill reviews The Apollo Murders by Chris Hadfield.
- Paperback Warrior reviews Alien: Phalanx by Scott Sigler.
- Gary K. Wolfe reviews Revelator by Darly Gregory.
- Steve Nathans-Kelly reviews The Pecularities by David Liss.
- Mike O'Driscoll reviews The Skeleton Melodies by Clint Smith.
- Blue Book Balloon reviews The Art of Space Travel and Other Stories by Nina Allan.
- Deuce Richardson reviews Lovecraft: The Great Tales by John D. Haefele.
- LaShawn M. Wanak reviews Weird Women II: Classic Supernatural Fiction by Groundbreaking Female Writers, edited by Lisa Morton and Leslie Klinger.
Classics reviews:
- Glen Sprigg revisits the 1920 fantasy novel The Metal Monster by A. Merritt.
- M. Porcius revisits the July 1933 issue of Weird Tales.
- M. Porcius revisits the June 1934 issue of Weird Tales.
- Matt Mikalatos revisits the 1938 planetary romance Out of the Silent Planet by C.S. Lewis.
- James Reasoner revisits the 1950 space opera novel The Rebel of Valkyr by Alfred Coppel.
- Kat Hooper revisits the 1958 parallel universe novel Star Gate by Andre Norton.
- Bitter Tea and Mystery revisits the 1966 anthology The Vintage Anthology of Science Fiction, edited by Christopher Kerr.
- Kris Vyas-Myall revisits the 1966 debut issue of Alien Worlds and the 1966 anthology New Writing in SF 9, edited by John Carnell.
- John Boston revisits the October 1966 issue of Amazing Stories.
- Young People Read Old SFF revisit the 1968 science fiction story "Time Considered as a Helix of Semi-Precious Stones" by Samuel R. Delany.
- James Davis Nicoll revisits the 1970 science fiction anthology Orbit 7, edited by Damon Knight.
- Joachim Boaz revisits the 1971 science fiction novel Furthest by Suzette Haden Elgin.
- Kat Hooper revisits the 1976 children's fantasy The Letter, the Witch, and the Ring by John Bellairs
- James Davis Nicoll reviews the 1976 time travel novel Run, Come See Jerusalem! by Richard C. Meredith.
- James Maliszewski revisits the 1978 horror novel Strange Eons by Robert Bloch.
- Terhali's Particular Satisfaction revisits the 1981 historical fantasy novel The War Hound and the World's Pain by Michael Moorcock.
- MarzAat revisits the 1982 horror story "The Gorgon" by Tanith Lee.
- Meghan Ball revisits the 1995 YA fantasy novel Sabriel by Garth Nix.
- Paperback Warrior revisits the 2008 horror novel Deeper by James A. Moore.
Con and event reports:
- Arley Sorg reports about the virtual 2021 Readercon.
- Sarah Rose reports about the 2021 Dragon Con in Atlanta, Georgia.
- Andrew Liptak shares Christopher Hunter's amazing Murderbot cosplay as shown at Dragon Con.
- Mike Glyer reports that DisCon III, the 2021 Worldcon in Washington DC, has named two vice chairs.
- Rob Bricken reports that an official Game of Thrones convention will take place in Las Vegas, Nevada, next February.
- Tatiana Tenreyro also reports about the official Game of Thrones convention in Las Vegas, Nevada.
- Sam Manchkovech reports about PAX West in Seattle, Washington, and how it was able to go ahead in spite of the covid pandemic.
- Gideon Marcus reports about Tricon, the 1966 Worldcon, in Cleveland, Ohio.
- Alex Marshall reports about Back to the Future: The Musical which is performed in London, UK.
- Ashley Reese reports that parents in Kentucky are complaining about teenaged furries in schools.
- Amelia Tait reports about women who have decorated their houses of Disney paraphernalia.
- Lorenzo Tondo reports about Nicholas Gentile, an Italian man who lives like a Hobbit and has even thrown a ring (not the one ring) into Mount Vesuvius.
Crowdfunding:
- Ten Little Fen, a new novel in the Spade/Paladin Conundrums series of mysteries set at science fiction conventions by Kristine Kathryn Rusch, is looking for funding.
- The Secret of St. Kilda, a supernatural full cast audiodrama, is looking for funding.
- Paintings and Drawings of Rowena, a limited edition hardcover artbook featuring the works of the late Rowena Morrill, is looking for funding.
- The Strange Recollections of Martha Klemm by Julian Hawthorne, a collection of never reprinted fantasy stories from the 1920s, is looking for funding.
- The Protectorate of Jenulane, an adventure module by Breaker Press Games compatible with Dungeon Crawl Classics, is looking for funding.
- The RPG SLA Industries 2nd Edition: Collateral by Nightfall Games is looking for funding.
Science and technology:
- Andrew Paul reports that astronomer Michael Brown, the man responsible for demoting Pluto to a dwarf planet, claims that there is a real ninth planet out there.
- Tony Shepherd reports about Point Nemo, a spot in the Pacific where space junk comes to rest after the end of its useful life.
- Oscar Holland reports that Walmart executive Marc Lore wants to build Telosa, a sustainable city of the future, in the western US desert.
- Sophie Elmhirst chronicles the story of the MS Satoshi, a cruise ship turned seasteading and cryptocurrency haven, which failed due to seasteaders having no idea of maritime law and international regulations placed on cruise ships.
- Isaac Schultz reports that a fossil of the Cambrian age predator Titanokorys gainesi has been found in the Canadian Rocky Mountains.
- Alice Albinia talks about Boudicca and other female warriors and leaders in the British islands.
- Isaac Schultz reports that researchers have translated an early version of the King Arthur legend that was found in a library in Bristol, UK.
- Alison Flood reports that a popular poem found etched onto pottery shards in the Eastern part of the Roman Empire suggests that the foundations of modern poetry go back further than expected.
- Astronomer Carolyn Shoemaker has died aged 92.
Free online fiction:
- "Love and War Aboard the Peregrine Zircon" by Laurel Beckley in Luna Station Quarterly.
- "The Station of the Twelfth" by Chaz Brenchley in Tor.com.
- "Where You Left Me" by Thomas Ha in Lightspeed.
- "Invasive Species and Their Habitats" by Alexander Weinstein in Lightspeed.
- "Xiaolongbao: Soup Dumplings" by D.A. Xiaolin Spires in Clarkesworld.
- "Dog and Pony Show" by Robert Jeschonek in Clarkesworld.
- "Those Virtues, Those Poisons" by Martin Cahill in Beneath Ceaseless Skies.
- "The Shape of Wings and Feathers" by Jenny Rae Rappaport in Beneath Ceaseless Skies.
- "Mulberry and Owl" by Aliette de Bodard in Uncanny Magazine.
- "On a Branch Floating Down the River, a Wren is Singing" by Betsy Aoki in Uncanny Magazine.
- "Songs for Crustaceans" by Addison Smith in Fantasy Magazine.
- "Cottonmouth" by Joelle Wellington in Apex Magazine.
- "Chanson d'Amour" by Orrin Grey in Nightmare Magazine.
- "In Whatever World You Choose" by Maiga Doocy in The Dark.
- "Souls" by Kate Francia in Fireside Magazine.
- "Self-Destruct" by Stephen Embleton in Omenana.
- "In the City of Shrieking Ottomans" by Tara Campbell in Starward Shadows.
- "Stronger Forces" by George Rhea in Daily Science Fiction.
- "There Are No Guards at the Borders of Faerie" by Eric James Stone in Daily Science Fiction.
- "Truth, in Plain Sight Hidden" by Wendy Nikel in Daily Science Fiction.
- "Newbs Make Dinasaurs" by Emily Scharff in Daily Science Fiction.
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