It's time for the latest weekly round-up of interesting links about speculative fiction from around the web, this week with the "squeecore" debate, the rsie and fall of Joss Whedon, the Marvel Cinematic Universe in general, The Book of Boba Fett and Star Wars in general, the many iterations of Star Trek, season 6 of The Expanse, Archive 81, Nightmare Alley, Station Eleven, Yellowjackets, the various DC Comics based movies and TV shows, the latest version of Scream, Hotel Transylvania: Transformania, tributes to Ron Goulart, Dave Wolverton, Terry Teachout, Bill Wright and J. Brian Clarke and much more.
Speculative fiction in general:
- Molly Odintz shares science fiction thrillers coming out in 2022.
- Molly Odintz shares sixteen horror novels coming out in 2022.
- Kris Vyas-Myall shares their favourite SFF books they read in 2021.
- Runalong the Shelves talks about bad books and bad reviews.
- Lincoln Michel attempts to define a new subgenre he calls speculative epic.
- Cora Buhlert responds to Lincoln Michel.
- David Robson explores hopepunk.
- Nathaniel Webb talks about the spectrum of cozy fantasy.
- Amanda Flower shares five paranormal cozy mysteries to enjoy.
- Charlie N. Holmberg shares five SFF books with romantic kissing scenes.
- James Davis Nicoll lists five SFF supporting characters who steal the spotlight.
- James Davis Nicoll shares five science fiction stories set on depopulated Earths.
- Meg Elison notes that contemporary SFF focusses way too little on the body.
- Roshani Chokshi shares five SFF books with magical transformations.
- Molly Templeton talks about the deeply personal art of organising your books.
- Caleb Crain discusses how Stanislaw Lem's life influenced his science fiction.
- Bill Ward shares a guide to the works of Robert E. Howard.
- Deuce Richardson talks about the sword and sorcery works of Clark Ashton Smith.
- Chris L. Adams discusses the correspondence between Clark Ashton Smith and Virgil Finlay.
- First Fandom Experience explains how E.E. Smith came by his nickname "Doc".
- Robin Sloan shares her appreciation for Hild by Nicola Griffith.
- Emma Leff discusses the exploration of death and grief in Tamsyn Muir's Locked Tomb series.
- Christopher Conlan takes a look at radio adaptations of Edgar Allan Poe stories.
- James Davis Nicoll announces that he will reread all twelve books publishing as part of the Third Ace Special Series.
- James Davis Nicoll shares five top notch superhero RPGs.
- James Whitbrook report that some cryptocurrency fans bought a rare copy of Alejandro Jodorowsky's pitch book for his never made adaptation of Dune for 3 million US-dollars at an auction and now harbour under the mistaken assumption that they own the copyright to Dune.
- Australian fan and convention organiser Bill Wright has died aged 84.
- Bruce Gillespie remembers Bill Wright.
- Author, critic and musician Terry Teachout has died aged 65.
- Sarah Weinman remembers Terry Teachout.
- Canadian science fiction author J. Brian Clarke has died aged 93.
- SFF and crime fiction author Ron Goulart has died aged 89.
- Locus remembers Ron Goulart.
- SFF author Dave Wolverton a.k.a. Dave Farland has died aged 69.
- Dave Doering remembers Dave Wolverton.
The "squeecore" debate:
- Raquel S. Benedict and J.R. Bolt attempt to define what they see as the currently dominant mode of SFF and call it "squeecore".
- Camestros Felapton asks if there is a dominant mode in current science fiction.
- Cora Buhlert points out that different trends and older and newer styles of SFF always coexist.
- Doris V. Sutherland responds to the "squeecore" debate and attempts to define what she calls the cartoon mode in SFF.
- Simon McNeil responds to the "squeecore" debate.
- John Scalzi responds to the "squeecore" debate as someone accused of writing it.
- Camestros Felapton weighs in on the "squeecore" debate again and tries to sum up several of the quite varied points made.
- Cora Buhlert attempts to suss out what is actually meant by "squeecore".
- Inspired by the "squeecore" debate, Natalie Luhrs launches the CyberGolden New PunkCore SqueeWave movement.
Comics and Art:
- Christian Holub discusses DC's plan to (temporarily) kill off the Justice League.
- Jonathan Cowie revisits the British science fiction comic The Rise and Fall of the Trigan Empire by Mike Butterworth and Don Lawrence.
- Justin Carter takes a look at upcoming comics in the X-Men line.
- Jake Jackson shares his appreciation for the work of J. Allen St. John.
- Deuce Richardson shares his appreciation for the work of Filipino comic artist Rudy Nebres.
- Adrian Collins shares his appreciation for the art of Felix Ortiz.
- Brazilian illustrator José Luis Benício da Fonseca has died aged 85.
Film and TV:
- Adrienne Taylor looks ahead at the most exciting science fiction films coming out in 2022.
- Lucy Mangan calls The House a beautiful animation that speaks to your darkest terrors.
- Toby Frost shares his thoughts on Denis Villneuve's take on Dune.
- Arturo Serrano calls the South Korean science fiction film The Silent Sea a cautionary parable about infinite greed.
- Justin Carter declares that the South Korean horror drama All of Us Are Dead makes high school even scarier.
- Leah Schnelbach shares her thoughts on The Tragedy of Macbeth.
- Steve Vertlieb shares his thoughts on Don't Look Up!
- Cath Clarke calls What Mary Saw an underwhelming religious horror film.
- Josh Pearce and Arley Sorg share their thoughts on the horror movie Antlers.
- Phil Hoad calls Max Reload and the Nether Blasters an eager tribute to 1980s gaming culture.
- James Whitbrook calls the anime film Belle and unflinching but optimistic look at the digital future.
- Myles McNutt calls Fraggle Rock: Back to the Rock reverent and joyful.
- Cole Rush shares his thoughts on the animated series Kipo And the Age of Wonderbeasts.
- Bethonie Butler explains how Encanto's soundtrack went viral.
- Rogues in the House revisit the 1983 sword and sorcery film Deathstalker.
- Camestros Felapton revisits the 2002 Firefly episode "Jaynestown".
- Leah Schnelbach lists the best and worst cartoon sidekicks of the 1980s.
- Camestros Felapton analyses the theme songs of James Bond movies.
- Catherine Shoard reports that a film studio in space is planned for 2024.
- Jim Waterson reports that the BBC licence fee shall be abolished in 2027.
- Comedian and cartoon voice actor Leo DeLyon has died aged 96.
- Actress Yvette Mimieux, star of The Time Machine, The Black Hole, Jackson County Jail, The Most Deadly Game and many others, has died aged 79.
- French actor Gaspard Ulliel, who appeared in Brotherhood of the Wolf, A Very Long Engagement, Hannibal Rising and the upcoming Moon Knight, had died following a skiing accident aged only 37.
- German actor Hardy Krüger, star of The Flight of the Phoenix, Hatari!, Barry Lyndon and many others, has died aged 93.
The rise and fall of Joss Whedon:
- Gita Jackson talks about the tainted legacy of Joss Whedon.
- Lila Shapiro also chronicles the rise and fall of Joss Whedon.
- Germain Lussier shares Charisma Carpenter's reactions to some of Joss Whedon's recent comments.
- Gavia Baker-Whitelaw also discusses Charisma Carpenter's response to Joss Whedon's latest comments.
Comments on the Marvel Cinematic Universe in general (spoilers):
- Alasdair Stuart shares his thoughts on Eternals.
- Marion Deeds shares her thoughts on season 4 of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
- Lynn Hirshberg interviews Tessa Thompson who plays Valkyrie in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
- Stuart Heritage is annoyed by Oscar Isaac's attempt at a British accent in Moon Knight.
- Guy Lodge wonders whether a blockbuster like Spider-Man: No Way Home can still win big at the Oscars.
- Ben Child reports that Bill Murray has been cast in an unnamed role in Ant-Man: Quantumania and finds that Murray will make a great supervillain.
- Watch a trailer for Moon Knight.
Comments on The Book of Boba Fett and Star Wars in general:
- Emmet Asher-Perrin shares their thoughts on "The Gathering Storm", the latest episode of The Book of Boba Fett.
- Gavia Baker-Whitelaw shares her thoughs on "The Gathering Storm".
- Nick Wanserski shares his thoughts on "The Gathering Storm".
- James Whitbrook shares his thoughts on "The Gathering Storm".
- Chris Edwards declares that The Book of Boba Fett has ruined Star Wars' coolest character.
- Jordan Maison discusses how The Book of Boba Fett evolves the portrayal of the Tusken Raiders in the Star Wars universe.
- Gita Jackson wonders why some fans are so upset about the brightly coloured hover vespas in The Book of Boba Fett.
- Germain Lussier reports about a musical teaser near the end of the latest episode of The Book of Boba Fett.
Comments on the many iterations of Star Trek:
Comments on the series finale of The Expanse:
- Molly Templeton shares her thoughts on "Babylon's Ashes", the series finale of The Expanse.
- Lucy Mangan calls "Babylon's Ashes" an action-packed yet poignant farewell to The Expanse.
- Cheryl Eddy shares four things she loved and two things she didn't love about season 6 of The Expanse.
- Rob Salkowitz interviews Shohreh Aghdashloo, who plays Chrisjen Averasala in The Expanse.
- Cheryl Eddy interviews Frankie Adams who plays Bobbie Draper in The Expanse.
- Michael Ahr shares some science fiction Easter Eggs from "Babylon's Ashes".
- Molly Templeton also takes a look at the Easter eggs in The Expanse finale.
- Kayti Burt discusses the possibility of a season 7 or sequel series to The Expanse.
Comments on Nightmare Alley:
Comments on the various DC Comics based movies and TV-shows:
- Jarrod Jones shares his thoughts on the latest episode of Legends of Tomorrow.
- Jarrod Jones shares his thoughts on the first episode of Naomi.
- Jarrod Jones shares his thoughts on the latest episode of Peacemaker.
- Germain Lussier praises the title credits of Peacemaker.
- Joe Otterson reports that David Ramsey will reprise his role as John Diggle in a new DC Comics based TV series named Justice U.
Comments on Archive 81:
Comments on Station Eleven:
- Adrienne Westenfeld discusses how HBO Max adapted Emily St, John Mandel's novel Station Eleven for television.
- Natalie Zutter declares that there are no heroes or villains in The Expanse, just fans.
- Arturo Serrano declares that in Station Eleven, characters don't give up just because the world has ended.
- Paul Levinson shares his thoughts on the season finale of Station Eleven.
Comments on the season 1 finale of Yellowjackets:
- Leila Latif shares her thoughts on the season 1 finale of Yellowjackets.
- Kelly McClure shares her thoughts on the season 1 finale of Yellowjackets.
- Rebecca Nicholson calls Yellowjackets the most fun TV show she has seen in a long time.
- Jesse Hassenger praises the cast of Yellowjackets.
- Kelly McClure praises the LGBTQ elements of Yellowjackets.
- Jen Chaney interviews Ashley Lyle and Bart Nickerson, showrunners of Yellowjackets.
Comments on the latest version of Scream:
- Benjamin Lee shares a spoilerish review of the latest version of Scream.
- Alex McLevy notes that the Scream series never quite figures out what the audience should be afraid of.
- Emmet Asher Perrin shares their appreciation for the character of Gale Weathers in the Scream series.
- Germain Lussier finds a surprising link to Star Wars in the latest version of Scream.
- Germain Lussier also finds a hidden tribute to Wes Craven in the latest version of Scream.
Awards:
- The finalists for the 2022 SERAPH Awards have been announced.
- The finalists for the 2021 ICN Awards have been announced.
- The finalists for the 2022 Writers Guild Television Awards have been announced with some love for genre shows.
- The finalists for the 2022 VES Awards have been announced.
- The finalists for the 2022 D.I.C.E. Awards have been announced.
- The longlist for the 2021 BAFTA Awards has been announced with a little love for genre films.
- The finalists for the 2022 GLAAD Media Awards have been announced with lots of love for SFF movies, TV-shows and comics.
- Science fiction author M. John Harrison is one of the judges for the 2022 Booker Prize.
- The 2021 Uncanny Readers' Poll is open for voting.
- Nominations for the 2022 Ursa Major Awards are open.
- Chicon 8, the 2022 Worldcon, has opened the 2022 Hugo nominations.
Writing, publishing and promotion:
- Hope Adams shares what she has learned from writing in multiple genres.
- Matthew Claxton discusses SFF writing advice and how it can be problematic.
- Nick Petrie explains how hitting the road can help against writers' block.
- Lauren Sapala explains why some writers are perfectionists.
- Michelle Faverio and Andrew Perrin report that Americans are reading more books in general and more e-books in particular.
- Kristine Kathryn Rusch chronicles how non-traditional publishing has split into several different forms.
- Mike Glyer shares an update on the travails of Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki with Amazon, after they banned his account, allegedly for errors in his banking information.
- Nick Cole and Jason Anspach, authors of the popular Galaxy's Edge series, have also fallen afoul of Amazon's banning spree.
- Lucy Knight reports that Kate Clanchy has parted ways with her publishers after her memoir about her time as a teacher came under scrutiny for racist and ableist tropes.
Interviews:
Reviews:
- Paul Weimer reviews Chaos Vector by Megan O'Keefe.
- Sean Dowie reviews Light Years From Home by Mike Chen.
- Paul Weimer reviews Alternate Routes by Tim Powers.
- Mike Glyer reviews The Hammond Conjecture by M.B. Reed.
- Chris Kluwe reviews The Misfit Soldier by Michael Mammay.
- Adrienne Martini reviews Paladin's Hope by T. Kingfisher.
- Linda H. Codega reviews Servant Mage by Kate Elliott.
- Rob Bedford reviews Servant Mage by Kate Elliott.
- James Davis Nicoll reviews Knot of Shadows by Lois McMaster Bujold.
- James Davis Nicoll reviews Siren Queen by Nghi Vo.
- Tadiana Jones, Marion Deeds and Jana Nyman review The Hidden Palace by Helene Wecker.
- Runalong the Shelves reviews Temple of No God by H.M. Long.
- Carrie Chi Lough reviews Legacy of Ghosts by Alicia Wanstall-Burke.
- Linda H. Codega reviews Cold Night, Fast the Wolves by Meg Long.
- Tadiana Jones reviews Cytonic by Brandon Sanderson.
- Rebecca Fisher reviews Twice Magic by Cressida Cowell.
- Maya C. James reviews A Girl Called Rumi by Ari Honorvar.
- Adri Joy reviews Grievers by Adrienne Maree Brown and A Master of Djinn by P. Djèlí Clark.
- Steven Poole reviews The Anomaly by Hervé Le Tellier, translated by Adriana Hunter.
- Runalong the Shelves reviews The Finite by Kit Power.
- For Winter Nights reviews Galaxias by Stephen Baxter.
- Russell Letson reviews The Book of All Skies by Greg Egan.
- Nina Allan reviews How High We Go in the Dark by Sequoia Nagamatsu
- Blue Book Balloon reviews Quantum of Nightmares by Charles Stross.
- Russell Letson reviews Invisible Sun by Charles Stross.
- Tobias Carroll reviews Present Tense Machine by Gunnhild Øyehaug, translated by Kari Dickson.
- Ian Mond reviews The Cabinet by Un-Su Kim.
- Bill Capossere reviews Goliath by Tochi Onyebuchi.
- Paperback Warrior reviews The Haunting of Ashburn House by Darcy Coates.
- Rich Horton reviews Tales the Devil Told Me by Jen Fawkes.
- Runalong the Shelves reviews Mestiza Blood by V. Castro.
- Richard Fisher reviews Blood on the Blade, edited by Jim Beard and John C. Bruening.
- P.D. Smith reviews Reality+: Virtual Worlds and the Problems of Philosophy by David J. Chalmers.
Classics reviews:
- Sandy Ferber revisits the 1910 dark fantasy novel The Human Chord by Algernon Blackwood.
- Ken Lizzi revisits the 1914 lost world adventure Under the Andes by Rex Stout.
- John O'Neill revisits the 1931 science fantasy story "The City of the Singing Flame" and its sequel "Beyond the Singing Flame" by Clark Ashton Smith.
- Bobby Derie revisits the 1934 Jirel of Joiry sword and sorcery story "Black God's Kiss" by C.L. Moore.
- Alan Brown revisits the 1949 fantasy novel Silverlock by John Myers Myers.
- Joachim Boaz revisits the 1964 near future science fiction novel The Siege of Harlem by Warren Miller.
- Paperback Warrior revisits the 1966 gothic novel Dark Legend by Marilyn Ross a.k.a. WilliamEdward Daniel Ross.
- Victoria Silverwolf revisits the February 1967 issue of Worlds of Tomorrow.
- Gideon Marcus revisits the February 1967 issue of The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction.
- John Boston revisits the 1967 anthology Year's Best S-F, edited by Judith Merril, Gideon Marcus revisits the 1967 science fiction novel The Quy Effect by Arthur Sellings and Victoria Silverwolf revisits the 1967 science fiction novel Agent of Chaos by Norman Spinrad.
- Mark Yon revisits the 1968 science fiction novel Chocky by John Wyndham.
- Runalong the Shelves revisits the 1976 feminist science fiction novel We Who Are About To by Joanna Russ.
- James Davis Nicoll revisits the 1980 science fiction collection Manifest Destiny by Barry B. Longyear.
- Ken Lizzi revisits the 1982 sword and sorcery novel Bard II by Keith Taylor.
- James Davis Nicoll revisits the 1984 Dragonlance fantasy novel Dragons of Autumn Twilight by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman.
- C.T. Phipps revisits the 1986 cyberpunk novel When Gravity Fails by George Alec Effinger.
- Alvaro Zinos-Amaro revisits the 1986 YA science fiction novel Space Demons by Gillian Rubinstein and its sequels Skymate and Shinkai.
- Bloody Spicy Books revisits the 1988 horror novel The Devil's Auction by Robert Weinberg.
- Lesa Holstine revisits the 1989 Discworld novel Guards! Guards! by Terry Pratchett.
- Alissa Burger revisits the 1991 holiday horror trilogy Silent Night by R.L. Stine.
- Judith Tarr revisits the 2000 fantasy novel To the King a Daughter by Andre Norton and Sasha Miller.
Con and event reports:
- Ian Hunter reports about the 2021 Fantasycon in Birmingham, UK.
- Peter Tyers wonders where Worldcons are going.
- Camestros Felapton reports about some complaints about the covid policies of the Life, the Universe and Everything conference in Provo, Utah.
- Maja Ilisch reports about a visit to the Phantastische Bibliothek, Germany's largest SFF specialty library, in Wetzlar, Germany.
- The Cromcast shares several videos of the 2021 Howard Days in Cross Plains, Texas.
- Alex Palmer reports about the Vril-Ya Bazaar and Fête, which took place in London, UK, in 1891 and might be considered the world's first SFF convention.
- Michael Paulson reports about Broadway's continuing covid woes.
Science and technology:
- Amy Webb shares some predictions for the near future.
- Eric Berger reports that Randian Aerospace wants to build a space plane.
- Orlando Jenkinson reports that the core of the Earth is cooling faster than expected.
- Isaac Schultz reports that scientists tried to quantum entangle a tardigrade for reasons best known to themselves.
- Noah Smith discusses the issues of preserving videogames for future generations.
- Jordan Mendoza reports that the oldest remains of modern humans found in Ethiopia in the 1960s are even older than initially assumed.
- Sarah Cascone reports that a hungry badger dug up a hoard of Roman coins in the cave of La Cuesta, Spain.
- Tim Parks discusses the history of duelling.
Free online fiction:
- "Three Songs to Fill Up the Shadow" by Spencer Ellsworth in Beneath Ceaseless Skies.
- "Chrysalis" by Marie Brennan in Beneath Ceaseless Skies.
- "An Address to the Newest Disciples of the Lost Words" by Vanessa Fogg in Lightspeed.
- "On the Ship" by Leah Cypress in Lightspeed.
- "Far Side of Heaven" by Theo Kogod in Starward Shadows.
- "No One at the Wild Dock" by Gu Shi, translated by S. Qiouyi Lu in Clarkesworld.
- "Love Unlike Us" by Beata Garrett in Mermaids Monthly.
- "Sheri, At This Very Moment" by Bianca Sayan in Apex Magazine.
- "Cerridwen's Daughter" by Alex Grehy in Luna Station Quarterly.
- "Newborn" by by Seph Ugochukwu Nweke in Anathema.
- "To Make Unending" by Max Gladstone in The Sunday Morning Transport.
- "Funny Faces" by Seán Padraic Birnie in The Dark.
- "The Elements of Her Self" by Kiyomi Appleton Gaines in Nightmare Magazine.
- "Palm Chess" by Gabrielle Lucille Fuentes in Strange Horizons.
- "Pest Control" by Saswati Chatterjee in Fantasy Magazine.
- "A Stirring of Wings" by Ken Altabef in Daily Science Fiction.
- "Flesh of My Fin" by Shannon Fay in Daily Science Fiction.
- "Commuting" by S.A. McKenzie in Daily Science Ficion.
- "Purity Test" by Kristine Kathryn Rusch.
- "Trigger Snowflake and the Debacle at SysLiCon" by Ingvar in File 770.
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