Speculative Fiction Links of the Week for March 4, 2022

It's time for the latest weekly round-up of interesting links about speculative fiction from around the web, this week with Star Trek Discovery and the many iterations of Star Trek, The Batman and the various DC Comics based movies and TV shows, Doctor Who past and present, Mad Max: Fury Road, season 11 of The Walking Dead, responses to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, tributes to Sally Kellerman, Shirley Hughes and others and much more.

Speculative fiction in general:

• Tor.com shares all the new science fiction books coming out in March 2022.
  
• Tor.com shares all the new fantasy books coming out in March 2022. 
• Tor.com shares all the new YA SFF books coming out in March 2022.
  
• Tobias Carroll shares the best small press speculative fiction coming out in March and April. 
• Shaun Duke muses about a potential science fiction canon.
  
• The Rogues in the House podcast hosts a sword and sorcery roundtable. 
• Brian Murphy talks about the future of the sword and sorcery genre.
  
• The Pulp Archivist attempts to explain what pulp fiction is. 
• Michael Moreci shares six of the most compelling fantasy writers working today.
  
• James Davis Nicoll shares five classic science fiction stories about lost homeworlds. 
• Kaylen Ralph talks about dystopian novels and how they resemble the here and now. 
• Carly Silver shares six wintery SFF romances to melt your heart.
  
• Christopher Barzak shares five books about magical families. 
• Cole Rush shares five fantasy coffee shops he'd like to visit. 
• Mike Chen shares five recent SFF books with superpowered characters.
  
• Alex Shvartsman shares speculative fiction by Ukrainian born authors that is available in English.
• Jonathan Thornton shares a guide to Finnish weird fiction in translation. 
• Carrie Sessarego talks about the portrayal of women in horror fiction. 
• Molly Templeton asks if it is possible to read without expectations. 
  
• Rasha Ali profiles Octavia E. Butler. 
• Adam Scovell profiles Philip K. Dick.
  
• Disability scholar Farah Rose Smith takes a look at the works of H.P. Lovecraft. 
• G.W. Thomas revisits the fantasy stories that Lin Carter wrote under the pen name Graail Undwin. 
  
• The Hugo Book Club Blog share their appreciation for fan writer Chris M. Barkley.
  
• Reid McCarter reports that erotica author and international treasure Chuck Tingle has purchased the domain GovernorAbbott.com and uses it to link to charities supporting trans people.
• Mike Glyer reports that Russian SFF author Sergey Lukianenko has doubled down on previous comments and defends the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
• Mike Glyer reports that several Russian SFF authors have signed an open letter supporting the Russian invasion of Ukraine at the iniative of Sergey Lukianenko. 
• Jason Sanford shares a round-up of reactions to the war in Ukraine from the SFF world.
  
• Deuce Richardson remembers Dave Wolverton a.k.a. Dave Farland. 
• Kristine Kathryn Rusch remembers Dave Wolverton a.k.a. Dave Farland.
  
• Thomas Parker remembers Ron Goulart.
  
• Greg Mele remembers Richard L. Tierney. 
• Priscilla Tolkien, the youngest daughter of J.R.R. Tolkien, has died aged 92.
  
• Agent and editor Chuck Verrill has died aged 87. 
• Children's book illustrator Shirley Hughes has died aged 94. 
• The Guardian shares tributes to Shirley Hughes. 
• Julia Eccleshare shares an obituary for Shirley Hughes. 
• The Guardian shares pictures from Shirley Hughes' children's books.
  
• British SFF author Andy Remic has died aged only 50.
  

Comics and Art:

• Bill Capossere reviews the graphic novel Dionysos by George O'Connor.
  
• Rachel Cooke reviews the graphic novel Keeping Two by Jordan Crane. 
• Shaenon Garrity interviews Julie Doucet.
  
• Justin Carter reports that Chip Zdarsky and Jorge Jimenez will be taking over the Batman comic.
  
• Marcel Green reports about the backlash against the latest ComiXology update.
  

 

Film and TV:

• Matt Davis calls The Spine of Night a surreal, blood-soaked fever dream of epic proportions that recalls esoteric animated classics of the 1980s such as Heavy Metal and Fire and Ice.
• Cath Clarke calls You Are Not My Mother an effective low budget horror film from Ireland.
  
• Leslie Felperin calls The Last Journey an ambitious science fiction parable from France. 
• Jesse Hassenger calls After Yang a beautiful science fiction drama. 
• Katie Rife calls Fresh a cutting horror satire about modern dating.
  
• Leslie Felperin calls Incarnation a by the numbers horror film.
  
• Camestros Felapton shares his thoughts on the South Korean zombie series All of Us Are Dead.  
• Leila Latif calls The Boys Presents: Diabolical a fun animated anthology series. 
• Cristina Escobar declares that Shining Vale has all the best horror elements.
  
• Paul Levinson shares his thoughts on the latest episode of Raised by Wolves. 
• Paul Levinson shares his thoughts on the latest episode of Severance.
  
• Kaya Kanda shares her thoughts on the horror film Underwater. 
• Stuart Heritage calls Chernobyl: The Lost Tapes a harrowing documentary.
  
• Den of Geek share their favourite science fiction TV shows of the past fifteen years. 
• Anne Billson ranks filmic portrayals of Dracula.
  
• Cheryl Eddy shares ten essential horror films by Dario Argento. 
• James Davis Nicoll shares six classic movies guaranteed to traumatise children.
  
• Stephen Barker shares the ten goofiest science fiction movies. 
• Leah Schnelbach visits Andrej Tarkovsky's 1972 adaptation of Stanislaw Lem's science fiction novella Solaris, Stephen Soderbergh's 2002 adpatation of the same story and the 1997 science fiction horror film Event Horizon for their respective anniversaries.
  
• Wade Tubbs revisits the 1997 science fiction comedy Men in Black and finds it still as enjoyable as it was. 
• Clive Dawson profiles Ardel Wray, a largely forgotten screenwriter who wrote many of Val Lewton's horror films of the 1940s. 
• Nibaq Farar interviews Park Seo Jun, star of Parasite and Captain Marvel 2.
  
• Camestros Felapton analyses the famous theme song of the 1964 James Bond movie Goldfinger. 
  
• Germain Lussier interviews B.J. McDonnell, direcotr of Studio 666. 
• Vincent Ni explains why Hollywood movies are struggling in China. 
• Sian Cain reports that Disney. Sony and Warner Bros have stopped releasing new movies in Russia following the invasion of Ukraine.
  
• Dan Persons remembers the late Douglas Trumbull. 
• Steve Vertlieb remembers Veronica Carlson.
  

 

Comments on Star Trek Discovery and the many iterations of Star Trek: 

• Keith R.A. DeCandido shares his thoughts on "The Galactic Barrier", the latest episode of Star Trek Discovery.
• James Whitbrook shares his thoughts on "The Galactic Barrier".
• Cora Buhlert shares her thoughts on "The Galactic Barrier". 
• Mark Lawson interviews Patrick Stewart, who plays Jean-Luc Picard in Star Trek Picard.
  
• Keith R.A. DeCandido revisits the Star Trek Enterprise episode "Shadows of P'Jem".
• James Whitbrook takes a look at the costume design of the upcoming Star Trek: Strange New Worlds.
  

 

Comments on The Batman:

• Nicholas Barber calls The Batman a noirish pulp fantasy.
  
• Peter Bradshaw calls The Batman a gloomy superhero film elevated by Robert Pattinson's performance. 
• A.A. Dowd calls The Batman a flawed but striking pop-noir blockbuster.  
• Gavia Baker-Whitelaw notes that The Batman borrows heavily from 1970s gritty neo-noir film and praises the performance of Robert Pattinson. 
• Sam Machkovech calls The Batman a refreshing comic book movie triumph, but finds it too long.
  
• Wendy Ide profiles Robert Pattinson who plays Bruce Wayne in The Batman.
• Rebecca Keegan profiles Paul Dano who plays the Riddler in The Batman. 
  
• Ryan Gilbey interviews Peter Sarsgaard, who plays District Attorney Gil Coulson in The Batman.
• Stuart Heritage discusses the strange marketing campaign for The Batman.
• Gavia Baker-Whitelaw discusses Barry Keoghan's role in The Batman.
• Scott Standley reports that Robert Pattinson sometimes replies to troll posts on Batman fan forums incognito.
  

 

Comments on the various DC Comics based movies and TV-shows:

• Jarrod Jones shares his thoughts on the latest episode of Legends of Tomorrow.
  
• Rob Bricken interviews Adrain Chase who plays Stroma in Peacemaker.
  

 

Comments on Doctor Who past and present: 

• Lauren Coates reports that Jodie Whittaker and Mandip Gill lobbied for the relationship between the Doctor and Yaz to become canon on Doctor Who.  
• Sab Astley speculates about Russel T. Davies' plans for Doctor Who.
  
• Henry Lincoln, who wrote three Doctor Who serials in the 1960s, has died aged 92.

 

Comments on Mad Max: Fury Road:

• Kyle Buchanan explains how Eve Ensler, author of The Vagina Monologues, shaped the five wives in Mad Max: Fury Road.
• Luke Buckmaster feels the need to point out that he also wrote a book about the Mad Max series and that Kyle Buchanan doesn't know everything.
• Sandy Schaefer shares more news about the proposed Furiosa film.
  

 

Comments on season 11 of The Walking Dead: 

• Alex McLevy shares his thoughts on the latest episode of The Walking Dead.
• Rob Bricken shares his thoughts on the latest episode of The Walking Dead.
  

 

Tributes to Sally Kellerman: 

• Actress Sally Kellerman, best known for her appearances in the original Star Trek, the original Outer Limits and M.A.S.H., has died aged 84.
• The Guardian remembers Sally Kellerman.
• Carmel Dargan remembers Sally Kellerman.
• Ryan Gilbey remembers Sally Kellerman.
  

 

Awards:

• The shortlist for the 2021 BSFA Awards has been announced. 
• The winners of the 2021 Clarkesworld Readers Poll have been announced
  
• The winner of the 2022 Dal Coger Memorial Hall of Fame Award has been announced.
  
• The finalists for the 2022 D.I.C.E. Awards have been announced.
• The winners of the 2022 Screen Actors Guild Awards have been announced with some love for Squid Game.
  

 

Writing, publishing and promotion:

• Annie Ward shares her thoughts on writing what you know.
  
• Isaac Fellman tells people not to dismiss fanfiction. 
• Reeves Wiedeman profiles Filippo Bernadini, who stole several unpublished manuscripts. 
• Study in Switzerland shares the result of a study about international reading habits.
  
• More than one thousand writers from around the world condemn Russia's invasion of Ukraine. 
• Shelf Awareness shares several statements from writing and publishing organisations around the world condemning the Russian invasion of Ukraine. 
• Jim Milliot and Ed Nawotka report that the Frankfurt Book Fair and the Bologna Children's Book Fair have suspended cooperation with Russian state organisations in charge of organising the collective Russian stall at both fairs.  
• Brian J. White announces that Fireside Magazine will cease publication later this year.
  
• John Maher reports about the proposed "Freelance isn't Free" bill in New York State that will also affect freelance writers, editors, journalists, etc...
• Locus reports that Amazon will be closing all of its brick and mortar bookstores.
  
• Jen Bartholomew reports that Waterstones will acquire the academic bookseller Blackwell's, the UK's biggest independent bookseller.
  

Interviews:

• The BBC Woman's Hour interviews Margaret Atwood. 
• Arley Sorg interviews John Scalzi.
  
• Nneka McGuire interviews Nnedi Okorafor.
  
• Elizabeth Tabler interviews John Birmingham. 
• Katie Smart interviews Adam Roberts.
  
• Hephzibah Anderson interviews Catriona Ward.
  
• Lisa Allardice interviews Marlon James. 
• Arley Sorg interviews Regina Kanyu Wang and Yu Chen.
  
• Runalong the Shelves interviews A.M. Shine. 
• Locus interviews Olivia Blake.
  
• Geoff Matthews interviews J.T. Greathouse. 
  
• Janna Miller interviews Jen Mierisch.
• Cora Buhlert interviews Abraham Riesman.
• Cora Buhlert interviews Jason M. Waltz.
• Daniel Dern interviews Carol Pinchefsky.
  

Reviews:

• James Davis Nicoll reviews Assassin's Orbit by John Appel.
  
• Matt Broadway reviews The Circus Infinite by Khan Wong.
  
• James Davis Nicoll reviews Fevered Star by Rebecca Roanhorse. 
• Natalie Luhrs reviews Light From Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki. 
• Russell Letson reviews Beyond the Hallowed Sky by Ken MacLeod.
  
• Runalong the Shelves reviews The Embroidered Book by Kate Heartfield. 
• Blue Book Balloon reviews The Thousand Eyes by A.K. Larkwood. 
• James Davis Nicoll reviews The Hands of the Emperor by Victoria Goddard. 
• Anthony Cummins reviews Moon Witch, Spider King by Marlon James.
  
• Arturo Serrano reviews A Coin for the Ferryman by Megan Edwards.
  
• Fiona Denton reviews Scorpica by G.R. Macallister.
  
• Becky LeJeune reviews The Gifts by Liz Hyder. 
• Lucy Popescu reviews The Gifts by Liz Hyder. 
• Fantasy Faction reviews Legacy of the Brightwash by Krystle Matar.
  
• Chris Haught reviews Scorch by Jesse Teller.
  
• Molly Templeton reviews Age of Ash by Daniel Abraham. 
• Paul Di Filippo reviews The Paradox Hotel by Rob Hart. 
• Mark Yon reviews The Cartographers by Peng Shepherd.
• Adrienne Martini reviews Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doerr. 
• Fiona Sturges reviews Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro.
  
• Sarah McCarry reviews The Book of the Most Precious Substance by Sara Gran. 
• Publishers Weekly reviews Booth by Karen Joy Fowler.
  
• Gary K. Wolfe reviews 51 by Patrick O'Leary. 
• Rachael McKenzie reviews The Dark Descent of Elizabeth Frankenstein by Kiersten White.
• Maya Gittelman reviews The Girl Who Fell Beneath the Sea by Axie Oh.
  
• Gabino Iglesias reviews How High We Go in the Dark by Sequoia Naga­matsu 
• Paul Weimer reviews Quantum of Nightmares by Charles Stross. 
  
• Blue Book Balloon reviews Off Target by Eve Smith. 
• Ian Mond reviews The High House by Jessie Greengrass.
  
• Fabienne Schwizer reviews All the White Spaces by Ally Wilkes. 
  
• Blue Book Balloon reviews Hunted by Damian Dawes.   
• Shahidha Bari reviews Burning Questions by Margaret Atwood.
  
• Jeff Foust reviews Discovering Mars: A History of Observation and Exploration of the Red Planet by William Sheehan and Jim Bell.
• Gary Romeo reviews Weird Tales of Modernity by Jason Ray Carney.
  

 
Classics reviews:

• Sandy Ferber revisits the 1916 adventure novel The Strange Story of William Hyde by Patrick and Terence Casey.
  
• G.W. Thomas revisits the 1934 Conan sword and sorcery story "The Frost Giant's Daughter" by Robert E. Howard. 
• Vintage Pop Fictions revisits the 1935 science fiction novel Rulers of the Future by Paul Ernst.
  
• James Reasoner revisits the 1937 adventure fantasy novel The Lake of Life by Edmond Hamilton. 
• Alan Brown revisits the 1947 space opera The Star Kings by Edmond Hamilton.
  
• Joachim Boaz revisits the 1949 science fiction story "The Girl with the Hungry Eyes" and the 1953 science fiction story "A Bad Day for Sales" by Fritz Leiber. 
• James Davis Nicoll revisits the 1950 science fiction novel Fury by Henry Kuttner and C.L. Moore. 
• Steven H. Silver revisits the 1965 science fiction story "Final Report" by Richard Grey Sipes. 
• Gideon Marcus revisits the March 1967 issue of Analog. 
• Gareth L. Powell revisits the 1968 space opera novel Nova by Samuel R. Delany.
  
• James Maliszewski revisits the 1970 sword and sorcery story "The Price of Pain-Ease" by Fritz Leiber. 
• Young People Read Old SFF revisit the 1974 science fiction story "Midnight at the Morphy Watch" by Fritz Leiber.
  
• James McGlothlin revisits the 1979 horror anthology The Year's Best Horror, Series VII, edited by Gerald W. Page. 
• Joachim Boaz revisits the 1982 science fiction anthology Tomorrow's TV, edited by Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg and Charles Waugh.
  
• James Maliszewski revisits the January 1982 issue of White Dwarf.
  
• Emmet Asher-Perrin revisits the 1994 Disworld novel Soul Music by Terry Pratchett.
• The Quick and the Read also revisits the 1994 Disworld novel Soul Music by Terry Pratchett.
• Judith Tarr revisits the 1998 Witch World science fantasy novel Ciara's Song by Andre Norton and Lyn McConchie.
• Claire Eliza Bartlett revisits the 2004 historical fantasy novel Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke.
  

 

Crowdfunding:

• Brandon Sanderson is crowdfunding four new secret novels - not that he needs the support.
  

 

Con and event reports:

• Arthur Chappell reports about the 2021 Novacon in Buxton, UK. 
• Morgan Hazelwood reports about the panel "When Plot Twists Go Bad" at DisCon III, the 2021 Worldcon in Washington DC.
  
• Esther McCallum-Stewart explains how Worldcon Guests of Honour are chosen. 
• The 2022 Westercon in Tonopah, Nevada, shares its covid policies. 
• SFWA announces that the 2022 Nebula Conference will be virtual again.
  
• Joel Cunningham reports about his stay at the Star Wars Galactic Starcruiser Hotel in Disney World in Orlando, Florida.
• Stuart Heritage declares that the Star Wars Galactic Starcruiser Hotel in Disney World, Orlando, Florida. sounds like hell, especially since it doesn't have any windows.
• Miriam Gillinson reports about Uncanny Valley, a stage program in London, UK, where writer Thomas Melle delivers a lecture via his android counterpart.
  

 

Science and technology:

• Zahra Tayeb reports that the head of the Russian space agency Roscosmos has threatened that Russia may stop supporting the International Space Station in response to the sanctions imposed on Russia due to the invasion of Ukraine and that the ISS may crash into Europe or the US.
  
• Bryan Bender reports about Elon Musk's Starship project. 
• Gareth L. Powell talks about Ringworlds, Dyson sphere and other megastructures.
  
• Diane Kelly explains what old houses can teach us.
• Rebecca Ross talks about the amoral violence of folk magic.
  

Free online fiction:

• "The Dragon Project" by Naomi Kritzer in Clarkesworld. 
• "Saturn Devouring His Son" by Ea Mylonas in Clarkesworld.
  
• "Rakshasa in a Pot" by Prashanth Srivatsa in Heroic Fantasy Quarterly. 
• "Bhatia, PI" by Shiv Ramdas in Lightspeed. 
  
• "The Heaven That They Never Knew" by Merc Fenn Wolfmoor in Lightspeed.
• "A Record of Our Meeting with the Grand Faerie Lord of Vast Space and Its Great Mysteries, Revised" by A.T. Greenblatt in Beneath Ceaseless Skies.
• "It Never Was" by R.Z. Held in Beneath Ceaseless Skies. 
• "To People Who'd Never Known God" by Thomas Ha in Beneath Ceaseless Skies. 
• "The Golden Hour" by Erica Ruppert in Nightmare Magazine.
  
• "The Revolving Mountain" by Tanatswa Makara in Omenana. 
• "It Rises and Falls and Rises Again" by R.J. Taylor in Apex Magazine.
  
• "Shrine" by Kirstyn McDermott in The Dark.
  
• "The Hawk and the Wren" by Kristina T. Saccone in Luna Station Quarterly. 
• "Good Job, Robin" by JoeAnn Hart in Slate: Future Tense.
  
• "Mermaid Care" by Jonathan Crowe in Mermaids Monthly. 
• "I Have Reached Into the Quantum Basket" by Marie H. Lewis in Fantasy Magazine. 
• "Kernels of Reistance" by Mary Alexandra Agner in Daily Science Fiction.
  
• "The Skin Trader" by Matt Tighe in Daily Science Fiction.
  
• "The Last Passenger" by Melissa Mead in Daily Science Fiction.
• "Fermi's Answer" by Daniel Scott White and E.E. King in Daily Science Fiction.
• "Your Hero Can't Save You Know" by Katie Conrad in Daily Science Fiction.
• "Night of the Dancing Champions" by Kristine Kathryn Rusch.
  

 

Trailers and videos:

• Watch a trailer for Pirates: The Last Royal Treasure.
  
• Watch a trailer for Morbius.
  
• Watch a trailer for In Search of Tomorrow.
• Watch a trailer for Chariot.
  
• Watch a trailer for The Baby. 
• Watch a trailer for Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore.
  
• Watch a trailer for Jujutsu Kaisen.
  

Odds and ends:

• Crochet a solar system wheelchair spoke cover (also doubles as a doily).
• Marc Musso ranks his ten favourite science fiction and fantasy boardgames.