Speculative Fiction Links of the Week for March 11, 2022

It's time for the latest weekly round-up of interesting links about speculative fiction from around the web, this week with Brandon Sanderson's record-breaking Kickstarter, the 2021 Nebula Award finalists, Star Trek Discovery, Star Trek Picard and the many iterations of Star Trek, The Book of Boba Fett and Star Wars in general, season 6 of Outlander, The Batman, Doctor Who past and present, John Carter at ten, Turning Red, season 11 of The Walking Dead, Fantastic Beasts 3: The Return of Dumbledore, responses to the Russian invasion of Ukraine and much more.

Speculative fiction in general:

• Cheryl Eddy shares 63 science fiction and fantasy books coming out in March 2022.
  
• Tor.com shares all the new horror and genre-bending books arriving in March 2022. 
• Alex Brown shares all the new YA SFF books coming out in March 2022. 
• Jo Walton shares her reading list for February 2022.
  
• Douglas Adams, Harry Harrison, Peter Nicholl and Ian Watson discuss what is science fiction on the BBC Book Programme in 1979.
  
• Andrew Skinner shares five science fiction books about the lives of artificial objects.
• Matt Miksa explains what real world law enforcement agencies can learn from paranormal thrillers.
  
• Catriona Ward talks about the background of her science fiction horror thriller Sundial. 
• Michael Landweber explains how he came to write The Damage Done.  
  
• Amal El-Mohtar shares her appreciation for the works of Ursula K. Le Guin. 
• Matt Bell shares storytelling lessons he learned from Ursula K. Le Guin.
  
• Fletcher Vredenburgh shares his appreciation for the Witch World novels of Andre Norton.
  
• Karen Joan Kohoutek talks about the depiction of voodoo, hoodoo and conjuring in Robert E. Howard's horror stories. 
• Remco Van Straten discusses the reception of Robert E. Howard's Conan in the Netherlands. 
• Bobby Derie takes a look at H.P,. Lovecraft's reaction to Frankenstein or the Modern Prometheus by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley. 
• Bobby Derie takes a look at H.P, Lovecraft's correspondence with Mayte E. Sutton. 
• Bradley K. McDevitt shares his appreciation for the works of Arthur Machen. 
• Bradley K. McDevitt shares his appreciation for the works of August Derleth. 
• Samuel Langland remembers the 1930s pulp hero The Shadow.
  
• J.C. Kang discusses the charges of cultural appropriation against the 2012 YA fantasy novel Stormdancer by Jay Kristoff. 
• Molly Templeton wonders whether she is trying to read too many books at once.
  
• Jason Gots explains why stories are dangerous and why we need them anyway. 
• Katerina Sergatskova reports how Ukrainians are using books to fight back against the Russian invasion in many ways.
  
• Charles Stross shares an open letter from Ukrainian writers and artists to the world.
• File 770 shares a letter from a fan in Moscow, Russia, sharing his experiences as a Russian citizen opposed to the war in Ukraine.
• Locus remembers Shirley Hughes.
  

Comments on Brandon Sanderson's record-breaking Kickstarter:

• Tansy Rayner Roberts shares her thoughts on Brandon Sanderson's record-breaking Kickstarter. 
• Laura Miller shares a round-up of criticisms of Brandon Sanderson's record-breaking Kickstarter, 
• John Scalzi weighs in on Brandon Sanderson's Kickstarter. 
• Kristine Kathryn Rusch weighs in on the Brandon Sanderson Kickstarter.
  
• Inspired by Brandon Sanderson's Kickstarter, Paul Weimer points out that many fantasy readers only read the same five dudes.

 

Comics and Art:

• C.T. Phipps reviews Gail Simone's take on Red Sonja.
  
• Matt Davis reviews Horizon: Zero Dawn – Liberation, written by Anne Toole and drawn by Elmer Tamaso.
• Deuce Richardson shares his appreciation for the fantasy artwork of Esteban Maroto. 
• Deuce Richardson shares his appreciation for the work of fantasy, comic and album cover artist Simon "Biz" Bisley.
  
• Jen Gheller interviews artist Caroline Jamhour. 
• Bill Ward takes a look at the covers of classic Arkham House books.
• J. Kingston Pierce takes a look at common themes in crime and noir paperback covers of the 1950s and 1960s.

 

Film and TV:

• Lucy Mangan declares that the British historical comedy The Witchfinder wastes a great premise.
  
• Manohla Dargis calls After Yang a science fiction film about what it means to be human. 
• Saloni Gajjar reports that the science fiction comedy Upload has found its comedy sweet spot in season 2. 
• Jordan Hoffman calls Gold a brutal, dystopian survival thriller.
  
• Peter Bradshaw calls A Banquet an unnerving body horror film.
  
• Paul Levinson shares his thoughts on the latest episode of Severance.
  
• Paul Levinson shares his thoughts on the latest episode of Raised by Wolves. 
• Meg Shields talks about the influence that Blade Runner and Cowboy Bebop had on each other and on other filmic science fiction. 
• Cole Rush declares that Avatar: The Legend of Korra is a worthy successor to Avatar: The Last Airbender,
• Patrick Lenton celebrates the 25th anniversary of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. 
  
• Camestros Felapton revisits the 2004 Firefly episode "Heart of Gold". 
• Kyle Buchanan talks about the making of the 2016 post-apocalyptic movie Mad Max: Fury Road. 
• Kathryn VanArendonk interviews Lee Pace, star of Foundation, Guardians of the Galaxy, Pushing Daisies, Wonderfalls and many others.
• Adam Barnhardt interviews Charlie Cox who played Matt Murdock in Daredevil. 
• Steve Rose interviews Naveen Andrews, star of The Dropout and Lost. 
• George R.R. Martin shares an update on the many Game of Thrones spin-off shows currently in development. 
• Adam B. Vary reports about an open letter by Pixar employees complaining that Disney is in the habit of censoring same-sex affection and LGBTQ scenes in their movies, citing censorship laws in conservative countries as a reason. 
  
• Andrew Pulver reports that Ryan Coogler, director of Black Panther and Creed, was arrested in Atlanta, Georgia, after being mistaken for a bank robber. 
• British actor Stewart Bevan, who appeared in Doctor Who and Blake's Seven among many others, has died aged 73. 
• American actor and jazz musician Conrad Janis, best known for playing Mindy's father in Mork and Mindy, has died aged 94.
  

 

Comments on The Book of Boba Fett, Obi-Wan Kenobi and Star Wars in general: 

• Alasdair Stuart calls The Book of Boba Fett a triumph of style over content.
  
• Tracy Townsend declares that The Book of Boba Fett is an idea, not a story.
• Dalton Ross reports about a visit to the set of Obi-Wan Kenobi.
  
• Gareth L. Powell explains what he owes to Leia Organa disguised as a bounty hunter in Return of the Jedi.
  
• Alan Ladd Jr., the Hollywood producer who greenlit Star Wars among many others, has died aged 84.
• Watch a trailer for Obi-Wan Kenobi.
  

 

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

• Keith R.A. DeCandido shares his thoughts on "Rosetta", the latest episode of Star Trek Discovery. 
• Cora Buhlert shares her thoughts on "Rosetta".
• Keith R.A. DeCandido shares his thoughts on "The Star Gazer", the season 2 premiere of Star Trek Picard.
• Paul Levinson shares his thoughts on "The Star Gazer". 
• Cora Buhlert shares her thoughts on "The Star Gazer". 
• James Whitbrook interviews Dave Blass, production designer of Star Trek Picard.
• Molly Templeton shares a closer look at the Starfleet ships seen in "The Star Gazer". 
• James Whitbrook discusses how differently Star Trek Picard and the various Star Wars films handle its actors and characters aging. 
  
• Galactic Journey revisits the 1967 Star Trek episode "A Taste of Armageddon".
• Galactic Journey revisit the 1967 Star Trek episode "This Side of Paradise".
  
• James Whitbrook revisits the Star Trek Deep Space Nine episode "Bar Association".
• Keith R.A. DeCandido revisits the Star Trek Enterprise episode "Shuttlepod One".
• Laurel Goodwin, who played Yeoman J.M. Colt in the unaired Star Trek pilot "The Cage" and who was the last surviving castmember of that iteration of Star Trek, has died aged 79.
• Watch a trailer for Star Trek: Strange New Worlds.
  

 

Comments on The Batman:

• Emmet Asher-Perrin declares that The Batman is all vibes and that this might work for some people. 
• Abigail Nussbaum is tired of cinematic takes on Batman and finds that The Batman offers nothing new. 
• Anthony Lane declares that The Batman wastes the talents of Robert Pattinson.
  
• Aaron Jones shares his thoughts on The Batman.
  
• Ben Child shares a spoilerish review of The Batman. 
• Gavia Baker-Whitelaw discusses how The Batman deals with male privilege and draws some comparisons to the 1971 thriller Klute.
  
• David Betancourt is pleased that The Batman is not connected to the wider DC Cinematic Universe.
  
• Owen Gleiberman discusses whether The Batman or The Dark Knight is the better movie.
  
• Adam B. Vary interviews Matt Reeves, director of The Batman, about the movie's ending. 
• Germain Lussier ranks all Batman films.
  
• Michael Cavna and David Betancourt rank the actors who've played Batman.
• Jason Guerrasio also ranks the actors who have played Batman.
• Zack Sharf reports that Zoe Kravitz who plays Selina Kyle a.k.a. Catwoman in The Batman has auditioned for the same role in The Dark Knight Rises and was rejected due to be not white.
  

 

Comments on season 6 of Outlander:

• Natalie Zutter shares her thoughts on "Echoes", the season 6 premiere of Outlander. 
• Paul Levinson shares his thoughts on "Echoes". 
• Maggie Fremont shares her thoughts on "Echoes".
  
• Hollie Richardson looks ahead at season 6 of Outlander and focusses mainly on the fact that there is - gasp - sex in the show.
• Natalie Zutter shares her appreciation for the Outlander theme song by Bear McCreary.
  

 

Comments on Doctor Who past, present and future: 

• Hugh Fullerton shares some news about the upcoming Doctor Who special "Legend of the Sea Devils".
  
• Paul Kirkley declares that Doctor Who should embrace nostalgia for its sixtieth anniversary next year.
• Jessica Holmes revisits the 1967 Doctor Who serial "The Moonbase".
• Elisha O'Donnell declares that Ninth Doctor Christopher Eccleston might be willing to return to Doctor Who, but not in a multi Doctor story.
  

 

Comments on John Carter at ten:

• Drew Taylor revisits the 2012 sword and planet film John Carter for its tenth anniversary and wonders why it failed.  
• Roxana Hadadi revisits John Carter and declares that it's time to appreciate it as a goofy throwback epic.
  
• Germain Lussier revisits John Carter for its tenth anniversary and declares he wishes it were a good movie, but it is not.

 

Comments on season 11 of The Walking Dead: 

• Alex McLevy shares his thoughts on the latest episode of The Walking Dead.
• Germain Lussier shares some information about Isle of the Dead, the latest spin-off of The Walking Dead.
  

 

Comments on Turning Red: 

• Benjamin Lee calls Turning Red a solid animated caper from Pixar. 
• Martin Tsai declares that Turning Red delivers a timely message and tackles a timeless topic. 
• Drew Taylor explains why Turning Red looks and feels unlike any other Pixar film. 
• Zack Sharf reports that a controversial review of Turning Red was taken down, after complaints that it was racist and sexist.
  

 

Comments on Fantastic Beasts 3: The Return of Dumbledore: 

• Ben Child wonders whether Fantastic Beasts 3: The Return of Dumbledore can save the Harry Potter film franchise. 
• Gavia Baker-Whitelaw speculates about the absence of the character of Tina Goldstein from the Fantastic Beasts 3: The Return of Dumbledore trailer and publicity materials.

 

Awards:

• The finalists for the 2021 Nebula Awards have been announced.
  
• The winners of the 2022 Romantic Novel Awards have been announced. 
  
• The finalists for the 2021 Ursa Major Awards have been announced. 
• The finalists for the 2022 Darrell Awards have been announced. 
• The finalists for the Jim Baen Memorial Short Story Award have been announced.
  
• The winners of the 2022 Audie Awards have been announced. 
• The finalists for the 2021 Quantum Shorts Flash Fiction Contest have been announced. 
• The winner of the 2021 Royal Society's Young People's Book Prize has been announced. 
  
• The nominations for the 2022 Razzie Awards have been announced. 
• The winners of the 2022 VES Awards have been announced.
• The finalists for the 2022 Bafta Games Awards have been announced.
• Cora Buhlert shares her thoughts on the 2021 Nebula finalists.
• Camestros Felapton muses about creating a potential new SFF award.
• Gabrielle Sanchez shares director Guillermo Del Toro's response to the controversial changes to the format of the Oscar ceremony.
  

 

Writing, publishing and promotion:

• Dane Bahr talks about writing outside and inside the genre lines.
  
• D.V. Bishop talks about the challenge of balancing mystery and suspense.
  
• W.M. Akers talks about the joy of researching historical fiction.
  
• James Dawson reports that according to a new law librarians in Idaho could face jail time, if they lend materials deemed harmful to minors.
  

Interviews:

• Carrie Chi Lough interviews S.A. Barnes. 
• Scott Edelman interviews Paul Tremblay. 
• Anthony Cummins interviews Karen Joy Fowler. 
• Mary Quattlebaum interviews Kelly Barnhill.
  
• Cora Buhlert interviews Rachel S. Cordasco.
  
• Adam McPhee interviews Eric Williams. 
• Shane Whaley interviews Alma Katsu.
• Phoebe Barton interviews Isabel J. Kim. 
  
• Jen Gheller interviews Lisa Fox. 
• Andrea Johnson interviews R.J. Taylor.
  
• Elizabeth A. Harris interviews Brandon Sanderson.
• David A. Riley interviews Craig Herbertson.
  
• Punk Noir Magazine interviews Cody Sexton.
• Cora Buhlert interviews Antonio Alcala Gonzalez and Carl H. Sederholm.
  
• Lincoln Michel interviews Matt Bell.

Reviews:

• Blue Book Balloon reviews Stars and Bones by Gareth L. Powell. 
• Chris Napier reviews Stars and Bones by Gareth L. Powell.
  
• James Davis Nicoll reviews Of Charms, Ghosts and Grievances by Aliette de Bodard.
  
• C.D. Covington reviews Battle of the Linguist Mages by Scotto Moore. 
• Aigner Loren Wilson reviews The Blood Trials by N.E. Davenport.
  
• Bill Capossere reviews The Kaiju Preservation Society by John Scalzi. 
• Joe Sherry reviews The Kaiju Preservation Society by John Scalzi.
  
• Paul Weimer reviews Elder Race by Adrian Tchaikovsky. 
• Paul Weimer reviews Last Exit by Max Gladstone.
  
• Blue Book Balloon reviews Gallant by V.E. Schwab. 
• James Davis Nicoll reviews Spear by Nicola Griffith.
  
• Matt Davis reviews The Crimson Queen by Alec Hutson.
  
• Jodie Crump reviews The Shadow Glass by Josh Winning. 
  
• Maya Gittelman reviews From Dust, A Flame by Rebecca Podos. 
• Adrienne Martini reviews The Annual Migration of Clouds by Premee Mohamed. 
  
• Runalong the Shelves reviews Age of Ash by Daniel Abraham. 
• Mark Yon reviews Age of Ash by Daniel Abraham.
  
• Angela Gualtieri reviews The Warrior Prophet by R. Scott Bakker.
• Adrian Collins reviews Blood Reaver by Aaron Dembski-Bowden. 
• Stephanie Merritt reviews The Leviathan by Rosie Andrews. 
• Doreen Sheridan reviews The Paradox Hotel by Rob Hart.  
• Doreen Sheridan reviews Sundial by Catriona Ward. 
  
• Adri Joy reviews The Atlas Six by Olivie Blake. 
• Molly Templeton reviews The Atlas Six by Olivie Blake.
  
• Ian Mond reviews Present Tense Machine by Gunnhild Øyehaug, translated by Kari Dickson.
• Colleen Mondor reviews Walking in Two Worlds by Wab Kinew. 
• Roseanna Pendlebury reviews The Reinvented Heart: Tales of Futuristic Relationships, edited by Cat Rambo and Jennifer Brozek. 
• Mary O'Donnell reviews Burning Questions by Margaret Atwood. 

 
Classics reviews:

• Fletcher Vredenburgh revisits the 1912 Barsoom sword and planet novel A Princess of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs.
• M. Porcius revisits the 1917 collection Jungle Tales of Tarzan by Edgar Rice Burroughs. 
• Sandy Ferber revisits the 1922 lost world novel The City of Wonder by E. Charles Vivian.
  
• Michael R. Brown revisits the 1923 adventure fantasy novel The Seal of Genghis Khan by H. Bedford-Jones.
  
• James Maliszewski revisits the 1924 fantasy adventure "Under the Pyramids" by H.P. Lovecraft, ghostwriting for Harry Houdini.  
• MarzAat revisits the 1925 ghost story "A View from a Hill" by M.R. James. 
• Jeff Pike revisits the 1954 horror story "The Feasting Dead" by John Metcalfe.
• Gideon Marcus revisits the April 1967 issue of Galaxy. 
  
• David Levinson revisitss the April 1967 issues of If - Worlds of Science Fiction. 
• Jim Cornelius revisits the 1973 post-apocalyptic novel Hiero's Journey by Sterling E. Lanier. 
• James Davis Nicoll revisits the 1978 science fiction anthology Orbit 20, edited by Damon Knight.
  
• James Davis Nicoll revisits the 1980 science fiction collection Expanded Universe: The New Worlds of Robert A. Heinlein by Robert A. Heinlein. 
• Alissa Burger revisits the 1988 YA horror novel Last Act by Christopher Pike and the 1996 YA horror novel The Stalker by Carol Ellis.
  
• Cullen Murphy revisits the 2009 science fiction crime novel The City and the City by China Mieville. 

 

Crowdfunding:

• The anthology Three Time Travellers Walk Into..., edited by Michael A. Ventrella, is looking for funding.
  
• Actor Noah Averbach-Katz, who appeared in three episodes of Star Trek Discovery among many other things, is looking for funding for a film about type 1 diabetes, a condition which Noah Averbach-Katz himself has.
  

 

Con and event reports:

• Sue Burke reports about the 2021 Windycon in Chicago, Illinois.  
• Mike Glyer reports that more than eighty authors have signed an open letter asking the World Science Fiction Society to rescind the 2023 Worldcon awarded to Chengdu, China, because of ongoing human rights violations of the Chinese government. 
• Camestros Felapton discusses possible ways to deal with future site selection issues.
  
• Morgan Hazelwood reports about the panel "Breaking a Story, Hollywood Style" at DisCon III, the 2021 Worldcon in Washington DC.
• Mike Glyer shares the signing schedule at the Vintage Paperback Collectors Show in Glendale, California.
  

 

Science and technology:

• Arwa Mahdawi talks about commercialising and privatising space.
• George Dvorsky reports that a rock has gotten stuck in the wheel of the Perseverance Mars rover.
• Justin McCurry reports that a volcanic rock in Japan, in which an evil nine-tailed fox woman has been imprisoned according to legend, has split in half, prompting worries that a demon in on the loose.
• Daisuke Wakabayashi reports that the start-up Inversion Space wants to deliver important goods via orbital capsules.
  

Free online fiction:

• "A Nickel for the Burlap Man" by Patty Templeton in Beneath Ceaseless Skies. 
• "The Angel Azrael Encounters the Revelation Pilgrims and Other Curiosities" by Peter Darbyshire in Beneath Ceaseless Skies.
• "Wretchbane Midnights" by Erica Ciko Campbell in Starward Shadows.
  
• "The Walls of Benin City" by M.H. Ayinde in Omenana. 
• "Unexpected Defense" by Alcuin Fromm in Swords and Sorcery Magazine.
  
• "Rain of Days" by Ray Nayler in Clarkesworld. 
• "The Memory of Water" by Tegan Moore in Clarkesworld. 
• "The Catfish Sisters" by Lisa M. Bradley in Mermaids Monthly. 
• "The Linton Banshee" by Rev. Joe Kelly in Heroic Fantasy Quarterly.
  
• "With All Her Teeth" by Kali Wallace in The Dark.  
• "Skins" by Pedro Iniguez in Nightmare Magazine.  
• "Hush" by Mary Anne Mohanraj at Tor.com.
  
• "The First Promise We Break" by Risa Wolf in Apex Magazine.
  
• "Christopher Mills, Return to Sender" by Isabel J. Kim in Fantasy Magazine. 
  
• "An Exegesis of the Socioreligious Ramifications of the Collection of Peribi" by Daniel David Froid in Lightspeed.
• "Hood Alchemy" by Nicole D. Sconiers in Lightspeed. 
• "The Important Things" by Lisa Fox in Luna Station Quarterly.
  
• "Faith" by Mario Milsevic in Daily Science Fiction.
  
• "Feel Me" by Rich Larson in Daily Science Fiction. 
• "Junior Year" by A.E. Lanier in Daily Science Fiction. 
• "War of the Worlds: Final Take" by Bruce McAllister in Daily Science Fiction.
  
• "Thirteen Minutes" by Cora Buhlert.
  
• "Trigger Snowflake and the Goings-Away" by Ingvar in File 770.
  

 

Trailers and videos:

• Watch a featurette about Moon Knight.
  
• Watch a trailer for The Guardians of Justice. 
• Watch a trailer for The Adam Project.
• Watch a trailer for Bullet Train.
• Watch a trailer for The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent. 
  
• Watch a trailer for DMZ.
• Watch a trailer for DC League of Super-Pets.
• Watch a trailer for Apollo 10 1/2: A Space Age Childhood. 
• Watch a trailer for Bubble.
  
• Watch a teaser for season 2 of Russian Doll.