Speculative Fiction Links of the Week for June 24, 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: Strange New Worlds and the many other iterations of Star Trek, Ms. Marvel and the Marvel Cinematic Universe in general, Obi-Wan Kenobi and Star Wars in general, The Lazarus Project, The Time Traveler's Wife, RRR, The Black Phone, Halo, season 3 of For All Mankind, Marcel the Shell With Shoes On, Lightyear, Jurassic World: Dominion and Jurassic Park/World in general, Beavis and Butthead Do the Universe and much more.

Speculative fiction in general:

• Amazon share their favourite science fiction and fantasy books of 2022 to date.
• James Davis Nicoll shares five science fiction stories that look like fantasy.
  
• Arvyn Cérezo shares eleven must-read Filipino science fiction books. 
• Samit Basu notes that for some people, dystopia is just the real world.
  
• Shoshana Wodinsky shares the eleven best and worst sentient robots from science fiction.
• Cassie Josephs calls Murderbot an autistic coded robot done right. 
• Jon Bassoff offers a defence of unsympathetic protagonists.
  
• Colin Marshall discusses the importance of Astounding Science Fiction for the development of the genre. 
• Katie Dancey-Downs shares eight facts about Philip K. Dick. 
  
• Deuce Richardson shares his appreciation for the Barsoom stories by Edgar Rice Burroughs.
  
• Lisa Allardice shares an oral history of the making of Harry Potter for the 25th anniversary of Harry Potter and the Philosophers' Stone.
  
• Camestros Felapton wonders whether Gandalf knows about atoms in a two-part post. 
• Ella Braidwood reports about the rise of LGBTQ+ romance fiction.
• Alison Scott offers an overview over the fanzine scene in 1967.
  

Comics and Art:

• Michael Cavna interviews Randy Milholland who has taken over the Popeye comic strip.
• Aman Singh explains why Batman has a T-Rex in the Batcave.
• Rachel Cooke reviews the 1984 feminist manga Talk To My Back by Yamada Murasaki. 
• Borys Kit reports that Titan Comics has received the Conan the Barbarian comics license.  
• Gavia Baker-Whitelaw reports that writer Yehudi Mercado has apologised for using racist stereotypes in the Marvel comic What if...Miles Morales become Thor? 
  

 

Film and TV: 

• Gavia Baker-Whitelaw wasn't particularly impressed with the futuristic prison thriller Spiderhead, but praises Chris Hemsworth's performance.
  
• Cheryl Eddy says that Phil Tippett's stop motion horror film Mad God pushes the limits of animation and sanity. 
• Leigh Monson declares that Brian and Charles explores an odd but charming couple. 
• Paul Levinson calls Syd and Chloe and the Myriad Worlds a provocative and excellent science fiction film. 
• Scott Roxborough calls the horror film The Maestro Mr. Hollad's Opus meets Texas Chainsaw Massacre.
  
• Samantha Bergeson calls Space Oddity a sexless and spaceless romantic comedy.
• Phil Hoad calls Gatlopp: Hell of a Game a low-budget Jumanji.
  
• Paul Levinson shares his thoughts on the latest episode of The Orville.
• Paul Levinson shares his thoughts on the latest episode of The Man Who Fell To Earth.
  
• Tahmeed Shafiq shares his thoughts on the animated superhero movie Young Justice Phantoms. 
  
• Leslie Felperin calls The Sea Beast a lavish animated fantasy epic.
  
• Peter Bradshaw calls Minions: The Rise of Gru a feeble animated origin story. 
• Lucy Mangan calls Seven Days on Mars an out of this world documentary. 
• A.A. Dowd revisits the 1982 science fiction film E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial for its fortieth anniversary. 
• Leah Schnelbach revisits the 1982 horror movie Poltergeist for its fortieth anniversary.
  
• Dan Persons revisits the 1985 dystopian science fiction film Brazil. 
• Peter Bradshaw revisits the 1987 West German urban fantasy movie Wings of Desire a.k.a. Der Himmel über Berlin. 
  
• A.A. Dowd revisits the 1992 superhero movie Batman Returns for its twentieth anniversary. 
• Christina Orlando revisits the 2008 Doctor Who episode "Partners in Crime".
  
• Meg Walters wonders why so many time travel and time loop movies are exploring mother/daughter relationships.
  
• Adrienne Colt points out that everybody needs a friend with whom to watch horror movies together.
  
• Ben Child asks if Lord of the Rings is now a neverending franchise like Star Wars or the Marvel Cinematic Universe. 
• Justin Carter wonders whether the various Game of Thrones spin-offs can capture the world's imagination like the original did.
  
• Kaitlyn McNab interviews Maisie Williams, who played Arya Stark in Game of Thrones. 
• Linda Codega interviews David Jenkins, showrunner of Our Flag Means Death.
  
• Michael Hogan interviews Joseph Quinn who plays Eddie Munson in Stranger Things. 
• Fiona Sturges interviews Bill Pullman, star of Independence Day, Spaceballs, Ruthless People, Lost Highway, The Sinner and many others.
  
• Brian Hiatt interviews Eric Kripke, showrunner of The Boys. 
• Cheryl Eddy discusses how the showrunners of The Umbrella Academy handeled Elliot Page coming out as trans.
  
• Michael Andor Brodeur shares his appreciation for the music of John Williams for the composer's ninetieth birthday. 
• Linda Codega reports about Kate Bush's reacttion to the belated chart success of her 1985 song "Running Up That Hill" due to playing over a pivotal scene in season 4 of Stranger Things.
  
• Anthony d'Alessandro and Dominic Patten report that Ezra Miller will not reappear in the DC Cinematic Universe after The Flash due to the actor's increasingly erratic and problematic behaviour.
  
• Actor Tyler Sanders, who appeared in Just Add Magic: Mystery City, 9-1-1: Lone Star, Fear the Walking Dead and The Rookie, has died aged only 18.
   

Comments on Star Trek: Strange New Worlds and the many other iterations of Star Trek: 

• Keith R.A. DeCandido shares his thoughts on "The Serene Squall", the latest episode of Star Trek Strange New Worlds.
• James Whitbrook shares his thoughs on "The Serene Squall".
• Paul Levinson shares his thoughts on "The Serene Squall".
  
• Ryan Parker interviews Jess Bush who plays Christine Chapel in Star Trek: Strange New Worlds. 
• Keith R.A. DeCandido revisits the Star Trek Enterprise episode "Minefield".
  

 

Comments on Ms. Marvel and the Marvel Cinematic Universe in general (spoilers): 

• Leah Schnelbach shares her thoughts on "Destined", the latest episode of Ms. Marvel.
• Sarah Shaffi shares her thoughts on "Destined". 
• Swara Salih shares her thoughts on "Destined". 
• Sammy Gecsoyler reports that in spite of the success of Ms. Marvel, Muslim stories and Muslim creators still have a hard time on TV.
  
• Adam B. Vary interviews Natalie Portman who plays Jane Foster in Thor: Love and Thunder.
  

 

Comments on Obi-Wan Kenobi and Star Wars in general (spoilers): 

• Emmet Asher-Perrin shares their thoughts on the series finale of Obi-Wan Kenobi.
  
• Andy Welch shares his thoughts on the series finale of Obi-Wan Kenobi. 
• Manuel Betrancourt shares his thoughts on the series finale of Obi-Wan Kenobi. 
• Germain Lussier shares his thoughts on the series finale of Obi-Wan Kenobi.  
• Gavia Baker-Whitelaw shares her thoughts on the series finale of Obi-Wan Kenobi. 
  
• Luke Holland shares his biggest problem with Obi-Wan Kenobi.
• Germain Lussier shares twelve burning questions after Obi-Wam Kenobi.
  
• Rob Bricken interviews a surprise guest star in Obi-Wan Kenobi (spoilers).
  
• Jeff Spry interviews robotics professor Robin Murphy about the realism or lack thereof of robots as portrayed in Star Wars.
  
• James Whitbrook shares the comic book inspiration for the battle of Jabiim in episode 5 of Obi-Wan Kenobi.
  
• James Whitbrook ranks every outfit worn by Obi-Wan Kenobi.
• Watch a trailer for LEGO Star Wars Summer Vacation.
  

 

Comments on The Lazarus Project:

• Lucy Mangan calls The Lazarus Project a fun and stylish time loop thriller.
• Simon Hattenstone interviews Paapa Essidou, star of The Lazarus Project.
  

 

Comments on The Time Traveler's Wife:

• Natalie Zutter shares her thoughts on the latest episode of The Time Traveler's Wife.
• Paul Levinson shares his thoughts on the latest episode of The Time Traveler's Wife.
  

 

Comments on RRR: 

• Todd Gilchrist calls the Telugu language film RRR a crowd-pleasing must-see genre mash-upthrill ride that you didn't know you needed to watch. 
• Sabina Graves lists movies to watch after RRR.

 

Comments on Lightyear:

• Arturo Serrano declares that Lightyear doesn't fly but fails with style. 
  
• Michael Cavna notes that the same sex couple in Lightyear is part of Pixar's evolution.
  
• Ali Plumb interviews Chris Evans and Taika Waititi, two of the stars providing the voices for Lightyear.
• Josh Horowitz interviews Chris Evans. 
• Germain Lussier praises Michael Giacchino's soundtrack for Lightyear.
  
• Nancy Tartaglione reports that Lightyear's box office performance has been lacklustre. 
• Ian Spelling shares six reasons why Lightyear fell short of expectations.
  

 

Comments on Halo: 

• Jack Seale calls Halo a sterile mix of trigger porn and talky worldbuilding that could have been much better.
• Cynthia Littleton reports that Halo is the most watched series on Paramount+ and has brought in many new subscribers. 
  

 

Comments on Marcel the Shell With Shoes On: 

• Courtney Howard calls Marcel the Shell With Shoes On a delightful animated journey.
• Jack Smart interviews Dean Fleischer-Camp, director of Marcel the Shell With Shoes On.
  

 

Comments on season 3 of For All Mankind: 

•  Paul Levinson shares his thoughts on the latest episode of For All Mankind.
• David Cote shares his thoughts on the latest episode of For All Mankind. 
  

 

Comments on Jurassic World: Dominion and Jurassic Park in general: 

• Alasdair Stuart calls Jurassic World Dominion a bad but compelling movie. 
• Jonathan Cowie shares a mini-review of Jurassic World Dominion.
  

 

Comments on The Black Phone: 

• Todd Gilchrist calls The Black Phone a horror movie that isn't very scary. 
• Owen Gleiberman also notes that The Black Phone is less scary than one might assume. 
• Peter Bradshaw find The Black Phone an uneven horror film, but praises the performance of Ethan Hawke.
  

 

Comments on Beavis and Butthead Do the Universe: 

• A.A. Dowd declares that the animated science fiction comedy Beavis and Butthead Do the Universe has some funny moments, but lots of missed opportunities. 
• Luke Thompson declares that Beavis and Butthead Do the Universe aims low, but scores high,
  

 

Awards:

• The longlist for the 2022 Manly Wade Wellman Award has been announced. 
• The finalists for the 2022 Munsey Awards have been announced.
  
• The finalists for the 2022 Scribe Awards have been announced. 
• The finalists for the 2022 Ignotus Awards have been announced. 
• YA SFF writer Malorie Blackman has won the 2022 PEN Pinter Prize.
  
• The 2022 inductees into the Canadian Science Fiction and Fantasy Association Hall of Fame have been announced. 
• Camestros Felapton shares his thoughts about the 2022 Hugo finalists for Best Dramatic Presentation Long Form. 
• Camestros Felapton explains how a little known clause in the Hugo Award rules might deny a rightful winner their award, because not enough people voted in the category.
  
• Rich Horton looks at some potential candidates for the 1954 Hugo Awards. 
• Claire Armitstead looks back on fifty years of the Costa Book Award, formerly the Whitbread Prize.
  

 

Writing, publishing and promotion:

• Mark Lawrence points out that writing skills do matter. 
• Kate Williams talks about writing unlikeable characters.
  
• Kristine Kathryn Rusch talks about longterm IP management.
  
• Victoria Strauss reports about the US Copyright Claims Board, a new option for copyright disputes. 
• The HWA warns its members about someone using their address data to send out scam e-mails with fake job offerings. 
• Mike Glyer reports that the HWA claims that there was no security breach. 
• Claire Woodcock reports that a TikTok user has encouraged people to abuse Amazon's return policy. 
• Paul Dean reports that used bookstores in the UK are struggling.
  
• Mike Glyer reports that Don Blyly hopes to reopen that Uncle Hugo's and Uncle Edgar's bookstores, which were burned down by arsonists during riots in Minneapolis, Minnesota, following the death of George Floyd in 2020, in July in a new location.
  
• Gaby Hinsliff recounts the uproar about Kate Clanchy's memoir Some Children I Taught and What They Taught Me and the fallout for the British publishing industry.
  
• Heidi MacDonald reports that comics and graphic novels are particularly affected by the current rise in book banning attempts at US libraries.
  

Interviews:

• Rebecca Solnit interviews Margaret Atwood.
  
• Andrew Sumner interviews Michael Moorcock.
• Open Book interviews Emily St. John Mandel, Audrey Niffenegger and Carlo Rovelli. 
• Daniel LoPilato interviews Kim Stanley Robinson. 
  
• D.M. Ritzlin interviews John C. Hocking.
  
• Locus interviews V. Castro. 
• Paul Weimer interviews Ed McDonald. 
  
• Lisa Allardice interviews Ruth Ozeki. 
• D.M. Ritzlin interviews Ken Lizzi.
  
• Jen Gheller interviews Lisa Farrell.
  

Reviews:

• Roger Cadenhead reviews Captain Wu: Starship Nameless by Patrice Fitzgerald and Jack Lister.
  
• Liz Bourke reviews Prison of Sleep by Tim Pratt.
  
• Mike Glyer reviews Duckett and Dyer: Dicks for Hire by G.M. Nair.
  
• C.T. Phipps reviews Against All Odds by Jeffrey Haskell. 
• Runalong the Shelves reviews Seven Dead Sisters by Jen Williams. 
  
• Paul Weimer reviews How to Rule an Empire and Get Away With It by K.J. Parker. 
• Gary K. Wolfe reviews Siren Queen by Nghi Vo. 
• Bill Capossere reviews The Grief of Stones by Katherine Addison. 
• Leah Schnelbach reviews The Grief of Stones by Katherine Addison.
  
• Runalong the Shelves reviews The Bone Lantern by Angela Slatter. 
• John Mauro reviews A Touch of Light by Thiago Abdalla 
• Rob Bedford reviews In the Shadow of Lightning by Brian McClellan. 
  
• Paul Di Filippo reviews City of Orange by David Yoon.  
• Runalong the Shelves reviews The Knave of Secrets by Alex Livingston.
  
• Mark Yon reviews The Stardust Thief by Chelsea Abdullah.
• John Mauro reviews The Iron Crown by L.L. MacRae.
  
• Mike Glyer reviews Monster of the Dark by K.T. Belt.
• Chris Kluwe reviews Monsters Born and Made by Tanvi Berwah.
  
• Aaron Jones reviews Mad King Robin by James Vella-Bardon. 
• Marion Deeds reviews Payback's a Witch by Lana Harper. 
• Phoebe Wagner reviews Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo.
  
• Runalong the Shelves reviews The Inheritance of Orquidea Divina by Zoraida Córdova. 
• Colleen Mondor reviews A Comb of Wishes by Lisa Stringfellow.
  
• Chris Pickens reviews The Maker of Swans by Paraic O'Donnell. 
  
• Joanna Z. Weston reviews The Impossible Resurrection of Grief by Octavia Cade.
• Russell Letson reviews Aspects by John M. Ford. 
• Ian Mond reviews Poguemahone by Patrick McCabe. 
• Paul Burke reviews Lambda by David Musgrave.
  
• Paul Di Filippo reviews Forkpoints by Sheila Finch. 
• Becky LeJeune reviews Ghost Games by Brooke Mackenzie.
  
• Blue Book Balloon reviews Boys, Beasts and Men by Sam J. Miller. 
• Paperback Warrior reviews the Cryptozoology Anthology, edited by Robert Deis, David Colemen and Wyatt Doyle
  
• Brian Murphy reviews issue 5 of Whetstone Magazine of Sword and Sorcery.
  
• Jason Ray Carney reviews Cross Plains Pilgrimage by Bobby Derie.
  

 

Classics reviews:

• James Maliszewski revisits the 1931 horror story "The Return of the Sorcerer" by Clark Ashton Smith.
  
• Rich Horton revisits the 1950 science fiction story "Scanners Live in Vain" by Cordwainer Smith.
• M. Porcius revisits the 1960 science fiction novel The Wailing Asteroid by Murray Leinster. 
• Paperback Warrior revisits the 1962 time travel novel First Through Time a.k.a. The Time Factor by Rex Gordon.
  
• M. Porcius revisits the 1964 science fiction novel The Mindwarpers a.k.a. With a Strange Device by Eric Frank Russell. 
• Gideon Marcus revisits the July 1967 issue of The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction.
  
• Victoria Silverwolf revisits the 1967 science fiction novels The Rim World Legacy by F.A. Javor and Bright New Universe by Jack Willamson, Kris Vyas-Myall revisits the 1967 science fiction novel The Killing Thing by Kate Wilhelm and Jason Sacks revisits the 1967 superhero novel The Avengers Battle the Earth-Wrecker by Otto Binder.
• James Davis Nicoll revisits the 1974 science fiction collection Survival Ship and Other Stories by Judith Merril.
  
• Paperback Warrior revisits the 1979 lost world novel Journey to the Underground World by Lin Carter. 
• Steve Carroll revisits the 1981 Red Sonja sword and sorcery novel The Ring of Ikribu and David C. Smith and Richard L. Tierney. 
• James Maliszewski revisits the February 1983 issue of White Dwarf. 
• Nicholas Whyte revisits the 1985 science fiction novel Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card. 
• Nicholas Whyte revisits the 1987 Discworld fantasy novel Mort by Terry Pratchett. 
• Joe Sherry revisits the 1991 Wheel of Time fantasy novel The Dragon Reborn by Robert Jordan. 
  

 

Crowdfunding:

• The Grayshade trilogy by Gregory A. Wilson is looking for funding for books 2 and 3 and a related TTRPG.
  

 

Con and event reports:

• Chicon 8, the 2022 Worldcon in Chicago, Illinois, has published progress report No. 4.
• Keith West reports about the 2022 Robert E. Howard Days in Cross Plains, Texas. 
• The Cromcast shares a recording of a panel about Robert E. Howard's influence on gaming at the 2022 Robert E. Howard Days. 
• The Cromcast shares a recording of the Glenn Lord Symposium held at the 2022 Robert E. Howard Days.
  
• Keith West reports about the 2022 Edgar Rice Burroughs Dum Dum in San Antonion, Texas.
  
• JordanCon in Atlanta, Georgia, has issues a statement regarding the situation involving Richard Fife and Faith Hunter. 
• Kevin Standlee announces that the 2023 Westercon will take place in Anaheim, California.
  
• Mary Houlihan reports about a musical version of It Came From Outer Space, which is being performed in Chicago, Illinois.
  

Science and technology:

• Marianne Guenot reports that NASA is preparing to shut down the Voyager probes.
  
• Sam Dean reports that Banson Tsai, a rocket scientist working at SpaceX, has invented a robot that makes pizza.
• Kelsey D. Atherton reports about a new robotic dog which can swim. 
• Neelam Bohra reports that part of the Kitt Peak National Observatory in Arizona has been destroyed by a wildfire. 
• Rupert Neate reports that the manufacturer of the helium-filled Airlander 10 airships has received an order for ten airships.
  

Free online fiction:

• "Marsbodies" by Adele Gardner in Clarkesworld. 
• "Inhuman Lovers" by Chen Qian, translated by Carmen Yiling Yan in Clarkesworld. 
• "Dr. Wasp and Hornet Holmes" by Lavie Tidhar in Nightmare Magazine. 
• "Zen Solaris and the God-Child" by Arden Powell in Lightspeed. 
• "Broken Record" by Stephen Graham Jones in Lightspeed.
  
• "The Apotheosis of Sophi Undying" by S. Cameron David in Swords and Sorcery Magazine.
• "Nightmare Voyages" by Jennifer Crow in Heroic Fantasy Quarterly. 
• "The Gods Have Made a Request" by Ephraim Orji in Omenana.
  
• "Linden in Effigy" by Kay Chronister in The Dark.
• "The Price of Pearls" by E. Fox in Luna Station Quarterly. 
• "The Magical Sow" by Wen Wen Yang in Fantasy Magazine. 
• "In the Monster's Mouth" by Tim Waggoner in Apex Magazine. 
• "Excavation" by Dafydd McKimm in Daily Science Fiction.
  
• "A House Divided" by Jon Michael Hansen in Daily Science Fiction.
  
• "The Ten Most Common Trickster Scams" by Liam Hogan in Daily Science Fiction.

 

Trailers and videos:

• Watch a trailer for part 2 of season 4 of Stranger Things. 
• Watch a trailer for season 4 of What We Do in the Shadows. 
• Watch a trailer for Smile.
  
• Watch a trailer for Puss in Boots 3: The Last Wish.
  
• Watch a trailer for season 6 of My Hero Academia.