Speculative Fiction Links of the Week for July 29, 2022

It's time for the latest weekly round-up of interesting links about speculative fiction from around the web, this week with tributes to David Warner, Paul Sorvino and Bernard Cribbins, the many iterations of Star Trek, Ms. Marvel and the Marvel Cinematic Universe in general, Doctor Who past, present and future, season 4 of What We Do in the Shadows,  season 4 of Westworld, season 3 of For All Mankind, the animated Harley Quinn, DC League of Super-Pets, Resurrection, Nope, all the news and trailer from the 2022 San Diego Comic Con and much more.

Speculative fiction in general:

• Brian Attebery shares his ten favourite fantasy novels of the 21st century. 
• Jon Raymond shares science fiction for people who don't really like science fiction.
  
• Katrina Leno shares five science fiction novels for star gazers. 
• Carly Silver shares six soap opera tropes in SFF.
  
• James Davis Nicoll shares five depressing science fiction novels that may make you feel better about your life. 
• Randee Dawn shares six odd and unconventional dragons from fantasy.
  
• Judith Tarr takes a look at the unicorn in fantasy and folklore.
  
• Nat Cassidy shares eight unconventional coming of age horror novels.
  
• Dan Kois shares the fifty greatest fictional deaths of all time.
• Molly Templeton asks why we read what we read.
  
• Molly Templeton shares her appreciation for the works of Becky Chambers. 
• Geek Afrique profiles Nnedi Okorafor.
  
• Bob Byrne takes a look at the Bill Clanton sea adventure stories Robert E. Howard wrote for Spicy Adventure Stories in the 1930s. 
• Hilary A. Hallett remembers Elinor Glyn, whose bestselling novel Three Weeks caused a scandal upon publication in 1907. 
• Issy van der Velde reports that Star Frontiers: New Genesis, a tabletop RPG by TSR Hobbies (not to be confused with the original TSR) contains some gross racism.
  

 

Comics and Art:

• Matt Seneca revisits the 1979 Marvel Comics adaptation of the Conan story "A Witch Shall Be Born" by Roy Thomas and John Buscema. 
  
• Brian Doherty takes a look at the rise of underground comics in the 1960s.
• Amber Medland talks about E.E. Cummings' love for the Krazy Kat comic strip. 
• Jordyn Pair profiles fantasy artist Anna Miklosovic.
  
• Matt King, co-founder of the Meow Wolf art collective in Santa Fe, New Mexico, has died aged 37.
  

 

Film and TV:

• Paul Levinson shares his thoughts on the latest episode of The Orville. 
• Tim Knight shares his thoughts on The Northman.
• Keith R.A. DeCandido shares his thoughts on The Batman. 
• Paul Levinson shares his quibbles with the James Bond film No Time To Die.
  
• Phuong Le calls The Deer King a dystopian anime saga. 
  
• James Hibberd shares a two-part behind the scenes report about House of the Dragon.
• Steve Rose wonders whether House of the Dragon or The Rings of Power will prove to be more popular.
  
• Justin Carter notes that Dungeons and Dragons is more popular than ever and wonders what this will mean for the upcoming movie. 
• Cheryl Eddy shares twelve Indonesian horror movies to enjoy. 
• Cheryl Eddy shares ten documentaries that every horror film fan should watch.
  
• Eleanor Tremeer celebrates the twenty-fifth anniversary of Stargate SG1.
  
• Leah Schnelbach revisits the 1992 anime movie Porco Rosso.
  
• Dan Persons revisits the 2008 Batman movie The Dark Knight.
  
• Ryan Parker reports that controversial director Zack Snyder will guest-star on an episode of the animated Teen Titans Go! show.
  
• Gita Jackson reports that the online campaign to release the so-called "Snyder Cut" of Justice League was driven by genuine fans, though there also were bots involved.
• Bob Rafelson, co-creator of The Monkees and director of the 1981 adaptation of The Postman Always Rings Twice, has died aged 89.

 

Tributes to David Warner:

• David Warner, best known for playing villains in Tron, Time After Time, Time Bandits, The Man with the Two Brains, The Omen, Titanic, Star Trek, Doctor Who and many others, has died aged 80.
• Peter Bradshaw remembers David Warner.
• Linda Codega remembers David Warner.
• Greg Whitmore shares photos from David Warner's lengthy career.
  

 

Tributes to Bernard Cribbins:

• British actor Bernard Cribbins, best known for his appearances in Doctor Who, The Wombles, the Carry On series, She, The Railway Children, The Water Babies, Frenzy and many others, has died aged 93.
• The BBC shares an obituary for Bernard Cribbins.
• Mark Lawson remembers Bernard Cribbins. 
• James Whitbrook remembers Bernard Cribbins.
  
• The BBC shares photos from Bernard Cribbins' lengthy career.
• Greg Whitmore shares photos from Bernard Cribbins' lengthy career.
  

 

Tributes to Paul Sorvino: 

• Paul Sorvino, star of Goodfellas, Law and Order, The Gambler, The Rocketeer and Dick Tracy, has died aged 83. 
• Ryan Gilbey shares an obituary for Paul Sorvino. 
  
• J. Kingston Pierce remembers Paul Sorvino. 

 

Comments on the many iterations of Star Trek: 

• James Whitbrook speculates about season 3 of Star Trek Picard.
  
• Keith R.A. DeCandido revitis the Star Trek Enterprise episode "The Seventh". 
• Lenny Picker interviews William Shatner, best known for playing James T. Kirk in the original Star Trek.
  
• James Whitbrook reports that Star Trek: Strange New Worlds and the animated show Star Trek: Lower Decks will have a crossover episode.
  

 

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

• Renaldo Matadeen explains how Ms. Marvel subverted the superhero identity reveal and made it better.
• Swara Salih shares South Asian comic and TV heroines for fans of Ms. Marvel to enjoy.
• Justin Carter notes that the fact that Wakanda Forever focusses on the grief about the loss of T'Challa and actor Chadwick Boseman makes perfect sense.
  
• Sam Barsanti discusses some guest appearances and cameos hinted at in the She-Hulk: Attorney-at-Law trailer. 
• Linda Codega discusses how She-Hulk: Attorney-at-Law will deviate from the comics.
  
• Linda Codega reports that Marvel accidentally announced Regé-Jean Page as a member of the cast of Secret Invasion.
  
• Molly Templeton shares the release dates of all the upcoming Marvel movies and TV shows.
  

 

Comments on season 4 of What We Do In the Shadows: 

• William Hughes shares his thoughts on the latest episode of What We Do In the Shadows. 
• Pete Volk interviews Matt Berry, one of the stars of What We Do In the Shadows.
  

 

Comments on season 4 of Westworld: 

• Manuel Betancourt shares his thoughts on the latest episode of Westworld.
• Rob Bricken shares his thoughts on the latest episode of Westworld.
  

 

Comments on Doctor Who past, present and future:

• Paul Kirkley ranks the various outfits worn by the various Doctors in Doctor Who.
• Flora Carr reports that the upcoming series of Doctor Who will get a Behind-the-Scenes spin-off.
  

 

Comments on the animated Harley Quinn: 

• Jenna Scherer calls the animated Harley Quinn one of the most underrated shows on TV. 
• Matt Schimkovitz interviews Justin Halpern and Patrick Schumacker, showrunners of Harley Quinn.

 

Comments on Resurrection: 

• Jordan Hoffman praises the performance of Rebecca Hall in the horror thriller Resurrection. 
• Graeme Guttmann interviews Rebecca Hall, star of Resurrection.
  

 

Comments on season 3 of For All Mankind: 

• David Cote shares his thoughts on the latest episode of For All Mankind.
• Joe Otterson reports that For All Mankind has been renewed for season 4.
  

 

Comments on Nope (spoilers): 

• Olivia Rutigliano calls Nope a masterclass on our relationship to entertainment.
• Germain Lussier and Sabina Graves share a spoiler-filled review of Nope.
  
• A.A. Dowd reports that Jordan Peele, director of Nope, exists in a space of his own.
  
• Sam Barsanti reports that Nope is doing well at the US box office.
  

 

Comments on DC League of Super-Pets:

•  Ian Spelling calls DC League of Super-Pets a family friendly addition to the DC Universe. 
• Adrian Horton calls  DC League of Super-Pets a cute superhero romp with an all-star cast.
• Samantha Nelson calls DC League of Super-Pets a kids movie full of Easter eggs and jokes for adult DC Comics fans.
  

 

Awards:

• The shortlist for the 2022 British Fantasy Awards has been announced.
  
• The winner of the 2022 Manly Wade Wellman Award has been announced. 
• The winners of the 2022 Scribe Awards have been announced. 
• The shortlist for the 2022 Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction has been announced.
  
• The finalists for the 2022 Mike Resnick Memorial Award for Short Fiction have been announced.
  
• The winners of the 2022 Eisner Awards have been announced. 
• The winners of the 2022 Inkpot Awards have been announced.
  
• The winner of the 2022 Tähtifantasia Award has been announced. 
  
• The shortlist for the 2022 Prix Utopiales Jeunesse has been announced.
• The longlist for the 2022 Booker Prize has been announced. 
• Spiral Tower Press announced the Trigon Awards.
  
• The Hugos There podcast discusses the 2022 Hugo finalists for Best Novella (video link here).
  
• Rich Horton takes a look at the potential Hugo finalists of 1951.
  

 

Writing, publishing and promotion:

• Camestros Felapton talks about types of writing advice.
  
• Katrina Schroeder asks why people write. 
• B.A. Shapiro shares tips for keeping track of multiple point of view characters.
  
• Leah Schnelbach shares writing advice by Chuck Tingle.  
• Viola Zhou and Meaghan Tobin report about the popularity of serialised werewolf romances on platforms like Dreame and Kindle Vella.
  
• Josh Dzieza talks about artificial intelligence writing aids. 
• Kristine Kathryn Rush points out that the belated success of Kate Bush's song "Running Up That Hill" proves that intellectual property never grow old or spoils, but can always be rediscovered by a new generation. 
  
• Pamela Paul explains that there is more than one way to ban a book.
  
• Elizabeth A. Harris and Alexandra Alter report that HarperCollins staffers went on strike, demanding higher wages, benefits and diversity.
  

Interviews:

• Locus interviews Foz Meadows.
  
• Elizabeth Fitzgerald interviews Rem Wigmore.
  
• Phoebe Wagner interviews Naseem Jamnia.
• Elizabeth Tabler interviews Chris Panatier.
  
• Alan Petersen interviews Dean Koontz. 
  
• Scott Edelman interviews Patrick O'Leary. 
• Runalong the Shelves interviews G.M. White.
  
• D.M. Ritzlin interviews J. Thomas Howard. 
• Xander Odell interviews Laura Blackwell.
  
• Cat Luria interviews M.J. Garland. 
• Oliver Brackenbury interviews Sof Magliano.
  
• Oliver Brackenbury interviews Scott Dorward.
  
• Rob Thornton interviews Nicole Michell. 
• Cora Buhlert interviews Dr. Fiona Moore.
  
• Germain Lussier interviews Andrew Perlmutter, CEO of the collectible fingurine manufacturer Funko.
  

Reviews:

• Russell Letson reviews Eyes of the Void by Adrian Tchaikovsky. 
• Arturo Serrano reviews The Last Human by P.S. Hoffman
  
• James Davis Nicoll reviews Mars Evacuees by Sophia McDougall. 
• Russell Letson reviews Needle by Linda Nagata.
  
• Blue Book Balloon reviews The Daughter of Doctor Moreau by Silvia Moreno-Garcia. 
• Runalong the Shelves reviews The Daughter of Doctor Moreau by Silvia Moreno-Garcia. 
• Vanessa Armstrong reviews The Daughter of Doctor Moreau by Silvia Moreno-Garcia.
  
• Maya C. James reviews The Hacienda by Isabel Cañas.
• James Davis Nicoll reviews Holiday Heroine by Sarah Kuhn.
• Adri Joy reviews Moon Witch, Spider King by Marlon James and The Grief of Stones by Katherine Addison. 
• L.A. Young reviews The Liar's Knot by M.A. Carrick.
  
• Fiona Denton reviews The Last Blade Priest by W.P. Wiles. 
• Jenny Hamilton reviews Half a Soul by Olivia Atwater. 
• Adrian Collins reviews Those Below by Daniel Polansky.
  
• Bill Capossere reviews In the Narrowdark by Tad Williams. 
• Bill Capossere reviews Locklands by Robert Jackson Bennett. 
• Tim Pratt reviews Locklands by Robert Jackson Bennett.
  
• Chris Kluwe reviews Juniper and Thorn by Ava Reid.
  
• Colleen Mondor reviews Book of Night by Holly Black.
  
• Elizabeth Tabler reviews Kingshold by D.P. Woolliscroft. 
• Gary K. Wolfe reviews Chosen Spirits a.k.a. The City Inside by Samit Basu.
  
• Doreen Sheridan reviews The House Across the Lake by Riley Sager. 
• Haley Newlin reviews The House Across the Lake by Riley Sager. 
• Blue Book Balloon reviews Dead Water by C.A. Fletcher. 
• Hannah Renee reviews White Horse by Erika T. Wurth.
  
• Lesa Holstine reviews The Dead Romantics by Ashley Poston. 
• Ian Mond reviews Lapvona by Ottessa Moshfegh. 
• Caren Gussoff Sumption reviews January Fifteenth by Rachel Swirsky. 
• Elizabeth Fitzgerald reviews All This Come Back Now, edited by Mykaela Saunders. 
• Publishers Weekly reviews Africa Risen, edited by Sheree Renee Thomas, Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki and Zelda Knight.
• Joseph Rex Young reviews Weird Talers: Essays on Robert E Howard and Others by Bobby Derie.

Classics reviews:

• Sandy Ferber revisits the 1912 science fiction novel Ralph 124C 41+ by Hugo Gernsback.
• John Coulthart revisits the 1947 fantasy story "The Immortal" by Jorge Luis Borges. 
• Mark Yon revisits the August 1967 issue of New Worlds.
  
• Kris Vyas-Myall revisits the first and only three issues of the shortlived 1967 magazine Famous Science Fiction. 
• Joachim Boaz revisits the 1973 science fiction anthology The Alien Condition, edited by Stephen Goldin. 
• Alan Brown revisits the 1979 military science fiction collection Hammer's Slammers by David Drake.
  
• James Davis Nicoll revisits the 1980 post-apocalyptic thriller Free Flight by Douglas Terman. 
• MarzAat revisits the 1982 cosmic horror story "Jerobeam Henley's Debt" by Charles R. Saunders. 
• James Davis Nicoll revisits the 1987 science fiction mystery Bimbos of the Death Sun by Sharyn McCrumb.
  
• Emmet Asher-Perrin revisits the 1996 Discworld fantasy novel Hogfather by Terry Pratchett.
• John Mauro revisits the 2000 epic fantasy novel A Storm of Swords by George R.R. Martin.
  

 

Crowdfunding:

• Uncanny Magazine is looking for funding to continue publishing in year nine and beyond.
• Christopher Neely has started a petition for Michael Moorcock to be awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature.
  

 

Reports about the 2022 San Diego Comic Con:

• Christpher Baggett reports about the Masters of the Universe 40th Anniversary panel at San Diego Comic Con in San Diego, California.
• Jack Smart reports about William Shatner's surprise appearance at the Masters of the Universe 40th Anniversary panel at San Diego Comic Con. 
• James Whitbrook shares all the news from the Marvel Cinematic Universe panel at San Diego Comic Con.  
• James Whitbrook and Germain Lussier report about the Marvel animation panel at San Diego Comic Con. 
• Jordan Moreau also reports about the Marvel animation panel at San Diego Comic Con and particularly about the return of the X-Men cartoon.
• Justin Carter reports about the Marvel Comics panel at San Diego Comic Con. 
• Matt Schimkovitz and Jack Smart share their highlights from San Diego Comic Con. 
• Rob Bricken shares all the announcements from San Diego Comic Con.   
• io9 shares the great and not so great moments of San Diego Comic Con.
  
• Germain Lussier reports about the Dungeons and Dragons: Honor Among Thieves panel at San Diego Comic Con. 
• Sabina Graves reports about the What We Do in the Shadows panel at San Diego Comic Con.
  
• Sabina Graves reports about the National Treasure: Edge of History panel at San Diego Comic Con. 
• Cheryl Eddy reports about the Wheel of Time panel at San Diego Comic Con.  
• Matt Schimkovitz reports about the Lord of the Rings: Rings of Power panel at San Diego Comic Con. 
• Cheryl Eddy reports about the Evil panel at San Diego Comic Con. 
• Sabina Graves reports about the Archer panel at San Diego Comic Con.
  
• Germain Lussier reports aboutt the Severance panel at San Diego Comic Con. 
• Cheryl Eddy reports about the Solar Opposites panel at San Diego Comic Con. 
• Cheryl Eddy reports about the Gremlins: Secrets of the Mogwai panel at San Diego Comic Con.
• Justin Carter shares the best cosplay photos from San Diego Comic Con. 
• Justin Carter shares more cosplay photos from San Diego Comic Con. 
• James Whitbrook shares even more great cosplay photos from San Diego Comic Con. 
• Mike Glyer reports that the San Diego Comic Con souvenir book accidentally posted a photo of Joe Haldeman, who's still alive, with the obituary for the late Ron Goulart and points out other instances of similar mistakes.
  
• Tara Bennett reports about Funkoville, the massive Funko display area at San Diego Comic Con. 
• Andrew Liszewski reports about an animatronic Baby Grogu on display at San Diego Comic Con. 
• Watch a video of the Masters of the Universe display at San Diego Comic Con, including the massive Eternia diorama.
  

Other con and event reports:

• Caroline Mullan announces that Conversation, the 2023 Eastercon, will be held at the Hilton Metropole hotel in Birmingham, UK.
  
• The program for SpiralCon in Newport News, Virginia, is online. 
• Ariana Bindman reports about The Empire Strips Back, a Star Wars themed burlesque show in San Francisco, California. 
  
• Nick Ahad calls Lizard Boy a wildly inventive musical by Justin Huertas, which is currently being performed in Manchester, UK.
  
• Gareth Llyr Evans calls Huno an unnerving play by Tamar Williams set in a waterlooged dystopia that is currently being performed in Cardiff, Wales.
  
• Tom Tapp reports that a fight broke out in Fantasyland at Disney World in Orlando, Florida. 
• Tom Scott shares a video of the dragon slaying festival in Furth im Wald, Bavaria, Germany.
  

 

Science and technology:

• Robert Zubrin, Steven Benner and Jan Špaček explain how to search for life on Mars.
• Max Hauptman reports that a man was arrested trying to break into Patrick Space Force Base in Cocoa Beach, Florida, in order to warn the Space Force about a war between aliens and dragons.
  
• Jon Henley reports that a chess-playing robot has accidentally broken the finger of a seven-year-old opponent.
• Jack Tarisiea explains that the tyrannosaurus rex may actually have been three distinct species. 
• Paul Richards reports that two of the largest freshwater fish in the world have been declared extinct.
  
• Lisa Black explains that online games are designed to be addictive. 
• Penny Goetjen shares some paranormal experiences she had.
  
• Scientist James Lovelock, originator of the Gaia hypothesis which ruined the Foundation series by Isaac Asimov, has died aged 103.
  

Free online fiction:

• "Uncounted Leaves of Ends of Camelot" by R.K. Duncan in Beneath Ceaseless Skies. 
• "A Once and Future Reckoning" by Rajan Khanna in Beneath Ceaseless Skies.
  
• "This Place Is Best Shunned" by David Erik Nelson in Tor.com. 
• "Ursus Frankensteinus" by Rich Larson in Lightspeed. 
• "Hungry As the Mirror Bright" by Micah Dean Hicks in Lightspeed.
  
• "Termination Stories for the Cyberpunk Dystopia Protagonist" by Isabel J. Kim in Clarkesworld.
• "The Strange Girl" by Xiu Xinyu, translated by Emily Jin, in Clarkesworld. 
• "Magpie Girls" by Savannah Wade in Luna Station Quarterly. 
• "What the Dead Birds Told Me" by Laura Blackwell in Nightmare Magazine.
  
• "A Game at Clearwater Lake" by Gillian Daniels in The Dark.
• "The Path to the Future" by Oghan N'Thanda in Omenana.
• "Schlafstunde" by Lavie Tidhar in Apex Magazine.
  
• "Side Effects Include Sleepwalking and Practicing Witchcraft" by Marshall Geck in Mystery Tribune.
  
• "Demon Child" by Cora Buhlert in Wyngraf Magazine of Cozy Fantasy. 
• "University, Speaking" by Phoebe Wagner in ASU Center for Science and the Imagination.
  
• "The Snow Globe" by Marge Simon in Daily Science Fiction. 
• "The Tempest in the Glasswork" by Tarver Nova in Daily Science Fiction.
• "Drifting" by Thomas Baldwin in Daily Science Fiction.
• "The Slick and the Dead" by E.J. Delaney in Daily Science Fiction.
  
• "Less Misery Enough to Bear" by Yelena Crane in Daily Science Fiction.
• "CCTV" by Michael Harrington.
• "Star" by Kristine Kathryn Rusch.
  

 

Trailers and videos:

• Watch a trailer for She-Hulk: Attorney-at-Law.
  
• Watch a trailer for Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.
  
• Watch a trailer for Shazam: Fury of the Gods.
  
• Watch a trailer for Black Adam. 
• Watch a trailer for I Am Groot. 
• Watch a trailer for The Sandman. 
• Watch a trailer for The Winchesters. 
• Watch a trailer for Samaritan.
  
• Watch a trailer for National Treasure: Edge of History. 
• Watch another trailer for House of the Dragon.
  
• Watch another trailer for Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power.
  
• Watch a trailer for Teen Wolf: The Movie.
• Watch a trailer for Vampire Academy. 
• Watch a trailer for Guillermo Del Toro's take on Pinocchio.
• Watch a trailer for season 4 of The Dragon Prince.
• Watch a trailer for Pearl.
• Watch a trailer for Queer for Fear.