Speculative Fiction Links of the Week for July 22, 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 Herbert W. Franke and Eric Flint, the many iterations of Star Trek, Ms. Marvel, Thor: Love and Thunder and the Marvel Cinematic Universe in general, season 4 of Westworld, the latest version of Resident Evil, She Will, Marcel the Shell With Shoes On, Nope, the 2022 San Diego Comic Con and much more.

Speculative fiction in general:

• Christina Orlando shares the thirty most anticipated SFF books for the rest of 2022. 
• Tobias Carroll shares his favourite small press SFF coming out in July and August 2022.
  
• Lyndsie Manusos offers a primer to science fiction subgenres.
  
• Lincoln Michel writes about speculative epics. 
• Alex Jennings explains what culture shock taught him about science fiction and fantasy storytelling. 
• James Davis Nicoll shares five SFF comfort reads.
  
• James Davis Nicoll shares five SFF novels that travel to alternate Earths.
  
• Max Gladstone points out that villains can parodoxically keep the protagonists safe, because they monopolise all the danger. 
• Crime Reads hosts a roundtable discussion about the meaning of "The Other". 
• Vince A. Liaguno and Rena Mason talks about the concept of "The Other" in horror.
  
• Jason Ray Carney talks about the New Edge sword and sorcery movement and shares some history. 
• Mike Signor shares some links pertaining to the cozy fantasy movement. 
• Emily Jane Buehler shares a list of cozy fantasy romances.
  
• Sarah Gailey talks about loving monsters. 
• Melissa Albert shares five SFF boosk that deal with magic and its aftermath.  
• Nina Nesseth talks about friendship, loss and high school horror. 
• Linda Codega shares thirteen fungus-themed horror novels.
  
• Rebecca Stott talks about the challenges of writing fiction set during the darkest part of the so-called "dark ages".
  
• Daniel Rabuzzi talks about the fairy tales school of English language poetry. 
• Brian Murphy shares his appreciation for the works of Lord Dunsany.
  
• Bill Slocum shares his thoughts on the Bran Mak Morn stories by Robert E. Howard.
• Silvia Moreno-Garcia talks about the mad scientists of nineteenth century literature and their tendency to build artificial humans. 
  
• Ben Riggs recounts how a Lord of the Rings and Dungeons & Dragons crossover almost happened.
  
• Tobias Carroll discusses how Marvel's No-Prize helped shape modern fandom.
  
• Shaun Duke pointss out that so-called "cancel culture" is not a publishing refusing to publish a racist Norman Mailer essay, but marginalised writers, artists and fans being subjected to harassment mobs.
  
• Yahoo reports about the thirtieth anniversary of the Goosebumps series of horror novels for young readers.
  

Tributes to Herbert W. Franke:

• Austrian science fiction writer and pioneering computer artist Herbert W. Franke had died aged 95.
  
• Dietmar Dath remembers Herbert W. Franke.
• Claudia Koestler shares an obituary for Herbert W. Franke.
  

 

Tributes to Eric Flint:

• SFF writer and editor Eric Flint has died aged 74.  
• Mike Glyer remembers Eric Flint.
  

 

Comics and Art:

• Justin Carter reports that Namor, the Sub-Mariner will be getting a new comic by Christopher Cantwell and Pasqual Ferry.
  
• James Whitbrook reports about the latest X-Men Hellfire Gala event in the comics.
• Rachel Cooke reviews the graphic novel Alison by Lizzy Stewart.
  
• Ravynn K. Stringfield shares her appreciation for the character of Monica Lynne, T'Challa's girlfriend in the Black Panther comics of the 1970s,  
• Justin Carter reports about the problems at the comic and graphic novel publisher Oni Press.
  
• Deuce Richardson celebrates the 80th birthday of comics artist Mike Ploog. 
• Alan Grant, writer of Judge Dredd and Batman, has died aged 73.
  

 

Film and TV:

• Luke Y. Thompson calls The Deer King a beautiful animated movie that plays it a little too safe.
• Paul Levinson shares his thoughts on the latest episode of The Orville. 
• William Hughes shares his thoughts on the latest episode of What We Do In the Shadows. 
  
• David Cote shares his thoughts on the latest episode of For All Mankind. 
• Peter Bradshaw calls Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time a heartfelt documentary.
  
• Phuong Le declares that Fruits Basket: Prelude gives an ending no one deserves to the heartrending anime series. 
• Stuart Heritage wonders what to expect from the Game of Thrones prequel House of the Dragon.
  
• Ben Child discusses how the ancient alien storyline in Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull came to be and why it was not a good idea. 
• The film critics of The Guardian pick their favourite movies about aliens. 
  
• Hadley Freeman explains which classic Disney animated movies her children loved and which didn't work for them.
  
• Stephen Kelley revisits the 1997 anime film Princess Mononoke.
• Justin Carter revisits the 2012 Batman movie The Dark Knight Rises. 
  
• Melissa Malone lists ten SFF TV series with disappointing endings. 
• Todd Gilchrist interviews legendary director and film producer Roger Corman.
  
• Zoe Williams interviews Julian Glover who has been in everything, mostly playing villains.
  
• Sean O'Hagan interviews Gabriel Byrne, star of Excalibur, Miller's Crossing and The Usual Suspects. 
• Adam B. Vary interviews Noah Schnapp who plays Will in Stranger Things.
  
• Adam Nagourney reports that a Hitler marionette made by Isidore Oznowicz, father of puppeteer Mike Oz, has resurfaced and is now being exhibited in San Francisco, California.
• Tatiana Siegel reports that the campaign to release the Zack Snyder cut of Justice League may have been driven by bots.
  

 

Comments on the many iterations of Star Trek: 

• Keith R.A. DeCandido revisits the Star Trek Enterprise episode "Marauders".
  
• Aaron Hicklin interviews John Cho who played Lieutenant Sulu in the J.J. Abrams Star Trek movies.
  

 

Comments on Thor: Love and Thunder and the Marvel Cinematic Universe in general (spoilers): 

• James Whitbrook declares that Thor: Love and Thunder fails the Mighty Thor.
• Leah Schnelbach discusses the religious themes in Thor: Love and Thunder.
• Mia Galuppo interviews Joe and Anthony Russo, directors of The Gray Man and several Marvel movies.  
• Aaron Couch reports how Marvel is underpaying creators when using their characters in its movies.
  

 

Comments on Ms. Marvel (spoilers): 

• Justin Carter wonders what the Ms. Marvel finale means for Kamala Khan. 
• Sydney Odman notes that Ms. Marvel embodies the essence of teendom.
  
• Brahmjot Kaur interviews Sana Amanat, co-creator and producer of Ms. Marvel.
• Ben Travis interviews Sana Amanat. 
• Drew Taylor interviews Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah, directors of Ms. Marvel.
• Redditors interview Iman Vellani who plays Kamala Khan in Ms. Marvel.
  

 

Comments on season 4 of Westworld: 

• Bob Mayer declares that Westworld is still going strong in season 4.
• Sam Barsanti shares his thoughts on the latest episode of Westworld. 
• Rob Bricken shares his thoughts on the latest episode of Westworld. 
• Manuel Betancourt shares his thoughts on the latest episode of Westworld.
  
• Cheryl Eddy interviews Aurora Perrineau, one of the stars of Westworld.
  

 

Comments on the latest version of Resident Evil:

• Briana Lawrence calls the latest version of Resident Evil an unbelievably mess.
  
• Justin Carter notes that Lance Reddick is the only reason he is watching Resident Evil.
  

 

Comments on Marcel the Shell With Shoes On: 

• Germain Lussier calls Marcel the Shell With Shoes On one of the year's best films. 
• Germain Lussier interviews Dean Fleisher Camp, director of Marcel the Shell With Shoes On.
  

 

Comments on She Will: 

• Leslie Felperin calls She Will an atmopsheric horror film about post-menopausal revenge fantasies. 
• Bryan Cairns interviews Alice Krige, star of She Will.
  

 

Comments on Nope: 

• Todd Gilchrist declares that in Nope, the metaphor gets in the way of clear and concise storytelling.
  
• Matthew Jackson reports that director Jordan Peele claims it would have been impossible to make his latest horror movie Nope five years ago.

 

Awards:

• The finalists for the 2021 World Fantasy Award have been announced.
  
• The winner of the 2022 Self-Published Science Fiction Competition has been announced. 
• The nominees for the 2021 Sidewise Awards have been announced.
  
• The winners of the 2022 Premios Kelvin 205 have been announced. 
• The winner of the 2022 Kurd Laßwitz Prize in the category Best Radio Play has been announced.
  
• The winners of the 2022 Will Eisner Spirit of Comics Retailer Awards have been announced. 
• The winners of the 2022 Orwell Prizes have been announced. 
• The shortlist for the 2022 Waterstones Debut Fiction Prize has been announced.
  
• The winner of the 2022 AKO Caine Prize for African Writing has been announced.
  
• Sadie Hartmann interviews James Chambers, administrator of the Bram Stoker Awards.
  

 

Writing, publishing and promotion:

• Barbara Bourland talks about writing under the surface.
  
• Ann Langley offers writing advice based on tarot cards. 
• Ellery Kane talks about research as inspiration.
  
• The SFWA has launched a page with resources for indie writers. 
• Jacqui Lipton talks about agency agreements. 
• Kristine Kathryn Rusch talks about agents.
  
• Sarah Shaffi reports that alleged manuscript thief Filippo Bernardini, who scammed authors out of unpublished manuscripts, may avoid trial in the US. 
• Sydney Page reports how the bookstore The 27th Letter in Detroit, Michigan, was scammed and how the local community stepped in to save the store.
  
• Ty Rushing reports that the Vinton public library in Vinton, Iowa, was forced to close after most of the staff quit following complaints by locals about LGBTQ themed book displays.
  

Interviews:

• The Fantasy Hive interviews Foz Meadows. 
  
• Fire the Canon interviews Sarah Gailey. 
• Locus interviews Nadia Afifi.
  
• Cat Luria interviews Savannah Wade.
• Marissa van Uden interviews Aimee Picchi.
  
• David Agranoff interviews Joachim Boaz. 
• Cora Buhlert interviews Michael McCarty. 
• Sukhdev Sandhu interviews Edward George.
  

Reviews:

• Becky LeJeune reviews Eclipse the Moon by Jessie Mihalik. 
• Camestros Felapton reviews Elder Race by Adrian Tchaikovsky.
  
• Elizabeth Tabler reviews August Kitko and the Mechas from Space by Alex White.
• Carrie Chi Lough reviews Fearless by Allen Stroud. 
• Paul Weimer reviews Warlady by Jo Graham. 
  
• James Davis Nicoll reviews The Daughter of Doctor Moreau by Silvia Moreno-Garcia.
• Runalong the Shelves reviews The Swordsman's Descent by G.M. White. 
• James Davis Nicoll reviews Tread of Angels by Rebecca Roanhorse.
  
• Adrienne Martini reviews Rosebud by Paul Cornell, The Necessity of Stars by E. Catherine Tobler and And What Can We Offer You Tonight by Premee Mohamed  
• Fiona Noble reviews Her Majesty's Royal Coven by Juno Dawson. 
• Paul Weimer reviews City of Dusk by Tara Sim. 
  
• Michael Aaron Harrington reviews The House in the Cerulean Sea by T.J. Klune. 
• Fabienne Schwizer reviews In a Garden Burning Gold by Rory Power. 
• Bill Capossere reviews The Deep and Shining Dark by Juliet Kemp.
  
• John Mauro reviews The Trials of Ashmount by John Palladino.
  
• Adri Joy reviews The Ballad of Perilous Graves by Alex Jennings 
• Martin Cahill reviews Juniper and Thorn by Ava Reid.
  
• Rob Bedford reviews A Mirror Mended by Alix E. Harrow. 
• Martin Cahill reviews A Mirror Mended by Alix E. Harrow.
  
• Arturo Serrano reviews Drunk on All Your Strange New Words by Eddie Robson.
• Blue Book Balloon reviews Hooked by A.C. Wise. 
• Colleen Mondor reviews Comeuppance Served Cold by Marion Deeds. 
• Becky LeJeune reviews The Ghost of Ivy Barn by Mark Stay.
• Camestros Felapton reviews Across the Green Grass Fields by Seanan McGuire. 
• Leah Schnelbach reviews The House Next Door by Anne Rivers Siddons. 
• Lee Mandelo reviews Just Like Home by Sarah Gailey. 
• Doreen Sheridan reviews Death Warrant by Bryan Johnston.
  
• Beth Kanell reviews Chrysalis by Lincoln Child. 
  
• Anthony Cummins reviews Venomous Lumpsucker by Ned Beauman. 
• Colleen Mondor reviews Blood Scion by Deborah Falaye.
  
• Elizabeth Tabler reviews Harrow Lake by Kat Ellis.
  
• Roseanna Pendlebury reviews Babel by R.F. Kuang. 
• Gary K. Wolfe reviews January Fifteenth by Rachel Swirsky.
  
• Ian Mond reviews Rouge Street: Three Novellas by Shuang Xuetao, translated by Jeremy Tiang.  
• James Davis Nicoll reviews The Tale of Princess Fatima, Warrior Woman: The Arabic Epic of Dhat Al-Himma, edited and translated by Melanie Magidow. 
• Joe Kenney reviews In the Pulp Fiction Trenches by Len Levinson. 

Classics reviews:

• Anne M. Pillsworth and Ruthanna Emrys revisit the 1894 horror story "The Flowering of the Strange Orchid" by H.G. Wells.
  
• The Appendix N Book Club revisits the 1922 fantasy novel The Worm Ourobouros by E.R. Eddison.
  
• Sandy Ferber revisits the 1930 superhero novel Gladiator by Philip Wylie. 
• Joachim Boaz revisits the 1950 dystopian science fiction story "Spectator Sport" by John D. MacDonald.
  
• Gideon Marcus revisits the August 1967 issue of The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction.
  
• Cora Buhlert revisits the 1967 sword and planet novel Flame of Iridar by Lin Carter, Gideon Marcus revisits the 1967 science fiction novel The Jewels of Elsewhen by Ted White and Gideon Marcus and Cora Buhlert revisit the 1967 science fiction novel Chthon by Piers Anthony.
  
• Jason Sacks revisits the 1967 science fiction novel The Ganymede Takeover by Philip K. Dick and Ray Nelson, Gideon Marcus revisits the 1967 science fiction collection I Have No Mouth, And I Must Scream by Harlan Ellison, Robin Rose Graves revisits the 1967 science fiction novel City of Illusions by Ursula K. Le Guin and Kris Vyas-Myall revisits the 1967 science fiction novel The Mind Parasites by Colin Wilson. 
• James Davis Nicoll revisits the 1974 science fiction anthology Before the Golden Age, edited by Isaac Asimov. 
• Ruthanna Emrys revisits the 1976 time travel novel Woman on the Edge of Time by Marge Piercy.
  
• Liam's Lyceum revisits the 1977 horror novel Our Lady of Darkness by Fritz Leiber.
  
• Mark Yon revisits the 1978 Doctor Who tie-in novel The Androids of Tara by David Fisher. 
• James McGlothlin revisits the 1980 anthology The Year's Best Horror Stories VIII, edited by Karl Edward Wagner. 
• Alissa Burger revisits the 1986 YA horror novel Chain Letter and its 1992 sequel Chain Letter 2 by Christopher Pike. 
• Brian Murphy revisits the 1989 Death Dealer sword and sorcery novel Lords of Destruction by James Silke.
• James Davis Nicoll revisits the 1989 fantasy novel Eldrie the Healer by Claudia J. Edwards.
  

 

Crowdfunding:

• The anthology Other Covenants: Alternate Histories of the Jewish People, edited by Andrea D. Lobel and Mark Shainblum, is looking for funding.
• Lucille Robbins, widow of the late Eric Flint, needs some help with treatment and funeral costs.
  

 

Con and event reports:

• Carly Savageau reports about the 2022 Westercon in Tonopah,. Nevada.
  
• Chicon 8, the 2022 Worldcon in Chicago, Illinois, has posted the preliminary agenda for the WSFS Business Meeting. 
• Ben Child reports about San Diego Comic Con in San Diego, California.
  
• Various creatives from the film, TV and comics industry explain why San Diego Camic Con in San Diego, California, is important to them.
  
• Germain Lussier shares the most intriguing panels of the 2022 San Diego Comic Con in San Diego, California.
• Germain Lussier explains what movie news to be expected at San Diego Comic Con. 
• Cheryl Eddy reports about the "Dragon's Den" experience at San Diego Comic Con.
• Cheryl Eddy reports about the Dungeons and Dragon "Tavern Experience" at San Diego Comic Con.
  
• Germain Lussier reports about the Severance experience at San Diego Comic Con. 
• Linda Codega reports that workers at the Hilton Boyfront Hotel in San Diego, California, popular with attendants of San Diego Comic Con, went on strike and won.
  
• Zack Sharf reports that Stranger Things actor Joseph Quinn was mistreated by security at the London Film and Comic Con in London, UK, for spending too much time interacting with fans. 
• NBC DFW reports that the real life sport of quidditch is changing its name to quadball to distance itself from J.K. Rowling and her increasingly transphobic behaviour. 

Science and technology:

• Jonathan Amos reports that ESA's Vega-C rocket has successfully completed its debut flight.
• Nicholas Barber discusses the wave of UFO sightings that swept the US in the late 1940s and 1950s and its impact on popular culture.
  
• Eric Jay Dolin talks about the rise of privateering during the American revolution. 
  

Free online fiction:

• "The Sadness Box" by Suzanne Palmer in Clarkesworld. 
• "Creatures of the Dark Oasis" by Bonnie Jo Stufflebeam in Apex Magazine.
  
• "The Owl and the Reptiloid" by Ian Tregillis in The Sunday Morning Transport. 
• "Elizabeth and the Egg-Laying Rooster" by Connor Landon Freeman in Wyngraf Magazine. 
• "The Legend of Urgoro" by Ephraim Orji in Omenana.
  
• "Ghosts in My Lungs" by Madeleine Sardina in Luna Station Quarterly. 
• "Grow" by Carrie Vaughn in Tor.com. 
• "Singing the Ancient Out of the Dark" by R.J. Theodore and Maurice Broaddus in Lightspeed. 
  
• "The Sun in Exile" by Catherynne M. Valente in Lightspeed.
  
• "In Mercy, Rain" by Seanan McGuire in Tor.com.
  
• "Lorelei" by Álex Souza in Swords and Sorcery Magazine.
  
• "Ìdolo" by Jame Bennett in The Dark.
  
• "Self-Inflicted Haunt" by A.J. Wentz in Fantasy Magazine. 
• "Bunnies" by Dante Luiz in Nightmare Magazine.
  
• "Rummage Sale Finds" by Nina Kiriki Hoffman in Daily Science Fiction. 
• "The Alchemies of Time" by Jack Pagliante in Daily Science Fiction. 
• "The Time Traveler" by Pamela Horitani in Daily Science Fiction. 
• "In Pictures of Gunmetal Gray" by Wendy Nikel in Daily Science Fiction.
  
• "Verisya" by Mari Ness in Daily Science Fiction.
  

 

Trailers and videos:

• Watch a trailer for season 5 of The Handmaid's Tale.
• Watch a trailer for Glorious.
  
• Watch a trailer for Wifelike. 
• Watch a trailer for Dungeons and Dragons: Honor Among Thieves.
  
• Watch a trailer for House of the Dragon.
  
• Watch a trailer for Secret Headquarters. 
• Watch a trailer for Halloween Ends.
  
• Watch a trailer for Suzume.
  
• Watch a trailer for Drifting Home. 
• Watch a trailer for season 3 of Harley Quinn.
  
• Watch a trailer for Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch From Mercury