It's time for the latest weekly round-up of interesting links about speculative fiction from around the web, this week with the 2022 Worldcon, Star Trek: Lower Decks and the many iterations of Star Trek, She-Hulk: Attorney at Law and the Marvel Cinematic Universe in general, Andor and Star Wars in general, Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, House of the Dragon, My Best Friend's Exorcism, Smile, Hocus Pocus 2, Jungle, Don't Worry Darling, problems in Bollywood, tributes to Hilary Mantel and Louise Fletcher and much more.
Speculative fiction in general:
- Tobias Carroll shares small press and indie SFF coming out in September and October 2022.
- Runalong the Shelves takes a look at recent science fiction books by British women writers.
- Shaun Duke shares ten Caribbean books, several of them SFF, that you should read.
- James Davis Nicoll shares five SFF novels about the aftermath of an apocalypse.
- Sultana Raza talks about utopias in mythology and SFF.
- Sheila Jenne talks about theories of time travel in science fiction.
- Camestros Felapton talks about time travel and energy
- Sarah Henning shares five genderbent SFF retellings.
- Diane Callahan introduces the subgenre of Curio Fiction.
- Molly Templeton points out that it's okay to do whatever you want with your books.
- Ainslie Hogarth explains why horror is good for your mental health.
- Brian McAuley talks about hand-me-down horror.
- Leanna Renee Hieber and Andrea Janes discuss the unstoppable and fearsome allure of the witch.
- Gretchen Rue shares her favourite underrated witches.
- Kelly J. Ford shares a list of contemporary US Southern women writers.
- James Davis Nicoll shares his appreciation for the fantasy novels of Martha Wells.
- Brian Murphy discusses Michael Moorcock's influence on Dungeons & Dragons.
- Stuart Jeffries traces how Dungeons and Dragons conquered the world.
- Emily Temple recounts how J.R.R. Tolkien blocked W.H. Auden from writing a book about him.
- Science fiction author Matthew Mather has died aged 52.
- Science fiction writer and journalist Tom Chmielewski has died aged 70.
Tributes to Hilary Mantel:
- Hilary Mantel, celebrated writer of historical fiction as well as a few other genre works, has died aged 70.
- Lisa Allardice shares an obituary for Hilary Mantel.
- Charlotte Higgins remembers Hilary Mantel.
- Alex Marshall remembers Hilary Mantel.
- The Guardian Editorial calls Hilary Mantel a glorious original.
- The Guardian shares tributes to Hilary Mantel by fellow writers
- John Mullan discusses how Hilary Mantel's Wolf Hall trilogy turned Thomas Cromwell from villain to hero.
- Claire Armitstead shares her ten favourite novels by Hilary Mantel.
- Katy Guest shares her favourite quotes by the late Hilary Mantel.
Comics and Art:
- James Davis Nicoll reviews Monstress, Volume 7: Devourer by Marjorie M. Liu and Sana Takeda.
- Crime Reads interviews Joe R. Lansdale and Jussi Piironen about the Hap and Leonard graphic novels.
- Deuce Richardson remembers Canadian comic artist Gene Day on the fortieth anniversary of his premature death.
- John Freeman reports that the British comic fanzine archive now has a new online home.
- Molly Taft reports that Scott Adams, creator of the comic strip Dilbert, is continuing his slide into far right wingnuttery.
Film and TV:
- Paul Thompson shares his thoughts on Nope.
- Max Gao declares that season 2 of Ghosts conjures up even more laughs.
- Linda Codega calls the new Interview With the Vampire a bloody good nightmare.
- Luke Y. Thompson calls Mona Lisa and the Blood Moon a slow-burn thriller about a woman with supernatural powers navigating the seedier parts of New Orleans.
- Germain Lussier calls The Menu a pitch-perfect takedown of pretension and privilege.
- Germain Lussier calls Blood Relatives a vampire movie like you've never seen before.
- Germain Lussier calls Bones and All a lovely coming of age horror romance road movie.
- Germain Lussier calls Smoking Causes Coughing an awesomely absurd horror comedy.
- Leigh Monson declares that Rob Zombie breathes new life into The Munsters.
- Germain Lussier calls Sick a pandemic horror thriller.
- Phil Hoad calls Inu-oh a 14th century anime rock opera.
- Matt Davis shares his thoughts on the anime Cyberpunk Edgerunners.
- William Hughes shares his thoughts about the latest episode of Archer.
- Cheryl Eddy calls Queer for Fear: A History of Queer Horror a documentary that entertains as much as it educates.
- Sabina Graves shares her thoughts on Bugs Bunny’s Howl-O-Skreem Spooktacular.
- Lucy Mangan calls the puppet show Don't Hug Me I'm Scared a brilliantly horrible comedy you'll want to watch again and again.
- Jessica Holmes revisits the 1967 Doctor Who serial "Tomb of the Cybermen".
- Ryan Britt revisits the 1982 science fiction crime show Knight Rider for its fortieth anniversary.
- Rachel Handler revisits the 1997 science fiction film Contact.
- Hattie Lindert revisits the 2001 fantasy anime Spirited Away.
- Luke Y. Thompson points out that the 2009 science fiction movie Avatar had more impact on pop culture than many people claim.
- Judith Tarr revisits the 2015 Russian fantasy film I Am Dragon.
- Todd Gilchrist interviews Kyle MacLaghlan, star of Dune, Twin Peaks and Confess Fletch.
- Rhik Samadder interviews Lydia West, star of Years and Years and Inside Man.
- Cheryl Eddy interviews the cast of Chucky.
- Lyndsey Parker interviews Monty Python member Eric Idle.
- Eric Idle himself talks about surviving pancreatic cancer.
- Alison Foreman shares the most controversial movie and TV recastings.
- The Guardian shares excerpts from the diaries of the late Alan Rickman, including memories of shooting the Harry Potter films.
- The Guardian shares Alan Rickman's delightfully scathing film reviews.
- Linda Codega calls for The People's Joker to be freed.
- Josh Weiss reports that Ernie Hudson's time travelling character from the original Quantum Leap will reappear in the new version.
- Michael Mayo talks about silent actress Theda Barra and the origins of the vamp.
- Caroline Frost reports that celebrated film composer John Williams was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II shortly before her death.
- Film critic Michael Walker has died aged 80.
- Rapper, actor and noted Anne McCaffrey fan Coolio a.k.a. Leon Ivey Jr. has died aged 59.
Tributes to Louise Fletcher:
- Actress Louise Fletcher, best known for her appearances in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, The Exorsist II, Invaders from Mars, The Twilight Zone and Picket Fences has died aged 88.
- Ryan Gilbey shares an obituary for Louise Fletcher.
- Justin Carter remembers Louise Fletcher's many genre roles.
Comments on She-Hulk: Attorney at Law and the Marvel Cinematic Universe in general:
- Molly Templeton shares her thoughts on "The Retreat", the latest episode of She-Hulk: Attorney at Law.
- Mary Kate Carr shares her thoughts on "The Retreat".
- Germain Lussier shares his thoughts on "The Retreat".
- Germain Lussier declares that Werewolf By Night expertly brings monsters into the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
- Ben Child wonders whether it is time to put Sony's Spider-Man Universe out of its misery.
- Ben Travis interviews Ryan Coogler, director of Wakanda Forever.
Comments on Star Trek: Lower Decks and the many iterations of Star Trek:
- Keith R.A. DeCandido shares his thoughts on "Hear All, Trust Nothing", the latest episode of Star Trek Lower Decks.
- James Whitbrook shares his thoughts on "Hear All, Trust Nothing".
- Galactic Journey revisits the 1967 Star Trek episode "Who Mourns For Adonais?"
- Keith R.A. DeCandido revisits the Star Trek Enterprise episode "Cease Fire".
Comments on Andor and Star Wars in general:
- Gavia Baker-Whitelaw shares her thoughts on "Aldhani", the latest episode of Andor.
- Emmet Asher-Perrin shares their thoughts on "Aldhani".
- Tom Philip shares his thoughts on "Aldhani".
- Sabina Graves shares her thoughts on "Aldhani".
- Camestros Felapton shares his thoughts on the first three episodes of Andor.
- Gavia Baker-Whitelaw calls Andor an antidote to so-called "copaganda" TV.
- James Whitbrook shares his appreciation for the man who rings the morning bells on the planet Ferrix in Andor.
- James Whitbrook also discusses an obscure Star Wars Easter Egg in Andor.
- Ryan Gilbey interviews Diego Luna who plays Cassian Andor in Andor.
- Anthony Breznican reports about the Ukrainian company Respeecher, which recreates the voice of James Earl Jones as Darth Vader among others.
Comments on House of the Dragon (spoilers):
- Tyler Dean shares his thoughts on the latest episode of House of the Dragon.
- Jenna Scherer shares her thoughts on the latest episode of House of the Dragon.
- Rob Bricken shares his thoughts on the latest episode of House of the Dragon.
- Tom Huddleston shares his thoughts on the latest episode of House of the Dragon.
- Joe Brosnan shares his thoughts on the latest episode of House of the Dragon.
- Aaron Jones shares his thoughts on the latest episode of House of the Dragon.
- Paul Levinson shares his thoughts on the latest episodes of House of the Dragon.
- Kathryn VanArendonk points out that the many brutal birth scenes in House of the Dragon aren't realism, but pure cruelty.
- Rebecca Onion points out that the deadly women-killing Caesarean sections seen in House of the Dragon aren't even historically accurate.
- Riley Utley interviews Olivia Cooke who plays Queen Alicent in House of the Dragon.
- Tara Bennett interviews Ryan Condal, writer and executive producer of House of the Dragon.
Comments on Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power:
- Gavia Baker-Whitelaw shares her thoughts on the latest episode of The Rings of Power.
- Sylas K. Barrett shares his thoughts on the latest episode of The Rings of Power.
- Matt Schimkovitz shares his thoughts on the latest episode of The Rings of Power.
- Andy Welch shares his thoughts on the latest episode of The Rings of Power.
- Aaron Jones shares his thoughts on the latest episode of The Rings of Power.
- Jeff LaSala shares his thoughts on the latest episodes of The Rings of Power.
- Jenna Kass and Dylan Roth wonder if with three episodes left, The Rings of Power can maintain its momentum and goodwill.
- Andy Welch complains about the bad and inappropriate Irish accents of the Harfoots in The Rings of Power.
Comments on the new My Best Friend's Exorcism:
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Comments on Don't Worry Darling:
- Adrian Horton discusses the empty feminism of Don't Worry Darling.
- Arturo Serrano calls Don't Worry Darling The Matrix for tradwives.
- Gavia Baker-Whitelaw reports that actress Kiki Layne claims that most of her role was cut from Don't Worry Darling.
- Catherine Shoard reports that Don't Worry Darling is doing well at the box office in spite of bad reviews.
Comments on problems in Bollywood:
Awards:
- The winner of the 2022 Theodore Sturgeon Award has been announced.
- The winners of the 2022 Elgin Awards have been announced.
- The shortlist for the 2022 Scotiabank Giller Prize has been announced.
- The finalists for the 2022 New Mexico Arizona Book Awards have been announced.
- The 2022 inductees into the Harvey Award Hall of Fame have been announced.
- Charles Payseur weighs in on the fan versus pro debate with regard to the Hugos.
- The Unofficial Hugo Book Club Blog takes a look at the 1972 Hugo Award finalists for Best Dramatic Presentation.
Writing, publishing and promotion:
- Kamila Shamsie talks about finding the perfect space to write.
- Ring of Fire Press, the small press founded by the late Eric Flint, is closing down.
- Mike Glyer reports that Amazon has changed its e-book return policies following pressure from the Society of Authors and others.
- David Levithan talks about standing up to book bans and censorship.
- Juan Perez Jr. reports that Democrats in the US Congress are preparing resolutions against local book bans.
- Tom Gauld takes a satirical look at evil writing classes.
Interviews:
- Jessica Bruder interviews Jeff VanderMeer.
- Scott Edelman interviews Wesley Chu.
- Dream Foundry interviews Sarah Gailey.
- Jason Jenkins interviews Brian Keene.
- Runalong the Shelves interviews E.J. Swift.
- Sarah Gailey interviews Victor Manibo.
- Locus interviews Hiron Ennes.
- Phoebe Barton interviews K.S. Walker.
- Jen Gheller interviews Denise Khng.
- Paul Weimer interviews Wil McCarthy.
- Lenny Picker interviews Stephen Markley.
- Matt Davis interviews Satyros Phil Brucato.
Reviews:
- Sam J. Miller reviews Nona the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir.
- Elizabeth Fitzgerald reviews The Cruel Stars by John Birmingham.
- Mark Yon reviews The Thousand Earths by Stephen Baxter.
- C.T. Phipps reviews Arvekt by Craig Lea Gordon.
- Paul Weimer reviews Last Car to Annwn Station by Michael Merriam.
- Lis Carey reviews The Furthest Station by Ben Aaronovitch.
- Cole Rush reviews Legends and Latte by Travis Baldree.
- Bill Capossere reviews The Spear Cuts Through Water by Simon Jimenez.
- Runalong the Shelves reviews Spear by Nicola Griffith.
- Martin Cahill reviews Second Spear by Kerstin Hall.
- Stephen King reviews Our Missing Hearts by Celeste Ng.
- Lesa Holstine reviews Other Birds by Sarah Addison Allen.
- Maya Gittelman reviews Dauntless by Elisa A. Bonnin.
- Maya C. James reviews A Strange and Stubborn Endurance by Foz Meadows.
- Fiona Denton reviews One Dark Window by Rachel Gillig.
- Paperback Warrior reviews Fairy Tale by Stephen King.
- Sandie Herron reviews Lost in Time by A.G. Riddle.
- Caren Gussoff Sumption reviews The Extractionist by Kimberly Unger.
- Arturo Serrano reviews The Paper Museum by Kate S. Simpson.
- James Davis Nicoll reviews Weird Kid by Greg Van Eekhout.
- Lesa Holstine reviews Mrs. Claus and the Evil Elves by Liz Ireland.
- Cassie Schulz reviews Belladonna by Adalyn Grace.
- Adrienne Martini reviews Babel by R.F. Kuang.
- Adri Joy reviews The Unbalancing by R.B. Lemberg.
- Gary K. Wolfe reviews The Unbalancing by R.B. Lemberg.
- Gary K. Wolfe reviews The Silverberg Business by Robert Freeman Wexler
- Adrian Collins reviews The Wraithbone Phoenix by Alec Worley.
- Joey To reviews Ciaphas Cain: Hero of the Imperium by Sandy Mitchell.
- C.T. Phipps reviews Watch Dogs Legion: Daybreak Legacy by Stewart Hotston.
- Paula Guran reviews Hooked by A.C. Wise.
- Steve Powell reviews The Blood Ogre by Craig McDonald.
- Runalong the Shelves reviews Ghost Eaters by Clay McLeod Chapman.
- Runalong the Shelves reviews The Creeper by A.M. Shine.
- Gabino Iglesias reviews Black Mouth by Ronald Malfi.
- Natalie Zutter reviews Number One Fan by Meg Elison.
- Tobias Carroll reviews Lucky Girl by M. Rickert.
- Ian Mond reviews Bliss Montage by Ling Ma.
- Ian Mond reviews Hard Places by Kirstyn McDermott.
- Chris Kluwe reviews Other Terrors, edited by Vince A. Liaguno and Rena Mason.
- Marzaat reviews The Fortean Influence on Science Fiction: Charles Fort and the Evolution of the Genre by Tanner F. Boyle
- Randy Money reviews Monster She Wrote by Lisa Kroger and Melanie R. Anderson.
- Runalong the Shelves reviews My Life in Horror Volume 1 by Kit Power.
- Maya C. James reviews An Earnest Blackness by Eugen Bacon.
- Bill Capossere reviews Stan Lee: A Life by Bob Batchelor.
- Frank Cottrell-Boyce reviews Terry Pratchett: A Life With Footnotes by Rob Wilkins.
Classics reviews:
- Sandy Ferber revisits the 1930 horror novel The Yellow Mistletoe by Walter S. Masterman.
- David Agranoff, Seath Heasley and Alec Nevala-Lee revisit the 1938 science fiction story "Rule 18" by Clifford D. Simak.
- Alan Brown revisits the 1939 science fiction romance The Black Flame by Stanley G. Weinbaum.
- Joachim Boaz revisits the 1955 science fiction story "The Happy Clown" by Alice Eleanor Jones and the 1958 science fiction story "The Advent of Channel Twelve" by C.M. Kornbluth.
- James Maliszewski revisits the 1959 Dominic Flandry space opera story "We Calim These Stars" a.k.a. "Hunters of the Sky Cave" by Poul Anderson.
- Bill Ward revisits the 1963 Fafhrd and Gray Mouser sword and sorcery story "Bazaar of the Bizarre" by Fritz Leiber.
- Mark Yon revisits the October 1967 issue of New Worlds.
- Gideon Marcus revisits the October 1967 issue of Analog.
- M. Porcius revisits the 1974 time travel novel Time War by Lin Carter.
- Young People Read Old SFF revisit the 1979 science fiction story "Options" by John Varley.
- James Davis Nicoll revisits the April-June 1979 issue of Destinies.
- Matthew Rettino revisits the 1980 horror story "The Brood" by Ramsay Campbell.
- James Maliszewski revisits the February 1980 issue of White Dwarf.
- Joe Kenney revisits the 1987 horror novel Wolfsbane by William Anthony Johnstone.
- Rachel Ayers revisits the 1993 horror novel A Night in Lonesome October by Roger Zelazny.
- James Davis Nicoll revisits the 1993 anthology The Year’s Best Science Fiction: Tenth Annual Collection, edited by Gardner Dozois.
- Alissa Burger revisits the 1994 YA horror novels The Diary by Sinclair Smith and The Yearbook by Peter Lerangis.
- Emmet Asher-Perrin revisits the 1998 Discworld fantasy novel The Last Continent by Terry Pratchett.
- James Davis Nicoll revisits the 1999 historical fantasy novel The Merlin of St. Gilles' Well by Ann Chamberlin.
Reports about Chicon 8, the 2022 Worldcon:
- Keith Stokes shares many photos of Chicon 8, the 2022 Worldcon in Chicago, Illinois.
- Octothorpe share more of their experiences at Chicon 8.
- Morgan Hazelwood reports about the panel "Publishing as a Collaboration" at Chicon 8.
- Tammy Coxen reports about the Chicon 8 Community Fund, which helped underprivileged fans attend Chicon 8.
- Kevin Standlee talks about some of the changes passed at the Chicon 8 Business Meeting and what it means for the future of WSFS governance.
Other con and event reports:
- Germain Lussier shares his favourite films from the 2022 Fantastic Fest in Austin, Texas.
- Locus reports about the latest SF in SF reading event in San Francisco, California, featuring Sam J. Miller and Kimberly Unger.
- Jason Anthony shares his experience at a Nordic LARP event in Denmark.
- Ryan Gilbey calls Cages by C.J. Baran and Benjamin J. Romans, which is currently playing in London, UK, a dreary dystopian rock musical.
- Mike Glyer reports that a middle school in Passadena, California, has been named after Octavia E. Butler.
- Sabina Graves takes a look at the Halloween attractions at Knott's Berry Farm in Buena Park, California.
- Tom Tapp and Dominic Patten report what it's like to be stuck in a Disney World hotel in Orlando, Florida, during Hurricane Ian.
Crowdfunding:
Science and technology:
- NASA reports that the James Webb Space Telescope has captured the best image of Neptune's rings in decades.
- Elise Hammond, Maureen Chowdhury and Ashley Strickland report that NASA's DART spacecraft has successfully collided with the asteroid Dimorphos.
- Rae Paoletta cheers on the DART spacecraft.
- Doris Elin Urrutia reports that the Chinese Mars Rover Zhurong has found evidence of an ancient waterway on Mars.
- Dr. Steven Novella asks what our robot future will look like.
- Andrew Gillsmith asks if articifical intelligence and transhumanism will lead to the next evolution of mankind or whether they will doom it.
- Sam Glover asks if you can learn to predict the future.
- Andrea Penrose notes that the Napoleonic Wars mark the arrival of high-tech weapons.
Free online fiction:
- "Eminence" by Karl Schroeder in Lightspeed.
- "Her Five Farewells" by Martin Cahill in Lightspeed.
- "The Path of Two Entwined" by Gregory Mele in Heroic Fantasy Quarterly.
- "Rivers Bend" by James Sallis in Clarkesworld.
- "How to Join a Colony of Sea-Folk; or, Other Ways of Knowing" by K.S. Walker in Fantasy Magazine.
- "Fishbone" by C.L. Glanzing in Luna Station Quarterly.
- "Hidden Figures" by Plangdi Neple in Omenana.
- "Of the Body" by Eugenia Triantafyllou in Beneath Ceaseless Skies.
- "On Cultivating a Chosen One" by Christopher Baxter in Baen Books.
- "Water, to Grow a Garden" by Jessica Cho in Anathema.
- "Ten Steps for Effective Mold Removal" by Derrick Boden in Apex Magazine.
- "Concerning the Upstairs Bathroom" by Kiera Lesley in Nightmare Magazine.
- "Yellow" by B. Pladek in Slate Future Tense.
- "Gangler" by Richard Strachan in The Dark.
- "A Stranger at the Door" by Nina Kiriki Hoffman in Daily Science Fiction.
- "Someone Else" by Rich Larson in Daily Science Fiction.
- "Susurrus and Sapling" by Jamie Lackey in Daily Science Fiction.
- "Packing List for the Invasion" by Larry Hodges in Daily Science Fiction.
- "Fair Aliquant" by Chip Houser in Daily Science Fiction.
Trailers and videos:
- Watch a trailer for Enola Holmes 2.
- Watch a trailer for The Last of Us.
- Watch a trailer for Guillermo Del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities.
- Watch a trailer for season 2 of Shadow and Bone.
- Watch a trailer for Alice in Borderland.
- Watch a trailer for They Cloned Tyrone.
- Watch a trailer for season 4 of Manifest.
- Watch a trailer for Halloween Ends.
- Watch a trailer for Bones and All.
- Watch a trailer for Suzume.
- Watch a trailer for Urusei Yatsura.
- Watch a trailer for Gudetama: An Eggcellent Adventure.
- Watch Ryan Reynolds sharing an update about the next Deadpool film.
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