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 and Disney's D23 event, Star Trek: Lower Decks and the many iterations of Star Trek, She-Hulk: Attorney at Law and the Marvel Cinematic Universe in general, Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, House of the Dragon, season 5 of The Handmaid's Tale, The Woman King, Brahmastra, Part 1: Shiva, Clerks III, Moonage Daydream, Warner Bros continuing to screw over creators, tributes to Jean-Luc Godard and Javier Marias and much more.
Speculative fiction in general:
- Lisa Tuttle shares her favourite recent science fiction and fantasy books.
- Tor.com shares all the new science fiction books coming out in September.
- Tor.com shares all the new fantasy books arriving in September.
- Tor.com shares all the new YA SFF books arriving in September.
- Alex Brown shares all the new YA SFF coming out in September.
- Fabienne Schwizer shares ten LGBTQ SFF books to enjoy.
- Lorna Wallace shares seven very short science fiction stories, which can be read in seven minutes or less.
- James Davis Nicoll shares five science fiction novels that imagine societies without poverty.
- James Davis Nicoll shares five SFF stories featuring spies, secrets and intrigues.
- Leslie Jamison discusses the enduring allure of Choose Your Own Adventure books.
- Camestros Felapton tackles a badly made study about whether what genre you read influences your worldview.
- Cole Rush shares five perfect soundtracks for reading.
- Molly Templeton points out that you can procrastinate anything, if you have enough books.
- Foz Meadows speaks out about Twitter, truth and social media harassment.
- Rijula Das talks about the language of brutality.
- Adam Serwer discusses the racist backlash against casting people of colour and women in new adaptations of popular SFF franchises.
- Bobby Derie talks about H.P. Lovecraft, J.R.R. Tolkien and racism in fantasy and the real world.
- The Guardian feels the need to point out that J.R.R. Tolkien's work is much more than just special effects.
- Deuce Richardson remembers Fritz Leiber on the thirtieth anniversary of his death.
- Ryan Harvey talks about Edgar Rice Burroughs, the pulps and the expansion of genre fiction.
- Andrea Wulf talks about the origins and enduring legacy of German Romanticism.
- Linda Codega notes that race is still a problem in Dungeons and Dragons.
- Linda Codega reports that Wizards of the Coast is trying to shut down the latest TSR revival over rights issue to prevent their name being sullied with racist, bigoted and transphobic works.
- Emma Straub remembers her late father Peter Straub.
- SFF writer Bruce Taylor has died aged 75.
- Long-time science fiction fan and Edgar Rice Burroughs enthusiast J.G. Huckenpöhler has died aged 81.
Tributes to Javier Marías:
Comics and Art:
- Jenna Anderson reports that DC Comics will be releasing a tribute comic for the late Neal Adams.
- Rich Johnston also reports about the Neal Adams tribute comic
- Linda Codega declares that The Sandman TV series is good, but that the original comics are better.
- Nicholas Diak interviews Mike Dubisch and Tom Simmons, creators of the webcomic I Am a Barbarian.
- Claire Armitstead interviews Kate Beaton, the cartoonist behind Hark! A Vagrant, Ducks and others.
- Jennifer Ouellette interviews Randall Munroe, creator of xkcd.
- Matt Davis reviews the graphic novel Cowboy Bebop: Supernova Swing by Dan Watters and Lamar Mathurin.
- Rachel Cooke reviews the graphic novel Ducks by Kate Beaton.
- Italian artist Renato Casaro picks his ten favourites of the many film posters he created.
- Bill Ward shares an overview of the cover art that Edgar Rice Burroughs' works have had over the decades.
- James Whitebrook reports that Marvel Comics two most iconic clone characters, Ben Reilly and Madeline Pryor, will team up for the Dark Web mega-crossover event this December.
- Rob Bricken reports that Wanda Maximoff a.k.a. Scarlet Witch has been redeemed in the Marvel Comics and is getting her own solo series.
- James Whitbrook takes a look at Mike Mignola's upcoming Leonide the Vampire comics.
Film and TV:
- Arturo Serrano calls Three Thousand Years of Longing a visual feast.
- Tim Grierson calls Don't Worry, Darling a dystopian thriller that is more style over substance.
- KatieWalsh calls Medieval a historical epic that suffers from an identity crisis.
- Leslie Felperin calls Strawberry Mansions a quirky but endearing science fiction romance.
- Saloni Gajjar declares that season 1 of Vampire Academy hits the YA sweet spot.
- Paul Levinson calls Moonfall simply a very bad movie.
- Peter Bradshaw calls Hatching an elegant coming of age horror film.
- Phuong Le calls Shapeless a harrowing body horror film.
- Mark Keizer calls The Retaliators a confusing horror meets heavy metal mash-up.
- Phil Pirello calls Pearl a welcome eddition to the X series of horror films.
- Matt Davis calls Mad God a grotesque, profane, brutal hallucinatory odyssey through a nightmarish hellscape.
- Rachael Healey calls Don't Hug Me, I'm Scared a nightmarish and hilariously creepy puppet show.
- William Hughes shares his thoughts on the latest episode of Archer.
- Jason Ray Carney and Nicole Emmelhainz share their thoughts on Midnight Mass.
- Philip Styrt talks about the Faustian bargains of Doctor Who.
- Stuart Heritage points out that we are all losers in the culture war that erupted over The Little Mermaid trailer, because it gives a forgettable movie more attention than it deserves.
- Cindy White takes a look at the twisted history of Pinocchio on screen.
- Ben Child wonders why Joker: Folie á Deux shouldn't be a musical.
- Judith Tarr revisits the 2010 animated fantasy film How To Train Your Dragon.
- Martin Edwards revisits the 2015 gothic thriller Crimson Peak.
- John Squires interviews Zach Gregger, director of Barbarian.
- Sarah Crompton interviews Claire Denis, director of High Life.
- Cheryl Eddy interviews Christian Tafdrup, director of Speak No Evil.
- Catherine Shoard reports that according to director Sam Mendes, the next James Bond film should be directed by a woman.
- Rick Porter reports that Paper Girls has been cancelled after a single season.
- Greek actress Irene Papas, star of Electra, The Trojan Women, The Guns of Navarone, Z and many others has died aged 96.
Tributes to Jean-Luc Godard:
- French filmmaker Jean-Luc Godard, director of Breathless, Alphaville and many others, has died aged 91.
- Peter Bradshaw remembers Jean-Luc Godard.
- Todd Gilchrist remembers Jean-Luc Godard.
- Olivia Rutigliano remembers Jean-Luc Godard.
- The Guardian shares tributes to Jean-Luc Godard from fellow filmmakers.
- Angelique Chrisafis reports that Jean-Luc Godard chose to end his life via assisted suicide, which is legal in Switzerland, where Godard lived.
Comments on She-Hulk: Attorney at Law and the Marvel Cinematic Universe in general:
- Molly Templeton shares her thoughts on "Mean, Green, and Straight Poured Into These Jeans", the latest episode of She-Hulk: Attorney at Law.
- Mary Cate Karr shares her thoughts on "Mean, Green and Straight Poured Into These Jeans".
- Germain Lussier shares his thoughts on "Mean, Green and Straight Poured Into These Jeans".
- Camestros Felapton shares his thoughts on Thor: Love and Thunder.
- Gavia Baker-Whitelaw reports about a backlash against the upcoming Captain America: New World Order movie, based solely on the title and casting choices.
- Gavia Baker-Whitelaw reports about yet more sexist backlash against Brie Larson, who plays Carol Danvers in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
- Justin Carter shares the line-up of Marvel's new Thunderbolts team.
- Rob Bricken lists twelve Marvel villains who should have been in Thunderbolts.
- Watch a trailer for Secret Invasion.
- Watch a trailer for Werewolf by Night.
- Watch a trailer for Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur.
Comments on Star Trek: Lower Decks and the many iterations of Star Trek:
- Keith R.A. DeCandido shares his thoughts on "Room For Growth", the latest episode of Star Trek: Lower Decks.
- James Whitbrook shares his thoughts on "Room for Growth".
- Ryan Britt interviews Noel Wells, who voices D'Vana Tendi in Star Trek: Lower Decks.
- Keith R.A. DeCandido revisits the Star Trek Enterprise episode "Dawn".
- Leah Schnelbach shares all the news from the 2022 Star Trek Day.
- Molly Templeton reports that Carol Kane has been cast as engineer Pelia in Star Trek: Strange New Worlds.
- Todd Gilchrist interviews David C. Fein, the producer responsible for remastering Star Trek: The Motion Picture.
- Michileen Martin reports that the DNA of DeForest Kelley, who played Dr. Leonard "Bones" McCoy in Star Trek, will be launched into space alongisde that of his co-star Nichelle Nichols.
Comments on House of the Dragon (spoilers):
- Glen Weldon 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.
- Tyler Dean shares his thoughts on the latest episode of House of the Dragon.
- Paul Levinson shares his thoughts on the latest episode of House of the Dragon.
- Michelle Jaworski shares her thoughts on the latest episode of House of the Dragon.
- Tom Huddleston 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.
- Janelle Zara wonders why House of the Dragon is so dull.
- Lauren Sarner interviews Milly Alcock who plays Rhaenyra Targaryen in House of the Dragon.
- Roxy Simons interviews Emily Carey who plays Alicent Hightower in House of the Dragon.
- Selome Hailu reports that the ratings of House of the Dragon continue to rise.
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 Schimkowitz 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.
- Alasdair Stuart shares his thoughts on The Rings of Power.
- Jeff LaSala shares his thoughts on The Rings of Power.
- Gavia Baker-Whitelaw shares some fan theories about The Rings of Power.
- James Whitbrook takes a look at the various wizards in the wider Lord of the Rings universe.
Comments on season 5 of The Handmaid's Tale:
Comments on Warner Bros and HBO Max screwing over creators and being generally terrible:
- Manori Ravindran reports that The People's Joker, a trans coming-of-age parody by Vera Drew set in the Batman universe, has been pulled from the Toronto film festival line-up after a single screening after Warner Bros complained about copyright and trademark infringement.
- Steven Asarch reports that animator Ian Jones-Quartey learned that his latest show OK K.O.! Let’s Be Heroes would be pulled from HBO Max via Twitter, while at home recovering from covid.
- Clayton Davis interviews Brendan Fraser, one of the stars of the cancelled Batgirl film and also star of Doom Patrol, The Mummy, Blast From the Past and many others.
- Watch a trailer for The People's Joker.
Comments on The Woman King:
Comments on Brahmastra, Part 1: Shiva:
Comments on Clerks III:
- Leslie Felperin calls Clerks III as lightweight as ever, but notes that it retains its geeky charm.
- Courtney Howard finds Clerks III an all-too-familiar story that does a disservice to its characters.
- Peter Scobel and Cindy White interview Jeff Anderson, Jason Mewes and Brian O'Halloran, three of the stars of Clerks III.
Comments on Moonage Daydream:
Awards:
- The winner of the 2022 Goldboro Books Glass Bell Award has been announced.
- The winners of the 2022 Dwarf Star Awards have been announced.
- The winner of the 2022 Baen Fantasy Adventure Award has been announced.
- The winner of the 2022 Self-Published Science Fiction Competition Cover Contest has been announced.
- The winner of the 2022 Scott O'Dell Award has been announced.
- The winners of the 2022 Washington State Book Awards have been announced with quite a bit of love for genre writers.
- The finalists for the 2022 Dayton Literary Peace Prize have been announced.
- The winners of the 2022 Emmy Awards have been announced with little love for genre TV.
- Art Spiegelman will receive a lifetime achievement award from the National Book Foundation.
- Cora Buhlert shares her thoughts on the 2022 Hugo Award winners.
Writing, publishing and promotion:
- Kate Elliott explains how she converts the scenes in her head into words on the page.
- Tracey Lien explains how using journalistic techniques and tricks helped her complete her novel.
- The SFWA shares safety resources for writers.
- Camestros Felapton analyses the use of fonts on book covers according to genre in a two part post.
- Andrew Albanese shares an update on the court case against the Internet Archive for making scanned copyrighted texts available without restrictions.
- Locus shares an update on the antitrust lawsuit against the planned merger of Penguin Random House and Simon and Schuster.
- David Schuman reports about the reopening of the Uncle Hugo's and Uncle Edgar's bookstores in Minneapolis, Minnesota, after both stores burned down during the riots in Minneapolis following the death of George Floyd due to police brutality in 2020.
- Shelf Awareness also reports about the reopening of Uncle Hugo's and Uncle Edgar's.
Interviews:
- Natalie Zutter interviews Tamsyn Muir.
- Scott Edelman interviews Max Gladstone.
- Lisa Allardice interviews Orhan Pamuk.
- D.M. Ritzlin interviews Adrian Cole.
- Megan Wegenke interviews Blue Neustifter.
- Cora Buhlert interviews Gillian Polack.
- Jen Gheller interviews Jenna Glover.
- Janna Miller interviews Tisha Marie Reichle-Aguilera.
- Mayookh Barua interviews Jennifer Hudak.
- Mary Quattlebaum interviews George Lopez and Ryan Calejo.
- Ryan Jones interviews Michael Bérubé.
Reviews:
- Fabienne Schwizer reviews The Red Scholar's Wake by Aliette de Bodard.
- Roseanna Pendlebury reviews Ocean's Echo by Everina Maxwell.
- Adri Joy reviews Nona the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir.
- Linda Codega reviews Nona the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir.
- Paul Weimer reviews Needle by Linda Nagata.
- Runalong the Shelves reviews Lost in Time by A.G. Riddle.
- Mark Yon reviews Expect Me Tomorrow by Christopher Priest.
- Joseph Hoopman reviews Deathless Gods by P.C. Hodgell.
- Fiona Denton reviews The Children of Gods and Fighting Men by Shauna Lawless.
- C.T. Phipps reviews War of the God Queen by David Hambling.
- Justin Blazier reviews Rise of the Vicious Princess by C.J. Redwine
- Fabienne Schwizer reviews Heart of the Sun Warrior by Sue Lynn Tan.
- C.T. Phipps reviews Witness for the Dead by Katherine Addison.
- Gavin Chappell reviews Arminius: Bane of Eagles by Adrian Cole.
- Alex Brown reviews An Arrow to the Moon by Emily X.R. Pan.
- Natalie Zutter reviews The Undertaking of Hart and Mercy by Megan Bannen.
- Molly Templeton reviews The Book Eaters by Sunyi Dean.
- James Davis Nicoll reviews The Scratch Daughters by H.A. Clarke.
- Adrienne Martini reviews The Spare Man by Mary Robinette Kowal.
- Bill Capossere reviews Ithaca by Claire North.
- Blue Book Balloon reviews Ithaca by Claire North.
- Runalong the Shelves reviews Ithaca by Claire North.
- Natasha Pulley reviews Babel by R.F. Kuang.
- Mark Yon reviews Ruination by Anthony Reynolds.
- Runalong the Shelves reviews Kid Wolf and Kraken Boy by Sam J. Miller.
- Runalong the Shelves reviews The Coral Bones by E.J. Swift.
- James Davis Nicoll reviews A Chorus Rises by Bethany C. Morrow.
- Eve Taft reviews The Pallbearer's Club by Paul Tremblay.
- Runalong the Shelves reviews Dark Observation by Catherine Cavendish.
- Rob Bedford reviews Full Immersion by Gemma Amor.
- Trisha Low reviews Bliss Montage by Ling Ma.
- Gabino Iglesias reviews Helpmeet by Naben Ruthnum.
- Ian Mond reviews Here Goes Nothing by Steve Toltz.
- John Mauro reviews A Book of Blades, edited by L.D. Whitney and Matt John.
Classics reviews:
- Brian Collins revisits the 1938 time travel novel The Legion of Time by Jack Williamson.
- Sandy Ferber revisits the 1940 horror novel Dark Sanctuary by H.B. Gregory.
- James Wallace Harris revisits the 1941 science fiction novel Sixth Column by Robert A. Heinlein.
- James Wallace Harris revisits the 1941 science fiction novel Methuselah's Children by Robert A. Heinlein.
- Joachim Boaz revisits the 1955 science fiction story "Created He Them" by Alice Eleanor Jones and the 1960 science fiction story "Interbalance" by Katherine MacLean.
- Victoria Silverwolf revisits the 1965 religious fantasy novel The Fifteenth Pelican by Tere Ríos and its 1967 TV adaptation The Flying Nun.
- Victoria Silverwolf revisits the 1967 science fiction novels Restoree by Anne McCaffrey and Croyd by Ian Wallace, Kris Vyas-Myall revisits the 1967 science fiction novel Ice by Anna Kavan and Gideon Marcus revisits the 1967 science fiction novels The Winds of Gath by E.C. Tubb and Crisis on Cheiron by Juanita Coulson.
- Steve Carroll revisits the 1968 sword and sorcery novel The Sword of Morning Star by Richard Meade a.k.a. Ben Haas.
- Alan Brown revisits the 1968 humorous science fiction novel The Square Root of Man by William Tenn.
- James Davis Nicoll revisits the 1975 craft book The Craft of Science Fiction: A Symposium on Writing Science Fiction and Science Fantasy, edited by Reginald Bretnor.
- The Cromcast revisits the 1976 sword and sorcery novel The Winter Players by Tanith Lee.
- Paul Weimer reviews the 1979 time travel novel Roadmarks by Roger Zelazny.
- James Maliszweski revisits the Jaunary 1984 issue of White Dwarf.
- James Davis Nicoll revisits the 1986 science fiction novel The Hercules Text by Jack McDevitt.
- Paperback Warrior revisits the 1987 supernatural thriller Night Hunter a.k.a. The Starlking by Robert Faulcon a.k.a. Robert Holdstock.
- John Mauro revisits the 1989 science fiction novel Hyperion by Dan Simmons.
- Alissa Burger revisits the 1990 YA horror novel Teacher's Pet and the 1993 YA horror novel Help Wanted by Richie Tankersley Cusick.
- Joe Sherry revisits the 1992 Wheel of Time fantasy novel The Shadow Rising by Robert Jordan.
- Marion Deeds revisits the 1998 urban fantasy novel Someplace To Be Flying by Charles de Lint.
- John Gradoville revisits the 2002 biography Tarzan Forever: The Life of Edgar Rice Burroughs by John Taliaferro.
Reports about Chicon 8, the 2022 Worldcon:
- Dave Hook reports about the panel "Fun with Epistolary Novels and Short Fiction" at Chicon 8, the 2022 Worldcon in Chicago, Illinois.
- Dave Hook reports about the 1946 project at Chicon 8.
- Mike Glyer reports that Chicon 8, the 2022 Worldcon in Chicago, Illinois, has announced that there were death threats against two program participants, one of which was Patrick S. Tomlinson.
- Kenn Bates shares photos of the Rotsler Award exhibition at Chicon 8.
Other con and event reports:
- Eden Weingart reports about Dragon Con in Atlanta, Georgia, and how it is redefining what nerd culture looks like.
- Arthur Chappell reports about the Reclamation, the 2022 Eastercon in Heathrow, UK.
- Ian Hunter reports about the 2022 Chillercon in Scarborough, UK.
- Bill Ward reports about the 2022 RinCon in Tuscon, Arizona, and shares several photos.
- Ben Child reports about Disney's D23 event in Anaheim, California.
- Carson Burton and William Earl also report about the D23 event.
- Germain Lussier reports about the Marvel Cinematic Universe presentation at D23.
- Justin Carter and Germain Lussier report about the Wakanda Forever footage shown at D23.
- Justin Carter shares yet more Marvel news from D23.
- Vanessa Armstrong shares all the animation news from D23.
- Germain Lussier reports about an exhibition of costumes from Willow at D23.
- Sarah Shaffi reports about the impressive guest list of the Lviv Book Forum in Lviv, Ukraine, which for obvious reasons will be virtual this year.
- Jennifer Billock reports about a space camp for adults in Huntsville, Alabama, and how she killed her entire crew en route to Mars.
- Benerson Little recounts how a scene of a pirate ship attacking a fort in the Pirates of the Caribbean attraction in the various Disney parks was lifted straight from the 1935 pirate film Captain Blood.
- Sabina Graves reports about a new ride at the Avengers Campus area of Disneyland in Anaheim, California.
- Sabina Graves also shares some expansion plans and new attractions coming to Walt Disney World in Orlanda, Florida.
- The ITN Archive shares a report about LonCon I, the 1957 Worldcon in London, UK.
- Anya Ryan calls Help! We Are Still Alive a muddled post-apocalyptic musical comedy by Tim Gilvin, which is being performed in London, UK.
Crowdfunding:
Science and technology:
- James Brizuela reports that the James Webb Space Telescope has discovered a strange alien planet.
- George Dvorsky reports that a rocket test of the SpaceX Starship prototype has caused a wildfire in Boca Chica, Texas.
- Michelle Starr reports that asking the public to suggest names for a NASA space probe to Uranus resulted in remarkably few butt jokes.
- Luke Mullins profiles Stephen Bassett who is trying to persuade the US government to admit that UFOs and alien life exist.
- Ed Cara reports that humans and cockatoos are locked in an arms race over trash cans in Sydney, Australia.
Free online fiction:
- "The Sword of Our Fathers" by Stew Shearer in Wyngraf Magazine.
- "The Crown of Azt'Nyr" by Mike Adamson in Heroic Fantasy Quarterly.
- "The Little God of the Staircase" by Meg Elison in The Dark.
- "Shining Bursa and the Listening Post" by Sarah Pauling in Clarkesworld.
- "On the Sunlit Side of Venus" by Benjamin Parzybok in Apex Magazine.
- "The Gem" by David Starobin in Swords and Sorcery Magazine.
- "His Soul's Keeper" by Koso Agboanike in Anathema.
- "A Girl of Nails and Teeth" by Hannah Yang in Nightmare Magazine.
- "The Weight of it All" by Jennifer Hudak in Fantasy Magazine.
- "Choke" by Suyi Davies Okungbowa in Tor.com.
- "A Ride for the Future" by Mwenya S. Chikwa in Omenana.
- "Felt" by Denise Khng in Luna Station Quarterly.
- "Soul Testing in Major League Baseball" by Larry Hodges in Daily Science Fiction.
- "Carousel of Lives" by Jon Lesser in Daily Science Fiction.
- "Life Is Information" by Jennifer R. Povey in Daily Science Fiction.
- "Knitting Weather" by Wendy Nikel in Daily Science Fiction.
- "Easy As Pie" by Elaine Midcoh in Daily Science Fiction.
Trailers and videos:
- Watch a trailer for season 3 of The Mandalorian.
- Watch a trailer for Andor.
- Watch a trailer for Tales of the Jedi.
- Watch a trailer for Willow.
- Watch a trailer for Black Adam.
- Watch a trailer for Quantum Leap.
- Watch a trailer for season 2 of Avenue 5.
- Watch a trailer for National Treasure: Edge of History.
- Watch a trailer for American Born Chinese.
- Watch a trailer for Percy Jackson and the Olympians.
- Watch a trailer for Hocus Pocus 2.
- Watch a trailer for Disenchanted.
- Watch a trailer for The Little Mermaid.
- Watch a trailer for The Peripheral.
- Watch a trailer for The Curse of Bridge Hollow.
- Watch a trailer for The School for Good and Evil.
- Watch a trailer for Exception.
- Watch a trailer for MaXXXine.
- Watch a trailer for A Trip to Infinity.
- Watch a trailer for The Santa Clauses.
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