Speculative Fiction Links of the Week for October 7, 2022

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, the new Interview with the Vampire, Mr. Harrigan's Phone, the new Hellraiser, season 2 of Chucky, Matilda the Musical, James Bond at sixty and much more.

Speculative fiction in general:

• Cheryl Eddy shares a list of new science fiction, fantasy and horror books coming out this October.
• Book Marks share their favourite science fiction and fantasy books for October. 
• Jo Walton shares her reading list for September 2022.
  
• James Davis Nicoll shares eight works that blend mystery and detective fiction with fantasy and horror. 
• Mur Lafferty talks about writing a cozy mystery set in space. 
  
• K.G. McAbee looks at SFF movies that are very loosely adapted from classic SFF novels. 
• James Maliszewski shares his favourite imaginary settings in a two-part post. 
• Stephanie Feldmann shares five scary novels that use setting to embody horror. 
• Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki points out that what is dystopian for privileged western audiences is often daily reality for people in non-western countries. 
• James Davis Nicoll shares five SFF books about immortality. 
• Lorna Wallace shares five coming of age horror novels that embody the perils of adolescence. 
• Molly Templeton talks about books that defy expectations. 
  
• Judith Tarr shares her appreciation for the Books of Raksura by Martha Wells.
• Jenny Hamilton shares her appreciation for the Psy-Changeling series by Nalini Singh.
  
• Kim Bannerman profiles Gertrude Barrows Bennett. 
• Stephen King shares his love for the cuisine of Maine as well as a recipe. 
• James Wallace Harris wonders if fandom took note of Robert A. Heinlein upon his debut in 1939.
  
• Bill Ward takes a look at some of the strange beings Michael Moorcock's Elric of Melniboné encounters during his adventures. 
• Bill Ward also takes a look at objects of power in Michael Moorcock's Elric of Melniboné stories and novels.
• James Maliszweski profiles Dungeons and Dragons co-creator Dave Arneson in a two-part post. 
• Justin Baragona reports about the massive harassment campaign against science fiction author Patrick Tomlinson.
  
• Albert Cowdrey, authors of fantasy, science fiction and historical fiction, has died aged 88. 
  
• Mathematician and science fiction writer Chan Davis has died aged 96.
  

 

Comics and Art:

• Molly Odintz interviews Grant Morrison. 
• Michael Cavna profiles cartoonist and Groo the Barbarian creator Sergio Aragones.
  
• Mark Bishop shares his appreciation for the horror comics of EC Comics. 
• James Smart calls Ducks by Kate Beaton a powerful graphic memoir.
  
• Comic editor and founder of It's Alive Press Drew Ford has died aged 48.
  

 

Film and TV:

• Paul Levinson shares his thoughts on episodes 2 and 3 of the new Quantum Leap. 
• Hattie Lindert declares that the US remake of Let the Right One In loses its bite.
  
• Paul Levinson shares his thoughts on the season 2 premiere of La Brea.
• Peter Bradshaw calls The Woman King a thrilling warrior tale. 
• Leslie Felperin calls Deadstream an oddly charming horror comedy.
  
• Cath Clarke calls After Blue (Dirty Paradise) a trippy, erotic and preposterous science fiction odyssey.
  
• Peter Bradshaw calls House of Darkness a creepy mansion revenge horror that goes nowhere.
  
• Phuong Le calls Take Back the Night a muddle horror parable.
  
• Cath Clarke calls Stalker a low budget trapped-in-a-lift horror thriller. 
• William Hughes shares his thoughts on the latest episode of Archer.
  
• Rob Bricken shares his thoughts on the latest episode of The Walking Dead. 
• Arturo Serrano declares that Hocus Pocus 2 follows Disney's bad habit of humanising monsters.
  
• Luke Y. Thompson declares that Lyle, Lyle Crocodile makes you smile... for a while.
  
• Justin Carter celebrates the thirtieth birthday of Cartoon Network. 
• Readers of The Guardian interview Kevin Smith, director of Mallrats, Clerks, Dogma and many others and showrunner of Masters of the Universe: Revelation.
  
• Gabriella Paiella wonders why male fantasy protagonists in film and TV are all wearing the same half-ponytail. 
  
• Sandy Ferber shares five grisly zombie films to watch.
  
• Sandy Ferber reviews three horror films featuring killer genitalia. 
• Sandy Ferber shares three lesser known Wes Craven horror movies.
  
• Sandy Ferber revisits the 1987 horror film Bad Taste and the 1992 horror film Dead Alive.
  
• Peter Bradshaw revisits the 1992 horror film Bram Stoker's Dracula. 
• C.T. Phipps revisits the 2018 science fiction thriller Anon.
  
• Ethan Shanfield reports that Velma will be officially lesbian in a new Sccoby-Doo film. 
• Robert Brown, best remembered for his appearances in Here Comes the Brides, Primus and Star Trek, has died aged 95. 
  

 Comments on She-Hulk: Attorney at Law and the Marvel Cinematic Universe in general: 

• Molly Templeton shares her thoughts on "Ribbit and Rip It", the latest episode of She-Hulk: Attorney at Law. 
• Mary Kate Carr shares her thoughts on "Ribbit and Rip It". 
• Germain Lussier shares his thoughts on "Ribbit and Rip It".
  
• Ben Child notes that a lot of Marvel Cinematic Universe stars feel bewildered because so much of the films is shot in front of green screens that they can't see what they're doing.
  
• Kate Arthur interviews Elizabeth Olsen who plays Wanda Maximoff a.k.a. Scarlet Witch in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
• Germain Lussier interviews Michael Giacchino, director of Werewolf by Night. 
• Devan Coggan interviews the director and cast of Wakanda Forever.
  
• Watch a trailer for Wakanda Forever.
  

Comments on Star Trek: Lower Decks and the many iterations of Star Trek: 

• Keith R.A. DeCandido shares his thoughts on "A Mathematically Perfect Redemption", the latest episode of Star Trek: Lower Decks. 
• James Whitbrook shares his thoughts on "A Mathematically Perfect Redemption".
  
• Demetria Nikolakakis explains why Star Trek Lower Decks creator Mike McMahan wanted non-Trekkies in the writers' room.
  
• Paul Levinson hosts a roundtable discussion of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds.
• Galactic Journey revisit the 1967 Star Trek episode "Changeling".
  
• Keith R.A. DeCandido revisits the Star Trek Enterprise episode "Future Tense".
  
• Adam B. Vary and J. Kim Murphy report that the planned fourth Star Trek movie has been removed from Paramount's release slate again. 
• Watch a deleted scene from season 2 of Star Trek Picard.
  

 

Comments on Andor and Star Wars in general: 

• Emmet Asher-Perrin shares their thoughts on "The Axe Forgets", the latest episode of Andor.
• Gavia Baker-Whitelaw shares her thoughts on "The Axe Forgets". 
• Tom Philip shares his thoughts on "The Axe Forgets". 
• Sabina Graves shares her thoughts on "The Axe Forgets".
  
• Gavia Baker-Whitelaw notes that the Coruscant scenes in Andor illustrate the banality of bureaucratic evil. 
• Gavia Baker-Whitelaw notes that Andor manages to introduce LGBTQ characters into the Star Wars universe without the annoying tokenism that often affects LGBTQ characters in Disney productions. 
• Artem Golub and Sabina Graves interview Adria Arjona, one of the stars of Andor.
  

 

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. 
• Aaron Jones 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.
  
• Stuart Heritage complains about the dim lighting in the latest episode of House of the Dragon. 
• Cindy White interviews Gavin Spokes and Ryan Corr, two of the stars of House of the Dragon. 
• Ethan Shanfield reports about a racism row involving the co-authors of a House of the Dragon reference book. 
• Rebecca Alter also reports about the racism row involving the co-authors of a House of the Dragon reference book.
  

 

Comments on Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power: 

• Sylas K. Barrett shares his thoughts on the latest episode of Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power.
• Matt Schimkowitz shares his thoughts on the latest episode of The Rings of Power.  
• James Whitbrook shares his thoughts on the latest episode of The Rings of Power. 
• Gavia Baker-Whitelaw shares her 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. 
• James Hibberd reports that season 2 of The Rings of Power has started filming. 
  

 

Comments on the new Interview With the Vampire: 

• Jenna Scherer declares that the new Interview With the Vampire definitely does not suck. 
• Linda Codega declares that Interview With the Vampire captures the core tensions of the novel without shying away from the queerness and ridiculousness of the premise. 
• Artem Golub and Linda Codega interview Jacob Andersen and Sam Reid, stars of Interview With the Vampire.
  

 

Comments on Mr. Harrigan's Phone: 

• Benjamin Lee calls Mr. Harrigan's Phone a minor and overly familiar Stephen King adaptation. 
• Courtney Howard calls Mr. Harrigan's Phone a lackluster horror film. 
  

Comments on season 2 of Chucky:

• Tom Philip calls season 2 of Chucky confident and nasty. 
  
• Cheryl Eddy shares ten reasons to watch season 2 of Chucky.
  

 

Comments on the new Hellraiser: 

• Leigh Monson calls the new Hellraiser a fresh and frightening reboot.
• Cheryl Eddy calls the new Hellraiser reboot better than some of the previous Hellraiser sequels, but not very memorable. 
• Cindy White explains what you need to know before watching the new Hellraiser movie.
  
• Peter Scobel interviews David Bruckner, director of the new Hellraiser. 
• Todd Gilchrist interviews David Bruckner.
  
• Peter Scobel and Todd Gilchrist interview Hiam Abbas, one of the stars of the new Hellraiser.
  

 

Comments on Matilda the Musical:

• Peter Bradshaw calls Matilda the Musical by the book brilliance.
• Nadia Khomani interviews Emma Thompson who plays Agatha Trunchbull in Matilda: The Musical.
  

 

Comments on James Bond at sixty: 

• Peter Bradshaw celebrates the sixtieth anniversary of the James Bond movie series. 
• The AV-Club ranks every James Bond film from Dr. No to No Time to Die. 
• Baz Bamigboye interviews James Bond producer Michael G. Wilson about the future of everybody's favourite secret agent.
  

 

Awards:

• The finalists for the 2021 Shirley Jackson Awards have been announced.
• The shortlist for the 2021 Kitschies has been announced. 
  
• The winners of the 2022 Ditmar Awards have been announced. 
• The winner of the 2022 WSFA Small Press Award has been announced. 
• The winners of the 2022 Utopia Awards have been announced. 
• The winner of the 2022 Australian Fairy Tale Society Award has been announced.
  
• The winners of the 2022 New Mexico-Arizona Book Awards have been announced.
  
• The shortlist for the 2022 Premio Italia has been announced. 
• The shortlist for the 2022 Goldsmiths Prize has been announced.
  
• The finalists for the 2022 National Book Awards have been announced. 
• The winner of the 2022 Nobel Prize for Literature has been announced.
  

Writing, publishing and promotion:

• Lincoln Michel talks about understanding the reader without pandering to them. 
• Amanda Foody and C.L. Herman talk about co-authoring.
  
• Jess deCourcy Hinds explains how the Trapper Keeper notebook shaped a whole generation of writers.
• Kristine Kathryn Rusch talks about marketing advertising and connection.
  
• Tom Gauld shares a cartoon about bank robbers negotiating a book deal.
  
• Ted Johnson reports that several authors have signed an open letter to protest the lawsuit by several publishers against the Internet Archive.
  

Interviews:

• Write-Minded interviews Jeff VanderMeer. 
• Arley Sorg interviews Marie Vibbert.
  
• Joe Sherry interviews Aidan Moher. 
• Christopher T. Fan and John Plotz interview Charles Yu.
  
• John Mauro interviews Jennifer Thorne. 
• Runalong the Shelves interviews Shona Kinsella.
  
• Stephen H. Segal interviews Craig Laurance Gidney. 
• Runalong the Shelves interviews Penny Jones. 
• Cora Buhlert interviews Jim Beard.
  
• D.M. Ritzlin interviews Ethan Sabatella.
  
• Jen Gheller interviews C.L. Glanzing.
• Runalong the Shelves interviews Kit Power.
  

Reviews:

• The Bookwyrm's Hoard reviews Station Eternity by Mur Lafferty. 
  
• Runalong the Shelves reviews Deep Wheel Orcadia by Harry Josephine Giles.
  
• Paul Di Filippo reviews The Genesis of Misery by Neon Yang.
  
• C.T. Phipps reviews The Blueprint by Wesley Cross. 
• Blue Book Balloon reviews Full Immersion by Gemma Amor. 
• Martin Cahill reviews A Strange and Stubborn Endurance by Foz Meadows. 
• Martin Cahill reviews Locklands by Robert Jackson Bennett.
  
• Alex Brown reviews House of Hunger by Alexis Henderson.
  
• Maya C. James reviews City of Dusk by Tara Sim. 
• James Davis Nicoll reviews Desert Creatures by Kay Chronister.
  
• Alex Brown reviews Last of the Talons by Sophie Kim. 
• Runalong the Shelves reviews The Green Man's Silence by Juliet E. McKenna.
  
• Becky LeJeune reviews Silverweed Road by Simon Crook.  
• James Tivendale reviews Silverweed Road by Simon Cook.
  
• Sonja van der Westhuizen reviews Black Lake Manor by Guy Morpuss. 
  
• John Mauro reviews The Spite House by Johnny Compton. 
• Mark Yon reviews Family Business by Jonathan Sims. 
• Doreen Sheridan reviews Mrs. Claus and the Evil Elves by Liz Ireland. 
  
• Lesa Holstine reviews The Ghost and the Stolen Tears by Cleo Coyle.  
• Randy Money reviews The Path of Thorns by Angela Slatter.
  
• Rob Bedford reviews It Rides a Pale Horse by Andy Marino.
  
• Adrian Collins reviews The Wolftime by Gav Thorpe. 
  
• Runalong the Shelves reviews Behind a Broken Smile by Penny Jones.
  
• Paul Di Filippo reviews Jack Dann: Masters of Science Fiction by Jack Dann.
• Gary K. Wolfe reviews Sticking to the End by John Clute.
  
• Joe DelFranco reviews Fight, Magic, Items: The History of Final Fantasy, Dragon Quest, and the Rise of Japanese RPGs in the West by Aidan Moher.

Classics reviews:

• James Maliszewski revisits the 1933 horror story "The Seed From the Sepulchre" by Clark Ashton Smith. 
• Jim Cornelius revisits the 1935 Conan sword and sorcery story "The Black Stranger" by Robert E. Howard. 
• James Wallace Harris revisits the 1939 science fiction story "Misfit" by Robert A. Heinlein.
  
• David Levinson revisits the November 1967 issue of If: Worlds of Science Fiction. 
• Nic Anstead revisits the 1977 dystopian story "The Screwfly Solution" by Racoona Sheldon a.k.a. James Tiptree Jr. a.k.a. Alice B. Sheldon.
  
• James Davis Nicoll revisits the 1978 post-apocalyptic novel The Road to Corlay by Richard Cowper.
• James Maliszweski revisits the March 1984 issue of White Dwarf. 
• The PorPor Books Blog revisits the 1984 heroic fantasy novel Legend by David Gemmell. 
• Joe Kenney revisits the 1987 post-apocalyptic horror novel Aftershock by Robert W. Walker.
  
• The PorPor Books Blog revisits the 1998 military science fiction novel Caught in the Crossfire by David Drake.
  

 

Reports about Chicon 8, the 2022 Worldcon:

• The Hugo, Girl! podcast share their experiences at Chicon 8, the 2022 Worldcon in Chicago, Illinois.
• The Drink Tank reports about Chicon 8.
  

 

Other con and event reports:

• Mike Glyer reports that the 2023 World Fantasy Convention will take place in Kansas City, Missouri. 
• It Was a Dark and Stormy Book Club reports about the 2022 Fright Reads Book Festival in Millersville, Maryland.  
• Terence Jackson reports about the 2022 MCM Comic Con in London, UK.
  
• Rich Lynch reports about the 2002 Capclave in Washington DC, which took place at the height of the Washington snipers' reign of terror.
  
• Victoria Lucas reports about the 1967 Avant Garde Festival in New York City.
  
• Chris Wiegand looks behind the scenes of the Frozen musical performed in London, UK.
• Michael Hill reports that a new gun safety law in New York state has unexpected effects on historical battle reenactors.
  

 

Crowdfunding:

• The Fantastic Fiction Reading Series at the KGB Bar in Manhattan, New York, is looking for funding.
  
• Kiki De Coeur, wife of the late comic editor and publisher Drew Ford, needs some help with medical and funeral expenses.
• David Betancourt reports about Hasbro crowdfunding a giant Galactus action figure.
   
  

Science and technology:

• Kenneth Chang reports that NASA may hire SpaceX to lift the Hubble Space Telescope to a higher orbit. 
• The Guardian reports that an ESA planetary rover originally intended for Mars is now being tested in a quarry near Milton Keynes, UK.
  
• Kelly Werthmann reports about the Arapahoe Community Solar Garden to help low income residents in Arapahoe, Colorado.
  
• Dalya Alberge reports that the sarcophagus of Ptah-em-wia, head of the treasury of Pharaoh Ramses II, has been discovered in Saqqara, Egypt.
• Jennifer Givhan talks about brujeria and how it helped her overcome abuse. 

Free online fiction: 

• "Fire and Brimstone in the Twin Cities" by James Morrow in Beneath Ceaseless Skies. 
• "But Mayflies on the Water, Gazing at the Sun" by Jennifer DeLeskie in Beneath Ceaseless Skies.
  
• "The Sleeping" by Remco Van Straten and Angeline B. Adams in Wyngraf Magazine.
• "A Hole in the Light" by Annalee Newitz in The Sunday Morning Transport.
  
• "Maghda's Song" by Eleanor Glewwe in Anathema.
  
• "See How We Shine" by Margot McGovern in The Dark. 
• "The Three Books and What They Tell" by Alexandria Manglis in Lightspeed.
  
• "Primordial Soup and Salad" by Gene Doucette in Lightspeed. 
• "Junk Hounds" by Lavie Tidhar in Clarkesworld. 
• "Coding Van Gogh" by Elaine Gao in Clarkesworld.
  
• "Radcliffe Hall" by Miyuki Jane Pinckard in Uncanny Magazine.  
• "The Portal Keeper" by Lavie Tidhar in Uncanny Magazine.
  
• "The Skinless Man Counts to Five" by Paul Jessup in Apex Magazine.
  
• "Short Swims From Great Heights" by Stephen M.A. in Fantasy Magazine. 
• "Much to be mourned" by Corey Niles in Nightmare Magazine.
  
• "LAGBOT-45." by Oyedotun Damilola Muees in Omenana.
• "External Processors" by Sherry Yuan in Luna Station Quarterly. 
• "Transaction" by Ken Poyner in Daily Science Fiction.
  
• "Don't Call Us - We'll Call You" by Eric James Stone in Daily Science Fiction.
  
• "The Hour Glass" by Marge Simon in Daily Science Fiction.
   

Trailers and videos:

• Watch a trailer for Violent Night.
• Watch a trailer for Slumberland.
  
• Watch a trailer for Let the Right One In.