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:
Comments on 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:
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:
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.
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