It's time for the latest weekly round-up of interesting links about speculative fiction from around the web, this week with 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, the season finale of Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power and the revelation of Sauron, House of the Dragon, Black Adam, The Midnight Club, Halloween Ends, The School for Good and Evil, tributes to Robbie Coltrane and much more.
Speculative fiction in general:
- Barnes & Noble share their favourite science fiction and fantasy novels of 2022.
- Barnes & Noble share their favourite horror novels of 2022.
- Jane Sullivan talks about science fiction and fantasy by writers of colour.
- C.T. Phipps recommends eight indie Cyberpunk novels.
- Alex Brown recommends recent YA horror novels.
- James Davis Nicoll shares five SFF stories with academic settings.
- Cole Rush talks about the three types of magical mirrors in fantasy.
- James Davis Nicoll shares five haunting tales about love and death.
- Ali Alizadeh talks about the rise, fall and resurrection of American horror fiction.
- Jennifer Karr discusses the enduring popularity of vampires.
- Elizabeth Austin explains how she found comfort in the horror of Stephen King's Maine.
- George Saunders explains how fiction teaches empathy.
- Max Gladstone shares his appreciation for the work of Gene Wolfe.
- Bill Ward talks about the influence of Michael Moorcock's Elric stories on Dungeons and Dragons.
- Renée H. Shea profiles Namwali Serpell.
- Laura Mechling profiles bestselling romance writer Colleen Hoover.
- Alan Wald remembers Chan Davis.
Comics and Art:
- Matt Davis shares a round-up of recent comic books.
- Joshua L.H. Burnett profiles comic strip artist Alex Raymond, creator of Flash Gordon.
- Brad Hawley reviews The October Faction Volume 1 by by Steve Niles and Damien Worm.
- Brian Cronin explains how Batman artist Bob Kane using ghost artists brought him into conflict with DC Comics editor Mort Weisinger.
- Bill Ward shares yet more classic Michael Moorcock cover art.
Film and TV:
- Leslie Felperin calls Vesper an exception post-apocalyptic science fiction film.
- Cheryl Eddy declares that The Peripheral attempts to fill the void left behind by Westworld.
- Lucy Mangan calls Chapelwaite a dull Stephen King adaptation.
- The Unofficial Hugo Book Club Blog calls Neptune Frost an unanimous goldmine of subtext.
- Guy Lodge calls Guillermo del Toro's version of Pinocchio a distinctive take on a familiar story.
- Luke Y. Thompson calls The Curse of Bridge Hollow a horror comedy that is not very funny and not at all spooky.
- Rebecca Nicholson calls Somewhere Boy a beautiful mix of gothic thriller and family drama.
- Phuong Le calls Piggy a darkly fun horror film.
- Linda Codega shares her thoughts on the latest episode of the new Interview With the Vampire.
- Cheryl Eddy calls V/H/S/99 uneven but worth watching.
- Phil Hoad calls Mia and Me: The Hero of Centopia a garish combination of live action and animation.
- Rob Bricken shares his thoughts on the latest episode of The Walking Dead.
- Molly Templeton asks what we want from prequels.
- Sabina Graves interviews Cassandra Ciangherotti, star of Los Espookys.
- Artem Golub and Linda Codegy interview Meg Donnelly, star of The Winchesters.
- Cheryl Eddy interviews Brandon Perea, one of the stars of Nope.
- Jessica Holmes revisits the 1967 Doctor Who serial "The Abominable Snowmen".
- Fiona Moore revisits the 1967 science fiction horror film Quartermass and the Pit, Jason Sacks revisits the 1967 crime movie Bonnie and Clyde, Victoria Silverwolf revisits the 1967 avantgarde film The Day the Fish Came Out and Cora Buhlert revisits the 1967 West German horror movie The Snake Pit and the Pendulum.
- Michael Gonzales revisits the 1968 dystopian movie Wild in the Streets.
- Phil Pirello revisits the 1997 horror movie I Know What You Did Last Summer for its twenty-fifth anniversary.
- Sandy Ferber revisits the 1998 horror movie Ringu and its sequels.
- Martin Belam lists the BBC's greatest spooky cult classics.
- Lorna Wallace lists six episodes of The X-Files that are perfect for Halloween.
- Sandy Ferber shares six terrific British horror movies not made by Hammer.
- Sandy Ferber shares six Japanese horror films to watch.
- Sandy Ferber shares five horror movies starring nasty creatures.
- Sandy Ferber shares four horror movies featuring vampires.
- Todd Gilchrist ranks the greatest scream queens in movie history.
- Lawrence Ellsworth revisits a lot of sword and sorcery B-movies of the 1980s.
- Will Sommer reports that the far right superhero movie Rebel's Run, produced by Theodore Beale a.k.a. Vox Day, was conned out of one million US-dollars.
- Andrew Pulver reports that actress Anna Faris has accused director Ivan Reitman of abusive behaviour on the set of My Super Ex-Girlfriend.
- James Whitbrook reports that Liz Truss is the only British prime minister during whose tenure no episode of Doctor Who aired since the show started in 1963.
- Michael Schulman looks back on the decades long career of Angela Lansbury.
- Actor Michael Callan, star of Cat Ballou, West Side Story, Mysterious Island, Chained Heat and nany others, has died aged 86.
- Actor and stuntman Ted White, best known for playing Jason Vorhees in the Friday the 13th series, has died aged 96.
Tributes to Robbie Coltrane:
- Scottish actor Robbie Coltrane,star of Cracker, Mona Lisa, From Hell, several James Bond movies and the Harry Potter movies, has died aged 72.
- The BBC shares an obituary for Robbie Coltrane.
- Jordan Moreau shares an obituary for Robbie Coltrane.
- Andrew Pulver and Nadia Khomani remember Robbie Coltrane.
- Peter Bradshaw remembers Robbie Coltrane.
- Rob Bricken remembers Robbie Coltrane.
- Etan Vlessing remembers Robbie Coltrane.
- The Guardian shares photos from Robbie Coltrane's lengthy career.
Comments on She-Hulk: Attorney at Law and the Marvel Cinematic Universe in general:
- Richard Trenholm shares his thoughts on the season finale of She-Hulk: Attorney at Law.
- Arturo Serrano declares that Marvel remain faithful to its formula with She-Hulk: Attorney at Law in spite of all the fourth-wall breaking.
- Linda Codega sheds some light on the background of Skaar, a character who had a cameo appearance at the end of She-Hulk: Attorney at Law.
- Sydney Odman interviews Jon Bass who plays Todd Phelps in She-Hulk: Attorney at Law.
- Rob Bricken reports that the original draft of the She-Hulk: Attorney at Law season finale was very different.
- Sydney Bucksbaum interviews Jessica Gao, showrunner of She-Hulk: Attorney at Law.
- Sabina Graves interviews Kat Coiro, director of She-Hulk: Attorney at Law.
- Jordan Moreau interviews Charlie Cox who plays Matt Murdock a.k.a. Daredevil in She-Hulk: Attorney at Law.
- Vance Kotrla talks about Disney's influence on Marvel, the superhero genre and Star Wars.
- Jeremy Mathai reports that Harrison Ford has been cast as Thaddeus "Thunderbolt" Ross in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, replacing the late William Hurt.
- Mark Sweeney reports that Disney is planning to bypass French cinemas with Wakanda Forever and other releases and launch them right on Disney+, until the restrictive French windowing laws are relaxed.
Comments on Star Trek: Lower Decks and the many iterations of Star Trek:
- Keith R.A. DeCandido shares his thoughts on "Trusted Sources", the latest episode of Star Trek Lower Decks.
- Galactic Journey revisits the 1967 Star Trek episode "The Apple".
- Keith R.A. DeCandido revisits the Star Trek Enterprise episode "Canamar".
- Ethan Alter interviews William Shatner, best known for playing Captain James T. Kirk in Star Trek.
- Rachel P. Kreiter talks about the problems of trying to recreate Star Trek food.
Comments on Andor and Star Wars in general:
- Gavia Baker-Whitelaw shares her thoughts on "Announcement", the latest episode of Andor.
- Tom Philip shares his thoughts on "Announcement".
- Sabina Graves shares her thoughts on "Announcement".
- Emmet Asher-Perrin shares their thoughts on "Announcement".
- Gavia Baker-Whitelaw notes that Andor shows how the Empire destroys and erases the culture of those they colonise, something that the Star Wars films only previously hinted at.
- Michael Levenson reports that a bakery in Benicia, California, has made a lifesize version of Han Solo frozen in Carbonite entirely from bread.
Comments on House of the Dragon (spoilers):
- Tyler Dean shares his thoughts on "The Green Council", the latest episode of House of the Dragon.
- Jenna Scherer shares her thoughts on "The Green Council".
- Rob Bricken shares his thoughts on "The Green Council".
- Tom Huddleston shares his thoughts on "The Green Council".
- Aaron Jones shares his thoughts on "The Green Council".
- Sabina Graves shares her appreciation for the performance of Matt Smith as Daemon Targaryen in House of the Dragon.
Comments on Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power (spoilers):
- Andy Welch shares his thoughts on "Alloyed", the season finnale of Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power.
- Matt Schimkowitz shares his thoughts on "Alloyed".
- James Whitbrook shates his thoughts on "Alloyed".
- Sylas K. Barrett shares his thoughts on "Alloyed".
- Aaron Jones shares his thoughts on "Alloyed".
- Gavia Baker-Whitelaw shares her thoughts on "Alloyed".
- Adam Whitehead shares his thoughts on season 1 of Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power.
- Stuart Heritage declares that season 1 of The Rings of Power was a stinker.
- Jordan Moreau explains the finale of The Rings of Power and the Sauron reveal.
- Sian Cain interviews Charlie Vickers who plays Halbrand in The Rings of Power.
- James Hibberd interviews Charlie Vickers.
- Judith Tarr is pleased that The Rings of Power portrays Galadriel as a horse person.
- The AV-Club interviews the cast of The Rings of Power.
Comments on Black Adam and the DC Cinematic Universe in general:
- Phil Pirello declares that Black Adam is basically one long fight.
- Peter Bradshaw calls Black Adam a surrealist superhero comedy.
- John Defore calls Black Adam a morally muddy superhero film.
- Peter Debruge calls Black Adam mainly a set-up for other films.
- J. Kim Murphy and Jordan Moreau interview Dwayne Johnson, star of Black Adam.
- Peter Scobel interviews Dwayne Johnson.
- Marco Vito Oddo reports that Black Adam was originally rated R and had to be cut to bring it to PG13.
- Steve Rose wonders whether Black Adam can turn around the troubled fortunes of the DC cinematic universe.
- Molly Templeton wonders what DC will bring to the screen next.
- Borys Kit also wonders what's next for the DC Cinematic Universe.
- Ben Child notes that a filmic Marvel/DC crossover, as hinted at by Dwayne Johnson, would be a disaster.
Comments on The Midnight Club:
Comments on Halloween Ends and the Halloween series in general:
- Peter Bradshaw declares that Halloween Ends not with a bang, but with a whimper.
- Natalie Zutter remarks that Halloween Ends fails to bring the series to full circle.
- Owen Gleiberman calls Halloween Ends neither scary nor fun nor original.
- Todd Gilchrist notes that Halloween Ends may be let down by unfair expectations.
- Todd Gilchrist interviews David Gordon Green, director of Halloween Ends.
- Brian Davids interviews Andi Matichak who plays Allyson in Halloween Ends.
- Brian Collins ranks all thirteen Halloween movies from best to worst.
- Rebecca Rubin reports that Halloween Ends tops the US box office in spite of lukewarm reviews.
Comments on The School for Good and Evil:
Awards:
- The winners of the 2021 Kitschies Awards have been announced.
- The winners of the 2022 Prix Utopiales have been announced.
- The winner of the 2022 Booker Prize has been announced.
- The longlist for the 2023 Andrew Carnegie Medals has been announced.
- The finalists for the 2022 Christy Awards have been announced.
- The finalists for the 2022 Governor General's Literary Award have been announced.
- The finalists for the 2022 Golden Joystick Awards have been announced.
- Jonathan Cowie recounts how it took ten years for SF² Concatenation's 2012 Eurocon Award to reach him.
Writing, publishing and promotion:
- Zhang Yueran declares that sometimes a story is only important to its writer and that is enough.
- Katherine Garcia Ley shares some questions to ask your characters about their love life.
- Lee Matthew Goldberg talks about writing a series that can be read in any order.
- Eric Beetner discusses how not to write a trilogy.
- Lisa Morton talks about writing Halloween fiction.
- Kristine Kathryn Rusch discusses her annual Holiday Spectacular project.
- Locus reports about a wave of lay-offs at the publisher HarperCollins.
- Locus also reports that there will be another strike at HarperCollins in November.
- Locus reports that distributor Baker and Taylor was hit by a ransomware attack.
- Locus reports that Katherine Tegen, publisher of the HarperCollins children's and YA books imprint Katherine Tegen Books, will retire in December.
- KARE 11 reports about the reopening of the Uncle Hugo's and Uncle Edgar's bookstores, after they were burned dornw during the riots in Minneapolis, Minnesota, in May 2020.
- Pioneering feminist publisher and founder of Virago Press Carmen Callil has died aged 84.
Interviews:
- Ezra Klein interviews N.K. Jemisin.
- Tim Lewis interviews Malorie Blackman.
- Sarah Neilson interviews Namwali Serpell.
- Lisa Allardice interviews Shehan Karunatilaka
- Locus interviews Peng Shepherd.
- John A. Hoda interviews Ausma Zehanat Khan.
- D.M. Ritzlin interviews Rev. Joe Kelly.
- Jen Gheller interviews Sherry Yuan.
- Andreas Hapke interviews Cora Buhlert.
Reviews:
- Adri Joy reviews The Red Scholar's Wake by Aliette de Bodard.
- Bitter Tea and Mystery reviews Head On by John Scalzi.
- John Mauro reviews Full Immersion by Gemma Amor.
- Paul Weimer reviews Empire of Exiles by Erin Evans.
- Paul Weimer reviews The Memory in the Blood by Ryan Van Loan.
- Colleen Mondor reviews Our Crooked Hearts by Melissa Albert.
- Blue Book Balloon reviews Silverweed Road by Simon Crook.
- Runalong the Shelves reviews The Green Man's Challenge by Juliet E. McKenna.
- Marion Deeds reviews What Lives in the Woods by Lindsay Currie.
- Molly Templeton reviews Thistlefoot by GennaRose Nethercott
- Toni V. Sweeney reviews The Witch in the Well by Camilla Bruce.
- Amal El-Mohtar reviews Babel by R.F. Kuang and Self-Portrait With Nothing by Aimee Pokwatka.
- Mahvesh Murad reviews Poster Girl by Veronica Roth.
- Em Nordling reviews Summer Sons by Lee Mandelo.
- James Davis Nicoll reviews We Ride Upon Sticks by Quan Barry.
- John Mauro reviews The Two Doctors Górski by Isaac Fellman.
- James Davis Nicoll reviews The Secret Skin by Wendy N. Wagner.
- Runalong the Shelves reviews Composite Creatures by Catherine Hardaker.
- Material Witness reviews Queen High by C.J. Carey.
- Lesa Holstine reviews High Spirits by Carol J. Perry.
- Doreen Sheridan reviews The Ghost and the Stolen Tears by Cleo Coyle.
- Justine Jordan reviews The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida by Shehan Karunatilaka.
- Gabino Iglesias reviews The Mermaid of Black Conch by Monique Roffey.
- Alexis Ong reviews Lonely Castle in the Mirror by Mizuki Tsujimura, translated by Philip Gabriel.
- The Library Ladies review Malice House by Meghan Shepherd.
- Life With All the Books reviews Sundial by Catriona Ward.
- Ali Karim reviews The Book of the Most Precious Substance by Sara Gran.
- Gabino Iglesias reviews The Nectar of Nightmares by Craig Laurance Gidney.
- Rob Bedford reviews Leech by Hiron Ennes.
- James Davis Nicoll reviews TITAN: A Novel by Mado Nozaki, translated by Evan Ward.
- Bill Capossere reviews Living Memory by David Walton.
- David M. Higgins reviews Illuminations by Alan Moore.
- Becky LeJeune reviews Big Bad by Lily Anderson.
- Joseph Hoopman reviews Sword and Planet, edited by Christopher Ruocchio.
- Runalong the Shelves reviews Isolation, edited by Dan Coxon.
- Runalong the Shelves reviews The Secret Life of Fungi: Discoveries From A Hidden World by Aliya Whiteley.
- Patrice Lawrence reviews Just Sayin’: My Life in Words by Malorie Blackman.
- Mark Yon reviews Rayguns and Rocketships by Rian Hughes.
Classics reviews:
- Leslie S. Klinger revisits the 1886 horror novel The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson.
- Matthew Ilseman revisits the 1907 horror novel The Boats of the Glen Carrig by William Hope Hodgson.
- James Maliszewski revisits the 1933 horror story "The Devotee of Evil" by Clark Ashton Smith.
- The Appendix N Book Club revisits the 1936 Conan sword and sorcery novel The Hour of the Dragon a.k.a. Conan the Conqueror by Robert E. Howard.
- James Wallace Harris revisits the 1940 science fiction story "Requiem" by Robert A. Heinlein.
- Cleo Coyle revisits the 1945 fantasy novel The Ghost of Captain Gregg and Mrs. Muir by R.A. Dick a.k.a. Josephine Leslie and its 1947 film adaptation.
- Paperback Warrior revisits the 1948 science fiction story "Flaw" by John D. MacDonald.
- James Davis Nicoll revisits the 1958 science fiction novel The Path of Unreason by George O. Smith.
- Gideon Marcus revisits the 1958 dystopian novel Doomsman by Harlan Ellison, 1967 nuclear war novel Fail-Safe, by Eugene Burdick and Arthur Wheeler, the 1967 TV tie-in The Invaders by Keith Laumer and the 1967 post-paocalyptic novel Telepower by Lee Hoffman.
- Heath Row revisits the 1972 science fiction novel The Light That Never Was by Lloyd Biggle Jr.
- Leah Schnelbach revisits the 1979 horror novel Ghost Story by Peter Straub.
- James Maliszewski revisits the May 1984 issue of White Dwarf.
- James Davis Nicoll revisits the 1988 science fiction collection The Best of John Brunner by John Brunner.
- Joe Kenney revisits the 1989 horror novel Midnight by Dean Koontz.
- Sylas K. Barrett revisits the 1996 Wheel of Time fantasy novel A Crown of Swords by Robert Jordan.
Con and event reports:
- Heidi MacDonald reports about the 2022 New York Comic Con in New York City.
- Linda Codega reports about The Winchesters panel at New York Comic Con in New York City.
- Linda Codega reports about The Sandman Experience at New York Comic Con.
- Ahrvid Engholm reports about Ökon 3, the 2022 Swecon in Östberga, Sweden.
- Goodman Games reports about the 2022 Con on the Cob in Richfield, Ohio, and shares some photos.
- Derek Künsken announces that he is stepping down as programming co-chair of Can-Con in Ottawa, Canada.
- Wiscon in Madison, Wisconsin, is looking for a new co-chair and online con chair.
- Anne Billson reports about the Sitges International Film Festival in Sitges, Catalonia.
- Jonathan Cowie reports about the exhibition "Science Fiction; Viyage to the Edge of Imagination" at the Science Museum in London, UK.
- Chris M. Barkley reports about a book signing by Andy Weir at Joseph Beth Booksellers in Cincinnati, Ohio.
- Mark Roth-Withworth reports about Kim Stanley Robinson's appearance at the 2022 F. Scott Fitzgerald Literary Festival in Rockville, Maryland.
- Amelia Tait wonders why immersive pop culture experiences are booming.
- Steven Morris reports about an art project in Bristol, UK, to furnish a Martian house only from recycled materials.
- Sabina Graves reports about the stage adaptation of Studio Ghibli's My Neighbour Totoro in London, UK.
- Arifa Akbar reports about Gary McNair's adaptation of Jekyll and Hyde as a solo play, which is currently being performed in Reading, UK.
- Martin Morse Wooster reports about a performance of the play Maple and Vine by Hordan Harrison in Washington DC.
- Brian Logan reports about the Tentacular Spectacular at the Fierce Festival in Birmingham, UK.
- Felicia Alvarez reports about the merperson subculture in Southern California.
- Wendy Lee reports about the opening of the Netflix pop-up store in Los Angeles, California.
- Michelle Yee Hee Lee reports about a visit to the Studio Ghibli theme park in Aichi, Japan.
- Sabina Graves shares the latest news and attractions from various US-based theme parks.
Crowdfunding:
Science and technology:
- Meghan Bartels reports that the Arecibo observatory in Puerto Rico won't be rebuilt after being destroyed when a support cable snapped in December 2020.
- Sam
Biddle reports that the police in Oakland, California, plans to equip
robots with deadly shotguns, apparently never having watched Terminator.
- Astrophysicist and astronomer Frank Drake died aged 92.
- Astronaut Jim McDivitt died aged 93.
- Juliana Kim shares an obituary for Jim McDivitt.
Free online fiction:
- "Of all the New Yorks in all the Worlds" by Indrapramit Das in Tor.com.
- "On Magog's Pond" by Chris Willrich in Beneath Ceaseless Skies
- "The Angel Azrael and the War Ghosts" by Peter Darbyshire in Beneath Ceaseless Skies.
- "The Temple of the Living Dead" by Plangdi Neple in Anathema.
- "Guarantees in Three Silvers" by Jay Requard in Swords and Sorcery Magazine.
- "The Conflagration at the Museum of You" by Adam-Troy Castro in Lightspeed.
- "Three Tales from the Blue Library" by Sofia Samatar in Lightspeed.
- "Kings and Popes and Saints" by Jon Hansen in Apex Magazine.
- "Quantum Eurydice" by Avi Burton in Fantasy Magazine.
- "Destiny Delayed" by Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki in Asimov's Science Fiction Podcast.
- "The Ghost Eaters" by Spencer Ellsworth in Nightmare Magazine.
- "A Song of Violence" by Bibi Osha in The Dark.
- "Fox River" by Dana Foley in Luna Station Quarterly.
- "Giant Fish" by Chu Shifan, translated by Stella Jiayue Zhu, in Clarkesworld.
- "Fly Free" by Alan Kubatiev, translated by Alex Shvartsman, in Clarkesworld.
- "The UmHlosinga Tree (The Fever Tree)" by Nick Wood in Omenana.
- "The Forgotten Treaties of Wildfire and Feathers" by Daniel Ausema in Daily Science Fiction.
- "Phoenix Fate" by Anya Ow in Daily Science Fiction.
- "Spellbones" by Anne Leonard in Daily Science Fiction.
- "Magic's Call" by Eric Witchey in Daily Science Fiction.
- "Harpies Call" by Eric Witchey in Daily Science Fiction.
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