Speculative Fiction Links of the Week for November 4, 2022

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, Werewolf By Night, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever and the Marvel Cinematic Universe in general, Andor, Tales of the Jedi and Star Wars in general, the season finale of House of the Dragon, Enola Holmes 2, Neptune Frost, Wendell and Wild, One Piece Film: Red, The Peripheral, The Wonder, I'm Totally Fine, Terrifier 2, Ghostwatch at thirty, a lot of horror and much more.

Speculative fiction in general:

• Cheryl Eddy shares all the new science fiction and fantasy books coming out this November. 
• Natalie Zutter shares seven science fiction and fantasy books coming out this November.
  
• James Davis Nicoll shares five vintage SFF novels too good to be forgotten. 
• Cole Rush shares five science fiction novels with a unique take on artificial intelligence. 
• Everina Maxwell talks about the popularity of mental bonds and mindmelding in science fiction.
  
• Neil McRobert shares his favourite horror novels to read this Halloween.
  
• Simon Crook shares his ten favourite horror stories.
• Martin Edwards shares his favourite anthologies of ghost stories.
  
• Greg Ruth explains why horror is good for both adults and children.
  
• Paula Guran discusses the need for horror in challenging times.
  
• Charlotte Northedge reports about the growing popularity of domestic horror, gothic and noir fiction. 
  
• James Davis Nicoll shares five stories about making a deal with the devil.
  
• Nina Nesseth shares five books that inspire fear of everyday objects. 
• Erika T. Wurth talks about writing native horror.
• Laura Ann Gilman explains why she writes historical fantasy. 
• Ellie Robins talks about the dangers of the monomyth. 
  
• Lyndsey Winship discusses the enduring appeal of mermaids. 
• A.K. Mulford asks why overweight girls so rarely get to be the protagonists of SFF novels. 
• Molly Templeton talks about books to read, when the days get shorter.
  
• Jenny Hamilton explains how Kit Rocha's Mercenary Librarians series helped her write sex scenes.
  
• Deuce Richardson shares his appreciation for the works of Lord Dunsany. 
• Bobby Derie takes a look at the letters exchanged between Robert E. Howard and his mother Hester Jane Ervin Howard.
  
• Mike Glyer reports that Russian SFF author Sergey Lukyanenko, Guest of the Honour of the 2023 Worldcon in Chengdu, China, has belatedly distanced himself from the hateful remarks made by host Anton Krasovsky during an interview with Lukyanenko on Russia Today.
  

 

Comics and Art:

• Matt Davis shares a round-up of October comic books. 
• James Whitbrook reviews The Incal: Psychoverse by Mark Russell and Yanick Paquette.
• Brad Hawley reviews The October Faction: Volume 2 by Steve Niles and Damien Worm.
• Bradley Powers interviews artists Angelica Alzona, Alyssa Winans and Pamely Zhang.
• Lynn Caponera shares her appreciation for the art of Maurice Sendak.
  
• Tom Gauld shares a cartoon about the benefits of shopping at a haunted bookstore.
  
• SFF artist Ned Dameron has died aged 73.
  

 

Film and TV:

• Camestros Felapton shares his thoughts on The Power of the Doctor, the latest Doctor Who special.
• Camestros Felapton shares his thoughts on season 1 of The Rings of Power. 
• Lucy Mangan calls The Devil's Hour a chilling supernatural crime drama and praises the performance of Peter Capaldi. 
• Jack Seale calls The Bastard Son and the Devil Himself a teen fantasy witch drama with stunning special effects. 
• Cheryl Eddy declares that the Indonesian horror film Satan's Slaves: Communion might be the scariest movie of the year.
  
• J.R. Forasteros discusses the changing role and function of Michael Myers in the Halloween movies.  
• Phil Hoad calls Something in the Dirt a transcendant science fiction headscratcher. 
• Peter Bradshaw calls Final Cut a silly zombie horror meta-farce. 
• Luke Buckmaster calls the horror thriller Sissy a deranged pleasure to watch. 
• Luke Y. Thompson calls Nocebo a padded horror film.
  
• Olivia Rutigliano calls Evil one of the most enlightened shows on TV. 
• Stuart Heritage calls First Contact: An Alien Encounter a documentary that seems determined to wreck its own premise by pointing out that there are no aliens out there. 
• Lauren Mechling calls Good Night, Oppy a cutesy documentary about the Opportunity Mars Rover.
  
• Arturo Serrano calls Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile a missed opportunity.
  
• Leigh Monson calls Prey for the Devil a ruthlessly edited would-be horror film. 
• Rob Bricken shares his thoughts on the latest episode of The Walking Dead.
  
• Guy Lodge talks about the development of LGBTQ horror films. 
• Writers of The Guardian talk about movie endings which terrify them.
  
• Sandy Ferber shares six European horror films to enjoy. 
• Sandy Ferber shares six horror movies starring Boris Karloff. 
• Olivia Rutigliano shares the best Halloween scene in non-horror movies. 
• Jesse Hassenger revisits the 1922 horror movie Nosferatu for its 100th anniversary.  
• J. Kingston Pierce revisits the 1964 historical adventure film The Scarecrow of Romney Marsh.  
• Martin Edwards revisits the 2017 dystopian thriller The Circle. 
  
• Jennifer Maas interviews David S. Goyer, producer of Foundation, Batman Unburied, The Sandman, an upccoming Eternal Champion series and many others. 
  
• Wale Oloworokende interviews Kunle Afolayan, director of the Nigerian fantasy movie Aníkúlápó.
• Linda Codega interviews the creators of ONI: Thunder God's Tale. 
  
• Rich Pelley interviews Garth Marenghi a.k.a. Matthew Holness. 
• Rich Pelley interviews Daniel Radcliffe, star of the Harry Potter movies and many others.
• Alex Moshakis interviews Sally Hawkins, star of The Shape of Water.
• Cheryl Eddy interviews Lee Hardcastle, animator of the 2022 Rick and Morty Halloween Special.
  
• Andrew Lawrence interviews Elvis Mitchell, director of the documentary about black cinema Is That Black Enough For You?
  
• Ben Child traces the ups and downs of the career of director James Gunn. 
• Samantha Grasso notes that the worries of a woman in Texas that watching the movie Hocus Pocus 2 could unleash hell and demons into her home is just another reiteration of the American far right Christian satanic panic.
• Sabina Graves reports that actress Drew Barrymore said during a reunion for the fortieth anniversary of E.T. the Extraterrestrial that she believed that E.T. was real and that the cast and crew supported her in maintaining that illusion. 
• Jamie Grierson reports that an E.T. model used in the 1982 movie is expected to fetch 3 million US-dollar at auction.
  
• Ryan Gajewski reports that Liam Hemsworth will be replacing Henry Cavill in season 4 of The Witcher, following Henry Cavill's return to the role of Superman. 
• Animator Jules Bass has died aged 87.
  

 

Comments on Werewolf by Night, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever and the Marvel Cinematic Universe in general: 

• Judith Tarr calls Werewolf by Night a lovely little spooky film.
• Germain Lussier interviews Ryan Coogler, director of Black Panther: Wakanda Forever. 
• Germain Lussier interviews Nate Moore, one of the producers of Black Panther: Wakanda Forever. 
• Germain Lussier interviews Ryan Coogler and Nate Moore about the challenge of making Black Panther: Wakanda Forever without the late Chadwick Boseman. 
  

 

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

• James Whitbrook shares his thoughts on "The Stars At Night", the season 3 finale of Star Trek: Lower Decks. 
• Keith R.A. DeCandido shares his thoughts on season 3 of Star Trek: Lower Decks as a whole.
  
• Galactic Journey revisits the 1967 Star Trek episode "Catspaw". 
• James Whitbrook revisits the Star Trek Deep Space Nine "Dominion War" storyline for its twenty-fifth anniversary.
  
• Keith R.A. DeCandido revisits the Star Trek Enterprise episode "Judgment".
• Ethan Alter interviews William Shatner, best known for playing Captain James T. Kirk in Star Trek.
  

 

Comments on Andor, Tales of the Jedi and Star Wars in general: 

• Emmet Asher-Perrin shares their thoughts on "Nobody's Listening", the latest episode of Andor.
• Tom Philip shares his thoughts on "Nobody's Listening". 
• Sabina Graves shares her thoughts on "Nobody's Listening". 
• Gavia Baker-Whitelaw shares her thoughts on "Nobody's Listening". 
  
• James Whitbrook notes that the latest episode of Andor has the gayest screen fade in Star Wars history.
  
• Germain Lussier and James Whitbrook shares six things they liked about Tales of the Jedi and four things they didn't like.
• Germain Lussier interviews Ashley Eckstein who voices Ahsoka Tano in Tales of the Jedi.  
• Germain Lussier interviews Corey Burton who voices Count Dooku and Cad Bane in Tales of the Jedi.
  

 

Comments on the season 1 finale of House of the Dragon (spoilers):

• Rob Bricken shares a guide to the dragons of House of the Dragon.
• Tyler Dean declares that George R.R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire is a horror story that has been lost in translation.
  

 

Comments on Enola Holmes 2:

• Benjamin Lee calls Enola Holmes 2 a charming and spirited mystery sequel for teens.
• Matthew Huff calls Enola Holmes 2 a plusky romp around Victorian London.
  
• Arezou Amin calls Enola Holmes 2 a charming sequel. 
• Molly Freeman calls Enola Holmes 2 charming, law-stakes fun. 
• Kate Erbland calls Enola Holmes 2 a bloated sequel.

 

Comments on Neptune Frost: 

• Phil Hoad calls Neptune Frost a dazzlingly inventive Afrofuturist musical. 
• Catherine Bray interviews Saul Williams and Anisia Uzeyman, director of Neptune Frost.

 

Comments on The Peripheral:

• Marion Deeds shares her thoughts on The Peripheral. 
  
• Paul Levinson shares his thoughts on the latest episode of The Peripheral.
  

 

Comments on Wendell and Wild: 

• Mark Keizer declares that the animated horror film Wendell and Wild dreams big, maybe too big.
  
• Todd Gilchrist interviews Henry Selick, director of Nightmare Before Christmas, Coraline and Wendell & Wild. 
• Gavia Baker-Whitelaw reports that fans are accusing Netflix of not properly promoting Wendell and Wild.
  

 

Comments on One Piece Film: Red: 

• Justin Carter declares that One Piece Film: Red takes the pirate anime to new musical heights. 
• Sammy Gecsoyler calls One Piece Film: Red a spectacular anime musical.
  

 

Comments on The Wonder: 

• Peter Bradshaw calls The Wonder a haunting adaptation of Emma Donahue's horror novel. 
• Jack Smart calls The Wonder an impressive historical horror film and praises the performance of Florence Pugh.
  

 

Comments on I'm Totally Fine: 

• Cheryl Eddy calls I'm Totally Fine a weird and sweet science fiction comedy.  
• Brent Simon declares that I'm Totally Fine wastes its talented cast.
  

 

Comments on Terrifier 2: 

• Rich Juzwiak declares that Terrifier 2 has earned its reputation of being a disgusting horror movie.  
• Ian Spelling reviews David Howard Thornton and Lauren LaVera, stars of Terrifier 2. 
  

 

Comments on Ghostwatch at thirty:

• Simon Bland revisits the 1992 horror mochumentary Ghostwatch, which the BBC has still never repeated.
• Hubert Vigilla revisits Ghostwatch for its thirtieth anniversary and finds that it still holds up.
  

 

Awards:

• The winners of the 2021 Shirley Jackson Awards have been announced.
  
• The shortlist for the 2022 SF Debuts Prize has been announced.
• The shortlist for the 2022 Prix ActuSF de l’Uchronie has been announced. 
• The winner of the 2022 Prix Julia Verlanger has been announced.  
• The winner of the 2022 Prix Utopiales BD has been announced.
  
• The winners of the 2022 Pegasus Awards have been announced. 
• The winners of the 2022 Ringo Awards have been announced.
  
• The shortlist for the 2022 Waterstones Book of the Year has been announced. 
• The 2022 Future Worlds Prize for Fantasy and Science Fiction Writers of Colour is open for submissions.
  

Writing, publishing and promotion:

• Ann Langley draws some Tarot cards as advice for writers.
• Sofia Slater talks about writing the kind of book you want to read.
  
• Andrew Albanese reports about an online panel discussing the surge in book bans targeting LGBTQ writers in the US. 
• Andrew Albanese reports that a court of blocked the proposed merger of publishers Penguin Random House and Simon and Schuster.
  
• Locus reports about Barnes & Noble ordering fewer hardcovers, because hardcovers sell poorly.
  
• Sarah McGee reports that the No. 10 crime and mystery bookshop in Clitheroe, UK, is closing down. 
• Bill Selnes reports about the reopening of the Uncle Hugo's and Uncle Edgar's bookstores in Minneapolis, Minnesota, after they were burned down during the riots in May 2020.
  

Interviews:

• Jennifer Dowell interviews Travis Baldree.
• Arley Sorg interviews Nisi Shawl.
  
• Arley Sorg interviews Ray Nayler.
  
• Gabe Hudson interviews Charles Yu. 
• Marc Tassin interviews Christopher Rowe.
  
• Runalong the Shelves interviews Dan Coxon.  
• Runalong the Shelves interviews Gavin G. Smith. 
• Runalong the Shelves interviews Catherine Cavendish. 
• Runalong the Shelves interviews Tade Thompson.
  
• D.M. Ritzlin interviews Chuck E. Clark.
  
• Cat Luria interviews Madeeha Reza.
  

Reviews:

• Roseanna Pendlebury reviews Deep Wheel Orcadia by Harry Josephine Giles.
  
• James Davis Nicoll reviews Meru by S.B. Divya. 
• Gary K. Wolfe reviews Neom by Lavie Tidhar. 
• Camestros Felapton reviews Fevered Star by Rebecca Roanhorse.
  
• Alexandra Pierce reviews The Genesis of Misery by Neon Yang. 
• Martin Cahill reviews The Genesis of Misery by Neon Yang.
  
• Marion Deeds reviews The Daughter of Doctor Moreau by Silvia Moreno-Garcia.
  
• Angela Gualtieri reviews Empire of Exiles by Erin M. Evans.
  
• Adri Joy reviews Let the Mountains Be My Grave by Francesca Tacchi and The Book Eaters by Sunyi Dean. 
• Adri Joy reviews No Gods, No Monsters by Cadwell Turnbull.
  
• Jenny Hamilton reviews A Restless Truth by Freya Marske. 
• Colleen Mondor reviews The Ballad of Perilous Graves by Alex Jennings.
  
• Fantasy Faction reviews A Song for the Void by Anthony C. Piazza. 
• Jennie Ivins reviews Burning Bright by Melissa McShane. 
  
• Paperback Warrior reviews Zorro and the Outward Journey by Susan Kite. 
• J.C. Kang reviews The Art of Prophecy by Wesley Chu.
  
• J.Z. Weston reviews The Language of Roses by Heather Rose Jones. 
• Brigid Flanagan reviews Belladonna by Adalyn Grace. 
• Trisha Low reviews Direwood by Catherine Yu.
  
• Marion Deeds reviews The Inheritance of Orquídea Divina by Zoraida Córdova
• Rob Bedford reviews A Dowry of Blood by S.T. Gibson.
  
• Colleen Mondor reviews These Fleeting Shadows by Kate Alice Marshall. 
  
• Paula Guran reviews Chasing Whispers by Eugen Bacon.
• Murray Ewing reviews Fellstones by Ramsay Campbell.
  
• Ryan Howse reviews Leech by Hiron Ennes. 
  
• Eve Taft reviews The Edgewater Chronicles by Paul Deady. 
• Randy Money reviews The Supernatural Enhancements by Edgar Cantero.
• Bobby Derie reviews (Un)bury Your Gays by Clinton W. Waters.
  
• Randy Money reviews Lucky Girl, or How I Became a Horror Writer: A Krampus Story by M. Rickert. 
• Runalong the Shelves reviews Jackdaw by Tade Thompson.
  
• John Mauro reviews Eleventh Cycle by Kian N. Ardalan.
  
• Paul Di Filippo reviews Expect Me Tomorrow by Christopher Priest. 
• Runalong the Shelves reviews Original Sin by Gavin Smith. 
  
• Runalong the Shelves reviews The Crow Witch and Other Conjurings by Catherine Cavendish. 
• Blue Book Balloon reviews Isolation, edited by Dan Coxon. 
• Ian Mond reviews Conjunctions 78: Fear Itself, edited by Bradford Morrow.
• John Mauro reviews The Year's Best Dark Fantasy and Horror, edited by Paula Guran.
  

Classics reviews:

• Women Write About Comics revisit the 1872 vampire novel Carmilla by J. Sheridan Le Fanu.
  
• Brian Murphy revisits the 1907 horror story "The Willows" by Algernon Blackwood. 
• James Maliszewski revisits the 1936 horror story "The Hoofed Thing" a.k.a. "Usurp the Night" by Robert E. Howard. 
• Sandy Ferber revisits the 1939 horror novel Echo of a Curse by R.R. Ryan. 
• Joachim Boaz revisits the 1949 science fiction story "Flaw" by John D. MacDonald. 
• James Wallace Harris revisits the 1953 science fiction story "Thy Rocks and Rills" by Robert Ernest Gilbert.
  
• Gideon Marcus revisits the November 1967 issue of Analog.
  
• Randy Money revisits the 1976 horror collection Kecksies and Other Twilight Tales by Marjorie Bowen.
  
• James Davis Nicoll revisits the 1979 fantasy novel The Devil Wives of Li Fong by E. Hoffman Price. 
• James Davis Nicoll revisits the 1983 fantasy collection Unlikely Stories by Alasdair Gray.
  
• James Maliszewski revisits the July 1984 issue of White Dwarf. 
• Alissa Buger revisits the 1993 YA horror novel The Phantom by Barbara Steiner and the 1996 YA horror novel Homecoming Queen by John Hall.
  
• The Appendix N Book Club revisits the 1996 urban fantasy novel Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman.
  
• Emmet Asher-Perrin revisits the 1998 Discworld fantasy novel Carpe Jugulum by Terry Pratchett.
  

 

Con and event reports:

• Octothorpe discuss Chicon 8, the 2022 Worldcon in Chicago, Illinois, as well as the 2022 Hugo statistics. 
• Trish Matson shares her experiences at Chicon 8.
  
• Morgan Hazelwood reports about the "Decolonizing SFF" panel at Chicon 8. 
• James Bacon reports about the 2022 Octocon in Dublin, Ireland.
  
• Pemmi-Con, the 2023 NASFIC in Winnipeg, Canada, has opened online registration.
• Pemmi-Con also offers a First Nation travel fund for SFF fans of indigenous origin. 
• Daniel Dan-Asisah reports about the 2022 Lagos Comic-Con Experience in Lagos, Nigeria. 
• Ethan Shanfield reports about an event featuring George R.R. Martin and Neil Gaiman in New York City.  
• Locus reports about the latest "Writers With Drinks" event in San Francisco, California. 
• Locus reports about an exhibition of the Korshak Collection of SFF artwork in Chicago, Illinois.
  
• Arifa Akbar reports about the science fictional play A Dead Body in Taos by David Barr, which is currently being performed in London, UK. 
• Catherine Love calls Jack Thorne's stage adaptation of Let the Right One In, which is currently playing in Manchester, UK, a bittersweet tale about the terrors of adolescence. 
• Gavin Blair reports about Ghibli Park, a Studio Ghibli theme park in Aichi, Japan. 
• Kevin Wong reports about multiple problems with the Disney parks such as soaring prices, broken down rides and overflowing trash cans.
  

 

Crowdfunding:

• SFF writer R.S.A. Garcia needs help with medical expenses. 
  
• SFF writer James A. Moore needs help with medical and other expenses.
• SFF writer Ryk E. Spoor needs help with medical and other expenses.
  

  

Science and technology:

• Ariana Garcia reports that astronomers have found the least dense gas giant ever orbiting a distant red dwarf.
• Kaye Dee reports about the Mariner 5 and Venera 4 space probes, which visited Venus in 1967. 
• Lorna Siggins reports that a prehistoric tomb has been found in the harbour of Cork, Ireland. 
• Anna Kodé talks about living in a haunted house.
  

Free online fiction: 

• "Death Rides a North Wind" by Robert Mammone in Swords and Sorcery Magazine.
• "Wind Come Down the Mountain" by A.C. Wise in The Dark.
  
• "85 Days in Flight" by Madeeha Reza in Luna Station Quarterly. 
• "Tithe the Bones, Sell the Blood" by Austin Habershaw in Beneath Ceaseless Skies.
• "The Law of Sustenance" by Matt Hornsby in Beneath Ceaseless Skies.
  
• "The Sufficient Loss Protocol" by Kemi Ashing-Giwa in Tor.com. 
  
• "The Island" by Elsa Sjunneson at the ASU Center for Science and the Imagination. 
• "Beyond the Shore" by Tania Fordwalker in Lightspeed. 
• "What If the Whole Camp of Kids Learned How to Liquefy" by Maria Kelson in Lightspeed. 
  
• "Harvest of the Deep" by Kelsea Yu in Fantasy Magazine. 
• "The Rhythm of the Soul" by Michelle Julia John in Clarkesworld.
• "Accountability, and Other Myths of Old Earth" by Aimee Ogden in Clarkesworld. 
  
• "Galatea" by Ysabelle Cheung in Slate Future Tense.
  
• "DOGZ OF WAR" by Hannu Afere in Omenana.
• "Rabbit Test" by Samantha Mills in Uncanny Magazine.
  
• "Dr, Ryan and the Presence on the Stairs" by Lorraine Murphy in Punk Noir Magazine.
  
• "Death Work" by K.S. Walker in The Deadlands. 
• "Stellar" by Charlotte Edwards in Daily Science Fiction. 
• "The Third Kind of Prophecy" by Anna Zumbro in Daily Science Fiction. 
• "Conservation of Momentum During Collisions" by Serena Jayne in Daily Science Fiction. 
• "We Found Ourselves Beyond the Vanishing Wave" by Jenna Hanchey in Daily Science Fiction.
  
• "An Intergalactic Love Story of Cosmic Proportions" by Sarina Dorie in Daily Science Fiction. 
• "We're the Husbands from Every Haunted House Movie, and We Think You're Just Not Giving Our New Home a Chance" by Amanda Lehr in McSweeney's Internet Tendency. 
   

Trailers and videos:

• Watch a trailer for season 3 of His Dark Materials. 
• Watch a trailer for The Eternal Daughter.
  
• Watch a trailer for Disenchanted.
  
• Watch a trailer for Aníkúlápó.
• Watch a trailer for Avatar: The Way of Water.
• Watch a trailer for Troll.
  
• Watch a trailer for Sonic Prime.