It's time for the latest weekly round-up of interesting links about speculative fiction from around the web, this week with the best SFF books of 2022, the 2022 Goodread Choice Awards, the many iterations of Star Trek, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever and the Marvel Cinematic Universe in general, Andor and Star Wars in general, the new Interview With the Vampire, Enola Holmes 2, 1899, Slumberland, The Peripheral, the final season of The Walking Dead, Slash/Back, The Menu, Bones and All, the future of Warner Bros Discovery and its cancellation spree, Kurt Vonnegut at 100, tributes to Kevin Conroy and Martin Morse Wooster and much more.
Speculative fiction in general:
- Lisa Tuttle shares the best recent science fiction and fantasy novels.
- Alex Brown shares new YA SFF for November and December 2022.
- Jo Walton shares her reading list for October 2022.
- James Davis Nicoll shares five vintage science fiction anthologies too good to be forgotten.
- Lavie Tidhar shares five SFF books about crashed spaceships.
- Alan G. Jamieson shares a brief history of shipwrecks in literature.
- Elijah Kinch Spector shares five SFF books about spies and espionage.
- Steven Thrash shares the twenty best horror villains of all time.
- Judith Tarr talks about the history of the werewolf myth.
- Craig Henderson talks about redshirt protagonists and shares his favourite examples.
- Camestros Felapton talks about low hostility reviews.
- Mary Robinette Kowal explains how she borrowed the structure and characters of The Thin Man and put them into space for The Spare Man.
- Vanessa Thorpe explains why Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol still strikes a chord today.
- Jonathan Thornton shares his appreciation for the stories of M. Rickert.
- Joachim Boaz talks about the difficulties of publishing Ursula K. Le Guin in East Germany.
- Jay Castello reports about AO3's fanzine scanning project to preserve physical fanzines.
- Molly Templeton explains how to buy books as gifts for other people that will be appreciated.
- Lynn Hightower talks about the joy of banned books.
- Sarah Shaffi reports that twenty percent of children's books in the UK now feature characters of colour, but that these character are often stereotyped or badly handled.
- CBC News reports that Robert Unik, great-nephew of SFF author Robert Bloch, has inherited a trove of his great-uncle's belongings.
- Musician and SFF scholar Sue Strong Hassler has died aged 84.
- French SFF, children's book and romance writer and literary scholar Anne Fakhouri has died aged 48.
- British children's book author Marcus Sedgwick has died aged 54.
- Science fiction fan and non-fiction writer Martin Morse Wooster died aged 65, following a hit-and-run accident.
- Locus remembers Martin Morse Wooster.
- Philantropy Daily remembers Martin Morse Wooster.
Best Books of 2022:
- Kirkus share their favourite science fiction and fantasy novels of 2022.
- Amazon share their favourite science fiction and fantasy novel of 2022.
- Book Page share their favourite science fiction, fantasy and horror novels of 2022.
- Charlie Jane Anders shares her favourite science fiction and fantasy novels of 2022.
- Cora Buhlert lists five of her favourite small press SFF books from 2022.
Kurt Vonnegut at 100:
Comics and Art:
- Matt Davis reviews the graphic novel Blade Runner: 2029 by Mike Johnson and Andres Guinaldo.
- Shaennon Garrity interviews Gilbert and Jaime Hernandez, creators of Love and Rockets.
- Jeff LaSala shares his appreciation for the Tolkien inspired fantasy art of Jenny Dolfen.
- Benji Edwards reports that DeviantArt has managed to upset artists by introducing its new AI art generator DreamUp.
Film and TV:
- Natalie Zutter shares her thoughts on the season 5 finale of The Handmaid's Tale.
- Camestros Felapton explains why he gave up on House of the Dragon.
- Ryan Van Loan praises the character development in The Wheel of Time TV series.
- Camestros Felapton shares his thoughts about season 4 of The Dragon Prince.
- Josh Pearce and Arley Sorg share their thoughts on the South Korean SFF film Alienoid.
- Linda Codega calls The Bastard Son and the Devil Himself a magical and brutal film thatexplores prejudice, family lineage and teenaged sexuality.
- Bobby Derie is not a fan of the film adaptation of H.P. Lovecraft's Witch House.
- Kirsten Chuba looks ahead at the final season of Stranger Things.
- James Whitbrook reports that the regeneration of Jodie Whittaker in Doctor Who: The Power of the Doctor was changed to avoid giving ammunition to transphobic bigots.
- Leslie Felperin calls Claydream a documentary about claymation animator Will Vinton that animation geeks will enjoy.
- Arturo Serrano calls Zootopia+ a series of vignettes focussing on supporting characters from the movie Zootopia.
- Brian Schuck revisits the 1954 sword and sandal film Ulysses.
- Rogues in the House revisit the 1988 fantasy film Willow.
- Leslie Byron Pitt revisits the 1992 thriller Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me for its 30th anniversary.
- Ben Child revisits the 1997 military science fiction parody Starship Troopers for its 25th anniversary.
- Cheryl Eddy revisits the 1998 horror mockumentary The Last Broadcast.
- Dan Persons revisits the 2019 horror movie Doctor Sleep.
- The AV-Club interviews Ernie Hudson, one of the stars of Ghostbusters, Quantum Leap and many others.
- Sarah Compton interviews Matthew Modine, star of Stranger Things, Full Metal Jacket, Cutthroat Island and many other things.
- Eva Wiseman interviews Tim Minchin, who wrote Matilda the Musical.
- io9 interviews Mali Elfman, director of Next Exit.
- Cheryl Eddy interviews Darren Aronofsky, director of the science documentary series Limitless and many others.
- Francis Ford Coppola, Steve McQueen and Woody Allen celebrate director Martin Scorsese for his eightieth birthday.
- Catherine Shoard reports that Lynne Michele, into whose house actress Anne Heche crashed her car and subsequently died, has sued Heche's heirs for two million US-dollar.
- More than 120 women's organisations and individuals have signed an open letter in support of actress Amber Heard in her domestic violence dispute with ex-partner Johnny Depp.
- Cody Hamman reports that director Albert Pyun is dying and is hoping for some messages from his fans.
Tributes to Kevin Conroy:
- Actor Kevin Conroy, who portrayed Batman in several animated as well as live action series and also voiced Mer-Man and Hordak in Masters of the Universe and appeared in Dynasty and Tour of Duty, has died aged 66.
- Greg Evans shares an obituary for Kevin Conroy.
- Aaron Couch shares an obituary for Kevin Conroy.
- James Whitbrook remembers Kevin Conroy.
- Kevin Smith remembers Kevin Conroy.
- Rachel Leishman shares tributes to Kevin Conroy from around the web.
- Justin Carter shares Kevin Conroy's best moments voicing Batman.
- B.J. Colangelo discusses the parallels between Kevin Conroy's life as a gay man in a homophobic world and Batman as explored in the "Finding Batman" comic written by Kevin Conroy.
Comments on Black Panther: Wakanda Forever and the Marvel Cinematic Universe in general (spoilers):
- Gavia Baker-Whitelaw calls Black Panther: Wakanda Forever a moving tribute to Chadwick Boseman that suffers from some of the typical problems of the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
- Cheryl Eddy, David Ewalt and Germain Lussier discuss Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.
- Alex Brown praises Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.
- Chris M. Barkley shares a spoiler-free review of Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.
- Germain Lussier praises the mid credits scene of Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.
- Sydney Odman also discusses the mid credits scene of Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.
- Justin Carter discusses the mid credits scene of Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.
- Rachel Ulatowski wonders who will be the next Black Panther.
- Rachel Leishman explains hopw thrilled she was to see Riri Williams on screen in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.
- Germain Lussier shares twenty-one questions he has after Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.
- Scott Huver discusses how Black Panther: Wakanda Forever could change the Marvel Cinematic Universe forever.
- The AV-Club interviews Ryan Coogler, director of Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.
- Jazz Tangcay interviews Ruth E. Carter, costume designer of Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.
- Jon Burlingame interviews Ludwig Göransson who composed the score for Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.
- Sabina Graves interviews Simu Liu who plays Shang-Chi in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
- Scott Huver explains what to expect from phase five of the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
- Gavia Baker-Whitelaw complains that the Marvel Cinematic Universe doesn't seem to know what to do with Valentina Fontaine as portrayed by Julia Louis-Dreyfuss.
- Stuart Heritage reports how Chris Evans, star of Captain America, Knives Out, The Gray Man and others, fell afoul of toxic fans, when it was revealed he was in a relationship.
- Hollie Richardson chronicles how Halifax in Yorkshire became a popular filming location for Marvel and other Hollywood and British movies and TV shows.
- Andrew Lawrence reports about the Black Panther: Wakanda Forever premiere in Atlanta, Georgia.
- Eric Kohn and Anne Thompson declare that Black Panther: Wakanda Forever is a major Oscar contender.
- Pamela McClintock reports that Black Panther: Wakanda Forever has an impressive opening weekend that is one of the biggest of all time.
Comments on the many iterations of Star Trek:
- Keith R.A. DeCandido shares his thoughts on "Asylum", the latest episode of Star Trek Prodigy.
- Galactic Journey revisits the 1967 Star Trek episode "Metamorphosis".
- Keith R.A. DeCandido revisits the Star Trek Enterprise episode "The Breach".
- Kate Wyver interviews Zachary Quinto, best known for playing Mr. Spock in the J.J. Abrams Star Trek movies and Sylar in Heroes.
- Noe Gold reports about a meeting between Jimi Hendrix and Leonard Nimoy in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1968.
Comments on Andor and Star Wars in general:
- Tom Philip shares his thoughts on "Daughter of Ferrix", the latest episode of Andor,
- Sabina Graves shares her thoughts on "Daughter of Ferrix".
- Emmet Asher-Perrin shares their thoughts on "Daughter of Ferrix".
- Gavia Baker-Whitelaw shares her thoughts on "Daughter of Ferrix".
- io9 share their thoughts on "One Way Out", the previous episode of Andor.
- Adam B. Vary interviews Tony Gilroy, showrunner of Andor.
- Camestros Felapton praises the performance of Andy Serkis in Andor.
- James Whitbrook explores the history of the Arrestor class Imperial cruiser seen in Andor.
- Ryan Gajewski reports that Disney is celebrating the third anniversary of The Mandalorian with an animated short film called Zen - Grogu and Dust Bunnies, that was produced by Studio Ghibli.
- Justin Carter calls Zen - Grogu and Dust Bunnies a cute and innocent animated short.
Comments on the new Interview With the Vampire:
- Linda Codega shares her thoughts on the season 1 finale of the new Interview With the Vampire.
- Hunter Ingram interviews the director and cast of the new Interview With the Vampire about the season 1 finale and why it was changed from the book.
- Linda Codega interviews Jacob Anderson who plays Louis in the new Interview With the Vampire.
- Linda Codega interviews Eric Bogosian and Assad Zaman who play Daniel Molloy and Rashid/Armand in Interview With the Vampire.
Comments on Enola Holmes 2:
- Hector DeJean calls Enola Holmes 2 a standout sequel.
- Bilge Ebiri declares thaat Enola Holmes 2 thrives on Millie Bobby Brown's charm.
- Renaldo Matadeen shares the biggest plotholes and unanswered questions in Enola Holmes 2.
- Renaldo Matadeen discusses how Enola Holmes 2 reimagines Moriarty.
- Shannen Michaelsen discusses the post-credits scene of Enola Holmes 2.
Comments on 1899:
Comments on Slumberland:
Comments on The Peripheral:
Comments on the future of Warner Bros Discovery and its cancellation spree:
- Wilson
Chapman outlines the future of the DC cinematic universe according to
Warner Bros Discovery CEO and terrible human being David Zaslav.
- Carson Burton interviews Michael Kurinsky, director of Scoob! Holiday Haunt, an almost completed animated holiday special that was an early victim of Warner Bros Discovery's cancellation spree.
- Linda Codega reports that season 2 of Stargirl shot two different endings in case the show was cancelled as well.
Comments on The Walking Dead:
Comments on Bones and All:
- Jonathan Romney interviews Luca Guadagnino, director of Bones and All.
- Todd Gilchrist also interviews Luca Guadagnino.
- Nick Vivarelli interviews Luca Guadagnino as well as Timothée Chalamet and Taylor Russels, the stars of Bones and All.
- Stuart Heritage wonders just what on Earth the teenaged cannibals of Bones and All were really eating on screen.
Comments on Slash/Back:
Comments on The Menu:
Awards:
- The opening round finalists for the 2022 Goodreads Choice Awards in the science fiction category have been announced.
- The opening round finalists for the 2022 Goodreads Choice Awards in the fantasy category have been announced.
- The opening round finalists for the 2022 Goodreads Choice Awards in the horror category have been announced.
- The opening round finalists for the 2022 Goodreads Choice Awards in the graphic novel category have been announced.
- The winners of the 2022 Prix Actusf de l’Uchronie have been announced.
- The winners in the long poem category for the 2022 Rhysling Awards have been announced.
- The finalists for the 2022 Dream Foundry Contest have been announced.
- The finalists for the 2022 Game Awards have been announced.
- The 2022 inductees into the National Toy Hall of Fame have been announced.
- Mike Glyer reports about some category changes in the Dragon Awards.
- Camestros Felapton weighs in on the proposed changes to the Dragon Awards.
Writing, publishing and promotion:
- Lauren Sapala explains how writers can get over their fear of starting.
- L.P. Kindred explains why Locus Magazine is essential for the SFF community.
- Kate Stine, editor-in-chief of Mystery Scene Magazine, announced that the magazine will cease publication after 37 years.
- Ismene Ormonde reports about BookTok, the book community on TikTok.
- Lucy Knight and Sarah Shaffi report that TikTok is planning to sell books directly via its platform.
- Mike Glyer reports that Untreed Reads is courting the authors stranded by the closing of Ring of Fire Press.
- Harriet Sherwood reports that the UK Society of Authors is holding a vote to oust Joanne Harris, after some members became upset with a Twitter poll about death threats hosted by Harris.
- Alexandra Alter and Elizabeth A. Harris report about the strike of the HarperCollins union.
- Andrew Albanese reports that several towns and cities in the US voted tio defund their public libraries over their refusal to ban or censor LGBTQ+ books.
- Book Riot reports that actress Helena Bonham Carter has been named the first female president of the London Library in London, UK.
- Claire Woodcock reports about the seizure of the book piracy site Z-library by the FBI.
- Doug Smith reports about the fire that damaged the Iliad Bookshop in North Hollywood, California.
Interviews:
- Kevin Smith interviews George R.R. Martin.
- Luke Robert Mason interviewed Pat Cadigan.
- Paul Semel interviews Lavie Tidhar.
- Paul Semel interviews Marshall Ryan Maresca.
- The Guardian interviews Shehan Karunatilaka.
- Locus interviews Charles Stross.
- Paul Weimer interviews Victor Manibo.
- Linda Codega interviews Daniel Kraus.
- Paul Weimer interviews Dan Koboldt.
- The HWA interviews Jonathan Gensler.
- Janna Miller interviews Rebecca Harrison.
- D.M. Ritzlin interviews Tim Hanlon.
Reviews:
- The Middle Shelf reviews Ten Low by Stark Holborn.
- Camestros Felapton reviews A Prayer for the Crown-Shy by Becky Chambers.
- Publishers Weekly reviews Knot of Shadows by Lois McMaster Bujold.
- Adri Joy reviews The Oleander Sword by Tasha Suri.
- Runalong the Shelves reviews Twelve Paths to Glory by Joyce Chng.
- Aaron Jones reviews Flames of Mira by Clay Harmon.
- Gary Romeo reviews Conan: Blood of the Serpent by S.M. Stirling.
- Bobby Derie reviews Collwen the Cimmerian, Volume 1 by Matthew N. Sneedon.
- Blue Book Balloon reviews The Stars Undying by Emery Robin.
- C.T.Phipps reviews Shattered Fears by Ulff Lehmann.
- Alex Brown reviews Bloodmarked by Tracy Deonn.
- Blue Book Balloon reviews The World We Make by N.K. Jemisin.
- James Davis Nicoll reviews Bitter Medicine by Mia Tsai.
- Rebecca Fisher reviews Knock Three Times by Cressida Cowell.
- Alex Brown reviews Wayward by Chuck Wendig.
- Caren Gussoff Sumption reviews Leech by Hiron Ennes.
- Gabino Iglesias reviews Mary by Nat Cassidy.
- Gary K. Wolfe reviews Lucky Girl: How I Became a Horror Writer: A Krampus Story by M. Rickert.
- Bobby Derie reviews Sailing Downward to the Cthulhu Call by Lisa Shea.
- Andrew Byers reviews In the Haunting Darkness by Michael R. Collings.
- John Mauro reviews Deathless Beast by Andrew D. Meredith.
- Carrie Chi Lough reviews A Dance for the Dead by Nuzo Onoh.
- Sandie Herron reviews The Ghost and the Stolen Tears by Cleo Coyle.
- James Davis Nicoll reviews The Cat Who Saved Books by Sosuke Natsukawa, translated by Louise Heal Kawai.
- Colleen Mondor reviews Belladonna by Adalyn Grace.
- Lesa Holstine reviews The Secret Garden of Yanagi Inn by Amber A. Logan.
- Mahvesh Murad reviews The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida by Shehan Karunatilaka.
- Ian Mond reviews Last Night in Brighton by Massoud Hayoun.
- Shellie Horst reviews The Actuality by Paul Braddon.
- Marion Deeds reviews Stonefish by Scott R. Jones.
- Fiona Denton reviews Feed Them Silence by Lee Mandelo.
- Paul Di Filippo reviews Telluria by Vladimir Sorokin, translated by Max Lawton.
- Runalong the Shelves reviews Into the Forest: Tales of the Baba Yaga, edited by Lindy Ryan.
- Arley Sorg reviews Tomorrow’s Parties: Life in the Anthropocene, edited by Jonathan Strahan
- Mark Yon reviews The Book of Mars, edited by Stewart Clark.
- Aaron Jones reviews The Complete Guide to Middle-earth by Robert Foster and Ted Nansmith.
- Martin Edwards reviews Grand-Guignolesque: Classic and Contemporary Horror Theatre by Richard J. Hand and Michael Wilson.
Classics reviews:
- Paperback Warrior revisits the 1934 Conan sword and sorcery adventure "Rogues in the House" by Robert E. Howard.
- Benjamin Thomas revisits the 1934 Spider adventure Serpent of Destruction by Grant Stockbridge a.k.a. Norvell Page.
- James Maliszewski revisits the 1935 fantasy story "The White Sybil" by Clark Ashton Smith.
- Benjamin Thomas revisits the 1938 Doc Savage adventure The Red Terrors by Kenneth Robeson a.k.a. Lester Dent.
- James Davis Nicoll revisits the 1980 fantasy novel The Silver Sun by Nancy Springer.
- James Maliszewski revisits the September 1984 issue of White Dwarf.
- Rob Bricken revisits the 1990 Dungeons and Dragons fantasy novel Homeland by R.A. Salvatore.
- Alissa Burger revisits the 1990 YA horror novel Road to Nowhere by Christopher Pike and the 1993 YA horror novel The Hitchhiker by R.L. Stine.
- James Davis Nicoll revisits the 1997 gothic horror novel Black Wine by Candas Jane Dorsey.
Con and event reports:
- Locus reports about the 2022 Can*Con in Ottawa, Canada.
- Watch a video of Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki's World Fantasy Award acceptance speech at the 2022 World Fantasy Convention in New Orleans, Louisiana.
- Emell Derra Adolphus reports that in-person book festivals return in the US after two years of covid restrictions.
- Tom Tapp reports about some changes comic to Universal Orlando Resort in Orlando, Florida.
- Chris Wiegend lists the twenty-five best Christmas stage shows and plays in the UK.
Crowdfunding:
Science and technology:
- George Dvorsky reports about the launch of NASA's Artemis 1 mission.
- George Dvorsky also reports what will happen next during the Artemis 1 mission, now the Orion spacecraft is on its way to the Moon.
- Isaac Schultz shares a striking image of a proto-star taken by the James Webb Space Telescope.
- Kenneth Chang reports about NASA's LOFTID mission which launched an inflatable flying saucer and safely landed it in the ocean.
- Associated Press reports that an unmanned solar-powered space plane has landed in Cape Canaveral, Florida, after a record-breaking 908 days in space.
- Passant Rabie also reports about the US Air Force's mysteries unmanned space plane and its record-breaking flight.
- Victor Tangerman reports about how scientists are preparing for contact with aliens.
- Kaye Dee reports about the latest space exploration news from 1967.
Free online fiction:
- "The Future Without the Past Is No Future At All" by Todd Honeycutt in Beneath Ceaseless Skies.
- "Troubling a Star" by Andrew Dykstral in Beneath Ceaseless Skies.
- "The Transfiguration of the Gardener Irene by the Dead Planet Hipea" by Ann LeBlanc in Clarkesworld.
- "Hummingbird, Resting on Honeysuckles" by Yang Wanqing, translated by Jay Zhang, in Clarkesworld.
- "The Graphology of Hemorrhage" by Yoon Ha Lee in Lightspeed.
- "Double Occupancy" by Ben H. Winters in Lightspeed.
- "Where Are You Roaming?" by Joshua Hiles in Swords and Sorcery Magazine.
- "Plum Century" by Simo Srinivas in Fantasy Magazine.
- "Sirena" by Lavie Tidhar in The Dark.
- "The Healer" by Jennifer Marie Brissett in Apex Magazine.
- "King of Spirits" by Tardoo Ayua in Omenana.
- "2122, Barrel-Aged and Biding" by Jordan Hirsch in Luna Station Quarterly.
- "The Counter Poison Pigment" by Daniel Ausema in Daily Science Fiction.
- "Want Gold" by James R. Hardin in Daily Science Fiction.
- "The Learned Astronomer" by Bailey Loveless in Daily Science Fiction.
- "Optimized Childhood" by Victoria L. Brun in Daily Science Fiction.
- "Comfort Animal" by Mary E. Lowd in Daily Science Fiction.
- "Ant Twin" by Sean Noha Noah in Nightmare Magazine.
- "G-Men" by Kristine Kathryn Rusch.
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