Speculative Fiction Links of the Week for November 25, 2022

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 many iterations of Star Trek, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, the Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special and the Marvel Cinematic Universe in general, Andor and Star Wars in general, the new Willow, Disenchanted, Wednesday, Nanny, the series finale of The Walking Dead, Blood Relatives, The Menu, Bones and All, Strange World, Bob Iger's return to Disney, tributes to Greg Bear and Jason David Frank, NASA's Artemis mission and much more.

Speculative fiction in general:

• James Davis Nicoll shares five SFF books about unrest and rebellion. 
• Lorna Wallace shares seven science fiction stories that can be read in seven minutes or less.
  
• Alix E. Harrow shares seven speculative stories about the power of stories.
• Electra Pritchett shares five SFF books featuring Tarot.
  
• James Davis Nicoll shares five science fiction works about food. 
• Lindsay Eagar shares eight fantasy tales about the joy of bread and baking.
  
• Cole Rush shares his favourite fantasy animal companions. 
• Lorna Wallace shares a list of the eleven best dogs in post-apocalyptic fiction and film. 
• Molly Templeton finds Becky Chambers' Monk and Robot novellas refreshingly hopeful.
  
• Fletcher Vredenburgh shares his appreciation for the work of Manly Wade Wellman. 
• Lynell George talks about Octavia E. Butler's visions for the future.
  
• John Miller remembers Martin Morse Wooster.
  

 

Best Books of 2022:

• NPR share their favourite science fiction and fantasy novels of 2022.
  
• Audible share their favourite science fiction audiobooks of 2022. 
• Audible share their favourite fantasy audiobooks of 2022. 
• Neil McRobert shares his 22 favourite horror novels of 2022.
  
• Michael Cavna shares his favourite graphic novels of 2022.
  

 

Tributes to Greg Bear: 

• Science fiction author and artist Greg Bear died following heart surgery aged 71.
• Mike Glyer remembers Greg Bear. 
• Paul Levinson remembers Greg Bear.
  
• Justin Carter remembers Greg Bear. 
• The SFWA remembers Greg Bear. 
• Alan Boyle remembers Greg Bear. 
• Molly Templeton remembers Greg Bear. 
• Astrid Bear, widow of Greg Bear, announces a worldwide rolling toast in his honour on Saturday, November 26.
  

 

Comics and Art:

• Brad Hawley reviews Joe Golem: Occult Detective Volume 1 by Mike Mignola, Christopher Golden and Patric Reynolds.
• J.J. Hendricks reports that the size of women's breasts on comic book covers has increased by 300% since the 1940s.
• William Pagent looks back at the Golden Age superhero The Flame, the first fire-themed superhero.
  

 

Film and TV:

• Arturo Serrano finds Slumberland conventional, undreamlike and dull.
  
• Jack Seale declares that the US remake of the British supernatural comedy Ghosts has removed all the best bits of the original. 
• Peter Bradshaw calls What Do We See When We Look at the Sky? an exasperating yet likeable fantasy romance.
• Leslie Felperin calls The Witch Part 2 a gory science fiction horror film from South Korea.
  
• Camestros Felapton shares his thoughts on season 2 of Warrior Nun.
  
• Paul Levinson shares his thoughts on the latest episode of The Peripheral.
  
• Ben Child discusses the rumours about the upcoming next Alien film.
• Linda Codega praises the portrayal of Rashid a.k.a. Armand in the new Interview Wth the Vampire.
  
• Ashley Biancuzzo shares five dark but hopeful science fiction movies.
  
• Vincent Loverde shares his top ten favourite movies about the end of the world.
  
• Judith Tarr revisits the 1943 horror movie The Wolf Man. 
• Francesca Carington revisits the 2002 James Bond film Die Another Day and finds it better than its reputation. 
  
• Brandon O'Brien revisits the 2016 time travel series Timeless and discusses how it tackles the issue of racism.
  
• Justin Carter wonders whom the 2017 theatrical cut of Justice League was supposed to be for.
  
• Ryan Gilbey interviews Anthony Hopkins, star of The Silence of the Lambs, Hannibal, the Thor movies, Meet Joe Black and many others. 
• Germain Lussier interviews David Harbour, star of Stranger Things, Violent Night and Black Widow.
  
• Germain Lussier interviews Andrew Stanton, director of Wall-E, John Carter, Obi Wan Kenobi, For All Mankind and many others. 
• Michael Hogan interviews Armando Iannucci, creator of Avenue 5.
  
• Linda Codega interviews Mali Elfman, Katie Parker and Rahul Kohli, director and stars of Next Exit.
  
• Ben Travis explains how the opening sequence of the upcoming Indiana Jones movie No. 5 used digital de-aging technology in its opening sequence.
  
• Anthony D'Alessandro reports about James Gunn's future as head of DC Studios. 
• The BBC reports that actress Millie Gibson has been cast as Ruby Sunday, companion to the Fifteenth Doctor, in Doctor Who. 
• Musician and actor Wilko Johnson, best known for his appearance in Game of Thrones, died aged 75. 
  

 

Tributes to Jason David Frank:

• Actor and martial artist Jason David Frank, best known for playing the Green and White Ranger in Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, has died aged 49.  
• Justin Carter remembers Jason David Frank. 
• Sam Barsanti remembers Jason David Frank.
  

 

Comments on Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, the Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special and the Marvel Cinematic Universe in general (spoilers): 

• Andrew Lawrence talks about the resonance of water in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever. 
• Germain Lussier and Artem Golub interview Ryan Coogler, director of Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.
  
• Simon Hattenstone interviews Letitia Wright, who plays Shuri in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.
  
• Vanessa Friedman interviews Ruth E. Carter, costume designer of Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.
• Jessica Wang reports that Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, continues to top the US box office. 
• Germain Lussier calls The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special holly jolly good fun
  
• Richard Nebens wonders how and when the Marvel Cinematic Universe will end.
  
• Matt Grobar reports that Chris Hemsworth, who plays Thor in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, is taking a break from acting.
  

 

Comments on the many iterations of Star Trek: 

• Galactic Journey revisit the 1967 Star Trek episode "Journey to Babel".
  
• Keith R.A. DeCandido revisits the Star Trek Enterprise episode "Cogenitor".
  
• MeTV explains the real world reasons why Redshirts always died on Star Trek.
  

 

Comments on Andor and Star Wars in general: 

• Walter Marsh calls Andor the best TV show of the year.
• Emmet Asher-Perrin shares their thoughts on "Rix Road", the latest episode of Andor.
• Sabina Graves shares her thoughts on "Rix Road".
  
• Tom Philip shares his thoughts on "Rix Road".
• Gavia Baker-Whitelaw shares her thoughts on "Rix Road".
  
• The AV-Club share their thoughts on "Daughter of Ferrix", the previous episode of Andor.
• Germain Lussier discusses the end credits scene of Andor. 
• Gavia Baker-Whitelaw explains how the music of Andor pays homage to Ennio Morricone. 
• Gavia Baker-Whitelaw also shares a list of movies and TV-shows to watch, if you liked the political thriller and dystopian aspects of Andor.
  
• Isaac Chotiner interviews Rian Johnson, director of The Last Jedi, Knives Out and Glass Onion.
• Mickey O'Connell interviews Rian Johnson, director of The Last Jedi, Knives Out and Glass Onion. 

 

Comments on the new Willow: 

• Anthony Breznican discusses how the new Willow TV series came about. 
• Germain Lussier interviews Jon Kasdan, showrunner of the upcoming Willow TV series. 
  

 

Comments on Disenchanted:

• Benjamin Lee calls Disenchanted an engaging sequel that cannot quite capture the magic of the original. 
• Courtney Howard also finds that Disenchanted fails to recapture the magic of the original. 
• Sabina Graves calls Disenchanted an uneven sequel and praises the performance of Amy Adams.
• Natalie Zutter calls Disenchanted a lacklustre sequel that forgets its roots.
  
• Cindy White shares some Disney Easter eggs in Disenchanted. 
  

 

Comments on Wednesday: 

• Joel Golby calls Wednesday a fantastic Addams Family revamp.
• Lucy Mangan calls Wednesday a perfect spin-off.
  
• Jenna Scherer calls Wednesday frighteningly dull. 
• Audra Schroeder calls Wednesday just another Netflix teen show.
  

 

Comments on Nanny: 

• Gavia Baker-Whitelaw calls Nanny an eerie and evocative horror thriller. 
• Cheryl Eddy calls Nanny a powerful folk horror tale.
  
• Matthew Jackson calls Nanny a last minuted contender for the best horror film of the year. 
• Cath Clarke interviews Nikyatu Jusu, director of the psychological horror thriller Nanny.
  

 

Comments on the series finale of The Walking Dead:

• Rob Bricken calls The Walking Dead series finale uneven.
• Richard Rys shares his thoughts on The Walking Dead series finale.
• Rob Bricken looks back on a decade of watching The Walking Dead.
  

 

Comments on Blood Relatives: 

• Phil Hoad calls Blood Relatives a smart vampire comedy with blood and bite. 
• Leigh Monson calls Blood Relatives a father/daughter roadtrip with an undead twist.
  

 

Comments on Blood and All: 

• Olivia Rutigliano calls Bones and All rich, sad and all-consuming. 
• Brett Bukalew calls Bones and All a cannibal romance that will devour your heart.
  
• Inspired by Blood and All, Alex Hess wonders why movies about cannibals are so popular.

 

Comments on The Menu: 

• The AV-Club interviews the cast of The Menu.
• Jack Smart interviews the cast of The Menu.
  
• Inspired by The Menu, Charles Bramesco wonders why cinema is so suspicious of haute cuisine.

 

Comments on Strange World: 

• Cath Clarke calls Strange World a well-meaning apocalyptic family drama from Disney. 
• Matthew Huff calls Strange World an old-school animated adventure with modern sensibilities. 
• Sabina Graves calls Strange World a wonderfully weird and fantastic family adventure. 
  

 

Comments on Bob Iger's return to Disney:

• Jasper Jolly reports that Bob Iger will return as CEA of Disney after his replacement Bob Chapek was surprisingly ousted. 
• Mark Sweney weighs in on Bob Iger's return to Disney.

 

Awards:

• The winners of the 2022 Wonderland Book Awards have been announced.
  
• The winner of the Publishers Weekly Superstar Prize has been announced. 
• The winners of the 2022 Goldener Stephan award have been announced. 
• The winners of the 2022 Golden Joystick Awards have been announced. 
• Camestros Felapton shares some rightwing reactions to the recent Dragon Award category changes. 
  
• Scott H. Andrews announces that Beneath Ceaseless Skies permanently recuses itself from consideration for the Best Semiprozinee Hugo Award.
  

Writing, publishing and promotion:

• Alice Henderson talks about how to address real world issues in your fiction and maybe even inspire activism.
• Ann Langley offers her monthly tarot draw for writers. 
• William Christie shares the key to writing realistic historical fiction. 
• Claire Kells explains how listening to true crime podcasts made her a better crime writer.
  
• Linda Codega shares an introduction to fanfiction.
  
• Jason Sanford discusses what Twitter meant to writers and what writers can do if/when it shuts down. 
• Marnee Chua reports that the Clarion West writing workshop is urgently looking for a new home in the Seattle, Washington, area.
  
• Jason Pargin talks about book bans.
  
• Jim Milliot reports that the proposed merger of Penguin Random House and Simon and Schuster is likely dead.
  
• Maham Javaid reports about the takedown of the book piracy site Z-library.
• Claire Kirch profiles Redbery Books, an independent bookstore in Cable, Wisconsin. 
  

Interviews:

• Media Death Cult interviews Martha Wells.
  
• Scott Edelman interviews Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki.
• Locus interviews Xiran Jay Zhao. 
• Oliver Brackenbury interviews Scott Oden. 
• Elizabeth Tabler interviews James J. Butcher.
  
• Arley Sorg interviews Patrice Caldwell.
  
• Anthony Cummins interviews Melvin Burgess. 
• Paul Weimer interviews Keith Ammann.
  
• D.M. Ritzlin interviews M.C. Tuggle. 
• Cora Buhlert interviews Leanna Renee Hieber and Andrea Janes.
  
• Cora Buhlert interviews Hilary B. Bisenieks.
  

Reviews:

• James Davis Nicoll reviews The Red Scholar's Wake by Aliette de Bodard.
  
• Alexandra Pierce reviews Station Eternity by Mur Lafferty.
• Rich Horton reviews Station Eternity by Mur Lafferty.
  
• Blue Book Balloon reviews The Stars Undying by Emery Robin.
  
• Becky LeJeune reviews The Stars Undying by Emery Robin. 
• Runalong the Shelves reviews Children of Time by Adrian Tchaikovsky.
  
• Mark Yon reviews Celestial by M.D. Lachlan.
  
• Russell Letson reviews Eversion by Alastair Reynolds.
• Adrian Collins reviews A Woman of the Sword by Anna Smith Spark. 
• Cole Rush reviews Legends and Latte by Travis Baldree.
  
• John Mauro reviews A Song for the Void by Andrew C. Piazza.
• Becky LeJeune reviews Tread of Angels by Rebecca Roanhorse. 
• Runalong the Shelves reviews Tread of Angels by Rebecca Roanhorse.
  
• Lesa Holstine reviews The Choice by Nora Roberts. 
  
• Paul Weimer reviews Scorpica by G.R. McAllister. 
• Elizabeth Fitzgerald reviews Ghost Bird by Lisa Fuller.
  
• John Mauro reviews Thrice by Andrew D. Meredith.  
• John Garth reviews The Fall of Númenor by J.R.R. Tolkien.
  
• Paul Burke reviews The Coming Darkness by Greg Mosse. 
  
• Gary K. Wolfe reviews The Mountain in the Sea by Ray Nayler.
  
• Marion Deeds reviews The World We Make by N.K. Jemisin. 
• Blue Book Balloon reviews The World We Make by N.K. Jemisin.
  
• James Davis Nicoll reviews Walking in Two Worlds by Wab Kinew.
• Runalong the Shelves reviews The Unbalancing by R.B. Lemberg.
• Blue Book Balloon reviews What Moves the Dead by T. Kingfisher. 
• Skulls in the Stars reviews Fellstones by Ramsey Campbell. 
• Camestros Felapton reviews Babel by R.F. Kuang. 
• Christopher Shrimpton reviews Saha by Cho Nam-Joo, translated by Jamie Chang.
• Chris Kluwe reviews Poster Girl by Veronica Roth.
  
• Elizabeth Tabler reviews The Golden Enclaves by Naomi Novik.
  
• Jenny Hamilton reviews The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches by Sangu Mandanna
  
• Alex Brown reviews How to Succeed in Witchcraft by Aislinn Brophy 
• MarzAat reviews Witch-Cult Abbey by Mark Samuels. 
• Lis Carey reviews Tales from the Folly: A Rivers of London Short Story Collection by Ben Aaronovitch.
• Runalong the Shelves reviews The Stairs Are A Snowcapped Mountain by Judy Darley
  
• Runalong the Shelves reviews From the Wasteland, edited by Clare Rhoden. 
• Runalong the Shelves reviews Cloisterfox Vol. 2, edited by Verity Holloway. 
• Alvaro Zinos-Amaro reviews Stephen King: A Complete Exploration of His Work, Life and Influences by Bev Vincent.

Classics reviews:

• The Ricochet Reviewer revisits the 1916 Barsoom sword and planet novel Thuvia, Maid of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs. 
• Cora Buhlert revisits the 1929 historical crime story "In a Dead Man's Shoes" by Harold Markham. 
• Paperback Warrior revisits the 1933 Conan sword and sorcery story "The Tower of the Elephant" by Robert E. Howard.
  
• James Maliszweski revisits the 1933 horror story "The Demon of the Flower" by Clark Ashton Smith. 
• M. Porcius revisits the March 1946 issue of Startling Stories.
  
• Vintage Pop Fictions revisits the 1952 science fiction novel No Time For Toffee by Charles F. Meyers.
  
• Brian Collins revisits the 1964 science fiction novella "The Kragen" by Jack Vance. 
• Gideon Marcus revisits the December 1967 issue of The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction.
  
• John Boston revisits the December 1967 issue of Amazing Stories.
  
• Gideon Marcus revisits the 1967 science fiction novels Nightwalk by Bob Shaw, Computer War by Mack Reynolds and Death is a Dream by E.C. Tubb, Victoria Silverwolf revisits the 1967 science fiction novels Lord of the Starship by Mark S. Geston and Logan's Run by William F. Nolan and George Clayton Johnson, Kris Vyas-Myall revisits the 1967 children's fantasy Smith of Wootton Major by J.R.R. Tolkien and Olav Rokne revisits the 1967 children fantasy Starlight Barking by Dodie Smith. 
• Lis Carey revisits the 1969 science fiction novel Isle of the Dead and the 1982 science fiction novel Eye of the Cat by Roger Zelazny. 
• David Vineyard revisits the 1976 gothic novel The Curse of the Fleers by Basil Copper.  
• James Davis Nicoll revisits the 1980 science fiction novel Under the Canopy by Barbara Paul.
  
• The PorPor Books Blog revisits the 1982 cyberpunk novel Software by Rudy Rucker. 
  
• James Maliszewski revisits the October 1984 issue of White Dwarf. 
• Alan Brown revisits the 1985 military science fiction novel Peace Company by Roland J. Green. 
• James Davis Nicoll revisits the 1994 science fiction noir novel Gun, With Occasional Music by Jonathan Lethem.
  
• Paperback Warrior revisits the 2007 horror thriller novella "The Gingerbread Girl" by Stephen King. 
  

 

Con and event reports:

• Rich Horton reports about the 2022 World Fantasy Convention in New Orleans, Louisiana.
  
• Morgan Hazelwood reports about the "Reaching Past Riordan" panel at Chicon 8, the 2022 Worldcon in Chicago, Illinois.
• Mike Glyer shares an update about the 2023 Worldcon in Chengdu, China.
  
• Mike Glyer reports that Arisia in Boston, Massachusetts, has permanently banned an individual because of an incident involving sexual assault upon a minor in 2009.
  
• Mike Glyer shares the line-up for the 2022 Philip K. Dick Film Festival in New York City.
  
• Chris Wiegand calls a performance of the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical Cinderella in Manchester, UK, a rapturous fairytale. 
• Miriam Gillinson calls Eve Leigh's stage adaptation of Pinocchio, which is currently being performed in London, UK, a bold take on a classic.
• Mark Fisher declares that Robin Hood and the Babes in the Wood, a panto by Fine Time Fontayne and Chris Lawson currently playing in Oldham, UK, robs the folk hero of his outlaw action.
  
• Sabina Graves reports about some changes to the Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge attractions at the various Disney Parks.
  

 

Crowdfunding:

• SFF writer Alex Jennings needs some financial help.
  

  

Science and technology:

• George Dvorsky shares some pictures of the lunar surface taken by NASA's Orion spacecraft.
  
• Robert Z. Pearlman reports that a Snoopy toy in a spacesuit is the only passenger aboard NASA's Orion spacecraft on route to the moon. 
• Isaac Schultz reports that NASA briefly lost contact with the Orion capsule.
  
• Katie McCormick takes a look at Sagittarius A*, the black hole at the centre of our galaxy.
  
• Jonathan Amos reports about the Winchcombe meterorite and that it supports the theory that meteorites brought water to Earth.
• Amanda Holpuch reports about a meteorite that went down over Ontario, Canada.
  
• Ewan Morrison shares six things he learned from doomsday prepping. 
• Jeff Burbank reports that the FBI and the US Air Force have raided the home in Las Vegas, Nevada, of a man who operates a website about the military base known as Area 51 
  

Free online fiction: 

• "The Difference Between Love and Time" by Catherynne M. Valente in Tor.com. 
• "Therefore What the Multiverse Has Joined Together, Let No One Separate" by Dominica Phetteplace in Lightspeed.
• "The Noon Witch Goes to Sound Planet" by Kristina Ten in Lightspeed.
• "The Stoneman's Curse" by Tom Jolly in Heroic Fantasy Quarterly.
  
• "Anwen’s Song, Efa’s Shoes, and the Halls in the Hills" by Rebecca Hamilton in Luna Station Quarterly.
• "SOC 301: Apian Gender Studies (Cross-Listed with ZOL 301)" by Aimee Ogden in Fantasy Magazine.
  
• "Matrimonial Quest at Luna Prime and Other Existential Dread" by Deka Omar in Fireside Fiction.
  
• "The Day I Became Poseidon" by Leila Martin in Fireside Magazine. 
  
• "Olympus is a Body" by Angela Liu in The Dark.
• " The Birthing" by Queen Nneoma Kanu in Omenana.
• "The Whelk" by Samara Auman in Clarkesworld. 
• "The Words" by Clelia Farris, translated by Rachel Cordasco in Apex Magazine. 
• "Only When You Laugh" by Amanda Song in Nightmare Magazine.
  
• "First Dates and Other Action Items" by Jenn Reese in Daily Science Fiction. 
• "Un-Familiar" by Kristine Kathryn Rusch.
  
• "The Robot Turkey Apocalypse" by Cora Buhlert.
   

Trailers and videos:

• Watch a trailer for Legion of Superheroes.
• Watch another trailer for Avatar: The Way of Water.
  

 

Odds and ends:

• Tom Gauld weighs in on the impending end of Twitter.