It's time for the latest weekly round-up of interesting links about speculative fiction from around the web, this week with Star Trek Picard and Star Trek in general, The Mandalorian and Star Wars in general, Mrs. Davis, Renfield, The Pope's Exorcist, Dead Ringer, Evil Dead Rise, season 2 of Yellowjackets, the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers at thirty, a controversy surrounding Scholastic requesting edits to Maggie Tokuda-Hall's children's book Love in the Library, the arrest of French publisher Ernest Moret on suspicion of terrorism in the UK, tributes to Rachel Pollack, Anne Perry, Mike Foster and Murray Melvin and much more.
Speculative fiction in general:
- The L.A. Times shares the ultimate Los Angeles speculative fiction bookshelf.
- Cole Rush talks about the joy and despair of seeing your hometown in a science fiction novel.
- Gautam Bhatia talks about worldbuilding and speculative fiction.
- Jeff VanderMeer talks about the practical uses of climate fiction.
- James Davis Nicoll shares five science fiction stories set in eco-friendly futures.
- Charlie Jane Anders explains what universal translators tell us about culture.
- Jenny Hamilton shares five science fiction horror novels set in space.
- Mike Ryder explains that science fiction is influenced real life warfare.
- James Davis Nicoll shares five science fiction novels that predicted a very different end to the Cold War.
- David Barnett explains why spies and sorcerers are a perfect fit in fiction.
- Kim Sherwood discusses how to make the James Bond novels more inclusive.
- Holly Kybett Smith shares five historical fantasy novels that reimagine British history.
- Mark Lawrence points out that high profile fantasy authors not finishing series is not the reason for why some fantasy series sell less.
- Travis Miller muses about the intersection between sword and sorcery, heavy metal and Dungeons & Dragons.
- Nicholas Fillmore wonders whether the devil is a reliable narrator.
- Will Oliver shares Karl Edward Wagner's thirteen favourite horror novels.
- Brian Murphy explains why The Dying Earth by Jack Vance is sword and sorcery.
- Daniel Politi reports that the estate of Jorge Luis Borges is in limbo after his widow Maria Kodama died without leaving a will.
- Tolkien and Lewis scholar Mike Foster has died aged 76.
- David Bratman remembers Mike Foster.
Tributes to Anne Perry and Rachel Pollack:
- Crime fiction writer Anne Perry has died aged 84.
- J. Kingston Pierce remembers Anne Perry and actually focusses on her writing.
- George Easter remembers Anne Perry and also focusses on her writing.
- Locus remembers Anne Perry and also mostly focusses on her writing.
- Michael Carlson shares an obituary for Anne Perry.
- Martin Edwards remembers Anne Perry and also focusses on her writing and his meetings with her as a person.
- Beth Kanell recalls a meeting with Anne Perry.
- Charles Fergus recalls some writing advice he received from Anne Perry.
- Molly Templeton remembers Rachel Pollack.
- Christopher Priest shares an obituary for Rachel Pollack.
Comics and Art:
- Jessica Plummer shares the bestselling comics of all time.
- Brandon Schreur reports that DC is planning to kill off Lex Luthor in a new limited Superman series by Mark Waid and Bryan Hitch.
- Justin Carter offers a look at upcoming X-Men comics.
- Stew Shearer interviews Rory Malone of Champion Comics & Coffee in Williston, Vermont.
- Brian Cronin looks back on the history of the so-called Marvel value stamps.
- Open Culture shares Henrique Alvim Corrêa's original 1906 illustration for H.G. Wells' War of the Worlds.
Film and TV:
- Leah Schnelbach shares her appreciation for Themberchaud, the dragon from Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves.
- Sam Barsanti calls Suzume an animated fantasy love story between a girl and a talking chair.
- Michaele Jordan calls Inu-Oh an anime masterpiece.
- Phuong Le calls Junk Head an astonishing stop-motion trip through a nightmarish future
- Cheryl Eddy declares that Kids vs. Aliens offers exactly what the title promises.
- Peter Bradshaw calls The Three Musketeers: D’Artagnan a movie for all fans of roistering and horse-jumping
- Leslie Felperin calls Swallowed a gay body horror film with plenty of icky moments.
- Lauren Mechling calls the documentary Judy Blume Forever and inspiring portrait of a fearless author
- Jason Sacks revisits the 1968 science fiction movie Planet of the Apes.
- Dan Persons revisits the 1985 time travel film Back to the Future.
- Austin Gilkeson revisits the 1988 fantasy anime My Neighbour Totoro.
- Rob Bricken revisits the 1988 vampire movie Vampire's Kiss.
- Richard Newby ranks filmic portrayals of Dracula.
- Robert DeSalvo lists several Hollywood stars who got their start in bad horror movies.
- Anne Billson takes a look at the scariest dolls in horror movies.
- Morgan Jeffery interviews Debbie McWilliams, casting director for the James Bond movies.
- io9 interviews Ben Barnes, one of the stars of Shadow and Bone.
- Kathryn VanArendonk explains that there is no such thing as a faithful adaptation.
- Molly Templeton wonders if there is a better way to think about adaptations.
- William Hughes notes that if the Super Mario Bros Movie makes a billion US-dollars, we will be inundated with bad video game adaptations.
- Chris Isidore and Vanessa Yurkevich report that another screenwriters' strike is on the horizon.
- Simon Osborne reports about a secret cinema in the backroom of the shop Ümit & Sons in Clapton, London, UK.
- Sian Cain reports that actors Matthew McConaughy and Woody Harrelson might be half-brothers.
- Gavia Baker-Whitelaw wonders how Marvel will deal with the domestic violence accusations against Jonathan Majors, who plays Kang the Conqueror in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
- Alejandra Gulate lists all the things Jonathan Majors has been dropped from.
- Cinematographer Bill Butler, who worked on Jaws, Grease and One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest among many others, has died aged 101.
- Actor, director and archivist Murray Melvin, who appeared in Torchwood, The Phantom of the Opera and A Taste of Honey among others, has died aged 90.
- Michael Billingham shares an obituary for Murray Melvin.
Comments on Star Trek Picard and Star Trek in general (spoilers):
- Keith R.A. DeCandido shares his thoughts on "Vox", the latest episode of Star Trek Picard.
- James Whitbrook shares his thoughts on "Vox".
- Maggie Lovitt interviews Terry Matalas, showrunner of Star Trek Picard.
- Ryan Britt interviews LeVar Burton who plays Geordi LaForge in Star Trek: The Next Generation and Star Trek Picard.
- Scott Mantz explains how an iconic set from Star Trek: The Next Generation was recreated for Star Trek: Picard.
- Phil Pirello revisits the Star Trek Deep Space Nine episode "In the Pale Moonlight".
- Keith R.A. DeCandido revisits the Star Trek Enterprise episode "Proving Ground".
- Molly Templeton reports that the long-planned Star Trek spin-off Section 31, staring Michelle Yeoh, is apparently finally happening.
Comments on season 3 of The Mandalorian and Star Wars in general:
- Emmet Asher-Perrin shares their thoughts on "The Return", the season 3 finale of The Mandalorian.
- Sam Barsanti shares his thoughts on "The Return".
- Germain Lussier shares his thoughts on "The Return".
- Haley Zapal shares her thoughts on The Mandalorian episode "The Spies".
- Germain Lussier shares twenty questions he has after season 3 of The Mandalorian.
- James Whitbook shares some background about the Imperial Shadow Council introduced in The Mandalorian.
- Germain Lussier wonders whether Babu Frik said the f-word in The Mandalorian.
- Kelly Clarkson interviews Giancarlo Esposito who plays Moff Gideon in The Mandalorian.
- Germain Lussier finds that the proposed Star Wars film by James Mangold has infinite potential.
Comments on Mrs. Davis:
Comments on The Pope's Exorcist:
Comments on Renfield:
- Olivia Rutigliano declares that Renfield doesn't know what to do with itself.
- Owen Gleiberman doesn't think much of Renfield, but praises Nicholas Cage's stylishly overwrought Dracula.
- Charles Pulliam-Moore declares that Renfield doesn't deserve Nicholas Cage's performance as Dracula.
- Zoe Williams interviews Nicholas Hoult who plays the titular character in Renfield.
- io9 interviews Ben Schwartz, one of the stars of Renfield.
Comments on season 2 of Yellowjackets:
Comments on Dead Ringers:
Comments on Evil Dead Rise:
Comments on Once and Always and the Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers at 30:
- Nathan Tavares calls the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers anniversary special Once and Always sweet and nostalgic.
- Oliver James Campbell looks back on the 1993 superhero show Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers and interviews the surviving original cast.
- Arturo Serrano looks back on thirty years of Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers.
- Jonathan Alexandratos explains what Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers meant to him as a queer kid.
Awards:
- The finalists for the 2023 Sir Julius Vogel Awards have been announced.
- The finalists for the 2023 Grand Prix de l’Imaginaire have been announced.
- The winner of the 2023 Prix Jeunesse des Univers Parallèles has been announced.
- The 2023 finalists for the Eisner Hall of Fame have been announced.
- The shortlist for the 2023 Jhalak Prize has been announced.
- Brian Collins talks about science fiction's love/hate relationship with the Oscars.
Writing, publishing and promotion:
- John Lawton discusses the importance of supporting characters.
- Kate Elliott shares five lessons outrigger canoe paddling has taught her about writing.
- Lincoln Michel talks about the differences between literary and SFF magazines with regard to paying writers.
- Victoria Strauss clears up some misconceptions regarding copyright.
- Emma Bowman reports that Scholastic asked author Maggie Tokuda-Hall to remove references to racism in her children's book Love in the Library.
- Locus reports about the controversy regarding Scholastic's requested edits to Maggie Tokuda-Hall's children's book Love in the Library.
- Sarah Shaffi reports that one third of British librarians have reported that they have been asked to censor or remove books.
- Sarah Shaffi reports that short fiction writer Lydia Davis is refusing to sell her next collection on Amazon.
- Kate Knibbs profiles the online bookstore Bookshop.org.
- Betsy Groban reports about the book village of Hobart, New York.
- Gareth L. Powell asks why social media is so difficult for writers right now.
- Jason Sanford talks about the slow implosion of Twitter and what this means for writers.
- Adi Robertson reports that the fanfiction site AO3 is being inundated with spam comments accursing writers of having written their fanfic using an AI program.
- Sarah Shaffi reports that Margaret Busby, Britain's first black female publisher, has been named president of PEN UK.
- Sarah Shaffi reports that the British publishing industry experienced a record-breaking year in 2022.
- Andrew Albanese and Ed Nawotka report that French publisher Ernest Moret was detained for alleged involvement in terrorism, while attempting to visit the London Book Fair in London, UK.
- Matthew Weaver also reports about the arrest of Ernest Moret.
- Sarah Shaffi reports that Editions La Fabrique, the publishing house Ernest Moret works for, has criticised his arrest.
- Julia Eccleshare shares an obituary for children's book publisher Peter Usborne.
Interviews:
- The Guardian interviews Colson Whitehead.
- Runalong the Shelves interviews Gareth L. Powell.
- Runalong the Shelves interviews Anna Smith Soark.
- Adrian Collins interviews Richard Swan.
- Locus interviews Ray Nayler.
- Forge the Narrative interviews Dan Abnett.
- Luca Vesta interviews Doug Johnstone.
- Oliver Brackenbury interviews Adrianna Tuller.
- Paul Weimer reviews Furious Heaven by Kate Elliott.
- Liz Bourke reviews Furious Heaven by Kate Elliott.
- Mark Yon reviews Some Desperate Glory by Emily Tesh.
- Runalong the Shelves reviews Some Desperate Glory by Emily Tesh.
- Marlene Harris reviews The Scourge Between the Stars by Ness Brown.
- Marlene Harris reviews The Stars Undying by Emery Robin.
- Runalong the Shelves reviews Infinity Gate by M.R. Carey.
- Blue Book Balloon reviews Infinity Gate by M.R. Carey.
- Lis Carey reviews Elysium Fire by Alasdair Reynolds.
- Marlene Harris reviews Midnight Water City by Chris McKinney.
- John Mauro reviews The Ten Percent Thief by Lavanya Lakshminarayan
- Stephen Frame reviews The Iron Children by Rebecca Fraimow.
- Paul Di Filippo reviews And Put Away Childish Things by Adrian Tchaikovsky
- Arturo Serrano reviews For the First Time, Again by Sylvain Neuvel
- Nadya Mercik reviews The Adventures of Amina Al-Sirafi by Shannon Chakraborty
- Marlene Harris reviews Untethered Sky by Fonda Lee.
- Adrian Collins reviews Savage Legion by Matt Wallace.
- James Davis Nicoll reviews Legendborn by Tracy Deonn.
- Robin Marx reviews Wraithbound by Tim Akers.
- James Davis Nicoll reviews The Grief of Stones by Katherine Addison.
- Hephzibah Anderson reviews The Memory of Animals by Claire Fuller.
- Fantasy Faction reviews A Touch of Light by Thiago Abdalla.
- Runalong the Shelves reviews City of Nightmares by Rebecca Schaeffer.
- Fantasy Faction reviews Gates of Hope by J.E. Hannaford.
- Ryan Howse reviews Between Two Fires by Christopher Buehlman.
- John Mauro reviews The Book That Wouldn't Burn by Mark Lawrence.
- Aigner Loren Wilson reviews Ink Blood Sister Scribe by Emma Törzs
- Jennie Ivins reviews Miss Percy's Pocket Guide to the Care and Feeding of British Dragons by Quenby Olson.
- Doreen Sheridan reviews Four Charming Spells by Lynn Cahoon and tries a recipe from the book.
- Runalong the Shelves reviews Verona in Autumn by Tom Lloyd.
- Mary Picken reviews The Grief Nurse by Angie Spoto.
- Jen Lucas reviews Looking Glass Sound by Catriona Ward.
- Rob Bedford reviews Saltblood by T.C. Parker
- Runalong the Shelves reviews The Hollow Kind by Andy Davidson.
- Alex Brown reviews She Is a Haunting by Trang Thanh Tran
- Molly Templeton reviews White Cat, Black Dog by Kelly Link.
- Gary K. Wolfe reviews The Essential Peter S. Beagle, Volume I: Lila the Werewolf and Other Stories and Volume II: Oakland Dragon Blues and Other Stories by Peter S. Beagle
- Eugen M. Bacon Reviews New Suns 2: Original Speculative Fiction by People of Color, edited by Nisi Shawl
- Runalong the Shelves reviews Twice Cursed, edited by Marie O'Regan and Paul Kane
- Matthew X. Gomez reviews issue 10 of Tales From the Magician's Skull.
- Roger Luckhurst reviews Uneven Futures: Strategies for Community Survival from Speculative Fiction, edited by Ida Yoshinaga, Sean Guynes and Gerry Canavan.
- Gary Romeo reviews The Weird Tales Story: Enhanced and Expanded, edited by Robert Weinberg.
Classics reviews:
- Martha Waters revisits the 1817 gothic romance parody Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen.
- The Cromcast revisits the 1933 Conan sword and sorcery story "The Slithering Shadow" a.k.a. "Xuthal of the Dusk" by Robert E. Howard.
- Ayo Onatade revisits the 1953 James Bond spy novel Casino Royale by Ian Fleming.
- Joachim Boaz revisits the 1957 science fiction story "The Nothing Equation" by Tom Godwin and the 1972 science fiction story "The Second Kind of Loneliness" by George R.R. Martin.
- James Davis Nicoll revisits the 1964 non-fiction book Beyond the Solar System by Willy Ley.
- Gideon Marcus revisits the May 1968 issue of The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction.
- Victoria Silverwolf revisits the 1968 science fiction novels Bedlam Planet by John Brunner and Synthajoy by D.G. Compton, Kris Vyas-Myall revisits the 1968 YA science fiction trilogy The Tripods by John Christopher, Blue Cathey-Thiele revisits the 1968 science fiction novels Pity About Earth by Ernest Hill and Space Chantey by R.A. Lafferty and Gideon Marcus revisits the 1968 alternate history novel Sideslip by Ted White and Dave Van Arnam.
- Greg O'Driscoll revisits the 1968 Thongor sword and sorcery novel Thonger in the City of Magicians by Lin Carter
- Joachim Boaz revisits the 1969 science fiction novel Dimension Thirteen by Robert Silverberg.
- Paperback Warrior revisits the 1969 Mission Impossible tie-in novel The Priceless Particle by Talmadge Powell.
- Greg O'Driscoll revisits the 1971 Corum sword and sorcery novels The Knight of Swords, The Queen of Swords and The King of Swords by Michael Moorcock.
- Bobby Derie revisits the 1974 erotic sword and sorcery novel The Coming of Cormac by Caer Ged and the 1982 erotica horror novel The Seductress of Eden by Mark Farris
- Andrew F. Sullivan revisits the 1975 dystopian novel High Rise by J.G. Ballard.
- Paperback Warrior revisits the 1980 Conan sword and sorcery novel Conan the Rebel by Poul Anderson.
- James Davis Nicoll revisits the 1991 space opera Hellflower by Eluki Bes Shahar a.k.a. Rosemary Edgehill.
- Alan Brown revisits the 1991 science fiction collection Strange Monsters of the Recent Past by Howard Waldrop.
- Edan Lepucki revisits the 1993 dystopian novel The Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler.
- Alissa Burger revisits the 1993 YA horror novel The Immortal by Christopher Pike and the 1995 YA horror novel The Mummy by Barbara Steiner.
- Bitter Tea and Mystery revisits the 1995 fantasy novel Assassin's Apprentice by Robin Hobb.
- Greg O'Driscoll revisits the 2000 Harry Dresden urban fantasy novel Storm Front by Jim Butcher.
- Emmet Asher-Perrin revisits the 2001 Discworld fantasy novel The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents by Terry Pratchett.
- Judith Tarr revisits the 2007 Kate Daniels urban fantasy novel Magic Bites by Ilona Andrews.
Con and event reports:
- The Octothorpe podcast share their experiences at Conversation, the 2023 Eastercon in Birmingham, UK.
- Frank Catalano reports about a panel paying tribute to Greg Bear at the 2023 Norwescon in Seattle, Washington.
- The program for the Librarians' Day at the 2023 StokerCon in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, has been announced.
- Sarah Shaffi looks ahead at the #Merky Books Literature Festival in London, UK.
- Sandra Bond has won the 2023 TAFF race.
- Ellen Datlow shares photos of the latest KGB Bar reading in New York City, featuring Paul Park and Peng Shepherd.
- Nicole Saraniero shares the most surprising finds at the New York International Antiquarian Book Fair in New York City.
- Julia Carmel reports about a sleepover event at The Last Bookstore in Los Angeles, California.
- David Smith reports that the musical The Phantom of the Opera by Andrew Lloyd Webber will end its Broadway run after 35 years.
- Arifa Akbar reports that the latest production of the Pedro Calderón de la Barca’s 1635 play Life is a Dream in London, UK, merrily messes with reality.
- Sarah Aitken calls the play The Carbon Neutral Adventures of the Indefatigable Enviroteens, which is premiering in Hobart, Australia, a comedic Captain Planet for our times.
- Cora Buhlert remembers the 1968 West German Short Film Days in Oberhausen, Germany, and an early film by George Lucas.
- Sabina Graves shares the latest news about the various Disney parks, Universal Studio Resorts and other theme parks.
Crowdfunding:
Science and technology:
- Oliver Holmes reports that SpaceX's Starship rocket has undergone "unscheduled rapid disassembly", i.e. it blew up, shortly after launch.
- BBC CrowdScience wonders what the chances of finding alien life truly are.
- Katie Balevic reports that scientists are turning dead birds into drones.
- Stephanie Pappas explains why octopuses injure and eat themselves after mating.
- Bill Rinehart reports that the observatory in Cincinnati, Ohio, is celebrating its 178th birthday.
- Aerospace engineer Virginia Norwood, who invented the system behind NASA's Landsat geomapping project, has died aged 96.
Free online fiction:
- "The UFO's New Clothes" by Keech Ballard in Fantasy Magazine.
- "The Toll of the Snake" by Grace P. Fong in Apex Magazine.
- "When the Giants Came Through the Valley" by Derrick Boden in Lightspeed.
- "The Cuckoo of Vrežna Mountain" by Filip Hajdar Drnovšek Zorko in Beneath Ceaseless Skies.
- "A Witch’s Transition In The City Of Ghosts" by Oluwatomiwa Ajeigbe in Beneath Ceaseless Skies.
- "Stranger Shores" by Gregory Feeley in Clarkesworld.
- "Happiness" by Octavia Cade in Clarkesworld.
- "Bug-Eyed Monsters and the Women Who Love Them" by Cora Buhlert in Way Station.
- "The Fall" by Patrick Odren in Swords and Sorcery Magazine.
- "Gods Once" by M. Shedric Simson in Wyldblood.
- "Bleed Mean" by A. Morgan Penn in Pyre Magazine.
- "The Woman Carrying a Corpse" by Chi Hui, translated by Judith Huang, in Tor.com.
- "Amidst the Sleeping Castle" by Liam Q. D. Hall in Whetstone Magazine.
- "The Little Husky" by Rebecca Harrison in Luna Station Quarterly.
- "Favourite Shoes" by Gerald Dean Rice in Omenana.
- "Jumper" by James Tatam in Nightmare Magazine.
- "Unreal City" by Kat Howard in The Sunday Morning Transport.
- "Town Z" by Ash Caballero in The Dark.
- "Forest for the Trees" by Kristine Kathryn Rusch.
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