Speculative Fiction Links of the Week for August 2, 2024

 

 

It's time for the latest weekly round-up of interesting links about speculative fiction from around the web, this week with all the news, announcements and trailer from the 2024 San Diego Comic Con,  season 2 of House of the Dragon, Deadpool and Wolverine and the future of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Masters of the Universe in general, Star Trek in general, the new Time Bandits, Batman: Caped Crusader, more sexual assault allegations against Neil Gaiman and much more.

Speculative fiction in general:

• Natalie Zutter shares the best science fiction and fantasy books coming out in August. 
• Cheryl Eddy shares 61 science fiction, fantasy and horror books coming out in August
  
• Nicola Griffth talks about identity and speculative fiction.  
• Camestros Felapton points out that science fiction is political, but not necessairly progressive. 
• Patton Oswalt discusses how geek culture became mainstream and what might happen next. 
• Wole Talabi talks about African speculative fiction. 
• Tobi Ogundiran shares five books featuring smaller West-African deities
  
• James Davis Nicoll shares five entertaining SFF stories with fairly low stakes.
  
• Jill Baguchinsky shares seven LGBTQ YA horror novels.
• Heather Chavez lists six crime and horror novel with unusual narrators. 
• James Davis Nicoll shares five science fiction stories where people find themselves the last living people on Earth.
  
• Michael Seidlinger shares novel about obsession, addiction, and disease 
• Sara Driscoll shares her favourite books with unreliable narrators.  
• Elisa Shoenberger shares six science fictional closed circle mysteries. 
  
• Leah Blaine shares five poems about dragons. 
• Nicholas Belardes talks about writing ecological horror fiction. 
• Ayesha Manazir Siddiqi talks about her issues with the term "speculative fiction". 
• Josh Winning discusses how celebrity culture influences horror fiction. 
• Molly Templeton wonders when it's time to change your reading habits.
  
• Myles Burke discusses how the shadow of World War I hangs over The Lord of the Rings.
  
• Nev Fountain explains how his experiences with obsessive fans via his relationship with former Doctor Who star Nicola Bryant inspired him to write a fandom mystery 
• Christopher Golden responds to Thomas Monteleone's dismissal Bram Stoker Lifetime Achievement Award winners who happen to be women and writers of colour.  
  
• Lynne M. and Michael Damian Thomas share a touching tribute to their late daughter Caitlin. 
• Francine Pascal, writer of the Sweet Valley High YA novel series, has died aged 92.
  

 

Discussion of the allegations against Neil Gaiman: 

• Mike Glyer reports that a third woman has accused Neil Gaiman of sexual assault. 
• Mike Glyer reports that two more women habe accused Nail Gaiman of sexual assault, bringing the total to five.
  
• Muccamukk shares a round-up of discussion of the sexual assault allegations against Neil Gaiman. 

 

Comics and Art:

• Bryan Reesman reviews Deathstalker by Tim Seeley and Jim Terry. 
  
• Runalong the Shelves reviews Kiva Vol 1 by Motoki Tomatsu, Yumiko Fujiwara and Bashar Ahmed
• Joseph Dominguez reviews Gyo by Junji Ito 
  
• Daniel Dern reports that the characters from Wilstorm's Planetary series will return in the new DC Comics series Outsiders.
  
• Paperback Warrior revisits the 1971 horror comics magazines Tales of the Zombie.
• Fan artist Taral Wayne has died aged 73.
  

 

Film and TV:

• William Hughes calls Scavenger's Reign a truly unique series.
• Emmet Asher-Perrin shares their thoughts on season 6 of The Dragon Prince. 
• Ann Michelle Harris calls Supacell the black Heroes remake you didn’t know you needed 
• Haley Zapal calls Twisters a fun popcorn movie with a greta cast and epic disaster special effects
  
• Alex Wallace discusses how setting helps tell the story in Longlegs
  
• Alex Wallace calls Fly Me to the Moon a very strange beast, a romantic comedy that is also something of an alternate history and a film about fictional characters themselves fictionalizing a real historical event. 
• Cindy White calls Chicken For Linda! an animated feast for the eyes and soul
  
• Peter Bradshaw calls Kensuke’s Kingdom a family friendly animated adventure.
  
• Joel Golby shares his thoughts on The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon and wonders why the Walking Dead franchise refuses to die. 
• Phil Hoad calls A Place Called Silence a Chinese Malaysian horror thriller literally dripping in sin 
• Melody McCune shares her thoughts on the latest episode of Snowpiercer 
  
• Melody McCune shares her thoughts on the latest episode of The Ark 
• Diana Keng shares her thoughts on the latest episode of Orphan Black: Echoes  
• Melody McCune shares her thoughts on the season 2 finale of The Lazarus Project 
  
• Avery Kaplan shares her thoughts on the season 12 premiere of Futurama   
• Ben Child asks if trailer are spoiling movies and TV shows too much.
• Lorna Wallace shares six underrated summer horror movies.
  
• Rich Juzwiak discusses how horror movies solve the cell phone problem. 
• Lee Weinstein revisits the 1943 superhero serial Batman.
  
• Kali Wallace revisits the 1983 monster movie King Kong.
  
• Martin Edwards revisits the 1983 James Bond movie Never Say Never Again.
• Peter Bradshaw revisits the 1984 fantasy film The Neverending Story. 
  
• Keith R.A. DeCandido revisits the 1994 Babylon 5 episode "Legacies".
• Jarrod Jones revisits the 1994 fantasy comedy The Mask. 
  
• Natalia Keogan revisits the 1999 science fiction horror film Deep Blue Sea. 
• Peter Bradshaw revisits the 2000 dystopian film Werckmeister Harmonies
  
• Steven Weintraub interviews Ronald D. Moore, showrunner of Outlander, For All Mankind and the new Battlestar Galactica. 
• Germain Lussier interviews M. Night Shyamalan, director of The Sixth Sense, Unbreakable, The Village, Signs, Trap and many others.  
• Rich Pelley interviews Malcolm McDowell, star of Time After Time, Star Trek: Generations, Clockwork Orange, Blue Thunder and many others.
  
• Ann Lee interviews Joan Chen, star of Twin Peaks, A Murder at the End of the World and many others.
  
• Adrian Horton discusses the impact of AI on filmmaking.
  
• Andrea Laford reports that the Doctor Who spin-off  The War Between the Land and the Sea has been officially announced. 
• Esther Kang shares some information and photos from the new Star Wars series Skeleton Crew.
  
• Nadia Khomami reports that more than half of film and TV workers in the UK are still unemployed after last year's WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes shut down film and TV productions worldwide.
  
• Raven Brunner shares director Kevin Smith's memories of the late Shannen Doherty 
• British actress Ysanne Churchman, best known for her roles in The Archers, Doctor Who, The Flipside of Dominick Hide, Sara and Hoppity, Gallows Glorious and many others, has died aged 99. 
• Chinese actress Cheng Pei-pei, star of Come Drink With Me, Golden Swallow and Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, has died aged 78.
  

  

Comments on Deadpool and Wolverine and the Marvel Cinematic Universe in general: 

• Ben Child calls Deadpool and Wolverine an endless series of mostly impressive set pieces connected only loosely by anything approaching an actual plot
  
• Emmet Asher Perrin declares that Deadpool and Wolverine is good for a laugh, but sadly not much else. 
• Guy Lodge calls Deadpool and Wolverine a business merger disguised as a movie and criticises the queerbaiting humour.
• Jordan Moreau and Katcy Stephan list forty-five Easter Eggs from Deadpool and Wolverine.   
  
• Germain Lussier discusses the ending of Deadpool and Wolverine. 
• Germain Lussier shares all the questions he has after Deadpool and Wolverine. 
• Esther Zuckerman shares a guide to all the cameo appearances in Deadpool and Wolverine.
  
• Nick Romano interviews Chris Evans about his cameo appearance in Deadpool and Wolverine. 
• Nick Romano interviews Wesley Snipes about his cameo in Deadpool and Wolverine.
  
• Diego Ramos Becchara reports that James McAvoy, who played the young Charles Xavier in several X-Men movies, was not asked to put in a cameo appearance in Deadpool and Wolverine. 
  
• Actress Blake Lively, who plays Lady Deadpool in Deadpool and Wolverine, recounts how she met her husband Ryan Reynolds who plays Deadpool on the set of Green Lantern and first learned about the existence of Deadpool. 
• Sabina Graves notes that Deadpool and Wolverine offers a possible explanation for Robert Downey Jr.'s return to the Marvel Cinematic Universe in a different role. 
• Matt Donelly discusses Deadpool and Wolverine's eulogy for 20th Century Fox.
  
• Tatiana Siegel reports that Robert Downey Jr as well as Joe and Anthony Russo received large payouts for returning to the Marvel Cinematic Universe. 
• Inspired by the huge paycheck for Robert Downey Jr., Jesse Hassenger asks if Hollywood stars are being paid too much.
  
• Emma Keates reports that Jonathan Majors, who played Kang the Conqueror in the Marvel Cinematic Universe before being fired, following abuse and assault allegations, has heartbroken that Robert Downey Jr. will play a major villain going forward.
  
• J. Kim Murphy reports that Deadpool and Wolverine had the highest ever opening weekend for an R-rated film and the sixth highest of any film ever. 
• Matt Schimkowitz also reports that Deadpool and Wolverine had an excellent opening weekend. 
• Germain Lussier reports that Deadpool and Wolverine is about to pass The Passion of the Christ as the highest-grossing R-rated film ever. 
  
• Sabina Graves reports about some Deadpool and Wolverine themed offerings at Disneyland in Anaheim, California. 
•  Angelique Jackson, Meredith Woerner and J. Kim Murphy report about the Deadpool and Wolverine panel at the 2024 San Diego Comic Con which included appearance by several actors making cameos in the movie.    
• Justin Crarter declares that Guardians of the Galaxy still rocks a decade after its debut.
  
• Keith R.A. DeCandido calls The Marvels genuinely fun and declares that the film deserves to be a much bigger hit than it was.
  
• Ben Travis interviews Jac Schaeffer, showrunner of WandaVision and Agatha All Along.  
• Ryan Britt and Jake Kleinman interview Kevin Feige, head of Marvel Studios.
• Mary Kate Carr reports about Harrison Ford, who plays General Thunderbolt Ross in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, giving baffled responses to trivia related questions.
  
• William Hughes reports about the Marvel Studios panel at the 2024 San Diego Comic Con in San Diego, California. 
• Melody McCune also reports about the Marvel Studios panel at the 2024 San Diego Comic Con in San Diego, California. 
• Borys Kit, Aaron Couch and Ryan Gajewski report about the Marvel Studios panel at the 2024 San Diego Comic Con.
  
• Watch a video of the Marvel Studios panel at the 2024 San Diego Comic Con in San Diego, California.
  

 

Comments on season 2 of House of the Dragon: 

• Tom Huddleston shares his thoughts on "The Red Sowing", the latest episode of House of the Dragon. 
• Tyler Dean shares his thoughts on "The Red Sowing", 
• Kayleigh Dray shares her thoughts on "The Red Sowing",  
• Cheryl Eddy shares her thoughts on "The Red Sowing",    
• Melody McCune shares her thoughts on "The Red Sowing", 
• Melody McCune shares her favourite moments from "The Red Sowing",   
• C.T. Phipps shares his thoughts on the House of the Dragon episode "The Burning Mill". 
• C.T. Phipps shares his thoughts on the House of the Dragon episode "The Red Dragon and the Gold".
  
• James Hibberd interviews Tom Bennett who plays Ulf White in House of the Dragon.
• Cheryl Eddy interviews Abubakar Salim who plays Alyn of Hull in House of the Dragon.
• Saloni Gajjar analyses the parallel arcs of Rhaenyra Targaryen and Alicent Hightower in House of the Dragon.
  
• James Hunt reports that the House of the Dragon episode "Smallfolk" is being review bombed over a scene of two women kissing. 
  

 

Comments on Star Trek in general:

• Avery Kaplan shares her ten favourite episodes of Star Trek: Lower Decks.
  
• James Whitbrook reports that a new Star Trek live-action comedy series is in the works.
• Mercedes Milligan repors that Star Trek Lower Decks will continue in comic form.
  
• Avery Kaplan reports about the Star Trek panel at the 2024 San Diego Comic Con.  
• William Hughes also reports about the Star Trek panel at the 2024 San Diego Comic Con.
  
• Diana Keng reports about the Star Trek Prodigy panel at the 2024 San Diego Comic Con.
  
• Watch a clip from season 3 of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds. 
• Watch a trailer for season 5 of Star Trek: Lower Decks.
  
• Watch a trailer for Star Trek: Section 31.
  

 

Comments on Masters of the Universe in general: 

• Dad-at-Arms reports that according to Mattel vice president of creative content Rob David more animated Masters of the Universe is planned.
  
• James Eatock shares some information on Octuss, a proposed character in the Filmation He-Man cartoon who never made it on screen.
  

 

Comments on the new Time Bandits:

• Meredith Hobbs Coons shares her thoughts on episode 1 of the new Time Bandits.
• Meredith Hobbs Coons shares her thoughts on episode 2 of the new Time Bandits.
• Meredith Hobbs Coons shares her thoughts on episode 3 of the new Time Bandits. 
• Meredith Hobbs Coons shares her thoughts on episode 4 of the new Time Bandits.
  
• Diana Keng shares her thoughts on episode 3 of the new Time Bandits.
• Diana Keng shares her thoughts on episode 4 of the new Time Bandits.
  

 

Comments on Batman: Caped Crusader:

• Jarrod Jones calls Batman: Caped Crusader a moody echo of Batman: The Animated Series 
• Justin Carter declares that Batman: Caped Crusader gets the Dark Knight his animated groove back 
• Graeme Virtue calls Batman: Caped Crusader a refreshing reboot.
  
• Diana Keng shares her thoughts on season 1 of Batman: Caped Crusader.
  

 

Awards:

• The winner of the 2024 Phantastikpreis der Stadt Wetzlar has been announced. 
• The shortlist for the 2024 Glass Bell Award has been announced. 
  
• The winners of the 2024 Scribe Awards have been announced, 
• The winners of the 2024 Trigon Awards have been announced.
  
• The winners of the 2024 Eisner Awards have been announced.
• The winners of the 2024 Inkpot Awards have been announced.
  
• The winners of the 2024 Diana Jones Award have been announced.
  
• The winners of the 2024 Dream Foundry Contest have been announced. 
• The shortlist for the 2024 Premio Italia has been announced.
  
• The longlist for the 2024 Booker Prize has been announced. 
  
• Nnedi Okorafor and Nicola Griffith have been inducted into the SF&F Hall of Fame
• Mike Glyer reports that the 2024 Worldcon in Glasgow, Scotland, is holding a consultative vote about two proposed new Hugo categories.
  

Writing, publishing and promotion: 

• Scott Lyerly shares advice for writing better neurodivergent characters in fiction.
  
• Robert Ito chronicles the collapse and bankruptcy of the Romance Writers of America.
• Michael Capobianco shares a brief history of the Science Fiction Writers of America.
  
• Victoria Strauss lists pitfalls to be aware of when evaluating publishing contracts.
  
• Jackson Ryan talks about the danger of scientific journals being hijacked by scammers. 
• Winston Cho shares an update about the lawsuit brought by several writers against OpenAI for copyright infringement.
  
• Locus reports that book sales have grown in the US.
  
• The Reading Agency reports about the decline of reading in the UK.
  

 

Interviews:

• The New York Times interviews Stephen Graham Jones.
• Arley Sorg interviews Nnedi Okorafor. 
  
• Scott Edelman interviews Chuck Tingle.
  
• Fabienne Schwizer interviews Katrina Kwan.
• Runalong the Shelves interviews Victoria Hayward. 
• John Mauro interviews Ryan Skeffington. 
• Arley Sorg interviews Jonathan Strahan.
  

 

Reviews:

• Adrian Collins reviews These Fragile Graces This Fugitive Heart by Izzy Wasserstein 
• Maura Krause reviews The Stardust Grail by Yume Kitasei
• Adrian Collins reviews Ghost of the Neon God by T.R. Napper 
  
• Carrie Chi Lough reviews Immaculate Scoundrels by John R. Fultz 
• Esmay Rosalyne reviews A Dirge for Cascius: Part 1 by Calum Lott
  
• Bill Capossere reviews The Dead Cat Tail Assassins by P. Djèlí Clark 
• Runalong the Shelves reviews Ninth Life by Stark Holborn 
  
• Liz Bourke reviews The Sky on Fire by Jenn Lyons
  
• Paul Weimer reviews Lost Ark Dreaming by Suyi Davies Okungbawa 
• Russell Letson reviews Beyond the Light Horizon by Ken MacLeod 
  
• Marlene Harris reviews Lost to Eternity by Greg Cox
  
• Runalong the Shelves reviews In Ascension by Martin MacInnes
• Gary K. Wolfe reviews The Cautious Traveller’s Guide to the Wastelands by Sarah Brooks 
• Mark Yon reviews Sword Catcher by Cassandra Clare.
• Paul Weimer reviews The Fireborne Blade by Charlotte Bond. 
• Ian Mond reviews The Bright Sword by Lev Grossman 
  
• Tobias Carroll reviews Keepers of the Stones and Stars by Michael Barakiva. 
• Ratika Deshpande reviews Tress of the Emerald Sea by Brandon Sanderson.
  
• Roseanna Pendlebury reviews Queen B by Juno Dawson 
• Roseanna Pendlebury reviews A Magical Girl Retires by Park Seolyeon, translated by Anton Hur. 
• James Davis Nicoll reviews Mirrored Heavens by Rebecca Roanhorse
• Gary K. Wolfe reviews In the Shadow of the Fall by Tobi Ogundiran
  
• Marlene Harris reviews In the Shadow of the Fall by Tobi Ogundiran
  
• BOLO Books reviews Shady Hollow by Juneau Black.  
  
• Marlene Harris reviews Summers End by Juneau Black
• Tadiana Jones and Rebecca Fisher reviews Rule of Wolves by Leigh Bardugo  
  
• Blue Book Balloon reviews Cursed Under London by Gabby Hutchinson Crouch   
• Colleen Mondor reviews Dead Things Are Closer Than They Appear by Robin Wasley
  
• Mahvesh Murad reviews Navola by Paolo Bacigalupi 
• Runalong the Shelves reviews Dirt Upon My Skin by Steve Toase
  
• Kit Power reviews You Like It Darker by Stephen King. 
• Gabino Iglesias reviews Greatest Hits by Harlan Ellison 
     
  

Classics reviews:

• Paperback Warrior revisits the 1926 horror story Wolfhead by Robert E. Howard. 
• Sam Reader revisits the 1930 Southern Gothic story “A Rose for Emily” by William Faulkner 
• Brian Collins revisits the 1968 science fiction story “They Are Not Robbed” by Richard McKenna 
  
• Mark Yon revisits the August 1969 issue of New Worlds. 
• Gideon Marcus shares his thoughts on the August 1969 issue of Analog. 
• Brian Collins revisits the 1969 ghost story“The Movie People” by Robert Bloch  
  
• James Davis Nicoll revisits the 1977 fantasy novel The Grey Mane of Morning by Joy Chant
  
• Paperback Warrior revisits the 1978 gothic horror novel The Castle of Dark by Tanith Lee.
• James Davis Nicoll reviews the 1982 historical horror novel Fevre Dream by George R R Martin 
  
• Judith Tarr revisits the 2016 horror novel The Jersey Devil by Hunter Shea.
  

 

Crowdfunding:

• Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki needs some help to be able to attend the 2024 Worldcon in Glasgow, Scotland.
  

 

Reports about the 2024 San Diego Comic Con:

• James Whitbrook shares an overview of all the news, trailers and cosplay photos of the 2024 San Diego Comic Con in San Diego, California. 
• Kevin Smith and Marc Bernardin share their experiences at the 2024 San Diego Comic Con.
  
• Jay Glatfelter, Ryan Doell and Dan Larson share their experiences at the 2024 San Diego Comic Con in San Diego, California. 
• io9 shares the winners and losers of the 2024 San Diego Comic Con.
  
• Mike Glyer reports about Marvel's Next Big Thing panel at the 2024 San Diego Comic Con in San Diego, California.
  
• Germain Lussier reports about the Marvel Fanfare panel featuring Kevin Feige and C.B. Cebulski at the 2024 San Diego Comic Con.
• Melody McCune reports about the Doctor Who panel at the 2024 San Diego Comic Con. 
• James Whitbrook reports about the joint Doctor Who and Star Trek panel at the 2024 San Diego Comic Con. 
  
• Germain Lussier reports about the Transformers One panel at San Diego Comic Con.
• Germain Lussier reports about the Alien: Romulus panel at the 2024 San Diego Comic Con.
  
• Cheryl Eddy reports about the What We Do In the Shadows panel at San Diego Comic Con. 
• Tracy Brown and Allen J. Schaben accompany the cast of What We Do In the Shadows to the 2024 San Diego Comic Con.
  
• Melody McCune reports about The Boys panel at the 2024 San Diego Comic Con. 
• Diana Keng reports about the Percy Jackson and the Olympians panel at the 2024 San Diego Comic Con. 
• Sabina Graves reports about the Interview with the Vampire panel at the 2024 San Diego Comic Con. 
• Diana Keng reports about the Batman: The Caped Crusader panel at the 2024 San Diego Comic Con. 
• Diana Keng reports about the Arcane panel at the 2024 San Diego Comic Con. 
• Brian D. Bradley reports about the Silo panel at the 2024 San Diego Comic Con
  
• Cheryl Eddy reports about The Wild Robot panel at the 2024 San Diego Comic Con. 
• Cheryl Eddy reports about the Futurama panel at the 2024 San Diego Comic Con.
  
• Justin Carter reports about the Image Massive-Verse’s panel at the 2024 San Diego Comic-Con  
• Cheryl Eddy reports about the Rick and Morty panel at the 2024 San Diego Comic Con.  
• Watch a video of the Toy Tubers Unite! panel at the 2024 San Diego Comic Con.
  
• Ryan Gajewski reports that US presidential candidate Kamala Harris put in a surprised appearance at The Simpsons panel at the 2024 San Diego Comic Con. 
• Lexy Perez reports that actress Jennifer Garner got stuck in an elevator in the convention center at the 2024 San Diego Comic Con and nearly missed her panel. 
• Carly Thomas reports that fourteen people were arrested at the 2024 San Diego Comic Con in San Diego, California, in connection with sex trafficking.
  
• Katcy Stephan reports that a fire broke out in the building housing an immersive experiences for the movie The Penguin, leading to an evacuation.
  
• Sabina Graves shares her favourite cosplay at the 2024 San Diego Comic Con. 
• Sabina Graves shares more cosplay photos from the 2024 San Diego Comic Con. 
• Sabina Graves shares even more cosplay photos from the 2024 San Diego Comic Con.
  
• Germain Lussier shares some photos of a recreation of the Winchester Tavern pub from Shaun of the Dead presented at San Diego Comic Con. 

 

Other con and event reports: 

• The programme for the 2024 Worldcon in Glasgow, Scotland, is now online.
  
• James Whitbrook reports that the Disney park union has ratified a new contract offering higher wages and benefits to employees working in Disney parks and hotels.

 

Science and technology:

•  Shamila Kuthunur reports that NASA's Perseverance Mars rover has found possible signs of ancient life on Mars. 
  

 

Gaming: 

• Keza MacDonald wonders why Candy Crush is still popular twelve years after it was launched.
  

 

Toys and collectibles:

•  Toy Habits share photos of the Mattel Masters of the Universe Origins Snake Lair playset.
• Mattel is running a survey about the Masters of the Universe crowdfunded Snake Lair playset. 
  
• Pixel Dan shares a look at the new Mattel Street Sharks toys revealed at the 2024 San Diego Comic Con.
  
• Pixel Dan shares a look at the new toys on display at the NECA booth at the 2024 San Diego Comic Con in San Diego, California. 
• Pixel Dan shares a look at the new toys on display at the McFarlane Toys booth at the 2024 San Diego Comic Con in San Diego, California. 
• Pixel Dan shares a look at the new toys on display at the Diamond Select booth at the 2024 San Diego Comic Con in San Diego, California. 
• Pixel Dan interviews the team behind Hasbro's Marvel Legends toys. 
• Pixel Dan interviews the team behind Hasbro's G.I. Joe Classified toys.  
• James Whitbrook shares the coolest Hasbro Star Wars, Marvel and Transformers toys revealed at the 2024 San Diego Comic Con 
• Iain Delaney reviews the Men in Black Neuralyzer replica from Factory Entertainment. 
• Robert Tilendis reviews the Folkmanis Snow Leopard Cub Puppet 
• James Whitbrook shares a look at new and upcoming Lego Sets.
  
• The Battle Ram Blog shares a timeline for the original She-Ra: Princess of Power toys.
  
•  Wailin Wong and Adrian Ma reports about the curious rise of novelty popcorn buckets.
  

 

Free online fiction: 

• "We Are All Made of Stars" by Robert Bagnall in Wyldblood. 
• "Him beneath the water, whom I love" by Alex Sandground in Strange Horizons.  
• "Between Above and Below" by Carrie Vaughn in Lightspeed. 
  
• "Cicadas, and Their Skins" by Avra Margariti in Strange Horizons. 
  
• "Artists and Fools" by Paolo Bacigalupi in The Sunday Morning Transport.
• "Joy’s Soul Lies in the Doing" by Todd Honeycutt in Swords and Sorcery Magazine.
• "The Ecological Impacts of Resurrection: A Field Study" by Corey Farrenkopf in The Deadlands.
• "The Time Capsule" by Alice Towey in Clarkesworld.
  
• "The Green Wall Plot" by Nick Mamatas in Interzone Digital.
  
• "The Dead Line" by Kristine Kathryn Rusch.
  

 

Trailers and videos:

• Watch a preview of "Joy to the World", the 2024 Doctor Who Christmas Special.
  
• Watch a trailer for season 2 of The Rings of Power.
• Watch a trailer for The Penguin.
  
• Watch a trailer for Creature Commandos. 
• Watch a trailer for season 3 of The Legend of Vox Machina. 
• Watch a trailer for Terminator Zero.
  
• Watch a trailer for Wynonna Earp: Vengeance. 
• Watch a trailer for Hellboy: The Crooked Man. 
• Watch a trailer for Sweetpea.
  
• Watch a trailer for Bagman. 
• Watch a trailer for The 4:30 Movie. 
• Watch a trailer for Slingshot.
  
• Watch a trailer for The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon - The Book of Carol. 
• Watch a trailer for The Walking Dead: Dead City. 
• Watch a trailer for Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Cosmos The Movie
  
• Watch a trailer for season 5 of Solar Opposites.