It's
time for the latest weekly round-up of interesting
links
about speculative
fiction from
around the web, this week with Masters of the Universe in general, Agatha All Along and the Marvel Cinematic Universe in general, Star Trek Lower Decks and Star Trek in general, Star Wars: Skeleton Crew and Star Wars in general, What We Do in the Shadows, Venom: The Last Dance, season 3 of The Legend of Vox Machina, The
Penguin, Generation Z, Wallace and Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl, The Franchise, Teacup, Before, Time Cut, Terrifier 3, allegations against Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki, tributes to Teri Garr, a whole lot of horror and much
more.
Speculative fiction in general:
- Reactor shares the most iconic speculative fiction books of the 21st century.
- Gabino Iglesias shares four new horror novels to enjoy this month.
- Ratika Deshpande shares nine SFF stories about living with magical creatures.
- Yvonne Battle-Felton shares horror novels set in beautiful places.
- Delilah S. Dawson shares five horror novels featuring writers, artists and other haunted creatives.
- J.R. Forasteros shares ten overlooked recent horror novels and movies.
- Andrew Michael Hurley takes a look at the connection between folk horror and climate change.
- Joe George notes that horror has always been political.
- Joshua Rothman wonders whether Steampunk can save the world.
- Micaiah Johnson talks about feeling discomfort with stories of rebellion against political oppression after the riots on January 6, 2021 in Washington DC.
- Alan Moore declaims that fandom has become toxic.
- Alexandra Alter profiles Susannah Clarke.
- Dalya Alberge reports that Tove Jansson's notes on the Moomins will be published for the first time.
- Issue 86 of Journey Planet on the subject "Dracula - Friend or Foe" has been published.
- Weird fiction scholar Scott Connors has died.
Discussion of the allegations against Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki:
- Erin Cairns accuses Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki of unethical conduct.
- Mike Glyer shares Erin Cairns' report as well as a round-up of responses from the SFF community.
- Jason Sanford shares responses to the allegations against Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki.
- Camestros Felapton discusses the allegations against Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki in the context of various violations of community trust in the SFF community in 2024.
- The African Speculative Fiction Society shares a statement on Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki
- SFWA reports that Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpekihas been removed as director-at-large in response to the allegations.
Comics and Art:
- Charlie Jane Anders explains why she dislikes the Death of Superman storyline.
- Artist Alex Ross shares his history with the Fantastic Four.
- Leah Thomas talks about the manga series The Summer Hikaru Died by Mokumokuren and what it told her about herself.
- James Bacon shares his thoughts on the Stop Project 2025 comic project initiated by several comic creators.
- Sam Wolfson interviews Charles Burns.
- Tom Gauld shares a cartoon about relaxing with a book on Halloween.
- Fan artist Bruce Townley has died aged 70.
- Comic artist Larry Todd has died aged 76.
Film and TV:
- Peter Bradshaw calls Heretic a religious horror film starring a suave, dapper and evil Hugh Grant
- Phil Hoad calls Slingshot a solid science fiction film and praises the performance of Casey Affleck.
- Jack Seale calls Nautilus half-baked and badly acted.
- Luck Buckmaster calls The Moogai a haunting but somewhat underdeveloped horror film from Australia.
- Tara Bennett calls Your Monster a mess of conflicting genres.
- Judith Tarr declares that The Loch Ness Horror is surprisingly not awful
- Stuart Heritage calls Team Jay one of the ugliest, most mindless kids shows ever
- Lucy Mangan declares that it is impossible not to be horrified by the documentary Eternal You about an attempt to create facsimiles of dead people via AI.
- Cheryl Eddy shares her thoughts on the documentary Doc of Chucky
- Ryan Gilbey calls Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story a fascinating tribute undermined by bombast
- Imogen Tilden shares her thoughts on the documentary Music by John Williams
- James Melzer reports that the Irish horror movie Oddity has been named one of the scariest movies of all time.
- Anne Billson traces the evolution of the horror movie from the silent era to today.
- Aaron Jones shares his favourite spooky movies and TV shows to enjoy this Halloween.
- Writers of the Guardian list their scariest horror movie villains.
- Olivia Rutigliano wonders which horror movie villains would make the best detectives.
- Pamela McClintock explains why Hollywood studios are worried about a looming horror fatigue.
- Katie Rife discusses how horror and crime movies like Longlegs and Red Rooms use the cursed aesthetics of true crime
- Lorna Wallace shares five horror movies with subterranean settings.
- The AV-Club shares horror movies where sex scenes actually move the plot forward.
- Maya Salam shares a compilation of newspaper headlines announcing the impending end of the world from SFF movies and TV shows.
- Tim Robey lists ten movies which flopped upon release and then went on to become classics.
- Spencer Bolletieri shares seven SFF movies which had tie-in cartoon series.
- Ben Child wonders how many more Tolkien inspired movies and TV shows we are going to get.
- Justin Carter interviews Luci Christian and Leah Clark, two of the voice actors in the English language dub of My Hero Academia.
- Amelia Tait interviews various former child actors who appeared in horror movies.
- Horror director James Wan shares his favourite vampire movies.
- Tyler Dean shares his ten favourite filmic Dracula portrayals.
- Jesse Hassenger revisits the Universal Frankenstein horror movie series from the 1930s and 1940s.
- Fiona Moore revisits the 1960 science fiction horror film Village of the Damned.
- Joe Reid revisits the 1969 science fiction movie Change of Mind.
- Sandy Ferber revisits the 1973 horror film The Baby and the 2006 horror film The Abandoned.
- Don Kaye revisits the 1974 horror musical Phantom of Paradise.
- Emily Hughes revisits the 1976 horror movie The Omen.
- Kali Wallace revisits the 1978 horror movie Halloween.
- Sandy Ferber revisits the 1978 horror film The Manitou and the 2005 horror film The Descent.
- Arturo Serrano revisits the 1979 horror movie Dracula.
- Haley Zapal revisits the 1979 science fiction horror movie Phantasm.
- Sandy Ferber revisits the 1980 slasher horror movies Friday the 13th and Prom Night.
- Sandy Ferber revisits the 1980 horror movie The Changeling and the 1990 horror movie The Haunting of Morella.
- Arturo Serrano revisits the 1982 horror movie Poltergeist.
- Scott Tobias revisits the 1984 science fiction film The Terminator.
- Ann Michelle Harris revisits the 1986 horror musical comedy Little Shop of Horrors.
- Ann Michell Harris revisits the 1994 vampire movie Interview With the Vampire.
- Keith R.A. DeCandido revisits the 1994 Babylon 5 episode “A Spider in the Web”
- Kenneth Lowe revisits the 1995 horror crime series American Gothic.
- Dan Persons revisits the 2014 horror movie The Babadook.
- Adam Chitwood and Sharon Waxman report that Disney is about to launch a massive AI initiative focussing on post-production and visual effects.
- Brent Lang reports that according to a recent study, teenagers would prefer to see less sex in movies and TV shows.
- Kim Willsher reports that the sexual assault trial of actor Gerard Depardieu in Paris, France, has been postponed, because Depardieu is allegedly too ill to attend.
Comments on Masters of the Universe in general:
- For Eternia reports that according to showrunner Kevin Smith, the possibility of the third season of Masters of the Universe Revelation/Revolution is up to Mattel and Dreamworks making a deal about the She-Ra rights.
- Isaiah Colbert interviews David Howe, Samuel Deats and Adam Deats of Powehouse Animation, the studio behind Masters of the Universe Revelation and Revolution, Castlevania, Tomb Raider: The Legend of Lara Croft, Blood of Zeus and many others.
- For Eternia has a page dedicated to the alphabet, grammar and lexicon of Kudu-Kesh, the conlang used in Masters of the Universe: Revelation and Revolution.
- James Eatock reports that the "Spirit of Evil" from the Filmation He-Man episode "The Wizard of Stone Mountain" was censored to make him less devilish to appease enraged parent groups.
Comments on Agatha All Along and the Marvel Cinematic and TV Universe in general:
- Katie Campione shares her thoughts on the penultimate episode of Agatha All Along.
- Dessi Gomez shares her thoughts on the finale of Agatha All Along.
- Emmet Asher-Perrin shares their thoughts on the finale of Agatha All Along.
- Jen Lennon shares her thoughts on the finale of Agatha All Along.
- Gordon Jackson shares his thoughts on the finale of Agatha All Along.
- Avery Kaplan shares five things she loved about the Agatha All Along finale.
- Adam B. Vary interviews Jac Schaeffer, creator and showrunner of Agatha All Along.
- Emiliana Betancourt interviews Daniel Selon, costume designer of Agatha All Along.
- Gordon Jackson takes a look at the comic book origins of the character Rio Vidal from Agatha All Along.
- Matt Schimkowitz declares that Marvel should lean into horror tropes more often.
- Watch a teaser for various upcoming Marvel projects.
- Germain Lussier lists 21 cool things he spotted in the Marvel overview trailer.
Comments on Star Trek: Lower Decks and Star Trek in general:
- Keith R.A. DeCandido shares his thoughts on “The Best Exotic Nanite Hotel”, the latest episode of Star Trek: Lower Decks.
- James Whitbrook shares his thoughts on “The Best Exotic Nanite Hotel”, the latest episode of Star Trek: Lower Decks.
- Avery Kaplan shares her thoughts on “The Best Exotic Nanite Hotel”, the latest episode of Star Trek: Lower Decks.
- Avery Kaplan shares eight excellent ensemble episodes of Star Trek: Lower Decks.
- Jeri Taylor, producer of Star Trek: The Next Generation and co-creator of Star Trek Voyager, has died aged 86.
- Natalie Oganesyan shares an obituary for Jeri Taylor
- Matt Schimkowitz remembers Jeri Taylor.
Comments on Star Wars in general:
- Ramin Setoodeh interviews Jude Law, star of the upcoming Star Wars series Skeleton Crew.
- Germain Lussier notes that a potential season 2 of Skeleton Crew could be facing the same issue facing Stranger Things and other shows with an overwhelmingly young cast, namely that child and teen actors grow up faster than movies and TV shows can be made.
- Lucas Seastrom interviews Iain McCraig, concept and storyboard artist for The Phantom Menace.
Comments on season 3 of The Legend of Vox Machina:
- Kathryn Porter declares that The Legend of Vox Machina will never let us down
- Cassie Holguin shares her thoughts on the season 3 premiere of The Legend of Vox Machina.
- Cassie Holguin shares her thoughts on the second episode of season 3 of The Legend of Vox Machina.
- Anna Govert interviews the voice cast of The Legend of Vox Machina.
Comments on Teacup:
Comments on What We Do in the Shadows:
Comments on Venom: The Last Dance:
- Emmet Asher-Perrin hopes that Venom: The Last Dance won't be the final cinematic outing for Eddie Brock and Venom.
- Jesse Hassenger wonders what, if anything, the Venom: The Last Dance post-credits scenes mean?
- Brian Davids interviews Juno Temple who plays Teddy Paine in Venom: The Last Dance.
- Gordon Jackson interviews Peggy Lu who plays Mrs. Chen in Venom: The Last Dance.
- Pamela McClintock reports that Venom: The Last Dance did decently at the box office, mostly due to international moviegoers.
Comments on Generation Z:
Comments on Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl:
Comments on The Penguin:
- William Hughes shares his thoughts on the latest episode of The Penguin.
- Germain Lussier shares his thoughts on the latest episode of The Penguin.
- Keith R.A. DeCandido shares his thoughts on the latest episode of The Penguin.
- Ben Child explains why The Penguin is TV’s biggest surprise of the year
- Drew Taylor interviews Matt Reeves, executive producer of The Penguin.
Comments on The Franchise:
Comments on Before:
Comments on Time Cut:
Comments on Terrifier 3:
Tributes to Teri Garr:
Awards:
Writing, publishing and promotion:
- Mike Glyer shares the results of the SFWA special elections.
- Scott H. Amdrews points out that the practice of not paying editors is limiting the range of editorial voices in SFF.
- Ella Creamer reports that Booker Prize winner Bernadine Evaristo has set up a writer's retreat in her cottage in Ramsgate, UK.
- A group of hundreds of authors including Irish writer Sally Rooney has called for a boycott of Israeli publishers and cultural institutions because of the war in Gaza.
- Another group of 1200 authors and other creatives, including thriller author Lee Child and Nobel Prize winners Herta Müller and Elfriede Jelinek resoundedly renounces the boycott of Israeli publishers and cultural institutions, pointing out that artists and writers are often opposed to the policies of their government.
Interviews:
Reviews:
- Niall Harrison reviews Alien Clay by Adrian Tchaikovsky
- Abigail Nussbaum reviews Absolution by Jeff VanderMeer
- Paul Di Filippo reviews The Tongue Trade by Michael J. Martineck
- Paul Di Filippo reviews Nether Station by Kevin J. Anderson
- Gary K. Wolfe reviews The Great When by Alan Moore
- Sam Thielman reviews The Great When by Alan Moore
- Blue Book Balloon reviews The Vengeance by Emma Newman
- Liz Bourke reviews Oath of Fire by K. Arsenault Rivera
- Esmay Rosalyne reviews The Ending Fire by Saara El-Arifi
- Marlene Harris reviews The Mountain Crown by Karin Lowachee
- Grimdark Magazine reviews A Monsoon Rising by Thea Guanzon
- Alex Brown reviews Metal From Heaven by August Clarke
- Gary K. Wolfe reviews The City in Glass by Nghi Vo
- Runalong the Shelves reviews The Bloodless Princes by Charlotte Bond
- Jen Lucas reviews The Ghost Theatre by Mat Osman
- Rob Bedford reviews Where the Dead Brides Gather by Nuzo Onoh.
- Marlene Harris reviews Candle and Crow by Kevin Hearne
- Jenny Hamilton reviews Best Hex Ever by Nadia El-Fassi
- Runalong the Shelves reviews Magic by Sarah Pinborough
- Tobias Carroll reviews The Naming Song by Jedediah Berry.
- Clara Cohen reviews He Who Drowned the World by Shelley Parker-Chan
- Leah Ning reviews Someone You Can Build a Nest In by John Wiswell.
- Doreen Sheridan reviews Jekyll & Hyde: Consulting Detectives by Tim Major
- Aunt Agatha's reviews A New Lease on Death by Olivia Blacke.
- Alexis Ong reviews Napalm in the Heart by Pol Guasch
- Chris Power reviews The Empusium by Olga Tokarczuk
- Tobias Carroll reviews The Repeat Room by Jesse Ball.
- Ian Mond reviews Ultra 85 by Logic a.k.a. Sir Robert Bryson Hall II
- Paperback Warrior reviews Sour Candy by Kealan Patrick Burke
- Runalong the Shelves reviews The Shetland Witch: Or, Atropos Wants Her Shears Back by Kate Macdonald
- Fiona Denton reviews The Bog Wife by Kay Chronister
- Alex Puncekar reviews The Nightmarchers by J. Lincoln Fenn
- Doreen Sheridan reviews The Hushed by K. R. Blair
- Randy Money reviews Don't Fear the Reaper by Stephen Graham Jones.
- Randy Money reviews The Angel of Indian Lake by Stephen Graham Jones.
- Rob Bedford reviews A Misfortune of Lake Monsters by Nicole M. Wolverton.
- Paperback Warrior reviews Corpsemouth and Other Autobiographies by John Langan.
- Niall Harrison reviews A Jura for Julia by Ken MacLeod
- Alex Preston reviews The Hotel by Daisy Johnson
- Sarah Crown reviews The Hotel by Daisy Johnson
- John Mauro reviews The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy and Horror Volume 5, edited by Paula Guran
- Mark Yon reviews Out There Screaming: An Anthology of New Black Horror by Jordan Peele
- Runalong the Shelves reviews Fight Like A Girl - Volume 2, edited by Roz Clarke and Joanne Hall
Classics reviews:
- Randy Money revisits the 1897 horror novel The Beetle by Richard Marsh.
- Paperback Warrior revisits the 1923 horror novella Ooze by Anthony M. Rud.
- Paperback Warrior revisits the 1955 science fiction horror novel The Body Snatchers by Jack Finney.
- Joachim Boaz revisits the 1967 collection Best Science Fiction Stories of Clifford D. Simak by Clifford D. Simak
- Gideon Marcus revisits the November 1969 issue of The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction.
- Fiona Moore revisits the November 1969 issue of New Worlds.
- Gideon Marcus revisits the November 1969 issue of Analog.
- Randy Money revisits the 1971 horror novel The Other by Thomas Tryon.
- Alan Brown revisits the 1975 anthology The Best of Planet Stories, edited by Leigh Brackett
- Brian Collins revisits the 1976 speculative fiction story “My Boat” by Joanna Russ
- Brian Collins revisits the 1977 science fiction story “Manatee Gal Ain’t You Coming Out Tonight” by Avram Davidson
- Brian Collins reviews the 1978 horror story “Hear Me Now, My Sweet Abbey Rose” by Charles L. Grant
- Sarah McCarry revisits the 1979 fantasy novel The Neverending Story by Michael Ende.
- Randy Money revisits the 1981 occult detective collection Lonely Vigils by Manly Wade Wellman.
- Paperback Warrior revisits the 1986 horror novel Chopping Mall by Brian G. Berry.
- Paperback Warrior revisits the 1988 horror novel Blood Farm by Sam Siciliano.
- Octothorpe revisit the 1989 science fiction novel Grass by Sheri S. Tepper.
- Paperback Warrior revisits the 1990 horror novel Thrill by Patricia Wallace.
- Warner Holme revisits the 1993 historical fantasy novel A Night in the Lonesome October by Roger Zelazny
Con and event reports:
- Mike Glyer reports that Edmonton in Alberta, Canada, is bidding for the 2030 Worldcon.
- Mike Glyer reports about the 2024 Trieste Science+Fiction Festival in Trieste, Italy, which is also the 2024 Italcon.
- James Folta reports that Bob Dylan, singer/songwriter and Nobel Prize winner for Literature, accidentally found himself at the Frankfurt Book Fair in Frankfurt, Germany, and went looking for Crystal Lake Publishing.
- Locus shares a photo of the Brooklyn Books and Booze event in Brooklyn, New York.
- Mitch Speed reports about the H.R. Giger and Mire Lee exhibition at the Schinkel Pavillon in Berlin, Germany.
- Hannah Frishberg reports that showings of The Rocky Horror Picture Show with full audience participation are on the rise in New York City with more than forty happening in October alone.
- Elizabeth McCafferty talks about a haunted house in San Diego, California, that became steadily more extreme over the years until abuse and injuries were common
- Vivian Wang and Muyi Xiao report that authorities in Shanghai, China are increasingly cracking down on Halloween celebrations in the city.
- Tobias Carroll reports that literary publishers are increasingly embracing the type of midnight release party once pioneered by highly anticipated YA and SFF books.
Crowdfunding:
Science and technology:
Gaming:
- Omar Gallaga reviews the Rocky Horror Picture Show Video Game.
- Justin Carter calls Dragon Age: The Veilguard solid, familiar and well overdue
- Garrett Martin interviews John Epler, creative director of Dragon Age: The Veilguard
- BBC Witness History interviews Luke Gygax, son of Gary Gygax, co-creator of Dungeons & Dragons.
- Stewart A. Shearer shares a Little D&D adventure called "Night of the Dragon-Sitters"
- Tim Clare talks about the benefit of games or whether it even matters if games have any benefit at all.
Toys and collectibles:
- For Eternia reviews the Mattel Masters of the Universe Cartoon Collection She-Ra, Mantenna and Ram-Man.
- Gordon Jackson shares a look at an upcoming wave of Hasbro Marvel Legends action figures that ties in to Captain America: New World Order.
- Cat Eldridge shares a photo of their collection of Baby Groot figures.
- Adam McComb takes a look at the 1986 Mattel Masters of the Universe Stilt Stalkers accessory set.
- Watch "The Collector", a stop motion animated film featuring the Mattel Masters of the Universe Cartoon Collection action figures.
- Cora Buhlert shares a Masters-of-the-Universe-Piece Theatre Halloween Special toy photo story called “The Tomb of Sibor”
Free online fiction:
- "Sully the God" by Philip Gelatt and J.T. Petty in Lightspeed.
- "Things Lost Forever" by Auston Habershaw in Beneath Ceaseless Skies.
- "Where They Sleep" by Heather Clitheroe in Beneath Ceaseless Skies.
- "Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackened Husk of a Planet" by Adeline Wong in Strange Horizons.
- "All the Rainbows We Shed" by Jennifer Lesh Fleck in Trollbreath.
- "Tell Me The Count" by Jonathan Olfert in Swords and Sorcery Magazine.
- "Just a Little Chat" by Steven French in Wyldblood.
- "The Empty Ones" by Vivian Shaw in The Deadlands.
- "After Stasis" by R.T. Ester in Interzone Digital.
- “Patrons” by Cassidy McFadzean in Future Tense Fiction.
- "Die Ravanche" by Leanna Renee Hieber by The Sunday Morning Transport.
- "NotRob" by Isabel Cañas in Nightmare Magazine.
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