Speculative Fiction Links of the Week for March 28, 2025

 

It's time for the latest weekly round-up of interesting links about speculative fiction from around the web, this week with Star Wars in general, Star Trek in general, Daredevil: Born Again and the Marvel Cinematic and TV Universe in general, Masters of the Universe in general, season 3 of The Wheel of Time, season 2 of Severance, season 3 of Yellowjackets, Mickey-17, The Electric State, Death of a Unicorn, Doctor Who past, present and future, the live action Snow White, Studio Ghibli versus AI, tributes to L.J. Smith and much more.

Speculative fiction in general:

• Arthur Liu and Feng Zhang share the Chinese Science Fiction Database 2024 recommended reading list  
• Nicholas Binge argues that science fiction and horror are two sides of the same coin. 
• Brian Collins discusses how horror went from a short fiction to a novel genre.
  
• Rebecca Joines Schinsky talks about the current state of romantasy.
  
• James Davis Nicoll shares five SFF stories about underground resistance movements  
• Ratika Deshpande shares five SFF stories about translation and the power of languages
  
• James Davis Nicoll lists five fictional investigators with special abilities.
• Lorna Wallace lists five stories exploring the pitfalls of time travel  
• Johanna Van Veen explains why bogs are a great setting for gothic fiction.
• Kelly Jensen lists the most popular literary genre in every US state.
  
• Clara Cohen shares her appreciation for the Tufa novels by Alex Bledsoe 
  
• Brian Tucker profiles Richard Shaver.
• Michael Capobianco profiles Jerry Pournelle.
  
• Rachel Cordasco takes a look at several stories by Czech SFF writer Josef Nesvadba, which were translated in English in the 1960s.
  
• The Times of Israel reports that the extensive collection of science fiction books owned by Israeli hostage Nadav Popplewell, who was killed by Hamas, will be auctioned off the benefit the families of other Israeli hostages. 
  

 

Tributes to L.J. Smith: 

• YA SFF and horror author L.J. Smith has died aged 66.
• Jeré Longman remembers L.J. Smith.
  

 

Comics and Art:

• Rachel Cooke reviews There’s No Time Like the Present by Paul B. Rainey 
• James Davis Nicoll talks about Superman and the question of race 
  
• John Freeman shares the story of comic creator R.E. Burke who was detained by ICE at the US Canadian border and held in a detention facility for nineteen days.  
• Frank Landymore reports that NASA has deleted two comics about women astronauts from its website in response to the Trump government's war on diversity.
  
• Abby Zimmardi reports that the Alliance Entertainment Holding Corporation has won a bid to acquire the bankrupt comic distributor Diamond.
  

 

Film and TV:  

• Phil Hoard calls Time Travel is Dangerous a likable mockumentary that is Back to the Future meets Bargain Hunt 
• Leslie Felperin calls Sew Torn an alternate reality thriller. 
• Ann Michelle Harris calls the anime Sakamoto Days a likeable action comedy with lots of found family and redeemed villain vibes  
• Jesse Hassenger calls The Woman in the Yard a shadowy and unnerving horror film.
  
• C.T. Phipps shares his thoughts on Companion
• In Search of the Classic Mystery shares their thoughts on Paradise. 
• J.B. Kish shares his thoughts on the French horror film MadS.
• Leah Schnelbach calls Paddington in Peru a delightful celebration of immigrants (and marmalade)  
• Cheryl Eddy lists everything to remember about The Handmaid's Tale before season 6.
  
• Zing Tsjeng interviews Bella Ramsey, best known for playing Ellie in The Last of Us.
• Chris Broughton interviews Renny Harlin, director of the 1999 shark movie Deep Blue Sea, and star Samuel L. Jackson. 
• Germain Lussier interviews Steven LaMorte, director of Screamboat.
  
• Lee Weinstein revisits the 1940 science fiction serial Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe and discusses the sun symbolism found therein.
• Brian Collins revisits the 1970 historical fantasy film Fellini Satyricon, Jason Sacks revisits the 1970 science fiction film Skullduggery, Amber Dubin revisits the 1970 animated children's film Horton Hears a Who and George Pritchard reviews the 1970 surrealist fantasy film Necropolis 
  
• Ryan Britt revisits the 1975 science fiction TV show The Bionic Woman. 
• Kali Wallace revisits the 1979 science fiction horror film Alien. 
• Megan Garside reports that the ambiguous ending of the 1982 science fiction horror film The Thing had finally been decoded 43 years later.
• Judith Tarr revisits the 1985 dinosaur movie Baby: Secret of the Lost Legend
  
• Keith R.A. DeCandido revisits the 1995 Babylon 5 episode “Convictions”
• Hannah Gearan revisits the 2014 science fiction movie Interstellar and notes that it features the most accurate depiction of a black hole according to astronomers.
  
• Keith Roysdon shares a brief history of 1970s disaster movies.  
• Pat Cassels looks back on the heyday of movie-related horror hotlines. 
  
• Mark Fisher shares the coolest, craziest, scariest takes on the Loch Ness monster ever 
• Cheryl Eddy shares her ten favourite horror and science fiction roles by Kevin Bacon.
  
• Vanessa Armstrong shares three things she learned about season 2 of The Last of Us at a press conference with the cast and crew.
  
• Ben Child wonders whether the proposed new adaptation of Robert A. Heinlein's Starship Troopers will completely ditch the satire of Paul Verhoeven's 1997 adaptation. 
• Camestros Felapton discusses the different between rag tag crew and regular crews in science fiction TV series.
  
• Olivia Rutigliano and John Buffalo Mailer pair James Bond actors with Martinis.  
• Andrew Pulver reports that Amazon has hired Harry Potter producer David Heyman and Spider-Man producer Amy Pascal to oversee the James Bond franchise.
• Stuart Heritage reports that in spite of critically acclaimed shows, very few people are watching Apple+ TV.
  
• Todd Spangler reports that Disney shareholders overwhelming rejected a proposal that Disney cease to participate an LGBTQ equality rating program.  
• Lynette Rice reports that Warner Bros is continuing its war on cartoons by tearing down Building 131 on the Warner Bros backlot, where the Looney Tunes cartoons were once made to make room for more HBO shows,
  

 

Comments on Daredevil: Born Again and the Marvel Cinematic and TV Universe in general:

• Leah Schnelbach shares her thoughts on “With Interest” and “Excessive Force”, the latest episodes of Daredevil: Born Again. 
• Jarrod Jones shares his thoughts on  “With Interest” and “Excessive Force”, the latest episodes of Daredevil: Born Again. 
• Justin Carter shares his thoughts on “With Interest” and “Excessive Force”, the latest episodes of Daredevil: Born Again.  
• Gavia Baker-Whitellaw discusses how Daredevil: Born Again tackles the problematic real world legacy of the Punisher.
• Camestros Felapton shares his thoughts on Daredevil: Born Again. 
• Benjamin Lee reports that Patrick Stewart and Ian McKellen will reprise their roles as Professor Xavier and Magneto in Avengers: Doomsday.
  

 

Comments on Masters of the Universe in general:

• Cora Buhlert revisits the 1985 animated movie The Secret of the Sword, which introduced She-Ra: Princess of Power to the world. 
• Jeffrey Harris worries that the upcoming live action Masters of the Universe film will repeat the mistake of the 1987 live action Masters of the Universe film by setting much of the action on Earth rather than Eternia.
  
• Peri Nemiroff interviews Camila Mendes who will play Teela in the upcoming live action Masters of the Universe movie. 
• For Eternia reports that Artie Wilkinson-Hunt has been cast as nine-year-old Prince Adam in the upcoming Masters of the Universe live action film. 
  
• James Eatock explains Shadow Weaver's origin as Light Spinner and where it was first mentioned.
• Allison Troy takes a look at the obscure She-Ra villain Vultak.
  

 

Comments on Star Wars in general: 

• Matt Schimkowitz shares his thoughts about the documentary Halcyon Daze about the defunct  Star Wars Galactic Starcruiser.hotel in Disney World in Orlando, Florida.
• James Whitbrook explains why General Grievous coughs in Revenge of the Sith, but not in the Clone Wars cartoon. 
• Actor Clive Revill who voices Emperor Palpatine in The Empire Strikes Back has died aged 94.
  
• Watch a trailer for season 2 of Andor.
  

 

Comments on season 3 of The Wheel of Time:  

• Sylas K. Barrett shares his thoughts on the latest episode of The Wheel of Time.
  
• Melody McCune shares his thoughts on the latest episode of The Wheel of Time.
• Sylas K. Barrett notes that The Wheel of Time invites us to ask what is the deal with the Aiel  
• Cheryl Eddy interviews Rafe Judkins, showrunner of The Wheel of Time.
  
• Vanessa Armstrong interviews Madeleine Madden who Egwene in The Wheel of Time.
  
• Vanessa Armstrong interviews Shohreh Aghdashloo who plays Elaida do Avriny a’Roihan in The Wheel of Time.  
  

 

Comments on Star Trek in general: 

• Jenna Busch interviews Wil Wheaton, best known for playing Wesley Crusher in Star Trek: The Next Generation.
• Avery Kaplan explains how the race of cat people known as the Kzinti became part of the Star Trek universe.
  

 

 Comments on Mickey-17: 

• Camestros Felapton calls Mickey 17 a fun, weird, camp movie which is also a surprisingly solid science fiction film.
• Josh Pearce and Arley Sorg discuss Mickey 17

 

Comments on The Electric State:

• Joe George notes that even though it's not a Marvel movie, the failure of The Electric State illustrates why the Marvel movies were so successful and what the root of Marvel's current problem is.
  
• Nicole Sperling reports that the failure of The Electric State has elicited little more than a shrug from Netflix, demonstrating how different they are from traditional film studios.

 

Comments on Death of a Unicorn:

• Sabina Graves calls Death of a Unicorn a gloriously gory class commentary.
  
• Jacob Oller calls Death Of A Unicorn a boneheaded yet enjoyable creature feature
• Inspired by Death of a Unicorn, James Geabey recounts how Dungeons & Dragons set the rules for killer unicorns 
• Sabina Graves interviews Alex Scharfman, director of Death of a Unicorn.
  

 

Comments on Doctor Who past, present and future: 

• James Whitbrook rememebers the moment he fell in love with Doctor Who.
• Watch a trailer for the next season of Doctor Who. 
  

 

 Comments on season 3 of Yellowjackets:

• Jen Lennon shares her thoughts on the latest episode of Yellowjackets.
• Melody McCune shares her thoughts on the latest episode of Yellowjackets.
• Natalie Zutter shares her thoughts on the latest episode of Yellowjackets. 

 

Comments on season 2 of Severance: 

• Saloni Gajjar shares her thoughts on the latest episode of Severance.
• Molly Templeton shares her thoughts on the latest episode of Severance. 
• Diana Keng shares her thoughts on the latest episode of Severance.
• Germain Lussier shares his thoughts on the latest episode of Severance. 
• Paul Levinson shares his thoughts on the latest episode of Severance.  
• Arturo Serrano shares his thoughts on season 2 of Severance.
  
• Diana Keng lists three questions left unanswered by season 2 of Severance. 
• Cheryl Eddy and Germain Lussier share twenty questions they have after season 2 of Severance 
  
• Leah Blaine talks about Severance and the overlooked women of STEM 
• Angelina Mazza finds unexpected parallels between Severance and Miraculous Ladybug
  
• Germain Lussier interviews Dan Erickson, showrunner of Severance. 
  
• Ethan Shanfeld reports that Severance has been renewed for season 3.
• Germain Lussier speculates about season 3 of Severance.
  

 

Comments on the live action Snow White:

• Wendy Ide calls Snow White a toe-curlingly terrible live-action remake 
• Kimberly Pierce shares her thoughts on the live action Snow White.
  
• Caroline Siede discusses the warped politics of the live action Snow White  
  
• Adrian Horton explains how the live action Snow White became the year's most cursed movie. 
• Andrew Pulver reports that in spite of the many controversies, the live action Snow White is more successful with Republican than Democrat voters in the US.
  
• Scott Neitlich notes that the fact that there is no toyline to tie in with the live action Snow White movie and no promotion in the Disney Parks suggests that Disney has expected the movie to fail for a long time.
• Sabina Graves also wonders why merchandise related to the live action Snow White is so hard to find.
  

 

Comments on Studio Ghibli versus AI:

• Jacob Oller reports that Studio Ghibli has to deal with having their iconic style copies by generative AI programs. 
• Isaiah Colbert declares that ChatGPT’s Studio Ghibli AI art trend is an insult to life itself  
• Isaiah Colbert interviews Atsushi Okui, vice president of Studio Ghibli. 
  

 

Awards:

• The winner of the 2024 Crawford Award has been announced.
  
• The finalists for the 2024 Ursa Major Awards have been announced.
• The winners of the 2025 Lord Ruthven Assembly Awards have been announced.
• The winner of the 2025 Jim Baen Memorial Short Story Award has been announced. 
  
• The shortlist for the 2025 Dublin Literary Award has been announced.  
• The winner of the 2025 Waterstones Children’s Book Prize has been announced. 
• The nominations for the 2025 Bafta TV Awards have been announced,
  

 

Writing, publishing and promotion: 

• Ron Currie talks about writing through dark times.
  
• The UK Society of Authors shares advice what authors can do, if their books were illegally used by Meta to train their AI large language model. 
• The US Authors Guild also shares advice what authors can do, if their books were illegally used by Meta to train their AI large language model. 
• Richard Osman responds to Meta illegally using millions of pirated books to train their AI large language model.
  
• Victoria Strauss reports that several authors have complaint about the publisher Clear Fork Press.
• Lanre Bakare reports that publishing in the UK is now less accessible for black authors than in 2020.
• Angelique Chrisafis reports that French booksellers and writers are concerned about the publisher and distributor Hachette Livre and its conservative Catholic owner.
• Ella Creamer reports that a US federal judge has blocked a book ban law in Iowa.
  
• Ed Nawotka reports that Canadian booksellers have joined forces to ask Prime Minister Mark Carney exempt books from the 25% counter-tariffs scheduled to take effect on April 2 on goods imported from the U.S.
• Silvia Moreno-Garcia explains how the trade war between the US and Canada could impact the book business.
  
• The Guardian reports that the US has closed Canadian access to a library straddling the border between Vermont and Quebec and requires Canadian patrons to go through a border crossing supposedly to combat drug trafficking. 
  
• Philip Oltermann reports that French-Algerian author Boualem Sansal has been sentenced to five years in prison in Algeria.

 

Interviews:

• Mobeen Azhar interviews Nnedi Okorafor.
• Beyond Solitaire interviews Ada Palmer.
  
• Brandon O'Brien interviews David C. Kopaska-Merkel 
• Fiona Denton interviews Maithree Wijesekara

 

Reviews:

• Mark Yon reviews Future's Edge by Gareth K. Powell.
• Lesa Holstine reviews When the Moon Hits Your Eye by John Scalzi
  
• Marlene Harris reviews When the Moon Hits Your Eye by John Scalzi
• James Davis Nicoll reviews The Flowers of Vashnoi by Lois McMaster Bujold
  
• Runalong the Shelves reviews Clockwork Boys by T Kingfisher
• Julia Kitvaria Sarene reviews By A Silver Thread by Rachel Aaron 
• Jenny Hamilton reviews Rose/House by Arkady Martine.
  
• Haley Zapal reviews Sunrise on the Reaping by Suzanne Collins.
  
• Roseanna Pendlebury reviews The Tomb of Dragons by Katherine Addison 
  
• Colleen Mondor reviews Once Was Willem by M.R. Carey
• Marlene Harris reviews The Knight and the Butcherbird by Alix E. Harrow  
• Julia Kitvaria Sarene reviews Echoes of the Imperium by Nicholas and Olivia Atwater 
  
• James Davis Nicoll reviews A Palace Near The Wind by Ai Jiang 
• Esmay Rosalyne reviews The Sorceress in Exile by D.H. Hoskins
• Marion Deeds reviews The Salt-Black Tree by Lilith Saintcrow 
  
• SFF Book Reviews reviews The River Has Roots by Amal El-Mohtar. 
• Liz Bourke reviews The Serpent Called Mercy by Roanne Lau
  
• Kat Hooper reviews Valdemar by Mercedes Lackey 
• Gary K. Wolfe reviews When We Were Real by Daryl Gregory
  
• Marlene Harris reviews Twice as Dead by Harry Turtledove 
• Alex Brown reviews But Not Too Bold by Hache Pueyo. 
  
• Ian Mond reviews The Crimson Road by A.G. Slatter
  
• Fiona Sturges reviews The Voyage Home by Pat Barker 
• Mahvesh Murad reviews The Unworthy by Agustina Bazterrica
  
• John Mauro reviews The Unworthy by Agustina Bazterrica
• James Davis Nicoll reviews One Message Remains by Premee Mohamed 
• Warner Holme reviews The Corset and the Jellyfish by Nick Bantock 
• Arley Sorg reviews Amplitudes: Stories of Queer and Trans Futurity, edited by Lee Mandelo
    
  

Classics reviews:

• Sam Reader revisits the 1922 horror story “Seaton’s Aunt” by Walter de la Mare
  
• B.D. McClay revisits the 1933 Northwest Smith sword and planet adventure "Shambleau" by C.L. Moore.
• Joachim Boaz revisits the 1934 science fiction story “Famine on Mars” by Frank K. Kelly.
• Brian Collins revisits the 1957 science fiction story “Prime Difference” by Alan E. Nourse
  
• James Davis Nicoll revisits the 1965 nuclear war novel Commander‑1 by Peter George 
• Sandy Ferber revisits the 1968 space opera novel World of the Starwolves by Edmond Hamilton
  
• Fiona Moore revisits the April 1970 issue of New Worlds. 
• Alex Brown revisits the 2014 fantasy collection Stories of the Raksura by Martha Wells.
   
  

 Crowdfunding:

• Comic writer Mike W. Barr needs help with medical expenses.

 

Con and event reports:

• Frank Catalano weighs in on potential risks facing international attendants of the 2025 Worldcon in Seattle, Washington, at the US border.
  
• MSSV reports about the 2025 Knutepunkt Nordic LARP convention in Oslo, Norway.
• Dale Mazzola reports that the Marcon SFF convention in Columbus, Ohio, is ending. 
• The Wild West Steampunk Convention in Tuscon, Arizona, had to be shut down after several attendants reported health issues.
  
• Robert Lang reports about an exhibition of Syd Mead's science fictional artwork in New York City. 
• Evan Jacoby reports that the Altadena Library in Altadena, California, has reopend after the devastating wildfires with a reading from LeVar Burton, best known for his roles in Star Trek: The Next Generation, Reading Rainbow and Roots. 
• John Scalzi shares a photo from an author event he did with Mary Robinette Kowal in Columbus, Ohio.
  
• Sabina Graves looks back at the Snow White’s Scary Adventures ride at Disneyland in Anaheim, California, which used to be remarkably terrifying for a Snow White ride.
  

 

Science and technology:

• Mike Wall reports that a pod of dolphins welcome the SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule upon its return from the International Space Station.
• Richard Luscombe reports that NASA has dropped plans to land the first woman and the first person of colour on the Moon in response to the Trump governments anti-diversity initiatives.
  
• Ryan Johnston shares the morning routine of NASA astronaut Sunita Williams during her unexpected nine months stay aboard the International Space Station. 
• Jennifer Ross-Nazzal talks about the fallout of astronaut John W, Young smuggling a sandwich aboard the Gemini III capsule in 1966.
• Lonnie Shekhtman reports that NASA’s Curiosity rover has detected the largest organic molecules found on Mars
  
• Sarah Kuta reports that recent research suggests that ancient Greek and Roman sculptures were perfumed with sweet-smelling fragrances such as rose and beeswax

 

Gaming: 

• MSSV reports about the science fiction LARP Odysseus.
• James Davis Nicoll revisits the 1982 tabletop roleplaying game Privateers and Gentlemen 
• Luke Kemp reviews the video game Atomfall. 
• Joe DelFranco reviews the video game Hollow Knight Voidheart Edition by Team Cherry  
  

 

Toys and collectibles:

• Germain Lussier shares a look at some Hasbro Black Series Star Wars Celebration exclusive figures.  
  
• James Whitbrook shares a look at the Bilbo's 111th birthday Lord of the Rings themed Lego set.
• Abe Apfel shares photos of the Wall from Game of Thrones recreated in Lego by Anuradha Pehrson

 

Free online fiction: 

• "Red, Scuttle When the Ships Come Down" by Wen-yi Lee in Uncanny Magazine  
• "Instructions for Good Boys on the Interplanetary Expedition" by Rachael K. Jones in Lightspeed.  
• "The Lexicon of Lethe" by Sunwoo Jeong in Lightspeed. 
  
• "Funerary Habits of Low Entropy Entities" by Damián Neri in Clarkesworld. 
• "The Sound of the Star" by Ren Zeyu, translated by Jay Zhang in Clarkesworld. 
• "The Scythe and Other Simple Mechanisms by T.E.Z. Moore in The Deadlands. 
• "Machine Hearts" by Jeff Dingler in Strange Horizons.
  
• "The Quiet Sisters" by Matthew Castleman in Swords and Sorcery Magazine.
  
• "Familiar Things" by Gio Clairval in The Dark.
• "Waiting to Happen" by Leah Cypess in The Sunday Morning Transport.
• "Touch This Cancer, It Probably Won’t Bite" by Josh Pearce in Nightmare Magazine.
  

Trailers and videos:

• Watch a trailer for Final Destination: Bloodlines.
  
• Watch a trailer for Steamboat.
• Watch a trailer for The Ritual.
  

Speculative Fiction Links of the Week for March 21, 2025

 

It's time for the latest weekly round-up of interesting links about speculative fiction from around the web, this week with Star Wars in general, Star Trek in general, Daredevil: Born Again and the Marvel Cinematic and TV Universe in general, Masters of the Universe in general, season 3 of The Wheel of Time, season 2 of Severance, season 3 of Yellowjackets, Mickey-17, The Electric State, The Day the Earth Blew Up, The Parenting, Ash, O'Dessa, the live action Snow White and much more.

Speculative fiction in general:

• Tobias Carroll shares indie and small press SFF books coming out in March and April 2025. 
• Alex Brown shares must read short speculative fiction for February 2025
  
• Michael Nayak talks about the thin line between science fiction and science fact. 
• James Davis Nicoll shares five SFF stories about institutions and organisations that work. 
• Ratika Deshpande shares five SFF stories about embracing new beginnings
  
• Ayida Shonibar shares five speculative anthologies that get creative with gender
• Olivia Waits talks about science fiction, locked room mysteries and the joy of literary games
  
• Andrew Ludington explains why genre matters - but not all the time. 
• Brandon O'Brien explains why people should read speculative poetry and where to find it.
  
• Brandon O'Brien talks about speculative poetry and the body.
  
• Allegra Rosenberg delves into the statistics of the fics posted on AO3, which suggest that a new generation is discovering the Archive of Our Own. 
• Rachel Ayers takes a look at the many retellings of "The Red Shoes" by Hans Christian Andersen. 
• Steve Carper profiles Gnome Press, one of the first SFF specialty publishers.
  
• Lisa Morton and Tom Joyce talk about horror writer Dennis Etchison. 
  
• Christopher Lockett remembers Sir Terry Pratchett for the tenth anniversary of his death.
• Editor Margaret Clark, who worked on the Star Trek novels among many others, has died aged 70.
  
• SFF writer and archaeologist T. Jackson King has died aged 76.
  

 

Comics and Art:

• Alasdair Stuart reviews issue 1 of Dark Pyramid by Paul Tobin and S.J. Holden. 
• Victoria Cheng reviews Sound of Magic: Annarasumanara by Ha Il-Kwon
  
• Nnamdi Ezekwe reports that award-winning comic artist Dustin Nguyen has slammed Marvel for its low page rates. 
• Daniel Dern discusses the various comic crossovers between the Shadow and Batman as well as other comic heroes.
  
• James Bacon recounts the history of Greann, the first Irish comic book, which debuted in 1934. 
• Olivia Rutigliano revisits a 1993 Far Side comic strip by Gary Larson which plays with mystery conventions.  
• Tom Gauld shares a cartoon about the raven from Edgar Allan Poe's eponymous poem. 
• Alex Williams remembers the late science fiction artist Chris Moore.
  

 

Film and TV: 

• Arturo Serrano calls Paradise a not entirely unoriginal post-apocalyptic thriller.
• Isaiah Colbert calls Orb: On the Movements of the Earth the quintessential thinking person's anime. 
• Isaiah Colbert calls Witch Watch a cozy romance anime. 
• Cath Clarke calls Flow a beautiful and painterly animal adventure 
• Catherine Bray calls Bloody Axe Wound a gorily absurd horror film about a family of serial killers.
  
• Stuart Heritage calls Sylvanian Families: The Movie the anti-Barbie and that's okay.  
• Paul Levinson shares his thoughts on season 3 of the time travel series The Way Home. 
• Melody McCune shares her thoughts on the season 5 finale of Harley Quinn.
  
• N. shares their favourite SFF TV episodes of 2024 at File 770. 
  
• The AV Club shares the twelve strangest filmic Sherlock Holmes reimaginings. 
• The Pulp Net takes a look at the history of The Shadow in the movies.
  
• Charles Bramesco interviews horror director David Cronenberg and film composer Howard Shore 
• Jordan Moreau interviews Robert Kirkman, director of Invincible.
  
• William Earl interviews Mark Anthony Green, director of Opus. 
• Alastair Shuttleworth interviews science fictional band clipping. 
• Jessica Holmes revisits the 1970  Doctor Who serial "Doctor Who And The Silurians"
• Kali Wallace revisits the 1984 science fiction film Repo Man. 
• Germain Lussier revisits the 1985 martial arts fantasy The Last Dragon
• Keith R.A. De Candido revisits the 1995  Babylon 5 episode “Matters of Honor”
• Cheryl Eddy revisits the 1995 The X-Files episode "Humbug".
  
• Don Kaye revisits the 1995 pandemic thriller Outbreak.
• Leah Thomas revisits the 1997 anime Perfect Blue.
  
• Jesse Hassenger revisits the 2000 horror film Final Destination.
  
• Caroline Siede revisits the 2005 science fiction film Aeon Flux. 
• Cheryl Eddy revisits season 1 of The Handmaid's Tale, which aired in 2017, and finds it more timely than ever.
  
• Donna Ferguson reports that Carlo Rambaldi's original body model for ET - The Extraterrestrial is going up for auction.
  
• Danielle Kaye reports that filmmaker Carl Erik Rinsch has been charged fro defrauding Netflix for a science fiction series that was never made.
  
• Canadian actress Jasmine Mooney shares her harrowing experiences being detained by ICE at the US border.
• Catherine Shoard reports that Betsy Arakawa, the late wife of the late Gene Hackman, made several phone calls to a medical clinic the day after she supposedly died.
  

 

Comments on Daredevil: Born Again and the Marvel Cinematic and TV Universe in general:

• Leah Schnelbach shares her thoughts on “Sic Semper Systema”, the latest episode of Daredevil: Born Again. 
• Jarrod Jones shares his thoughts on  “Sic Semper Systema” the latest episode of Daredevil: Born Again. 
• Justin Carter shares his thoughts on “Sic Semper Systema”, the latest episode of Daredevil: Born Again.  
• Nick Romano interviews Jon Bernthal who plays Fank Castle a.k.a. The Punisher in the Marvel Cinematic and TV Universe.
• Joshua M. Patton notes that based on criticisms for recent Marvel movies like Captain America: Brave New World, many fans of the Marvel Cinematic Universe seem to have forgotten that the first purpose of superhero movies is to be fun.
  
• Ben Child wonders what the casting of Sadie Sink for the next Spider-Man movie means for the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

 

Comments on Masters of the Universe in general:

• James Eatock shares fifty things about Hordak.
  
• James Eatock explains how the Filmation He-Man and the Masters of the Universe cartoon depicted He-Man running extremely fast.

 

Comments on Star Wars in general: 

• Joshua M. Patton calls Andor a brilliant Star Wars show, but points out that Star Wars has been political from the very start.
• James Whitbook takes a look at what we know about the early days of Star Wars‘ New Republic

 

Comments on season 3 of The Wheel of Time:  

• Sylas K. Barrett shares his thoughts on the latest episode of The Wheel of Time.
  
• Vanessa Armstrong interviews Ceara Coveney and Ayoola Smart, who play Elayne and Aviedha, and Marcus Rutherford, who plays Perrin, and Dónal Finn, who plays Mat in The Wheel of Time.
• Melody McCune interviews Kate Fleetwood who plays Liandrin Guirale in The Wheel of Time. 
• Melody McCune interviews Shohreh Aghdashloo, who plays Elaida do Avriny a’Roihan in The Wheel of Time.
  

 

Comments on Star Trek in general: 

• James Whitbrook revisits the 1995 Star Trek Voyager episode "Prime Factors" 
  
• Dan Persons revisits the 1998 Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode “In the Pale Moonlight” 
• Avery Kaplan shares her appreciation for the character of Lwaxana Troi from Star Trek: The Next Generation and Deep Space Nine.
  
• Deana Carpenter shares the reactions of Star Trek: The Next Generation stars Jonathan Frakes and Denise Crosby to Galaxy Quest.

 

 Comments on Mickey-17: 

• Arturo Serrano calls  Mickey 17 a film about the human being in the age of its mechanical reproducibility
• Lorinda Donovan shares a spoilerish review of Mickey-17. 
• Inspired by Mickey-17, Alan Boyle wonders how humans can reinvent themselves to live on other worlds.
• Cheryl Eddy declares that people should probably read Edward Ashton's novel Mickey-17, on which the movie was based, instead.
  

 

Comments on The Electric State:

• Anna McKibbin calls The Electric State an awful science fiction film with no interesting ideas. 
• Manuel Betancourt calls The Electric State a banal betrayal of its haunting source material
• Arturo Serrano declares that it's almost admirable how completely The Electric State wastes a great concept 
• Inspired by The Electric State, Jesse Hassenger wonders why the most expensive Netflix films are also inveitably the worst.
  
• Aaron Couch interviews Joe and Anthony Russel, directors of several Marvel movies and The Electric State.

 

Comments on Ash:

• Jacob Oller calls Ash a gory, trippy collage of science fiction influences 
• Jesse Hassenger declares that Ash offers cosmic but limited terror
  

 

Comments on The Day the Earth Blew Up: 

• Sabina Graves declares that the Looney Tunes rise up to save the world and animation in The Day the Earth Blew Up 
• James Whitbrook reports that Warner Bros has pulled all of its classic Looney Tunes cartoons from the streaming service Max, while The Day the Earth Blew Up is in theatres.  
• Garrett Martin explains how to watch the classic Looney Tunes cartoons now that Warner Bros have pulled them from streaming.
  
• Andreas Wiseman reports that Warner Bros is negotiating the sale of the unreleased Coyote vs. Acme movie to the same company that released The Day the Earth Blew Up.
  

 

Comments on The Parenting: 

• Arturo Serrano calls The Parenting  a movie about being terrified of your own parents. 
  
• Benjamin Lee calls The Parenting a so-so comedy and a lousy horror film.
• Jim Vorel calls The Parenting a weak horror comedy 
  

 

Comments on O'Dessa: 

• Jacob Oller declares that the audacious science fiction musical O’Dessa proves that audacity isn’t everything 
• Matthew Jackson declares that O'Dessa dazzles, then fails to deliver

 

 Comments on season 3 of Yellowjackets:

• Jen Lennon shares her thoughts on the latest episode of Yellowjackets.
• Melody McCune shares her thoughts on the latest episode of Yellowjackets.
• Sarah Tolf shares her thoughts on the latest episode of Yellowjackets. 

 

Comments on season 2 of Severance: 

• Saloni Gajjar shares her thoughts on the latest episode of Severance.
• Molly Templeton shares her thoughts on the latest episode of Severance. 
• Diana Keng shares her thoughts on the latest episode of Severance.
• Cheryl Eddy shares her thoughts on the latest episode of Severance.
  
• Germain Lussier shares his thoughts on the latest episode of Severance. 
• Paul Levinson shares his thoughts on the latest episode of Severance.  
• Cheryl Eddy lists all the questions she still has ahead of the season 2 finale of Severance. 
• Tenacity Plys discussion how Severance illuminates the opportunism of corporate diversity initiatives. 
• Josh Wigler interviews John Turturro who plays Irving in Severance. 
• Cheryl Eddy shares eight TV shows to watch after season 2 of Severance ends.
  

 

Comments on the live action Snow White:

• Peter Bradshaw calls the live action Snow White an exhaustingly awful reboot 
• Jacob Oller declares that the live action Snow White looks one hundred times worth than the animated origional from 1938. 
• Owen Gleiberman calls Snow White one of the better live action Disney remakes
  
• Sabina Graves calls the live action Snow White not perfect, but enchanting enough
  
• Jesse Hassenger calls the live action Snow White fair enough.
  
• Jodee Brown reports that Rachel Zegler has responded to those who criticise her casting as Snow White. 
  
• Annabel Rackham and Steven McIntosh report about the rather low-key European premiere of the live action Snow White in Segrovia, Spain, in response to multiple controversies besetting the film.
• Jeremy Dick reports that actor Martin Klebba, who voices the dwarf Grumpy in the live action Snow White, has criticised the low-key premiere of the film. 
• Manuel Betancourt takes a look at the actresses who played the evil queen in several Snow White adaptations and stole the show.
  

 

 Awards:

• The shortlist for the 2024 BSFA Awards has been announced.
  
• The finalists for the 2025 Kurd Laßwitz Preis have been announced. 
• The finalists for the 2025 Imadjinn Awards have been announced. 
• The finalists for the 2025 Climate Fiction Prize have been announced.
  
• The finalists for the 2025 Jim Baen Memorial Short Story Award have been announced.
• The winners of the 2025 Children's and Family Emmy Awards have been announced.
  
• The finalist for the 2025 World Video Game Hall of Fame have been announced.
• The winners of the 2025 Game Developers Choice Awards have been announced.
• Cora Buhlert shares an open letter to the 2025 Hugo finalists, whoever they may be.
  

 

Writing, publishing and promotion: 

• Nicci French talks about writing a character who is experiencing a psychotic breakdown. 
• Alex Reisner reports about the unbelievable scale of books pirated to train AI large language models.
  
• Seph Rodney declares that creating art in the age of Donald Trump will become harder, but remains vital.
• Lynne M. Thomas announces that she is stepping down as co-publisher and co-editor-in-chief of Uncanny Magazine and that Michael Damian Thomas will continue to fulfil both roles solo. 
• Lucy Knight reports that the crowdfunding publisher Unbound Books has gone bankrupt and hasn't been paying authors for months, but has now been acquired by the Boundless Publishing Group.
  

 

Interviews:

• Therese Lascon interviews George R.R. Martin.
• Adi Tantimedh interviews Ken Liu. 
• Locus interviews Hache Pueyo.
  
• Scott Edelman interviews David Simmons.
• Ellen Peirson-Hagger interviews Róisín Lanigan  
• Simon Hattenstone interviews Richard Blair, son of Eric Arthur Blair a.k.a. George Orwell.

 

Reviews:

• Rai Furniss-Greasley reviews Future’s Edge by Gareth L. Powell
  
• Marlene Harris reviews Chaos by Constance Fay  
• Jenny Hamilton reviews Murder by Memory by Olivia Waite
  
• Bill Capossere reviews Murder by Memory by Olivia Waite
  
• Marlene Harris reviews Murder by Memory by Olivia Waite
• Philip Womack reviews Sunrise on the Reaping by Suzanne Collins  
• Phoebe Wagner reviews Hammajang Luck by Makana Yamamoto
• Alexandra Pierce reviews Transmentation | Transience by Darkly Lem 
  
• Mark Yon reviews Rose/House by Arkady Martine.
  
• Runalong the Shelves reviews Rose/House by Arkady Martine.
• Marion Deeds reviews Spring’s Arcana by Lilith Saintcrow
  
• Paul Weimer reviews The Witch Roads by Kate Elliott.
  
• Marlene Harris reviews The Tomb of Dragons by Katherine Addison 
• Chris Kluwe reviews The Raven Scholar by Antonia Hodgson
• Runalong the Shelves reviews Once Was Willem by M.R. Carey 
• Fiona Denton reviews Witch Queen of Redwinter by Ed McDonald 
• Liz Bourke reviews Grave Empire by Richard Swan  
• Alexandra Pierce reviews The Dagger in Vichy by Alastair Reynolds
• Julia Kitvaria Sarene reviews The Oathsworn Legacy by K.R. Gangi  
• Alex Brown reviews These Vengeful Wishes by Vanessa Montalban
  
• Ian Mond reviews Waterblack by Alex Pheby  
• Runalong the Shelves reviews The Gaia Chime by Johnny Worthen
  
• James Davis Nicoll reviews Don’t Sleep With the Dead by Nghi Vo 
• Rob Bedford reviews The Buffalo Hunter Hunter by Stephen Graham Jones.
  
• Z.B. Steele reviews Bloodchild by Anna Stephens
• Rhiannon Lucy Coslett reviews I Want to Go Home But I’m Already There by Róisín Lanigan
  
• John Mauro reviews House of Muir by Luke Tarzian
• Gary K. Wolfe reviews The Dream Hotel by Laila Lalami
• Alex Brown reviews The Haunting of Room 904 by Erika T. Wurth.
  
• John Mauro reviews  The M Word by Jeff McIntyre
• Jake Casella Brookins reviews Death and Other Speculative Fictions by Caroline Hagood
  
• Paul di Filippo reviews Combat Monsters: Untold Tales of World War II, edited by Henry Herz
   
  

 Classics reviews:

• Ruthanna Emrys and Anne M. Pillsworth revisit the 1926 horror story “The Night Wire” by H.F. Arnold.
• Brian Collins revisits the 1955 science fiction story “The Princess and the Physicist” by Evelyn E. Smith 
• Brian Collins revisits the 1956 time travel story  “A Gun for Dinosaur” by L. Sprague de Camp
  
• Kris Vyas-Myall revisits the 1961 science fiction novel A Fall of Moondust by Arthur C. Clarke
  
• James Wallace Harris revisits the 1967 dystopian novel Camp Concentration by Thomas M. Disch
• Sandy Ferber revisits the 1968 Starwolf space opera novel The Closed Worlds by Edmond Hamilton
• Gideon Marcus revisits the 1970 science fiction novels To Venus!  To Venus! by David Grinnell and The Jester at Scar by E. C. Tubb, Amber Dubin revisits the 1970 science fiction novel Hell's Gate by Dean Koontz and Brian Collins revisits the 1970 science fiction novel Out of Their Minds by Clifford D. Simak.
• Gideon Marcus revisits the April 1970 issue of The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction.
  
• Kris Vyas-Myall revisits the April 1970 issue of Visions of Tomorrow. 
• Alan Brown revisits the 1971 near future science fiction novel Missing Man by Katherine MacLean
• James Davis Nicoll revisits the 1976 alternate history novel  King and Joker by Peter Dickinson 
• Alissa Burger revisits the 1994 YA horror novel The Dare and the 1995 YA horror novel Final Grade by R.L. Stine,
  
• James Davis Nicoll revisits the 2009 post-apocalyptic novel The Windup Girl by Paolo Bacigalupi.
  
  

 Crowdfunding:

• The Beyithirr Mythic Legions dragon action figure from Four Horseman Studios is looking for funding.

 

Con and event reports:

• Kathy Bond, chair of the 2025 Worldcon in Seattle, Washington, shares a statement regarding international members worried about travelling to the US in the current political climate.
  
• Dave Lally shares an overview of Irish cons in 2025. 
• Mike Glyer shares the program for the 2025 2025 LA Vintage Paperback Collectors Show & Sale in Glendale, California.
  
• Ella Creamer reports about the 2025 London Book Fair in London, UK.
• Germain Lussier lists some panels he is excited about at the 2025 Star Wars Celebration in Chiba, Japan.
  
• Ellen Datlow shares photos of the latest Fantastic Fiction reading at the KGB Bar in New York City, featuring Victoria Dalpe and Jedediah Berry
  
• Pam Kragen reports about a Doctor Who exhibition at the Comic Con Museum in San Diego, California. 
• Con runner and disability advocate Guy Thomas has died aged 67.
  

 

Science and technology:

• Ian Sample reports that ESA's Hera spaceprobe has captured some images of the Mars moon Deimos on route to the asteroid Dimorphos
• Lydia Amazouz reports that Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost Moon lander has captured an image of a diamond ring eclipse.
  
• Joe Hernandez reports that a new crew has arrived at the International Space Station to replace the astronauts stranded in space for nine months,
  
• Helen Sullivan explains how astronauts feel, when they return to Earth. 
• Eric Berger reports that the Trump government may slash NASA's budget by fifty percent. 
• Hannah Devlin reports that according to recent findings, the mysterious cosmic force dark energy appears to be weakening.
  
• Donna Ferguson reports that the notebooks of Victorian scientist Michael Faraday have been discovered. 
• Adam Kucharski wonders whether we worry too much about misinformation.  
• Kevin Canfield and Joshua Hammer discuss the race to decipher Assyrian writing in the nineteenth century.
  

 

Gaming: 

• Justin Carter wonders whether Assassin's Creed is ready for its next era. 
• James Whitbrook shares a look at the Tarkir: Dragonstorm expansion of Magic: The Gathering.
• Ayesha Rascoe interviews video game designer A.M. Darke
  

 

Toys and collectibles:

• Toy Habits reviews the Mattel Masters of the Universe Origins He-Ro action figure,
• Pixel Dan reviews the Mattel Masters of the Universe Origins He-Ro action figure,
  

 

Free online fiction: 

• "After the Invasion of the Bug-Eyed Aliens" by Rachel Swirsky in Reactor. 
  
• "The Philosophical Quandaries of Meeting Your Doppelganger In Moonshine City" by Angela Liu in The Dark.
• "Message in a Babel" by Adam-Troy Castro in Lightspeed.  
• "The Shift" by Nina Kiriki Hoffman in Lightspeed.  
• "Here-and-Now-and-Then" by Jonathan Olfert in Beneath Ceaseless Skies.
• "The Wheat of Good Works" by Matt Hornsby in Beneath Ceaseless Skies.
• "Butterfly Pavilion" by G. Willow Wilson in Uncanny Magazine
• "Little Boat" by Dale Smith in Interzone Digital. 
  
• "Those Uncaring Waves" by Yukimi Ogawa in Clarkesworld.
• "Hook and Line" by Koji A. Dae in Clarkesworld. 
• "Spinning Shadows into Stone" by Sarena Ulibarri in The Sunday Morning Transport.
• "His love’s ashes on his tongue" by Monte Lin in The Deadlands.
• "In the Time of Discord" by Gustavo Bondoni in Swords and Sorcery Magazine.
• "Pezcara" by Ana Hurtado in Nightmare Magazine.
  

Trailers and videos:

• Watch a trailer for the final season of The Handmaid's Tale.
  
• Watch a trailer for Freakier Friday.
• Watch a trailer for The Shrouds. 
• Watch a trailer for The Ugly Stepsister. 
• Watch a trailer for Toxic Avenger.
  
• Watch a trailer for Together. 
• Watch a trailer for Elio.
• Watch a trailer for Sylvanian Families: The Movie
• Watch  “Ma Meilleure Ennemie”, an Arcane themed music video.