Speculative Fiction Links of the Week for November 19, 2021

It's time for the latest weekly round-up of interesting links about speculative fiction from around the web, this week with the best SFF books of 2021, tributes to Petra Mayer, Foundation, Dune, Eternals, Shang-Chi and the Legends of the Ten Rings, Hawkeye and the Marvel Cinematic Universe in general, Star Trek Discovery and  Star Trek in general, Doctor Who, the various DC Comics based TV shows, the live action Cowboy Bebop, Ghostbusters: Afterlife, The Wheel of Time, Yellowjackets, Encanto, the Harry Potter films at twenty and much more.

Speculative fiction in general:

• Lisa Tuttle shares the best recent science fiction, fantasy and horror novels.
  
• James Davis Nicoll shares five messy time travel stories. 
• James Davis Nicoll shares five SFF stories about living to see another day.
  
• Leah Schnelbach shares eight books putting an SFF spin on literary classics. 
• Jeffrey Cranor and Janina Matthewson talks about literature as a found text. 
• Molly Templeton wonders whether to read the book or watch the film/TV adaptation first.
  
• Caroline Wazer talks about experiencing history in the Assassin's Creed videogame series. 
• Meghan Ball recounts that there was a series of Dungeons and Dragons Choose Your Own Adventure fantasy romance novels in 1983. 
• Sara Foster asks why there are so many missing mothers in YA novels with empowered heroines. 
• Deuce Richardson remembers Jack Williamson.
• Michael Curtis shares his appreciation for the works of William Hope Hodgson.
  
• Kelly Jensen shares the best cities for book lovers. 
• Alison Flood reports that a fragment of the lost 12th century epic poem "Siege d'Orange" has been discovered inside the binding of another book.
• Petra Mayer, books and culture editor at NPR, has died aged 46.
• Locus remembers Petra Mayer.
  

Best of 2021:

• Kirkus share their favourite science fiction and fantasy books of 2021.
• Amazon shares its favourite science fiction and fantasy books of 2021. 
• Lavie Tidhar and Silvia Moreno Garcia share their favourite fantasy books of 2021.  

 

Comics and Art:

• Justin Carter reports that a new Iron Fist will take over the mantle from Danny Rand.
  
• Justin Carter reports that Mary Bromfield, sister of Billy Batson, will be taking over the mantel of Shazam.
  
• Mike Glyer reports about the Devil's Reign Marvel crossover event.
  
• James Whitbrook looks ahead at Radiant Black by Kyle Higgins and Marcelo Costa.
• G.W. Thomas revisits the 1974 Brak the Barbarian comic "The Unspeakable Shrine" by John Jakes, Doug Moench and Steve Gan. 
• Bill Ward shares the interior art from the Tales from the Magician's Skull magazine.
  
• Deuce Richardson shares his appreciation for the artwork of Ian Miller. 
• Rob Bricken reports that Dark Horse will be publishing Star Wars comics again.
  
• Michael Kan reports that comic book distributor Diamond has been hit by a ransomware attack. 

 

Film and TV:

• Arturo Serrano declares that the main problem of Finch is that it is scared of scaring its audience.
  
• Stephen Robinson calls Hit Monkey a rip-roaring comedic thrill ride.  
• Paul Levinson shares his thoughts on the latest episode of La Brea.
  
• Paul Levinson shares his thoughts on the latest episode of Invasion. 
• David Smith reports about the documentary Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time.
  
• The Guardian wonders why people lie about having watched TV shows they haven't actually watched. 
• Laura Martin traces how fan theories took over TV.
  
• Olivia Rutigliano discusses the portrayal of fathers in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade.
  
• Eve Taft offers a viewer's guide to the Halloween movie series. 
• Dan Persons shares twelve animated SFF series worth spending time with.
  
• Robert Repino shares six very bizarre made for TV SFF movies. 
• Cheryl Eddy lists the eleven scariest monsters in Christmas movies. 
• Cora Buhlert revisits the 1966 Space Patrol Orion episode "Battle for the Sun". 
• Nuts4R2 revisits the 1977 science fiction sex film Cinderalla 2000.
  
• Dan Persons revisits the 1979 dystopian classic Stalker by Andrei Tarkovsky. 
• Rogues in the House interviews Morgan King and Phil Gelatt, creators of The Spine of Night. 
• Mike Fleming Jr. interviews Ridley Scott, director of Alien, Blade Runner and many others. 
• Cheryl Eddy interviews Tony Todd, star of Candyman. 
• Cheryl Eddy interviews Vanessa Estelle Williams, who has the distinction of appearing in both the original Candyman and the 2021 remake.
  
• Ryan Gilbey interviews Neal Purvis and Robert Wade, screenwriters of every James Bond movie released in the 21st century.  
• Cheryl Eddy interviews B-movie scholar Lars Nilsen.
  
• Justin Kroll reports that Shazad Latif, best known for playing Ash Tyler a.k.a. Voq in Star Trek Discovery, will play Captain Nemo in the new Disney Plus series Nautilus.
  

 

Comments on Foundation: 

• Nick Wanserski shares his thoughts on "The First Crisis", the latest episode of Foundation.
• Paul Levinson shares his thoughts on "The First Crisis".
• Camestros Felapton shares his thoughts on "The First Crisis".
• Cora Buhlert shares her thoughts on "The First Crisis".
• The Stars End podcast share their thoughts on "The First Crisis".
• Justin Carter explains how Foundation brought its different worlds and cultures to life.
  

 

Comments on Dune:

• Bob Mayer declares that Dune and The Expanse are examples of good literary adaptations, Foundation is not.
  
• Talking Pulp revisits David Lynch's 1984 adaptation of Dune.
  

 

Comments on Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, Hawkeye, Eternals and the Marvel Cinematic Universe in general (spoilers): 

• Rob Bricken shares a real-life San Francisco bus driver's thoughts on the bus fight scene in Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings.
  
• Guy Lodge shares great martial arts films to watch after Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings.
  
• Ben Child wonders whether the Marvel Cinematic Universe is an indictment of toxic masculinity. 
• Jennifer Ouellette notes that researchers have pointed out that Thanos couldn't have snapped his fingers while wearing the Infinity Gauntlet. 
  
• Germain Lussier explains how the Hawkeye TV series came to be.
  
• Aaron Couch interviews Ryan and Kaz Firpo, screenwriters of Eternals.
  
• Marah Eakin interviews Jeremy Renner, star of Hawkeye and Mayor of Kingstown. 
• Benjamin Lee reports that Jane Campion has become the latest art house director who feels the burning need to declare their hatred for superhero movies.
  
• Vanessa Armstrong shares all the Marvel news announced on Disney+ Day.
• Watch a trailer for Spider-Man: No Way Home.
• Watch a teaser trailer for Ms. Marvel.
• Watch a trailer for She-Hulk.
• Watch a trailer for Moon Knight.
• Watch a featurette about the making of Hawkeye.
  

 

Comments on Star Trek Discovery and Star Trek in general: 

• Keith R.A. DeCandido shares his thoughts on "Kobayashi Maru", the season 4 premiere of Star Trek Discovery.
• Zack Handlen shares his thoughts on "Kobayashi Maru".
• James Whitbrook shares his thoughts on "Kobayashi Maru".
  
• Galactic Journey revisits the 1966 Star Trek episode "The Corbomite Maneuver".
• Keith R.A. DeCandido revisits the Star Trek Enterprise episode "Broken Bow".
• Dominic Patten reports that Paramount pulled Star Trek Discovery off Netflix internationally, leaving non-American audiences without a legal way to watch the show, only two days before the premiere of season 4.
  

 

Comments on Doctor Who past and present:

• Martin Belam shares his thoughts on "Once Upon a Time", the latest episode of Doctor Who.
• Emmet Asher-Perrin shares their thoughts on "Once Upon a Time". 
• Caroline Siede shares her thoughts on "Once Upon a Time". 
• James Whitbrook shares his thoughts on "Once Upon a Time". 
  
• Huw Fullerton wonders whether the current "Flux" storyline of Doctor Who might be an adaptation of the unproduced 1980s story "Lungbarrow".
  
• Lidia Molina-Whyte shares some speculations about the upcoming second Russell T. Davies era of Doctor Who.
• Actor Clifford Rose, who appeared in the Doctor Who serial "Warrior's Gate" and many others, has died aged 92.
  

Comments on the live action Cowboy Bebop:

• Charles Pulliam-Moore declares that the live action Cowboy Bebop has plenty of style and substance, but the rhythm is way off.
  
• Sam Barsanti calls the live-action Cowboy Bebop a bloodless substitute for the real thing.
• Christina Tucker calls Cowboy Bebop another underwhelming live action anime adaptation.
• Gavia Baker-Whitelaw declares that the live action Cowboy Bebop won't satisfy fans of the original anime.
• Charles Pulliam-Moore interviews John Cho, Daniella Pineda and Mustafa Shakir, stars of the live-action Cowboy Bebop.
  

 

Comments on Ghostbusters: Afterlife: 

• Marah Eakin interviews Paul Rudd, star of Ghostbusters: Afterlife.
• Germain Lussier interviews Jason Reitman and Gil Kenan, director and co-writer of Ghostbusters: Afterlife. 
• Marah Eakin interviews Finn Wolfhard and McKenna Grace, two of the stars of Ghostbusters: Afterlife. 
• Alex McLevy theorises that the original Ghostbusters is deliberately gross and actually quite gruesome, which is precisely why it became a cult classic. 
• Germain Lussier shares fifteen movies to watch after Ghostbuisters: Afterlife.
  

 

Comments on the various DC Comics based movies and TV shows:

• Jarrod Jones shares his thoughts on the latest episode of Legends of Tomorrow.
  
• Scott von Doviak shares his thoughts on the season 8 premiere of The Flash.
  
• Matt Webb Mitovich interviews Grant Gustin who plays Barry Allen in The Flash.
  

 

Comments on The Wheel of Time: 

• Rob Bricken calls The Wheel of Time TV series better, worse and different than the books. 
• Sylas K. Barrett is sure that viewers are going to love The Wheel of Time.
  
• Billy Todd shares an open letter to old and new fans of The Wheel of Time.
• Caroline Perry talks about The Wheel of Time, trailers and hope.
• Marah Eakin interviews Rafe Judkins, showrunner of The Wheel of Time. 
• Rob Bricken interviews Daniel Henney, one of the stars of The Wheel of Time.
  
• Alison Flood points out the less than ideal depiction of women in The Wheel of Time novels.
  

 

Comments on Yellowjackets: 

• Leila Latif calls Yellowjackets an impressively nasty survival drama. 
• Cameron Scheetz interviews the cast of Yellowjackets.
  

 

Comments on Encanto: 

• Peter Bradshaw calls Encanto a bland Disney fairytale. 
• Caroline Siede calls Encanto a visual feast with a family focus.
  

 

The Harry Potter Film Series at Twenty:

• Alex McLevy shares his experiences watching all the Harry Potter movies in rapid succession. 
• Nadia Khomani wonders what happened to the young stars of the Harry Potter movies. 
• Gavia Baker-Whitelaw reports that the Harry Potter stars face criticism for appearing in a Harry Potter twentieth anniversary special in spite of J.K. Rowling's well-documented transphobia.
  

 

Awards: 

• The opening round finalists for the 2021 Goodreads Choice Awards have been announced. 
  
• The winners of the 2021 Subjective Chaos Kind of Awards have been announced. 
• The nominees for the She Reads Best of 2021 Awards have been announced and voting is open.
  
• The winner of the 2021 sf-Lit Award has been announced.
• The shortlist for the 2021 Nyabola Prize in Science and Speculative Fiction in Kiswahili has been announced.
• The longlist for the 2022 Joyce Carol Oates Prize has been announced with some love for genre novels. 
• The winners of the 2021 National Book Awards have been announced.
  
• Adri Joy and Joe Sherry discuss the Hugo finalists for Best Videogame. 
• Future SFWA Grand Master Mercedes Lackey has clarified her stance on writing trans characters.
  

 

Writing, publishing and promotion:

• Lincoln Michel talks about fairytales, fiction and realism. 
• Thomas Perry explains how he learned to live with errors in his books. 
• Lincoln Michel explains that MFAs don't have nearly as much influence as many people think.
  
• Jaqui Lipton talks about avoiding infringing someone else's copyright. 
• Jack Whateley reports about Goodreads' Neonazi problem. 
• Kristine Kathryn Rusch discusses the US Department of Justice's anti-trust lawsuit against the proposed merger of Penguin Random House and Simon and Schuster.
  
• Hillel Italie reports that bookstore workers are increasingly unionising.
• Cassandra Pollock reports that Texas governor Greg Abbott wants to banish "books with overly sexual content" (i.e. books about LGBTQ issues) from public school libraries in Texas.
• Alison Flood reports that Turkish Nobel laureate Orhan Pamuk has been charged with insulting Turkishness - again.
  

Interviews:

• Scott Edelman interviews Suzanne Palmer.
  
• Adam Rogers interviews Neal Stephenson. 
• Matt Rosoff interviews Neal Stephenson.
  
• Runalong the Shelves interviews Alys Earl. 
• Runalong the Shelves interviews Barry Nugent. 
• Runalong the Shelves interviews Robin Triggs.
  
• Andrea Johnson interviews Erin K. Wagner.
• Andrea Johnson itnerviews Marie Croke.
• Janna Miller interviews A.M. Faller.
• Cheryl Eddy interviews Chloe Gong.
• Publishers Weekly interviews Jeff Smith.
• Francesca Myman interviews Betsy Wollheim.
  

Reviews:

• Mahvesh Murad reviews Noor by Nnedi Okorafor. 
• Paul Weimer reviews Obviously, Aliens by Jennie Goloboy.
  
• Gabino Iglesias reviews Midnight, Water City by Chris McKinney.
  
• Brenton Dickieson reviews The Relentless Moon by Mary Robinette Kowal.
• Ian Mond reviews Far From the Light of Heaven by Tade Thompson.
• Mark Yon reviews Galaxias by Stephen Baxter. 
• Publishers Weekly reviews Comeuppance Served Cold by Marion Deeds.
  
• J.C. Kang reviews These Violent Delights by Chloe Gong.
  
• Blue Book Balloon reviews Under the Whispering Door by T.J. Klune.
• Bobby Derie reviews Ring Shout by P. Djèlí Clark. 
• Marion Deeds reviews The Language of Power by Rosemary Kirstein. 
  
• Marion Deeds and Bill Capossere review The Bone Shard Daughter by Andrea Stewart. 
• Bill Capossere reviews The Bone Shard Emperor by Andrea Stewart.
  
• Tadiana Jones and Jana Nyman review Along the Saltwise Sea by A. Deborah Baker.
  
• Deana Whitney and Paige Vest review Cytonic by Brandon Sanderson.
  
• Natalie Zutter reviews Gilded by Marissa Meyer. 
• Hephzibah Anderson reviews Peaces by Helen Oyeyemi. 
• Laura Miller reviews Termination Shock by Neal Stephenson.
  
• James Davis Nicoll reviews This Is How to Stay Alive by Shingai Njeri Kagunda.
• Runalong the Shelves reviews Even Greater Mistakes by Charlie Jane Anders.
• Natalie Zutter reviews Even Greater Mistakes by Charlie Jane Anders.
• Gary K. Wolfe reviews The Complete Short Fiction of Peter Straub by Peter Straub.
• Blue Book Balloon reviews Terror Tales of the Home Counties, edited by Paul Finch.
  

 
Classics reviews:

• M. Porcius revisits the 1862 historical fantasy novel Salammbo by Gustave Flaubert. 
• The Cryptofictional Records Wing revisits the 1912 lost world adventure The Lost World by Arthur Conan Doyle.
• The Cryptofictional Records Wing revisits the 1918 lost world adventure The Land That Time Forgot by Edgar Rice Burroughs.
• Tobias Carroll revisits the 1920 dystopian novel We by Yevgeny Zamyatin in a new translation by Bela Shayevich.  
• Chris Kluwe revisits the 1920 dystopian novel We by Yevgeny Zamyatin in a new translation by Bela Shayevich. 
  
• James Maliszewski revisits the 1938 horror story "Mother of Toads" by Clark Ashton Smith. 
• Joachim Boaz revisits the 1946 nuclear disaster story "Memorial" by Theodore Sturgeon.
  
• M. Porcius revisits the Fall 1950 issue of Planet Stories. 
• Bobby Derie revisits the 1951 fantasy poem "The Cup-Bearer" by Lilith Lorraine.
  
• Gideon Marcus revisits the December 1966 issue of Galaxy. 
• James Davis Nicoll revisits the 1973 science fiction anthology Orbit 12, edited by Damon Knight.
  
• James McGlothlin revisits the 1973 anthology The Year's Best Horror Stories II, edited by Richard Davis,
  
• James Davis Nicoll revisits the 1977 science fiction satire Passing For Human by Jody Scott.
  
• Emily Tesh revisits the 1981 children's fantasy novel The Time of the Ghost by Diana Wynne Jones. 
• Alissa Burger revisits the 1991 YA horror novel The Invitation by Diane Hoh and the 1992 YA horror novel The Cemetery by D.E. Athkins.
• Bill Ward revisits the 1996 sword and sorcery collection Far Away and Never by Ramsay Campbell.
• Paperback Warrior revisits the 2003 horror novel Come Closer by Sara Gran.
  
• James Davis Nicoll revisits the 2004 historical fantasy novel Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke.
• Kat Hooper revisits the 2011 children's fantasy novel A Tale of Two Castles by Gail Carson Levine.
  

Crowdfunding:

• The supernatural western comic The Few and the Cursed is looking for funding.
  

 

Con and event reports:

• Ehud Maimon reports about the hybrid 2021 ICon, which was held partly in Tel Aviv, Israel, and partly online.
  
• Arley Sorg reports about the virtual 2021 FIYAHCON. 
• L.D. Lewis shares her experiences organising the 2021 FIYAHCON. 
• Arthur Chappell shares a three part report about Novacon in Buxton, Derbyshire.
  
• Chicon 8, the 2022 Worldcon in Chicago, Illinois, shares its second progress report.
  
• The 2021 World Fantasy Convention in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, alerts attendees that an attendee tested positive for covid.
  
• Ellen Datlow shares some photos of the 2021 World Fantasy Convention in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
• Tyler Aquilina reports about actor Adam Driver's first and only visit to San Diego Comic Con in San Diego, California.
  

 

Science and technology:

• Isaac Schultz reports that the Infrared Astronomical Satellite, an early space telescope, may have spotted the missing ninth planet of our solar system (not Pluto) in 1983.
  
• Kristin Fisher and Pete Muntean report that Blue Origin astronaut Glen de Vries has died in a plane crash barely a month after his spaceflight.
• Kaye Dee reports about the Gemini 12 mission in 1966.
  
• Ernie Smith explores the long strange history of people filing patents for flying saucers.   
• Raffi Khatchadourian profiles genetic genealogist CeCe Moore who helps to crack cold cases among other things. 
  
• Maggie Downs reports that everything we thought we knew about the so-called hobo code is wrong.
• Emily Brightwell explains what we owe to the Victorians.
  
• Katherine Addison shares recommendations for non-fiction books.
  

Free online fiction:

• "Ten Scenes from a Typical Day in the Life of the All-Powerful Despot" by Adam-Troy Castro in Lightspeed. 
• "The Turnaround" by Charlie Jane Anders in Lightspeed.
  
• "Godfather Death, In His Own Words" by John Wiswell in Fireside Magazine.
  
• "The Language Birds Speak" by Rebecca Campbell in Clarkesworld. 
• "Between Zero and One There is Infinity" by Shari Paul in Clarkesworld. 
• "Deep in the Gardener's Barrow" by Tobi Ogundiran in Beneath Ceaseless Skies.
• "The Source" by Mattias Carosella in Beneath Ceaseless Skies. 
  
• "The Silent Decades" by Olga Kolesnikova in Luna Station Quarterly.
  
• "The Catcher in the Eye" by Ai Jiang in The Dark. 
• "Flicker" by Daniel Lawlor in Anathema. 
• "Shouty Lads" by Charles E.P. Murphy in Fantasy Magazine.
  
• "Bodies" by Chisom Omeh in Omenana.
• "Crossroads" by Tiffany Morris in Nightmare Magazine.
  
• "Cultureship" by Esther Alter in khoréo.
• "Whose Mortal Taste" by E.K. Wagner in Apex Magazine.
• "The Surrender of Dr. Menace" by Brian J. Hunt in Daily Science Fiction.
• "This Is Not the Beginning, That Is Not the End" by Wendy Nikel in Daily Science Fiction.
• "The Red Queen" by Shannon Fay in Daily Science Fiction.
• "The Tale of Declan, Disruptor of Doors" by Cora Buhlert.
  

 

Trailers and videos:

• Watch a trailer for season 6 of The Expanse. 
• Watch a trailer for Nightmare Alley.
  
• Watch a trailer for Encounter. 
• Watch a trailer for Death Valley.
  
• Watch a trailer for Don't Look Up.
  
• Watch a trailer for Baymax!
  
• Watch a trailer for The Ice Age Adventures of Buck Wild. 
• Watch a trailer for Turning Red.
  
• Watch a teaser for Fraggle Rock: Back to the Rock.
• Watch a Behind the Scenes video of Squid Game.
  

Speculative Fiction Links of the Week for October 1, 2021

It's time for the latest weekly round-up of interesting links about speculative fiction from around the web, this week with Foundation, No Time to Die and James Bond in general, What If...?, Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, Star Trek: Lower Decks and the many versions of Star Trek, Star Wars Visions and Star Wars in general, the various DC Comics based TV shows, Venom: Let There Be Carnage, Midnight Mass, Squid Game, Y: The Last Man, season 11 of The Walking Dead, a new Doctor Who showrunner, the return of Babylon 5, the 2021 Arthur C. Clarke Award and British Fantasy Awards, Disney's continued failure to pay creators, and much more.

Speculative fiction in general:

• Cheryl Eddy lists all the science fiction, fantasy and horror books coming out in October.
  
• AudioFile Magazine shares the best new science fiction and fantasy audiobooks for fall 2021. 
• James Davis Nicoll shares five SFF collaborations. 
• Molly Odintz shares the best science fiction noir novels of the year. 
  
• Amparo Ortiz shares five Latinx SFF books featuring mythical creatures.
• Tor.com celebrates fictional librarians from SFF books, films and TV shows.
  
• Sarah McGill talks about fantasy and breaking the rules of magic. 
• Jon McGregor shares speculative thrillers that blur the line between physics and philosophy. 
• Darcy Coates reports about the new wave of gothic horror. 
• Catriona Ward explains why she writes about monsters.
  
• Mimi Granger shares six bookstore romances to enjoy.
  
• Sara Light-Waller revisits the Galloway Gallegher stories by Henry Kuttner.
  
• Ken Lizzi takes a loom at the sword and sorcery fiction listed in the Appendix N of the AD&D Dungeon Master's Handbook.  
• G.W. Thomas talks about the style of sword and sorcery.
  
• John Boston and Cora Buhlert remember editor Cele Goldsmith Lalli.
• David Allkins shares his appreciation for the works of Ramsay Campbell.
• Bobby Derie takes a look at the correspondence of Robert E. Howard and C.L. Moore. 
• Bobby Derie discusses the relationship between H.P. Lovecraft and his wife Sonia H. Greene.
  
• Molly Templeton talks about personal libraries and what they say about us.
• Julia Delbel talks about ageism in fandom and why it doesn't make any sense.
  

Comics and Art:

• Paul N. Neal interviews 2000 AD artist Nick Percival.
• Charles Pulliam Moore interviews Frank J. Barbiere, Arris Quinones and Ruairi Coleman, the creative team behind Astonishing Times.
• Eric Gardner reports that Marvel is sueing the heirs of several comics creators to rights terminations to characters such as Spider-Man under US copyright law.
• Brooks Barnes has more on the lawsuit filed by Disney and Marvel agains the copyright termination notices filed by several comic creators and their heirs.
• Alison Flood reports that the 70th anniversary issue of the British comis magazine Beano will reveal the origin of the iconic red and black striped jumper worn by Dennis the Menace (not to be confused with the American character of the same name). 
• Jarrod Jason Murray recounts the influence of the 1920 film The Mark of Zorro on Batman.
  

 

Film and TV:

• Peter Bradshaw calls The Green Knight sublimely beautiful. 
• Andrea Thompson calls I'm Your Man a fine science fiction romantic comedy. 
• Paul Levinson analyses the pros and cons of the time travel show La Brea.
  
• Phil Hoad calls Meander a formulaic science fiction thriller. 
• Phil Hoad calls Dementer an unsettling low-budget horror film. 
• Benjamin Lee calls No One Gets Out Alive a stylish immigration horror film.
  
• Leslie Felperin calls Bad Candy a sickly Halloween horror anthology. 
• Leslie Felperin calls Seance a cheap high school horror film.
  
• Germain Lussier declares that the disaster comedy Don't Look Up feels way too real. 
• Katie Rife shares her thoughts on Titane.
  
• Katie Rife shares her thoughts on the latest episode of What We Do in the Shadows. 
• Phil Hoad shares his thoughts on "Black As Night" and "Bingo Hell", the latest episodes of Welcome to the Blumhouse. 
• William Hughes shares his thoughts on the latest episode of Archer.  
• Cheryl Morgan takes a look at the two different He-Man versions currently streaming.
  
• Ben Child wonders whether Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore can save the troubled Fantastic Beasts series.
• Cora Buhlert revisits episode 1 of the 1966 West German science fiction TV series Space Patrol Orion. 
• Adrian Simmons revisits the 1979 science fiction horror movie Alien.
  
• Reneysh Vittal revisits the 1982 animated fantasy movie Flight of Dragons. 
• Talking Pulp revisits the 1982 sword and sorcery movie Sorceress.
  
• Peter Bradshaw revisits David Lynch's 1984 take on Dune.
• Chris Lough revisits the 1993 videogame adaptation Super Mario Bros. 
• Austin Gilkeson revisits the 2012 fantasy movie The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey.
  
• Meagan Navaro interviews James Wan and Ingrid Bisu, director and star of Malignant.
• Charles Pulliam-Moore reports that actor Stellan Skarsgard declares that the current state of the film industry is not the fault of Marvel and Netflix, there're merely profiting from a problem that predates them.
  

 

Comments on Foundation: 

• Rob Bricken declares that they said that Foundation cannot be filmed and that it still hasn't been regardless of what Apple TV is serving up.
• Neil Armstrong (no, not that one) traces the journey of the supposedly unfilmable Foundation from page to screen.
  
• Ben Lindbergh declares that Foundation works out better than anybody could have expected. 
• Paul Levinson, who's actually a fan of the original books, finds Foundation superb.
  
• Gavia Baker-Whitelaw calls Foundation a dazzlingly ambitious science fiction epic.
  
• Daniel Fienberg calls Foundation beautiful but tedious.
• Clare Wilson calls Foundation an imaginative reworking of Isaac Asimov's classic story.
  
• Alan Sepinwall declares that Foundation does not add up. 
  
• Nick Wanserski shares his thoughts on the first two episodes of Foundation. 
• Camestros Felapton shares his thoughts on the first episode of Foundation. 
• Cora Buhlert shares her thoughts on the first episode of Foundation. 
• Camestros Felapton shares his thoughts on the second episode of Foundation. 
• Cora Buhlert shares her thoughts on the second episode of Foundation. 
• Daniel Dern shares his thoughts on Foundation.
  
• Steve Davidson declares that Foundation sucks as he predicted it would.
  
• Lucy Mangan neither likes nor gets Foundation.
• Miles Surrey shares his apprciation for Jared Harris who plays Hari Seldon in Foundation.
• Evan Nicole Brown interviews Lou Llobell and Leah Harvey who play Gaal Dornick and Salvor Hardin respectively in Foundation.
• Cheryl Eddy interviews Alfred Enoch who plays Raych Seldon in Foundation.
• Tom Bacon catalogues the differences between the Foundation novels and the TV series.
  

 

Comments on No Time to Die and James Bond in general (potential spoilers):  

• Peter Bradshaw calls No Time to Die a weird and self-aware epic full of audacious surprises.
• Robbie Collin calls No Time to Die extravagant, satisfying and moving.
• Phil de Semlyen calls No Time to Die a feast of heart and spectacle. 
• Germain Lussier calls No Time to Die the most emotional Bond film ever.
  
• David Rooney finds plenty for Bond fans to enjoy in No Time to Die.
• Kevin Maher declares that No Time to Die ends Daniel Craig's tenure as Bond with a bang.
• Matt Maytum calls No Time to Die a fitting end to Daniel Craig's tenure as Bond.
  
• Owen Gleiberman declares that No Time to Die gives Daniel Craig the send-off he deserves. 
• Stephanie Zacharek calls No Time to Die an imperfect film, but the perfect send-off for Daniel Craig. 
• Stefan Kyriazis feels that Daniel Craig's James Bond goes out with a whimper, not a bang in No Time to Die.
  
• Clarisse Loughrey calls No Time to Die disappointing and strangely anti-climactic.
• A.A. Dowd calls No Time to Die a sentimental and unsatisfying end to the Daniel Craig era.
• Jordan Hoffman shares a seriously spoilerish review of No Time to Die.
• Rachel Obordo and readers of The Guardian share their thoughts on No Time to Die.
  
• The Spy Command talks about the difficult journey of No Time to Die to the screen.
  
• Stuart Jeffries wonders whether James Bond can survive in the post-Brexit era. 
• Simran Hans wonders how sexist No Time to Die is.
  
• Marc Malkin interviews Ben Whishaw who plays Q in No Time to Die.
• Gavia Baker-Whitelaw reports that No Time to Die is receiving criticism for its facially disfigured villains.
• Michael Williams shares some photos of the premiere of No Time to Die in London, UK.
• Olivia Rutigliano ranks every James Bond movie.
• Watch a compilation of the gunbarrel opening shots of all James Bond films from Dr. No to Spectre.
  

 

Comments on What If...? and the Marvel Cinematic Universe in general (spoilers):

• Leah Schnelbach shares her thoughts on the latest episode of What If...?
• Sam Barsanti shares his thoughts on the latest episode of What If...?
• Charles Pulliam-Moore shares his thoughts on the latest episode of What If...?

Comments on Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings: 

• Zainab Onuh-Yahaya declares that Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings made her fall in love with martial arts films all over again.
• Olly Richards calls Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings a great debut for the character.
  

 

Comments on Venom: Let There Be Carnage: 

• Benjamin Lee calls Venom: Let There Be Carnage a middling monster mash.
• Jesse Hassenger calls Venom: Let There Be Carnage faster, funnier, but still underwhelming. 
• Germain Lussier calls Venom: Let There Be Carnage frivolous, forgettable fun.
  
• Marah Eakin interviews Tom Hardy, star of Venom: Let There Be Carnage. 
  

 

Comments on Star Trek: Lower Decks and Star Trek in general: 

• Keith R.A. DeCandido shares his thoughts on "I, Excretus", the latest episode of Star Trek: Lower Decks. 
• James Whitbrook shares his thoughts on "I, Excretus".
  
• Keith R.A. DeCandido revisits the Star Trek Voyager episodes "Human Error" and  "Q2".
  
• James Whitbrook interviews Jeffrey Combs who has played villains in Star Trek Deep Space Nine, Enterprise and Lower Decks.
• Alvaro Zinos-Amaro looks ahead at the upcoming Coda trilogy of Star Trek tie-in novels.
  

Comments on Star Wars: Visions and Star Wars in general: 

• Robert Ito shares his thoughts on Star Wars Visions.
• Molly Templeton reports that the new live-action Star Wars series The Book of Boba Fett has a release date.
• Charles Pulliam-Moore reports that Lucy Lawless may be replacing Gina Carano in The Mandalorian.
  

 

Comments on Doctor Who:

• Mike Glyer reports that Russell T. Davies will return as showrunner of Doctor Who.
• Tansy Rayner-Roberts shares her appreciation for the Thirteenth Doctor as played by Jodie Whittaker.
  

 

Comments on the various DC Comics based movies and TV shows:

• Caroline Siede shares her thoughts on the latest episode of Supergirl.
• Caroline Siede shares her thoughts on the latest episode of Stargirl.
  

 

Comments on Midnight Mass:

• Jack Seale calls Midnight Mass an absurd blood-soaked horror series.
• Leah Schnelbach declares that Midnight Mass offers up raw, unsettling horror.
  
• Katie Rife calls the horror series Midnight Mass hardly a revelation.  
• Daniel Fienberg declares that Midnight Mass is more a meditation on faith and religion than a horror story. 
• Cameron Scheetz interviews the cast of Midnight Mass.
  
• Cheryl Eddy shares four Mike Flanagan horror movies to watch after Midnight Mass.
  

  

Comments on Squid Game: 

• William Hughes declares that the South Korean dystopian thriller Squid Game hides a bitter anti-capitalist satire underneath its bloody children's games. 
• Monica Tan declares that Squid Game is the perfect fit for our rather dystopian times.
  
• Henry Wong calls Squid Game a hellish dystopian thriller that is taking the world by storm. 
• Gavia Baker-Whitelaw declares that everybody needs to watch Squid Game. 
• Gavia Baker-Whitelaw also reports that TikTokers are recreating the deadly games of Squid Game, which surely was not the intention of the creators.
  

 

Comments on Y: The Last Man:

• Germain Lussier shares his thoughts on the latest episode of Y: The Last Man.
• Roxana Hadadi shares her thoughts on the latest episode of Y: The Last Man.
• Natalie Zutter shares her thoughts on the latest episode of Y: The Last Man.
  

 

Comments on season 11 of The Walking Dead:

• Rob Bricken shares his thoughts on the latest episode of The Walking Dead.
• Alex McLevy shares his thoughts on the latest episode of The Walking Dead.
• Sarabeth Pollock interviews Greg Nicotero, director of the latest episode of The Walking Dead.
  

 

Comments on the planned Babylon 5 reboot:

• James Whitbrook reports that Babylon 5 is getting a reboot with J. Michael Straczynski at the helm.
• James Whitbrook also shares J. Michael Straczynski's explanation why Babylon 5 will be rebooted rather than continued.
  

 

Awards: 

• The winners of the 2021 British Fantasy Awards have been announced. 
• The winner of the 2021 Arthur C. Clarke Award has been announced. 
• The shortlist for the 2021 Royal Society Science Book Prize has been announced.
  
• The Public's Choice top ten covers of the Self-Published Science Fiction Competition have been announced. 
• The 2022 Tomorrow Prize is open for submissions. 
• The 2022 Roswell Award is open for submissions.
  
• Nina Allan engages in her annual complaining that the finalists for the Arthur C. Clarke Award are not to her taste again.
  

 

Writing, publishing and promotion:

• Ann Langley explains that fanfiction is just as valid as original fiction and that it can teach writers a lot.
• Victoria Strauss weighs in on the #DisneyMustPay task force.
• Kristine Kathryn Rusch weighs in one the #DisneyMustPay issue.
  
• Mike Glyer reports about the 2021 Banned Books Week.
  
• Alison Flood reports that several high-profile writers have signed a letter requesting the release of jailed Iranian writers Baktash Abtin, Keyvan Bajan and Reza Khandan Mahabadi.
• Christopher Hilliard reports about the 1960 obscenity trial attempting to ban the paperback edition of Lady Chatterley's Lover by D.H. Lawrence in the UK and how it showed that the legal establishment was out of touch.
  
• Locus reports that Joanna Prior has been named the new CEO of Pan Macmillan.
  
• Dorothy St. James wonders whether bookless libraries signal the end of the printed book. 
• Alyssa Shotwell reports about how the current paper shortage and other supply chain issues are affecting the publishing industry.
  

Interviews:

• Arley Sorg interviews Jennifer Marie Brissett. 
• Runalong the Shelves interviews Jadie Jang.
  
• Jen Gheller interviews Anna Martino.
• ZeroSum716 interviews Schuyler Hernstrom.
• Bence Pinter interviews Jacek Dukaj.
• Goodman Games interviews Stefan Surratt.
  

Reviews:

• Liz Bourke reviews Assassin's Orbit by John Appel. 
• Cheryl Morgan reviews Chilling Effect by Valerie Valdes.
  
• Paul Weimer reviews The Flowers of Vashnoi by Lois McMaster Bujold. 
• Lesa Holstine reviews Jekyll and Hyde Inc. by Simon R. Green. 
• Paul Weimer reviews Shards of Earth by Adrian Tchaikovsky.
  
• Adrienne Martini reviews Destroyer of Light by Jennifer Marie Brissett. 
• James Davis Nicoll reviews Truth of the Divine by Lindsay Ellis.
  
• Bill Capossere reviews The Escapement by Lavie Tidhar. 
• Gary K. Wolfe reviews The Escapement by Lavie Tidhar.
  
• Colleen Mondor reviews Flash Fire by T.J. Klune. 
• Richard Fisher reviews The Thief Who Went to War by Michael McClung. 
• Robert Runté reviews Barbarians of the Beyond by Matthew Hughes. 
• Cheryl Morgan reviews The Witness for the Dead by Katherine Addison.
  
• Adrienne Martini reviews Grave Reservations by Cherie Priest.
  
• Gary K. Wolfe reviews A Spindle Splintered by Alix E. Harrow. 
• Gary K. Wolfe reviews Comfort Me With Apples by Catherynne M. Valente.
  
• James Davis Nicoll reviews Trickster Drift by Eden Robinson.
• James Davis Nicoll reviews The Infinite Noise by Lauren Shippen.
• Runalong the Shelves reviews This Is Our Undoing by Lorraine Wilson.
• Elizabeth Knox reviews Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doerr.
  
• Matthew Keeley reviews Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doerr. 
• Jana Nyman and Tadiana Jones review The Last Graduate by Naomi Novik. 
• Kat Hooper reviews The Original by Brandon Sanderson and Mary Robinette Kowal.
  
• Sean Dowie reviews Crossroads by Laurel Hightower.
  
• Mark Yon reviews Later by Stephen King.
  
• Becky LeJeune reviews The Shadowing by Rhiannon Ward. 
• Paperback Warrior reviews Shiftling by Steven Savile.
  
• Paul Di Filippo reviews The Scholars of the Night by John M. Ford. 
• Gabino Iglesias reviews The Book of Accidents by Chuck Wendig.
• Paperback Warrior reviews Thirty Miles of Dry Country by Keelan Patrick Burke.
  
• Becky LeJeune reviews The Last House on Needless Street by Catriona Ward. 
• Rob Bedford reviews The Last House on Needless Street by Catriona Ward.
• Ian Mond reviews The Glassy, Burning Floor of Hell by Brian Evenson.
• Paperback Warrior reviews Worm by Tim Curran.
  
• Blue Book Balloon reviews From the Neck Up by Aliya Whiteley.
  

 
Classics reviews:

• James Maliszweski revisits the 1930 Kull sword and sorcery story "The Screaming Skull of Silence" by Robert E. Howard. 
• David Haden revisits the 1932 horror story "The Dwellers Under the Tomb" by Robert E. Howard. 
• Nathaniel Webb revisits the 1933 Conan sword and sorcery story "The Tower of the Elephant" by Robert E. Howard.
  
• Alan Brown revisits the 1955 post-apocalyptic novel The Long Tomorrow by Leigh Brackett.
  
• James Davis Nicoll revisits the 1965 sword and sorcery novel Atlan by Jane Gaskell. 
• Mark Yon revisits the October 1966 issues of New Worlds and SF Impulse. 
• Gideon Marcus revisits the October 1966 issue of Analog.
  
• Joachim Boaz revisits the 1974 science fiction anthology Fellowship of the Stars, edited by Terry Carr.
  
• Julie E. Czerneda revisits the 1976 fantasy novel The Riddle-Master of Hed by Patricia McKillip and its sequels. 
• James Davis Nicoll revisits the 1990 anthology The Year's Best Science Fiction: Ninth Annual Collection, edited by Gardner Dozois. 
• Rachel Ayers revisits the 1993 horror novel A Night in Lonesome October by Roger Zelazny.
  
• Alissa Burger revisits the 1993 teen horror trilogy Fear Street by R.L. Stine.
  
• Judith Tarr revisits the 1997 space opera novel Derelict for Trade by Andre Norton and Sherwood Smith.
• Kat Hooper revisits the 1998 children's fantasy novel The Spectre from the Magician's Museum by John Bellairs and Brad Strickland.
• Kat Hooper revisits the 2000 children's fantasy novel The Beast under the Wizard's Bridge by John Bellairs and Brad Strickland.
• Joe Sherry revisits the 2009 October Daye urban fantasy novel Rosemary and Rue by Seanan McGuire.
  

Crowdfunding:

• An audiobook version of Lifelode by Jo Walton, read by Jack Larsen, is looking for funding.
• Wild Earth Dice: The Cosmic Collection, a collection of handmade RPG dice, is looking for funding.
• The Lovecraft inspired Call of Cthulhu chocolate bar is looking for funding.
  

 

Con and event reports:

• Runalong the Shelves shares his experiences at the 2021 FantasyCon in Birmingham, UK. 
• Cheryl Morgan shares her experiences at the 2021 FantasyCon.
  
• David Furst and Kate Hinds report about Trekonderoga 2021 in Ticonderoga, New York.
  
• Ed and Jen Stanek share some photos of the 2021 Gen Con in Indianapolis, Indiana. 
• Chris M. Barkley shares several anecdotes from working the press office at several Worldcons. 
• SF Concatenation weighs in recent and not so recent Worldcon controversies.
  
• Locus reports that Readercon 32 in Quincy, Massachussetts has been postponed to 2023. 
• Katie Rife shares the highlights on the 2021 Fantastic Fest in Austin, Texas, which will also have virtual components.
  
• Michael Curtis reports about a visit to the Fritz Leiber Papers Archive at the University of Houston in Houston, Texas. 
• Reid McCarter reports about Italian sculptor Leonardo Ugolini, who has recreated buildings from Lord of the Rings from sand. 
• Craig Miller and Genny Dazzo report about a visit to the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures in Los Angeles and share some photos.
  
• Mike Glyer reports that the murder trial of  Luis R. Rondon, former King of the Society for Creative Anachronism’s East Kingdom, has begun.

 

Science and technology:

• Mark Kaufman reports that the NASA InSight Mars lander has recorded a Marsquake. 
• Brian Resnick reports about the Webb space telescope.
  
• Andrei Tapalaga reports that Chernobyl's reactor 4, which blew up in 1986, is becoming active again, though no one knows why.
• Mitchell Clark reports that Amazon's Astro home robot does not work properly according to some of its developers and has the tendency to fall down stairs.
  

Free online fiction:

• "A Guide to Snack Foods After the Apocalypse" by Rachael K. Jones in Diabolical Plots.
  
• "Questions Asked in the Belly of the World" by A.T. Greenblatt in Tor.com
  
• "Dashing, Through the Spaceship" by Anna Martino in Luna Station Quarterly.  
  
• "Revenant" by Lisa Short in Luna Station Quarterly. 
• "Daughters of Ares" by Suz Thackston in Luna Station Quarterly. 
• "The Empathy Lessons" by Hal Y. Zhang in Fireside Magazine. 
• "Still Life with Vial of Blood" by Nelly Geraldine García-Rosas in Nightmare Magazine.
  
• "An Arrangement of Moss and Dirt" by K.P. Kulski in Fantasy Magazine. 
• "Mokele-Mbembe" by Stephen J. Golds in Punk Noir Magazine. 
• "Motivation Augmentation" by Clare Ward in Strange Horizons.
  
• "Onward" by Bonnie Jo Stufflebeam in Uncanny Magazine.
  
• "Self-Destruct" by Stephen Embleton in Omenana. 
• "The Wait" by Andrea Chapela in Slate Future Tense.
  
• "Knights and Knaves" by R.D. Simmons in Daily Science Fiction.
  
• "Waking an Old God" by Sara M. Harvey in Daily Science Fiction.
• "Just Try It" by Nina Kiriki Hoffman in Daily Science Fiction.
• "Bounty" by Ken Poyner in Daily Science Fiction.
• "The Assassin's Dagger" by Kristine Kathryn Rusch.
  

 

Trailers and videos:

• Watch a trailer for Around the World in 80 Days.
• Watch a trailer for Army of Thieves.  
• Watch a trailer for The Sandman. 
• Watch a trailer for Arcane.
  
• Watch a trailer for Dead and Beautiful.
• Watch a trailer for season 4 of Stranger Things.
• Watch the opening credits of the live action Cowboy Bebop.
• Watch a trailer for Shin Kamen Rider.
• Watch a trailer for Encanto.
• Watch a trailer for Maya and the Three.