Speculative Fiction Links of the Week for January 20, 2017

Here is our weekly round-up of interesting links about speculative fiction from around the web, this week with discussion of Sherlock, appreciation for Octavia Butler as well as the usual mix of awards news, writing advice, interviews, reviews, awards news, con reports, crowdfunding projects, science articles and free online fiction. 

Speculative fiction in general:

• Rachel Cordasco hosts a roundtable on speculative fiction in translation.
• Joel Cunningham shares twenty SFF books about social justice. 
• Jason Sanford explains how science fiction and fantasy taught him everything he really needed to know.
• Michael Moreci shares six books to tide you over until the next Star Wars film. 
• Meghan Ball shares five underrated fantasy series to tide you over until George R.R. Martin finishes The Winds of Winter. 
• Jeff Somers shares twelve science fiction novels about cloning.
• Tor.com shares 16 tales of weather magic.  
• Tor.com also shares seven representations of the seven deadly sins in speculative fiction.
• Oliver Langmead explains why he doesn't like dragons.
• Kay L. Ling complains about stale tropes in fantasy.
• Natalie Luhrs explains why SFF fans should read romance.
• Sarah Gailey offers a defence of villainesses. 
• Monique Jones discusses what the character of Draco Malfoy tells us about racism.
• Scott Timberg and Junot Diaz discuss Octavia Butler.  
• Sheila Liming remembers Octavia Butler. 
• Ruth Franklin remembers Shirley Jackson. 
• The Jewish Women's Archive profiles Jane Yolen and Rachel Swirsky. 
• Walter Jon Williams revisits The Man in the High Castle by Philip K. Dick.
• Foz Meadows discusses Westworld and how it (de)humanises the Other.
• Bibliodaze discusses how the failure of Passengers is due to neglecting the preferences of female viewers.  
• Paco Salas Perez discusses how the movie Arrival uses linguistics. 
• Heidi Waterhouse discusses Hidden Figures and the Shine theory.
  
• Swapna Krishna discusses time travel in the TV show Timeless. 
• Neil Genzlinger shares his thoughts on A Series of Unfortunate Events.
• Ashley Wells shares her thoughts on the TV series The Good Place.
• Leigh Butler shares her appreciation for the 1985 movie D.A.R.Y.L.
• Emily Asher-Perrin theorises that all of Tim Burton's films take place in the same universe.
• William Peter Blatty, horror author best known for The Exorcist, died aged 89.
• Paul Vitello offers an obituary of William Peter Blatty.
• Astronaut Gene Cernan, the last man to walk on the moon, has died aged 82.
  

Comments on Sherlock:

• Emily Asher-Perrin discusses the emotional context of the Sherlock episode "The Final Problem".
• A.J. Hartley declares that Sherlock has a problem with plot twists.
• Stuart Heritage declares that Sherlock has become an annoying self-parody.
  

Awards:

• The nominations for the 2017 Annie Awards have been announced. 
• The nominations for the 2017 BBC Audio Drama Awards have been announced.
• The 2017 Prometheus Hall of Fame finalists have been announced. 
• The recipients of the 2017 Special Edgar Awards have been announced. 
• Chris M. Barkley shares his thoughts about the proposed Hugo Award for young adult fiction.

Writing, publishing and promotion:

• Tom Turner points out that writers write and don't wait for inspiration to strike. 
• Ayodeji Awosika explains how to be certain your writing career isn't a waste of time.
• Steven Smith shares a list of recommended writing craft books.
• Theodora Goss discusses the politics of narrative patterns.
• Shanna Germain shares some tips regarding bullet journaling for fiction writers.
• Victoria Fry explains how to use a bullet journal to keep track of characters. 
• Chuck Wendig shares some tips for doing revisions. 
• Fantasy Faction shares some tips for author promoting themselves on social media. 
• Kristine Kathryn Rusch discusses the cycles of the publishing business.

Interviews:

• Michiko Kakutani interviews Barack Obama about his reading habits. 
• Civilian Reader interviews Maurice Broaddus.
• M.B. Roberts interviews Veronica Roth. 
• Juliana Spink Mills interviews Bryan Wigmore.
• Joshua Sky interviews Brandon Easton.
• Aaron Reese interviews Kyle Higgins. 
• J.D. Byrne interviews Patricia Hopper Patteson.
• Redditors interview Dr. Chuck Tingle.

Reviews:

• Joanne Hall reviews The Ninth Rain by Jen Williams. 
• Aidan Moher reviews Martians Abroad by Carrie Vaughn.
• Paul Weimer reviews Starborn by Lucy Hounsom. 
• Paul Kincaid reviews The House of Shattered Wings by Aliette de Bodard. 
• Kate Coe reviews The Burning Page by Genevieve Cogman.
• Tadiana Jones reviews The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden.
• Mieneke van der Salm reviews Grim Tidings by Nancy K. Wallace. 
• Michael Patrick Hicks reviews Highwayman by Craig Saunders.
• Rachael McKenzie reviews Survival Game by Gary Gibson.
• Samira Nadkarni reviews Deserts of Fire: Speculative Fiction and the Modern War, edited by Douglas Lain.
• nerds of a feather review Gathering by Brian G. Turner.
  

Crowdfunding:

• Author Clarence Young a.k.a. Zig Zag Claybourne was robbed and needs some help.

Con reports:

• Eugene Fisher shares his experiences at and some videos of the 2016 Tiptree Symposium in Eugene, Oregon.
• Mark L. Blackman reports about the latest installment of the Fantastic Fiction Readings series, featuring Fran Wilde and Holly Black, at the KGB Bar in Manhattan, New York. 
• Trae Dorn reports that the Comic Excitement Convention in Los Angeles, California, was a failure. 

Science and technology:

• Viruses may be responsible for life as we know it.
• NASA's Mars rover Curiosity has found its third meteorite. 
• Curiosity has also found some potentially important mud cracks.
• What is the destiny of the world's largest UFO archive? 

Free online fiction:

• "Tracker" by Mary Rosenblum in Lightspeed.
• "BlueBellow" by Alexis Pauline Gumbs in Strange Horizons. 
• "The Whole Crew Hates Me" by Adam-Troy Castro in Lightspeed.
• "The Atonement Tango" by Stephen Leigh at Tor.com.
• "Twenty Years Later, by Separation Peak" by Kristine Kathryn Rusch. 
• "The Voice of Reason" by T.S. Paul. 

Odds and ends: 

• Watch a trailer for Logan.
• Watch a trailer for Colossal.
• Carl Slaughter shares some vintage superhero movies and serials.
• Watch an interview with Brianna Wu about her planned Congress run.

Speculative Fiction Links of the Week for January 6, 2017

Here is our first weekly round-up of interesting links about speculative fiction from around the web for 2017, this week with tributes to Carrie Fisher and Richard Adams, lots of Best of 2016 lists and looks forward at the SFF books of 2017, discussion about Star Wars: Rogue One, Passengers and Sherlock, the closing of AllRomance e-books, a controversial review of Uncanny Magazine as well as the usual mix of awards news, writing advice, interviews, reviews, awards news, con reports, crowdfunding projects, science articles and free online fiction. 

Speculative fiction in general:

• Joel Cunningham shares 96 exciting SFF books coming out in 2017.  
• Andrew Liptak shares 33 SFF books people will be talking about in 2017.
• Alvaro Zinos-Amaro shares Isaac Asimov's reading list.
• Jim C. Hines comments on a reviewer at SF Crowsnest who really dislikes Uncanny Magazine.
• Ardi Alspach shares his appreciation for the Copper Cat series by Jen Williams.
• Alan Brown shares his appreciation for The Forlorn Hope by David Drake. 
• T.W. O'Brien shares his appreciation for Cards of Grief by Jane Yolen.
• Robin Anne Reid shares her appreciation for Sherri S. Tepper. 
• Theodore Krulik takes a look at Mary Shelley's writing career after Frankenstein. 
• Simon Tolkien, grandson of J.R.R. Tolkien, explains how WWI inspired The Lord of the Rings.
• Miranda Johnson, granddaughter of Richard Adams, remembers how Watership Down was written.
• Brenda Clough shares her appreciation for Richard Adams.
• Tyrus Wong, artist and animator who worked on Walt Disney's Bambi among others, died aged 106.
• Sidney Fussell reports that director John Carpenter has gotten into a fight with Neo-Nazis about his 1988 movie They Live.
• Alasdair Stuart shares a tribute to George Michael and finds a connection to the DC universe.
• Germain Lussier declares that the film adaptation of A Monster Calls manages the delicate balancing act between fantasy and tragedy.
  

Best of 2016:

• Barnes & Noble's SFF bloggers share their favourite books of 2016.
• The Book Smugglers share their favourite reads of 2016.
• Aliette de Bodard shares her favourite SFF works of 2016.  
• Abigail Nussbaum shares her favourite reads of 2016.
• Kay Kenyon shares her favourite reads of 2016. 
• Joe Sherry shares his top nine books of 2016. 
• Adam Lipkin shares twelve books he really liked in 2016. 
• Ginger Nuts of Horror share their top 20 horror books of 2016.
• Book Scrolling aggregates the best science fiction and fantasy books of 2016.
• Rachel David shares the best emerging fantasy authors of 2016 and received some pushback, because several of the authors on the list are well established.  
• Kelly Quinn shares the ten best animes of 2016.

Comments on Star Wars and Rogue One:

• Kelly Kanayama declares that Rogue One is the rare movie about a revolution that actually tries to be revolutionary.
• Nancy Jane Moore has some issues with Rogue One. 
• Doris V. Sutherland enjoyed Rogue One, but finds it the least space opera-like of all Star Wars films.
• Ben Child views Rogue One and its creation as a symptom of Hollywood's lack of imagination.
• Carole Cadwalladr interviews Riz Ahmed, who plays pilot Bodhi Rook in Rogue One.
• Germain Lussier shares some more information about what the Rogue One reshoots changed. 
• The Astromech Journal looks at the inspirations for the design of Jedha in Rogue One.
• Germain Lussier shares the intriguing backstory of Darth Vader's castle in Rogue One.
• Flora Drury wonders where Princess Leia's iconic hairstyle came from. 
• Sarah Jeong argues that inadequate women's reproductive healthcare helped to doom the Old Republic in the Star Wars prequels. 

Tributes to Carrie Fisher:

• Mark Hamill shares his memories of Carrie Fisher.
• Peter Sciretta remembers Carrie Fisher's largely unknown and uncredited work as a script doctor on many blockbuster movies of the 1990s.
• John Scalzi also remembers Carrie Fisher, the writer. 
• Greta van der Rol shares her tribute to Carrie Fisher.
• Readers of the New York Times share photos and tributes to Carrie Fisher and Princess Leia.
• Adam Holmes reports that Disney and Lucasfilm may collect an insurance payment of fifty million for the death of Carrie Fisher. 
• There is a petition to make Leia an official Disney princess. 

Comments on season 4 of Sherlock:

• Emily Asher-Perrin shares a spoilerish review of "The Six Thatchers", first episode of season 4 of Sherlock.  
• Sam Wolfson shares a recap of "The Six Thatchers".
• Mark Lawson calls "The Six Thatchers" the most explosive episode of Sherlock yet.
• Ralph Jones worries that Sherlock might be morphing into James Bond and is not happy about that. 
• Sherlock co-writer Mark Gatiss reponds to Ralph Jones with a poem.
• Leo Barraclough reports that Benedict Cumberbatch himself believes that Sherlock is softening.

Comments on Passengers: 

• Lena Wilson wonders what went wrong with Passengers.
• Doris V. Sutherland explains why she empathised with the robot bartender in Passengers.
• Elizabeth Howell wonders how realistic the interstellar ship from Passengers really is.
  

Awards:

• Voting is open for the 2016 This is Horror Awards.
• The finalists for the 2016 Cybil Awards have been announced.
• The finalists for the first ever Sputnik Award have been announced. 
• The longlist for the 2016 Jhalak Prize for book of the year by a writer of colour has been announced.
• The nominees for the 2017 Writers Guild Awards have been announced. 
• Submissions for the 2017 Baen Fantasy Adventure Award open on January 15.

Writing, publishing and promotion:

• Chuck Wendig offers a writerly resolution for 2017. 
• Damien Walter explains why creativity will eventually win the day.
• Scott Marmorstein offers his eight top reasons to go ahead and write a book. 
• The editors of Reedsy share their tips on how to start a story.
• John Yeoman shares five insider secrets of top fiction writers. 
• Lauren Sapala offers some encouragement for authors whose books don't fit neatly into established genres and categories.
• Dean Wesley Smith explains why failure must be an option for writers. 
• Michael Anderle talks about his success as a self-published author.
• Diana Pharaoh Francis discusses the perils of self-editing.

Comments on the closure of OmniLit/AllRomance e-books:

• Victoria Strauss discusses the sudden closing of OmniLit/AllRomance e-books.
• The Passive Voice weighs in on the AllRomance issue.
• Kristine Kathryn Rusch weighs in on the AllRomance closing.
• Danuta Kean also reports on the AllRomance closing.
• Celina Summers has more background information on the collapse of AllRomance e-books. 
• Does ARe owe you money? Fill out this survey.
  

Interviews:

• Kyra Halland interviews Aoife Marie Sheridan.
  
• Ginger Nuts of Horror interview Luke T. Harrington.

Reviews:

• Camestros Felapton reviews Fellside by M.R. Carey. 
• Camestros Felapton also reviews Hammers on Bone by Cassandra Khaw.
• Jessica Wagar also reviews Hammers on Bone by Cassandra Khaw.
• Liz Bourke reviews Of Fire and Stars by Audrey Coulthurst.
• Michael Patrick Hicks reviews Little Heaven by Nick Cutter. 
• The Geekiary reviews Wayfarer by Alexandra Bracken.
• The Qwillery reviews Everything You Want Me to Be by Mindy Mejia. 
• Bill Capossere reviews A Crucible of Souls by Mitchell Hogan.
• Aidan Moher reviews The Heart of What Was Lost by Tad Williams.
• nerds of a feather review In Calabria by Peter S. Beagle.
• Tobias Carroll reviews When the World Wounds by Kiini Ibura Salaam.
• Paul Levinson reviews The Perversity of Things: Hugo Gernsback on Media, Tinkering and Scientifiction, edited by Grant Wythoff.
  

Crowdfunding:

• Nocked! True Tales of Robin Hood, an RPG by Andrew G. Schneider, is looking for funding.

Con reports:

• Dan Berry reports that volunteers at Phoenix Comicon in Phoenix, Arizona, will have to hold a paid membership in a specific fan club from now on.
• Rich Johnston has more on the Phoenix Comicon controversy. 
• Mike Glyer reports about massive problems at Marvelous Nerd Years Eve in Dallas, Texas. 
• Heidi MacDonald has more on the Marvelous Nerd Years Eve issue.
• David Gerrold shares his negative experiences at Marvelous Nerd Years Eve in Dallas, Texas.
• Nola Taylor Redd reports about a panel on space colonisation at Dragon Con in Atlanta, Georgia.
  

Science and technology:

• Astronomers have discovered that our closest interstellar neighbour, Proxima Centauri, forms a triple star system with Alpha and Beta Centauri.
• Astronomers are hoping to catch a glimpse of the supposed ninth (tenth, if you include Pluto) planet of our solar system.
• The most detailed view of black holes in the universe.
• Mysterious cosmic radio signals have been traced to a distant dwarf galaxy.
  

Free online fiction:

• "A Lumberjack's Guide to Dryad Spotting" by Charles Payseur in Flash Fiction Online.
• "Twilight Travels with the Grape-Paper Man" by Sara Saab in The Dark.
• "Loser" by Matthew Hughes in Archonate. 
• "A Human Stain" by Kelly Robson at Tor.com.
• "Bodies Stacked Like Firewood" by Sam J. Miller in Uncanny Magazine.
• "Monster Girls Don't Cry" by A. Merc Rustad in Uncanny Magazine.
• "The Monkey King Sleeps" by Su-Yee Lin in Strange Horizons. 

Odds and ends: 

• Watch a trailer for The Space Between Us.
• Watch a trailer for The Girl with All the Gifts.
• Watch a trailer for Star Wars: Rebels.
  

Speculative Fiction Links of the Week for January 8, 2016

Here is our first weekly round-up of interesting links about speculative fiction from around the web, this week with yet more Star Wars discussion. Most of the articles and posts, which contain spoilers, have spoiler warnings, but reader beware. Though we've also got a couple of non-Star Wars links as well, including some discussion about the Doctor Who Christmas special, the Sherlock Christmas special, the TV show The Expanse and a controverse at the Angouleme comic festival . 

Speculative fiction in general:

• Fantasy Fraction share their 50 favourite fantasy novels of 2015.
• Lois Tilton takes a look at the state of the SFF short fiction scene in 2015. 
• Jason Perlow believes that the future of science fiction lies with indie publishing and streaming video services. 
• Nick Stockton recounts which concepts and ideas introduced in science fiction became reality in 2015.
• The Book Smugglers sum up the various controversies and debates that rocked the SFF world in 2015.
• Lincoln Michel believes that 2015 was the year the genre versus literary wars finally ended.
• The participants of the SF Signal Mind Meld discuss the growth and future of science fiction and fantasy. 
• Brian Z. explains why and how Chinese science fiction is going global. 
• Zon D'Amour profiles Nnedi Okorafor.
• Foz Meadows talks about how problematic and abusive the romantic relationships described in many SFF works, particularly those aimed at teenagers, really are. 
• Emily Asher Perrin talks about life-changing journeys in SFF.  
• George R.R. Martin explains when The Winds of Winter will be done. 
• Emily Asher-Perrin commemorates J.R.R. Tolkien on the anniversary of his birthday.
• Matt Staggs talks about the medieval legend of the Revenant. 
• Liz Bourke talks about what fanfiction means to her. 
• James H. Burns explains why Gene Roddenberry created Star Trek.
• Molly Booth explains that Jessica Jones is not in fact sexist towards men.
• James Whitbrook explains that the various Marvel movies and TV shows may be less connected than it seems at first sight. 
• Derek Stauffer explains why Mr. Robot is the best new TV drama of 2015. 
• Ethan Mills discusses the good, the bad and the mediocre SFF movies of 2015.
  

Comments on Star Wars:

• Brian Clegg attempts to explain why Star Wars is not really science fiction.
• Manu Saadia laments that there is little techological progress in the Star Wars universe and that it does not lead to social and political change.   
• Mike Ryan explains why the much maligned Star Wars prequel trilogy will eventually be considered cool.
• Michael Calia explains what's next for the Star Wars franchise. 
• Alex Ross shares his appreciation for John Williams' score for Star Wars and other SFF films.
• Jenna Rosenstein shares ten times the fashion world became obsessed with Star Wars.
  

Comments on The Force Awakens:

• George Lucas is not all that pleased about The Force Awakens. 
• Neither is Samuel L. Jackson. 
• And neither is the Vatican.
• Scott Mendelsohn would rather have bad George Lucas Star Wars than a Star Wars film designed by committee.
• Steve Vernon shares his thoughts about The Force Awakens. 
• Doctor Science shares her spoilerish thoughts about The Force Awakens. 
• Kevin Maher shares his thoughts about Star Wars and The Force Awakens that NPR did not want.
• Steve Bennett explains what we can learn from The Force Awakens.
• Steven W. Thrasher explains why The Force Awakens may be viewed as an Afrofuturist film. 
• Chinelo Onwualu reports that Nigerians are falling in love with The Force Awakens, because one of the lead actors has Nigerian roots.
• Trent Moore shares five of his favourite theories regarding Rey's identity.
• Kwame Opam explains why he hopes all fan theories about Rey from The Force Awakens are wrong.
• Anjelica Oswald talks about fan speculation regarding the sexual orientation of Poe Dameron. 
• Ben Child discusses fan theories regarding the identity of Supreme Leader Snoke. 
• A. Lee Martinez discusses why so many people believe that Luke Skywalker will fall to the dark side and why this does not fit Luke's characterisation as presented in the original trilogy. 
• Adam Whitehead attempts to tackle sixty alleged plotholes in The Force Awakens.
• Chris Taylor has some questions for those who claim that The Force Awakens is a reboot of A New Hope. 
• The Geek's Guide to the Galaxy explains how The Force Awakens has changed Star Wars forever.
• Mark Judge believes that the success of The Force Awakens is a symptom for the impending death of culture.
• Germain Lussier reports about continuing complaints about the lack of toys featuring Rey.
  

Comments on the Doctor Who and Sherlock 2015 Christmas specials:

• Joana Robinson shares her thoughts on the 2015 Doctor Who Christmas Special.
• Dan Wickline shares his thoughts about the 2015 Sherlock Christmas Special "The Abominable Bride". 
• Ryan Britt compiles all references to the Sherlock Holmes canon and pastiches found in "The Abominable Bride". 
• Julia Alexander claims that "The Abominable Bride" was a time-hopping mess.
• Maureen Kincaid Speller shares her displeasure with the 2015 Sherlock Christmas Special "The Abominable Bride".
• Aja Romano wonders why Steven Moffat, the producer of Sherlock and Doctor Who, still has a job after several controversial remarks.

Comments on The Expanse: 

• Susan Karlin profiles Naren Shankar, producer of the TV show The Expanse. 
• Annalee Newitz believes that The Expanse is the best new science fiction TV series in years.
• Erik Kain explains why The Expanse will be even better than the new Battlestar Galactica. 

Awards:

• Kim Stanley Robinson has won the 2016 Robert A. Heinlein Award.
• Voting is open for the 2015 This is Horror Awards. 
• Brandon Kempner shares his 2015 Hugo predictions.
• Brigid Alverson reports about a controversy regarding the all male shortlist for the Grand Prix d’Angouleme.
• James Nicholl also reports on the Grand Prix d'Angouleme controversy.

Writing, publishing and promotion:

• Sherwood Smith discusses beginning writer errors. 
• Kristen Painter shares her best tips for new indie authors.
• Alexander Chee talks about inspiration. 
• John Yorke points out that all stories follow the same handful of forms and have since prehistoric times.
• Chuck Wendig has strong words for people who claim they know the one true way to write. 
• A. Merc Rustad talks about the importance of self-care and self-kindness for writers. 
• Charlie Jane Anders explains how to write an epic story without any proper villains.
• Benjamin Sobieck shares some tips for making SF and fantasy weapons more realistic.
• Charlie Jane Anders reports that print is far from dying and that science fiction is growing. 
• Jane Friedman shares five industry issues for authors to watch in 2016.
• S.B. James shares her praise for the image editing program Canva.
• Chris Stevenson talks about e-mail marketing for writers.

Interviews:

• Lindsey Buroker interviews C. Gockel. 
• Kristin Centorcelli interviews Peter McLean.
• Kristin Centorcelli also interviews Elizabeth Heiter.
• Dorothy Thompson interviews Piers Platt.
• Dorothy Thompson also interviews Roxanne Bland.
• D.L. Richardson interviews Donna Maree Hanson.
• Wendy Van Camp interviews Tom Wright.  
• Cristian Tamas interviews Jacek Dukaj.
• Chris Urie interviews SFF artist Julie Dillon.

Reviews:

• Paul Weimer reviews Barsk: The Elephant's Graveyard by Lawrence M. Schoen.
• Ceridwen Christensen reviews The Rising by Ian Tregillis.
• Paul Levinson reviews the Quentin Tarantino movie The Hateful Eight.
  

Crowdfunding:

• Grinidon, a fantasy graphic novel by J. Miles Dunn and Erwin Arozza, is looking for funding.
• Blindsight, a Lovecraft inspired illustrated e-book by Tedd Williamson is looking for funding.
  

Con reports:

• Photos from the 14th World Science Fiction Convention held in New York City in 1956 have recently surfaced.
• Mark L. Blackman reports about the latest edition of the New York Review of Science Fiction Readings series featuring Terence Taylor and Maria Dahvana Headley.

Science and technology:

• Was the Big Bang a mirage?
• The odd supermassive black hole at the center of the milky way. 
• Sharks have been discovered living inside an active volcano. 
• What would the existence of a multiverse mean?
• The bizarre way in which Jupiter helped life on Earth to evolve.
• ESA reiterates its plans for a 3D-printed moonbase. 
• A brief history of ESA. 
• Watch the proliferation of space junk in this video.

Free online fiction:

• "Bargain" by Sarah Gailey in Mothership Zeta 
• "Tea Time" by Rachel Swirsky in Lightspeed.
  
• "At Whatever Are Their Moons" by Sunny Moraine in Strange Horizons.
• "The Abduction of Europa" by E. Catherine Tobler in Clarkesworld.
• "The Way Home" by Linda Nagata in Lightspeed
• "Quarter Days" by Iona Sharma at GigaNotoSaurus.
• "The Tomato Thief" by Ursula Vernon in Apex Magazine.
• Chapter 6 of "Rock and Roll Lifestyle", part 91 of The Descendants by Landon Porter.
  

Odds and ends: 

• Watch the Japanese trailer for Captain America: Civil War.
• Watch a trailer for Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon 2: Sword of Destiny.
• Watch a trailer for The Mermaid.
• Watch a trailer for The Monkey King 2.
• Watch a trailer for Lost in the Pacific.
• Can you locate the panda hiding among these Stormtroopers.
• Check out this tumblr of 1970s science fiction art.