Speculative Fiction Links of the Week for January 8, 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 science fiction and fantasy of 2020, season 3 of Star Trek Discovery and Star Trek in general, season 2 of The Mandalorian and Star Wars in general, season 5 of The Expanse, Wonder Woman 1984, Doctor Who: Revolution of the Daleks, We Can Be Heroes, part 4 of The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, Soul and much more.

Speculative fiction in general:

• Leah Schnelbach looks ahead at some SFF books coming out in 2021.
• Fantasy-Faction looks ahead at fantasy novels coming out in 2021.
  
• The Guardian interviews several science fiction writers about worldbuilding.
  
• Samantha Nelson explains how cosmic horror went mainstream. 
• Stina Leicht lists five SFF characters you want to trust, but probably shouldn't. 
• Mike Chen shares five recent SFF novels featuring characters with superpowers.
  
• James Davis Nicoll shares five books by SFF authors we lost in 2020.
  
• Amber Troska revisits some SFF books she loved as a teen and wonders whether they hold up as an adult.
  
• James Davis Nicoll remembers science fiction books he found in the children's section of his library, though they definitely did not belong there.
  
• James Davis Nicoll takes a look at the way Canadians are depicted in science fiction.
  
• Jennifer L. Holm talks about cats in space in science fiction. 
• Rachel Ayers talks about the magic of libraries. 
• Kellie Doherty takes a look at fantasy-themed cookbooks. 
• Camestros Felapton revisits the Sad and Rabid Puppies debarkle of 2015/16 and how it relates to current political events.
  
• Michael Dirda looks back on the long and varied career of Tarzan and how he became a household name.
  
• Terry Olson shares his appreciation for the works of Michael Moorcock.
  
• Deuce Richardson remembers writer, anthropologist, Lovecraft superfan and literary executor Robert H. Barlow.
  
• D.J. Taylor reports that the works of George Orwell, including Animal Farm and Nineteen Eighty-Four are no out of copyright, since Orwell died seventy years ago, and explains how they can and cannot be used. 
• Rob Salkowitz worries about the future of DC Comics.
  
• Alison Flood reports that the UK Royal Mint's H.G. Wells commemorative coin seems to have bene designed by people who have never read any of Wells' novels.
  
• Jon Tattrie chronicles how sword and sorcery author Charles R. Saunders was initially buried in an unmarked grave, before fans collected money for a gravestone.  
• SFF artist Jael Ashton has died aged 83.
  
• Urban fantasy writer and podcaster Anton Strout has died aged 50.
  

 

Best of 2020: 

• Powell's Books share their favourite science fiction, fantasy and horror novels of 2020. 
• Larissa Irankunda shares her twenty-one favourite science fiction and fantasy novels of 2020.
  
• Joe Sherry shares his favourite science fiction and fantasy novels of 2020.
  
• Susan Maguire shares her favourite science fiction and fantasy novels of 2020. 
• Steve Donaghue shares his favourite science fiction and fantasy novels of 2020. 
• Andrew Mather shares his favourite science fiction and fantasy novels of 2020. 
• Garik16 shares his favourite science fiction and fantasy novels of 2020.
  
• Tom Shippey shares his favourite science fiction novels of 2020.
  
• The Best Sci Fi Books share their favourite science fiction novels of 2020.
• Fantasy Book Review share their favourite fantasy novels of 2020.
• Fantasy Book World share their favourite fantasy novels of 2020.
• That Artsy Reader Girl shares her ten favourite debut science fiction novels of 2020.
• Randy Money shares his favourite science fiction, fantasy and horror novels of the decade. 
• Andrew Leon Hudson shares his favourite science fiction, fantasy and horror novels of the decade.
  
• The Red Panda Fraction offers a round-up of various "Best SFF of 2020" lists.
  

 

Film and TV:

• Tyler Dean discusses what worked and what didn't about season 2 of His Dark Materials. 
• Zack Handlen declares that The Watch muddles Terry Pratchett's Discworld with edgy humour.
  
• Paul Levinson calls 3022 a worthy, but bleak astronaut stranded in space movie. 
• Leslie Felperin calls the horror movie The Call a phoned in mix of well-worn horror tropes. 
• Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya shares her thoughts about the latest episode of The Stand.
  
• Paul Levinson shares his thoughts on the Danish fantasy series Equinox. 
• Marissa de la Cerde shares her thoughts on the Spanish horror series 30 Coins. 
• Michael Sragow revisits the 1921 adventure movie The Mark of Zorro for its 100th anniversary and notes how much Zorro influenced the superhero genre.
  
• Angeline B. Adams revisits the 1944 fantasy movie The Curse of the Cat People.  
• Cheryl Eddy revisits the 1971 fantasy film Bedknobs and Broomsticks.
  
• Vance Kotrla revisits the 2016 animated fantasy film Your Name.
  
• Emma Brockes interviews Nicholas Hoult, best known for his roles in Mad Max: Fury Road and the X-Men movies. 
• Lanre Bakare reports that a record number of the highest grossing Hollywood films of 2020 were directed by women.
  
• Musician Daniel Dumile, better known as the science fictional rapper MF Doom, has died aged 49. 
• Jazz musician and film composer Claude Bolling, who wrote the score for many gangster and horror movies, has died aged 90. 
• British actor Mark Eden, who appeared in Doctor Who, Quartermass and the Pit and Coronation Street, has died aged 92.
• British actress Barbara Shelley, best known for her appearances in various Hammer horror films as well as Doctor Who, The Saint, Quartermass and the Pit, Village of the Damned and The Avengers, has died aged 88.
• American actress Tanya Roberts, best known for her appearances in A View to a Kill, Beastmaster, Sheena - Queen of the Jungle and Charlie's Angels, has died aged 65, a day after a premature death announcement was retracted.
  

 

Comments on season 3 of Star Trek Discovery and Star Trek in general:

• Keith R.A. DeCandido shares his thoughts on "There Is a Tide...", the latest episode of Star Trek Discovery.
• Zack Handlen shares his thoughts on "There Is a Tide..."
• James Whitbrook shares his thoughts on "There Is a Tide..."
• Camestros Felapton shares his thoughts on "There Is a Tide..."
• Cora Buhlert shares her thoughts on "There Is a Tide..."
• Keith R.A. DeCandido revisits the Star Trek Voyager episodes "Demon" and "One".
• Jamie Lovett reports about an upcoming documentary about Star Trek Voyager.
  

 

Comments on season 2 of The Mandalorian and Star Wars in general (spoilers):

• Issue 56 of Journey Planet is entirely focussed on Star Wars and The Mandalorian.
• David Betancourt interviews Pedro Pascal, who plays Din Djarin in The Mandalorian and Maxwell Lord in Wonder Woman 1984.
• Rich Pelley explains why Stormtroopers can't shoot straight.
  

 

Comments on Wonder Woman 1984: 

• Athena Scalzi did not like Wonder Woman 1984 at all.
  
• Inspired by Wonder Woman 1984, Ben Child points out that DC's move to streaming could be great.
• Marc Maron interviews Patty Jenkins, director of Wonder Woman 1984.
  

 

Comments on part 4 of The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina: 

• Rebecca Nicholson calls part 4 of The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina spirited, supernatural fun with a menacing terror. 
• Lisa Weidenfeld offers episode by episode reviews of The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina. 
• Watch a blooper reel for The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina. 

 

Comments on season 5 of The Expanse:

• Molly Templeton shares her thoughts on "Tribes", the latest episode of The Expanse.
• Cheryl Eddy shares her thoughts on "Tribes".
  

Comments on Doctor Who: Revolution of the Daleks:

• Martin Belam calls Revolution of the Daleks an uneven New Year's special. 
• Emmet Asher-Perrin calls Revolution of the Daleks truly unsettling. 
• Camestros Felapton declares that Revolution of the Daleks contains a glimpse of a much better episode.
  
• Caroline Siede calls Revolution of the Daleks a disappointing New Year's special that highlights the problems with the current era. 
• Stuart Heritage interviews Sacha Dhawan who plays the Master in Doctor Who.
  
• Denise Petski reports that actor John Bishop will join the TARDIS crew as a new companion in the upcoming series of Doctor Who.
• Lanre Bakare reports about speculations that Jodie Whittaker may be about to leave Doctor Who.
• Huw Fullerton hopes that Jodie Whittaker will stay.
• Stuart Heritage wonders who might replace Jodie Whittaker as the Doctor.
  

 

Comments on Soul:

• Mark Kermode calls Soul "Fantasia meets A Matter of Life and Death".
• Leonard Maltin declares that Soul tackles the big questions of life and death.
• Leah Schnelbach offers an annotated list of No. 22's mentors in Soul.
  

Awards:

• The winners of the 2020 Stabby Awards have been announced.
  
• The winners of the 2020 Darrell Awards have been announced.
  
• The shortlist for the 2020 Cybils Awards has been announced.
• The 2021 WSFA Small Press Award is open for submissions.
• The winners of the 2020 Costa Book Awards have been announced with some love for genre fiction.
• The Endeavour Award has been suspended for 2021.
  

 

Writing, publishing and promotion:

• Kate Elliott explains how she uses her bullet journal.
• Seanan McGuire explains how My Little Pony taught her how to write glittery and fluffy violence.
• Kristine Kathryn Rusch takes a look at the development of and prospects for audio books.
• Jim Milliot wonders whether attempts to make the publishing industry more diverse are showing signs of success.
  

Interviews:

• Arley Sorg interviews Connie Willis.
• Arley Sorg interviews E. Lily Yu.
• Daniel DeVita interviews Patrick Rothfuss.
• Runalong the Shelves interviews Gautam Bhatia.
  
• The Guardian interviews William Gibson.
• Ashish Ghadiali interviews Courttia Newland.
• Jen Gheller interviews Wen-yi Lee.
• Scott Edelman interviews Ian Randal Strock.
• R.S. Benedict interviews Sloane Leong.
• Reece Michealson interviews C.E. McGill.
  

Reviews: 

• Runalong the Shelves reviews Chilling Effect by Valerie Valdes. 
• Paul Di Filippo reviews Rise of the Right Hand by Olivia Chadha.
  
• James Davis Nicoll reviews The Collapsing Empire by John Scalzi.
  
• Alex Tas reviews The Outside by Ada Hoffmann.  
• Runalong the Shelves reviews Seven of Infinities by Aliette de Bodard.
  
• James Davis Nicoll reviews Fireheart Tiger by Aliette de Bodard. 
• Camestros Felapton reviews Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia.
  
• Colleen Mondor reviews The Extraordinaries by T.J. Klune.
  
• Paul Di Filippo reviews Underneath the Oversea by Marc Laidlaw.
  
• Beth Kanell reviews Marion Lane and the Midnight Murder by T.A. Willberg. 
• Andrew Mather reviews The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton. 
• Kat Hooper and Tadiana Jones review Catfishing on CatNet by Naomi Kritzer.
  
• Adrienne Martini reviews Anthropocene Rag by Alex Irvine. 
• Blue Book Balloon reviews Bare Head by Adrian Tchaikovsky. 
• James Davis Nicoll reviews Hench by Natalie Zina Walschots.
  
• Kat Hooper reviews The Somebody People by Bob Proehl.
  
• Bill Capossere reviews The Fictional Man by Al Ewing. 
• Runalong the Shelves reviews The Fictional Man by Al Ewing. 
• Tim Scheidler reviews The Rage of Dragons by Evan Winter.
  
• Paul Weimer reviews The Frozen Crown by Greta Kelly.
  
• Adam Roberts reviews A River Called Time by Courttia Newland.  
• Runalong the Shelves reviews A River Called Time by Courttia Newland. 
• Beejay Silcox reviews The Living Sea of Waking Dreams by Richard Flanagan.
  
• Alex Brown reviews When the Tigar Came Down the Mountain by Nghi Vo.
  
• Blue Book Balloon reviews Across the Green Grass Fields by Seanan McGuire. 
• Tadiana Jones reviews Over the Woodward Wall by A. Deborah Baker a.k.a. Seanan McGuire.
  
• Adri Joy reviews A Deadly Education by Naomi Novik.
  
• Ian Mond reviews Rest and Be Thankful by Emma Glass.
  
• Maya James and Rich Horton review Entanglements: Tomorrow’s Lovers, Fami­lies, and Friends, edited by Sheila Williams. 
• Karen Haber reviews Leonardo 2 by Stéphane Levallois. 

Classics reviews:

• John Lellenberg revisits the 1912 science fiction novel The Lost World by Arthur Conan Doyle.
  
• Every Day Should Be Tuesday revisits the 1939 alternate history novel Lest Darkness Fall by L. Sprague de Camp. 
• Paul Fraser revisits the 1953 science fiction story "Who's Cribbing?" by Jack Lewis.
  
• Matt Mikalatos revisits the 1955 children's fantasy novel The Magician's Nephew by C.S. Lewis.
  
• James Malizewski revisits the 1963 science fantasy novel Sign of the Labrys by Margaret St. Clair. 
• David Levinson revisits the February 1966 issue of If - Worlds of Science Fiction. 
• John Boston revisits the February 1966 issue of Amazing Stories.
  
• Fletcher Vredenburgh revisits the 1968 fantasy novel The Last Unicorn by Peter S. Beagle.
  
• John O'Neill revisits the 1970 sword and sorcery/sword and planet anthology Swords Agaimst Tomorrow, edited by Robert Hoskins. 
• Judith Tarr revisits the 1974 science fiction novel Iron Cage by Andre Norton.
  
• Adrian Simmons revisits the November 1979 issue of Omni. 
• Alan Brown revisits the 1979 military science fiction novel Janissaries by Jerry Pournelle.
  
• Ken Lizzi revisits the 1979 sword and sorcery anthology Swords Against Darkness V, edited by Andrew J. Offutt.
  
• The Por Por Book Blog revisits the 1985 historical fantasy novel Starkadder by Bernard King.
• S.E. Lindberg revisits the 1985 sword and sorcery novel The Trail of Bohu by Charles R. Saunders.
• John O'Neill revisits the 1988 space opera novel The Guardsman by P.J. Beese and Todd Cameron Hamilton.
• MarzAat revisits the 1991 fantasy collection Old Nathan by David Drake.
• Paul Fraser revisits the 1995 Cyberpunk story "Downloading Midnight" by William Borwning Spencer.
  

Con and event reports:

• Paul Eisenberg interviews the team behind the Chicon 8, the 2022 Worldcon in Chicago, Illinois.
• Kathy Merlock Jackson reports that the 2021 conference of the Popular Culture Association will be going virtual because of the pandemic.
  
• Mike Glyer reports about the results of the investigation of an alleged code of conduct violation at the virtual Balticon 54.
• Mark L. Blackman reports about the latest edition of the virtual New York Review of Science Fiction readings series, featuring Sam J. Miller.
  
• Ron Dominguez, former director of Disneyland in Anaheim, California, has died aged 85.
  

 

Crowdfunding: 

• The family of the late fantasy author Anton Strout needs some help.
• It Gets Even Better: Stories of Queer Possibility, edited by Isabela Oliveira and Jed Sabin, is looking for funding.  
• Corvid-19 - A RavenCon Anthology, edited by Michael D. Pederson, is looking for funding.
  

 

Science and technology:

• Benjamin Bullard reports about plans to rebuild the collapsed Arecibo telescope in Puerto Rico.
• Gideon Marcus takes a look at what was known about Saturn in 1966.
• Elizabeth Rayne declares that the reason we haven't found any sign of alien civilizations yet might be because they died out long ago. 
• Joshua Espinoza reports that the object Oumuamua, which appeared in our solar system in 2017, may have been and alien spaceship or probe.
• Deborah Solomon digs into the mystery monoliths that appeared all over the world in late 2020.
  

Free online fiction:

• "Rotten Little Town: A Oral History (Abridged)" by Adam-Troy Castro in Nightmare Magazine. 
• "How to Break Into a Hotel Room" by Stephen Graham-Jones in Nightmare Magazine.
  
• "Skyboss" by Rocky Breen in Luna Station Quarterly. 
• "Tyrannosaurus Hex" by Sam J. Miller in Uncanny.
  
• "Let All the Children Boogie" by Sam J. Miller in Tor.com. 
• "Things to Bring, Things to Burn, Things Best Left Behind" by C.E. McGill in Fantasy Magazine. 
  
• "Intentionalities" by Aimee Ogden in Clarkesworld. 
• "Drummer Boy in a World of Wise Men" by Tobi Ogundiran in Omenana. 
• "As Tight As Any Knot" by M.A. Carrick in Beneath Ceaseless Skies.
  
• "Colombina" by Jelena Donato in Beneath Ceaseless Skies. 
• "The Incorruptible World" by Anjali Sachdeva in Lightspeed. 
• "The Orange Tree" by Maria Dahvana Headley in Lightspeed.  
• "Root Rot" by Fargo Tbakhi in Apex Magazine.
  
• "The Van Etten House" by Carrie Laben in The Dark.
  
• "A Complex Filament of Light" by S. Qiouyi Lu in Anathema Magazine.
  
• "A Thousand Bites. And One" by Calie Voorhis in Daily Science Fiction. 
• "When I Grow Up" by Kate Elliott in The Book Smugglers.
• "The Child-Eating Forest Speaks Its Mind" by Bruce Arthurs in Liminality.
  

Trailers and videos: 

• Watch a trailer for Space Sweepers.
  
• Watch a trailer for Outside the Wire. 
• Watch a trailer for Sweet Home.
  
• Watch a trailer for The Night. 
• Watch a trailer for The Wanting Mare.
• Watch a trailer for season 2 of Solar Opposites.
  

 

 

Speculative Fiction Links of the Week for February 1, 2020

It's time for the latest weekly round-up of interesting links about speculative fiction from around the web, this week with Star Trek: Picard and Star Trek in general, series 12 of Doctor Who, The Witcher, Avenue 5, The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, Color Out of Space, Joker and much more. 

Speculative fiction in general:

• Liz Bourke lists the 2020 SFF books she is looking forward to. 
• AudioFile Magazine shares the best new science fiction and fantasy audio books for winter 2020.
• James Davis Nicoll shares five science fiction works about epic space journeys. 
• James Davis Nicoll shares classic science fiction books set on futuristic space habitats.
• James Davis Nicoll also shares five science fiction stories about global cooling. 
• Andrew Hunter-Murray explains how to end the world in five easy steps.
• Tor.com shares their favourite stories featuring Groundhog Day type time-loops
• Tor.com shares seven SFF books which reimagine beloved literary classics. 
• Marissa Meyer shares five YA SFF books that blur the line between good and evil.
• J.C. Kang, Rob J. Hayes,Virginia McClain, M. L. Wang, K. Bird Lincoln and Devin Madson discuss Asian fantasy.  
• Medleyana shares their appreciation for the works of Henry Kuttner. 
• Erika Harlitz-Kern shares her appreciation for The Centenal Cycle by Malka Older. 
• James A. Moore shares his appreciation for the Chronicles of Prydain by Lloyd Alexander.
• Sam Kates shares his appreciation for the works of Enid Blyton. 
• Jo Reed interviews Jim Dale, narrator of the Harry Potter audiobooks.
• Bryan Cronin reports that Superman's S-logo may have been inspired by a 1920s/30s fanzine called The Planet.
• Gudrun Pausewang, German writer of post-apocalyptic and dystopian YA among others, has died aged 91.
  

Film and TV:

• Peter Bradshaw calls The Lighthouse a sublime maritime nightmare.
• Peter Bradshaw calls The Turning a contrived and spiritless disappointment. 
• Kevin Fallon calls Underwater the year's first batshit crazy movie.
• Cath Clarke calls the latest version of The Grudge the franchise that refused to die. 
• Benjamin Lee calls His House an effective haunted house thriller.
• Katie Rife calls Gretel and Hansel spellbinding and eerie. 
• Jordan Hoffman calls Wendy a version of the Peter Pan story that never grows up into an interesting film. 
• Alex McLevy shares his thoughts on the Scandinavian supernatural drama Ragnarok.
• Allison Shoemaker shares her thoughts on the latest episode of The Outsider.
• Paul Levinson shares his thoughts on the season 1 finale of Emergence. 
• Bilge Ebri revisits the 1964 nuclear war movies Fail Safe and Dr. Strangelove or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb.
• Austin Gilkeson revisits the 1977 animated Lord of the Rings film. 
• Anthony Breznican reports from the set of Ghostbusters: Afterlife. 
• Rosanna Greenstreet interviews Gemma Whelan who appears in White House Farm and played Yara Greyjoy in Game of Thrones. 
• Jessica Murray interviews Daniel Kaluuya, star of Get Out, Black Panther and Queen and Slim.
• Lora Jones interviews Hanna Brar, props assistant on the Star Wars movies. 
• James Greeby reports that Dolittle was a massive flop and wonders what this means for the career of Robert Downey Jr.
• Leah Schnelbach shares a tribute to Terry Jones. 
• Actor John Karlen, best known for his parts in Dark Shadows and Cagney and Lacey, has died aged 86.

Comments on Star Trek: Picard and Star Trek in general (warning, possible spoilers):

• Cora Buhlert shares her thoughts on "Rememberance", the first episode of Star Trek: Picard. 
• Keith R.A. DeCandido shares his thoughts on "Rememberance". 
• Erik Henriksen shares his thoughts on "Rememberance".
• Jack Seale shares his thoughts on "Rememberance".
• Kevin Fallon discusses the political implications of Star Trek: Picard.
• Ali Plumb interviews Sir Patrick Stewart and Jeri Ryan, who play Jean-Luc Picard and Seven of Nine in Star Trek: Picard. 
• Tim Baysinger reports that a crossover between the Star Trek TV shows and movies seems possible.
• Ryan Britt wonders if Data's evil brother Lore will appear in Star Trek: Picard.
• Camestros Felapton revisits the 2002 film Star Trek Nemesis.
• Keith R.A. DeCandido revisits "Caretaker", the first episode of Star Trek Voyager as well as "Parallax", the second episode.
• Ross A. Lincoln points out that the logo for Donald Trump's new US Space Force bears an uncanny resemblance to the Starfleet logo.
  

Comments on series 12 of Doctor Who (major spoilers):

• Sylas K. Barrett and Emmet Asher-Perrin share their thoughts on "Fugitive of the Judoon", the latest episode of Doctor Who. 
• Camestros Felapton shares his thoughts on "Fugitive of the Judoon". 
• Dan Martin shares his thoughts on "Fugitive of the Judoon". 
• James Whitbrook shares his thoughts on "Fugitive of the Judoon". 
• Caroline Siede shares her thoughts on "Fugitive of the Judoon".
• Ryan Britt muses about recent revelations in Doctor Who and what they might mean for the Doctor. 
• Martin Belam also discusses a recent revelation in Doctor Who.
• Constance Gibbs is pleased about some recent diverse casting decisions on Doctor Who, but declares that this is only the beginning.
• Huw Fullerton interviews John Barrowman who played Captain Jack Harkness in Doctor Who and Torchwood. 
• Ryan Britt also interviews John Barrowman.
• Nicola Methven interviews Chris Chibnall, showrunner of Doctor Who (major spoilers).
  

Comments on The Witcher:

• Joelle Monique interviews Lauren  Schmidt Hissrich, showrunner of The Witcher.
• Henry Cavill, star of The Witcher, explains everything you need to know about the Witcher's swords. 

Comments on Avenue 5:

• Kate Kulzick shares her thoughts on the latest episode of Avenue 5.
• Marah Eakin interviews Ethan Phillips and Leonora Circhlow, two stars of Avenue 5. 
  

Comments on The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina:

• Lisa Weidenfeld offers episode by episode reviews of the latest season of The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina. 
• Hannah Mylrea shares her thoughts on season 3 of The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina.
• Abbey White explains the ending of season 3 of The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina.
• Angie Martoccio interviews Kiernan Shipka, star of The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina.
  

Comments on Color Out Of Space: 

• Katie Rife calls Color Out of Space a predictably wild mix of H.P. Lovecraft, star Nicholas Cage and director Richard Stanley. 
• Mark Jenkins calls Color Out Of Space a pulpy horror film with little craft and no love.

Comments on Joker:

• Keith R.A. DeCandido shares his thoughts on Joker. 
• Katie Rife and A.A. Dowd declare that Joker's greatest trick is that we are still talking about the bloody film.
• Phil Hoad talks about the problematic portrayal of mental illness in Daniel Isn't Real and Joker.

Awards:

• The winner of the 2020 Dal Coger Memorial Hall of Fame Award has been announced.
• The winners of the 2020 Andrew Carnegie Medals have been announced.
• The winners of the 2020 Annie Awards have been announced.
• The winners of the 2020 DGA Awards have been announced.
• The winners of the 2020 American Library Association Youth Media Awards have been announced. 
• The 2020 Excellence in Children’s and Young Adult Science Fiction Notable Lists have been announced. 
• The 2020 RUSA Year's Best in Genre Fiction Reading Lists have been announced. 
• The winner of the 2020 Golden Kite Award has been announced.
• The winners of the 2020 VES Awards have been announced.
  
• Radicalized by Cory Doctorow has been shortlisted for the Canada Reads Prize.
• The winners of the 2020 Grammy Awards have been announced with some winners of genre interest.
• Camestros Felapton offers a summary of the sad and rabid puppies saga.
  

Writing, publishing and promotion:

• Bethany Henry shares six ways to feed your muse. 
• Jana Oliver explains what to do when your muse is missing in action.
• Janice Hardy talks about things to consider when adding a POV character.
• Kathleen Jennings recounts how the Australian wildfires are affecting writers. 
• Kristine Kathryn Rusch explains how freeing it can be to realise that nobody cares.
• Rolland Kling talks about social media book marketing.
  

Interviews:

• Alison Flood interviews Nora Roberts a.k.a. J.D. Robb. 
• Leah Donella interviews Tomi Adeyemi.
• Jonathan McAloon interviews Francine Toon.
  
• The Qwillery interviews Chana Porter.
• The Qwillery interviews Brian D. Anderson.
• Scott Edelmann interviews Alexandra Erin.
  

Reviews: 

• Smart Bitches, Trashy Books reviews Strange Love by Ann Aguirre.
• Camestros Felapton reviews Shadow Captain by Alastair Reynolds. 
• Adrienne Martini reviews A Chain Across the Stars by Drew Williams and The Girl Who Could Move Sh*t With Her Mind by Jackson Ford. 
• Lesa Holstine reviews Night Train to Murder by Simon R. Green.  
• Jana Nyman and Tadiana Jones review An Easy Death by Charlaine Harris.
• Publishers Weekly reviews The City We Became by N.K. Jemisin. 
• Runalong the Shelves reviews Paris Adrift by E.J. Swift.
• Nina Shepardson reviews The Outside by Ada Hoffman. 
• James Davis Nicoll reviews Upright Women Wanted by Sarah Gailey.
• Gary K. Wolfe and Amy Goldschalger review The Testaments by Margaret Atwood.
• Adri Joy reviews The Unspoken Name by A.K. Larkwood. 
• Paul Weimer reviews The Bone Ships by R.J. Baker. 
• Blue Book Balloon reviews Highfire by Eoin Colfer.
• Nina Shepardson reviews The Nightjar by Deborah Hewitt. 
• Lee Mandelo reviews Blood Countess by Lana Popovic. 
• Molly Templeton reviews Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas. 
• Julie Kitvaria Sarene reviews Sorcery Reborn by Steve McHugh.
• Marion Deeds reviews Battle Mage by Peter A. Flannery.
• Runalong the Shelves reviews The Swordman's Lament by G.M. White.
• Runalong the Shelves reviews The Unlikely Escape of Uriah Heep by H.G. Parry. 
• Juanita Giles reviews The Conference of Birds by Ransom Riggs. 
• Dan Kois reviews The Absolute Book by Elizabeth Knox. 
• Paul Weimer reviews Gamechanger by L.X. Beckett.
• Carolyn Cushman reviews A Very Scalzi Christmas by John Scalzi and Grave Importance by Vivian Shaw.
• Helon Habila reviews The Water Dancer by Ta-Nehisi Coates.
• Lis Carey reviews The Base of Reflections by A.E. Warren.
• James Davis Nicoll reviews Beneath the Rising by Premee Mohamed.
• Tobias Carroll reviews Sabbath by Nick Mamatas.
• Michael Patrick Hicks reviews The Reddening by Adam Nevill.
• Blue Book Balloon reviews Agency by William Gibson.
• Ian Mond reviews The Factory by Hiroko Oyamada.
  
• Bill Capossere reviews The Hidden Girl and Other Stories by Ken Liu.
• Daniel Dern reviews The History of Soul 2065 by Barbara Krasnoff.
• Jonathan Thornton reviews Talk Like a Man by Nisi Shawl.
• Colleen Mondor reviews Ghosts of the Shadow Market, edited by Cassandra Clare.
• Logan Noble reviews Nox Pareidolia, edited by Robert S. Wilson.
• Bill Capossere reviews Batman and Ethics by Mark D. White.
• Dorian Lynskey reviews Orwell: A Man of Our Time by Richard Bradford.
• Janice M. Bogstad reviews Iain Banks by Paul Kincaid.
• Alvaro Zinos-Amaro reviews Monster, She Wrote by Lisa Kröger and Melanie R. Anderson.
  

Classics reviews: 

• Little Red Reviewer revisits the 1818 gothic science fiction novel Frankenstein or the Modern Prometheus by Mary Shelley. 
• Howling Frog Books revisits the 1920 science fantasy novel The Metal Monster by A. Merritt. 
• Froodian Slip revisits the 1938 science fiction horror novella "Who Goes There?" by Don A. Stuart a.k.a. John W. Campbell. 
• Steve J. Wright revisits the 1944 mythological novel The Golden Fleece by Robert Graves.
• Cora Buhlert revisits the 1944 planetary romance novella "The Jewel of Bas" by Leigh Brackett. 
• Cora Buhlert revisits the 1944 science fiction story "Catch That Rabbit" by Isaac Asimov.
• Berthold Gambrel revisits the 1953 science fiction mystery The Caves of Steel by Isaac Asimov.
• Lydia Schoch revisits the 1953 science fiction novel Second Variety by Philip K. Dick.
• Howling Frog Books revisits the 1957 science fiction collection The Case Against Tomorrow by Frederik Pohl. 
• Bookforager revisits the 1963 science fiction collection The Airs of Earth by Brian Aldiss. 
• Mark Yon revisits the January/February 1965 issues of New Worlds and Science Fantasy. 
• Gideon Marcus revisits the February 1965 issue of If: Worlds of Science Fiction. 
• Gideon Marcus revisits the February 1965 issue of Analog.
• James Davis Nicoll revisits the 1965 YA science fiction novel The Arm of the Starfish by Madeleine L'Engle. 
• Howling Frog Books revisits the 1966 science fiction novel Siege Perilous by Lester Del Rey.
• Howling Frog Books revisits the 1969 science fiction novel The Lotus Caves by John Christopher.
• James Davis Nicoll revisits the 1972 non-fiction book Ignition! - An Informal History of Liquid Rocket Propellants by John Drury Clark.
• Alan Brown revisits the 1973 military science fiction novel The Glory Game and the 1985 military science fiction novel End As a Hero by Keith Laumer.
• Paul Di Filippo revisits the 1974 science fiction anthology 2020 Vision, edited by Jerry Pournelle.
• Paul Fraser revisits the 1977 science fiction anthology Graven Images, edited by Edward L. Ferman and Barry N. Malzberg.
• Mark Kaedrin revisits the 1977 science fiction novel Inherit the Stars by James P. Hogan. 
• James Davis Nicoll revisits Meave, a 1979 novel in the Diadem space opera series by Jo Clayton. 
• Little Red Reviewer revisits the 1979 science fiction novella "Sandkings" by George R.R. Martin.
• Runalong the Shelves revisits the 1987 humorous fantasy novel Equal Rites by Terry Pratchett.
• Kat Hooper revisits the 2000 fairytale retelling Spindle's End by Robin McKinley. 
• Mark Chitty revisits the 2001 military science fiction novel Fallen Dragon by Peter F. Hamilton.

Con and event reports:

• Daniel Dern reports that Arisia in Boston, Massachusetts, has managed to raise sufficient funds to pay off their hotel cancellation penalty fees.  
• The Geekiary discusses the state of accessibility at Baltimore Comic-Con in Baltimore, Maryland.
• Dale Arnold reports that the Baltimore Science Fiction Society BSFS has received a permit to build a ramp outside its headquarters to make the building more accessible for disabled people. 
• Nancy Coleman reports about Broadwaycon in New York City. 
• Janni Ylönen reports about the academic track at WorldCon 77 in Dublin, Ireland.
• Mike Glyer reports that WorldCon 77 in Dublin, Ireland, has been nominated as the best Irish Comic Related Event. 
• Mike Glyer reports that the OASIS convention in Orlando, Florida, has gone on hiatus.
• Mike Glyer offers an overview of the program of PaleyFest 2020 in Los Angeles, California.
• Angel Wilson reports that the Disney Parks in Hongkong and Shanghai have been closed down over coronavirus concerns. 
• Ollie Barder reports that a walking life-size Gundam will be unveiled in Yokohama, Japan, later this year.
• Kevin Morris profiles the 2020 TAFF winner Michael J. Lowrey.
  

Crowdfunding:

• The SFF collection The Lands of Passing Through by Alexandra Erin is looking for funding.
  

Science and technology: 

• Amos Zeeberg explains what we can learn about robots from Japan. 
• Matthew Hart reports that Adam Savage of Mythbusters will test Boston Dynamics' robot dog Spot. 
• Bruce Sterling talks about artificial intelligence.
• The BBC reports about Vyom, India's first robot astronaut. 
• David Welna reports about a spacewalk to repair the International Space Station's Alpha Magnetic Detector.
• The BBC reports about the first cookies baked in space. 
• Jessica P. Ogilvie remembers NASA's Spitzer Telescope, which will be retired next week. 
• Jonathan Amos shares some new detailed images of the surface of the sun.
• Daniel Dern reports about NASA's 3D printing initiative. 
• Gideon Marcus reports about the Gemini 2 mission and the launch of the TIROS 9 TV satellite in 1965.
• The BBC reports that Twitter has demanded that a company called Clearview stop collecting photos from the site for a facial recognition system. 
• The BBC asks if we could survive an extinction event.
• The BBC reports that the heat generated by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD was so intense that it turned the brain of at least one citizen of Herculaneum into glass.
• Arkady Martine explains how to brew beer aboard a generation ship.
  

Free online fiction:

• "The Devil Squid Apocalypse" by Alex Acks in GigaNotoSaurus.
• "The Case of the Somewhat Mythic Sword" by Garth Nix at Tor.com. 
• "Bone to Bleeding Bone" by Sarah McGill in Luna Station Quarterly. 
• "Nora's Potion Jar" by Emilee Martell in Luna Station Quarterly.
• "Tell Me Something Good" by Nicole Lungerhausen in Luna Station Quarterly.
• "You Perfect, Broken Thing" by C.L. Clark in Uncanny Magazine.
  
• "The AI That Looked at the Sun" by Filip Hajdar Drnovšek Zorko in Clarkesworld.
• "Forgive Me, My Love, for the Ice and the Sea" by C.L. Clark in Beneath Ceaseless Skies. 
• "The Moneylender's Angel" by Robert Minto in Beneath Ceaseless Skies.
• "Watching Rome Burn" by Veronica Brush in Fireside Magazine. 
• "Where They Went" by Joseph Halden in Daily Science Fiction. 
• "The Truth Is All There Is" by Emily Parker in Slate: Future Tense.
• "The Poop Thief" by Kristine Kathryn Rusch.
  

Odds and ends: 

• Watch some test footage from the never produced TV show Star Wars Underworld.
• Watch a trailer for The Plot Against America.
• Watch a trailer for Locke and Key.
  

Speculative Fiction Links of the Week for April 12, 2019

It's time for the weekly round-up of interesting links about speculative fiction from around the web, this week with Star Trek Discovery, Shazam!, Unicorn Store, The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, High Life, season 2 of American Gods, Us, Pet Sematary, Hellboy, Little, the upcoming final season of Game of Thrones and much more. 

Speculative fiction in general:

• Jeff Somers lists five technological inventions science fiction predicted with one hundred percent accuracy.
• Arkady Martine talks about motherhood in science fiction.
• Rob Latham takes a look at the time travel stories of Robert Silverberg. 
• Ross Johnson shares eight great books for fans of Farscape. 
• Hanna Jameson reconsiders classic novels as dystopian and post-apocalyptic novels and discusses the enduring lessons of post-apocalyptic fiction.
• Doris V. Sutherland takes a look at a particular notable example of casual mass murder in the Grimm fairy tale "Cherry or the Frog Bride". 
• Lisa Allardice explains how the world went crazy for the Moomins.
• Crime Reads shares twenty quotes by Robert Bloch.
• Foz Meadows talks about cancel culture and the internet eating itself.
• Michael Gonzales shares his appreciation for the horror comics of the 1970s.
• Annalee Newitz explains why the cool kids are playing Dungeons & Dragons.
• Arwen Curry remembers Vonda N. McIntyre.
  

Film and TV:

• Caryn James declares that the new Twilight Zone serves up eerie, witty and stylishly told stories.
  
• Paul Levinson shares his thoughts on the science fiction movie IO. 
• Katie Rife shares her thoughts on the latest episode of What We Do In The Shadows.
• Charles Bramesco calls The Silence a thunderingly bad horror film. 
• Charles Pulliam-Moore declares that season 2 of Cloak and Dagger is off to a blindingly good start.
• Leah Schnelbach declares that The Tick is back and that it is better than ever.
• Tom Breihan declares that Black Panther took superhero movies to a higher level.
• A.A. Dowd shares his appreciation for the improvised heart surgery scene in Iron Man.
• Ben Child wonders why Donald Trump is so obsessed with the character of Bane in the superhero movie The Dark Knight Rises. 
• Peter Bradshaw revisits the 1971 dystopian movie A Clockwork Orange.
• Jessica Holmes revisits the 1964 Doctor Who serial "Marco Polo".
• Joey Shapiro takes a look at Hereditary, Don't Look Now and the despairing future of horror. 
• Steve Weintraub interviews actress Linda Hamilton who plays Sarah Connor in the Terminator movies.
• Erik Adams interviews actress Fiona Shaw who plays Carolyn Martens in Killing Eve and Petunia Dursley in the Harry Potter movies.
• Alex Godfrey interviews actor Udo Kier.
• James Whitbrook reports that actor Iain Glen, best known for playing Jorah Mormont in Game of Thrones and Jack Taylor in the eponymous crime drama, has been cast as Bruce Wayne a.k.a. Batman in Titans.
• Joe Otterson reports that Disney is working on a Hawkeye series featuring Jeremy Renner as Clint Barton handing over the torch to Kate Bishop. 

Comments on Star Trek Discovery and Star Trek in general (spoilers):

• Zack Handlen shares his thoughts on "Through the Valley of Shadows", the latest episode of Star Trek Discovery.
• Keith R.A. DeCandido shares his thoughts on "Through the Valley of Shadows".
• James Whitbrook shares his thoughts on "Through the Valley of Shadows".
• Gavia Baker-Whitelaw shares her thoughts on "Through the Valley of Shadows".
• Camestros Felapton shares his thoughts on "Through the Valley of Shadows".
• Kayti Burt shares her thoughts on "Through the Valley of Shadows".
• Cora Buhlert shares her thoughts on "Through the Valley of Shadows".
• Ryan Britt discusses the portrayal of Captain Christopher Pike in Star Trek Discovery. 
• Ryan Britt lists eight character from the original Star Trek who might pop up in the Star Trek Discovery season finale.
  
• Women at Warp discusses how women's sexuality is treated in various Star Trek shows.
  

Comments on Shazam!: 

• Emily Asher-Perrin declares that Shazam! is best when it shifts its focus off its main character.  
• The Geekiary calls Shazam! a heartfelt film that continues DC's upwards trend. 
• Charles Pulliam-Moore explains that losing one's family and overcoming that loss is a huge part of what makes Shazam! work so well. 
• Jesse Hassenger declares that Shazam! redefines masculinity in the DC universe.
• Leonard Maltin claims that Shazam! never takes off.
• Farid Ul-Haq is pleased that Shazam! includes a gay character.
• Will Friedwald discusses the strange connection between Captain Marvel and Shazam! who was once known as Captain Marvel.
  

Comments on Unicorn Store: 

• Linda Holmes calls Unicorn Store a glittering and charming directorial debut for Brie Larson.
• Katie Rife calls Unicorn Store terminally perky. 
• Yohana Desta shares how actress Brie Larson, star of Captain Marvel and Unicorn Store, feels about the gender pay gap in Hollywood.

Comments on The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina: 

• Chris Cummins calls season 2 of The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina hauting, dark and mature.
• Angie Dahl declares that the witches from The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina smash the patriarchy in season 2. 
• Lisa Weidenfeld offers some episode by episode reviews of season 2 of The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina.
• Beth Elderkin interviews Gavin Leatherwood who plays Nick in The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina.
• Beth Elderkin interviews Lachlan Watson who plays Theo in The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina.
• Inspired by The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, Amber Troska asks what makes a good and a bad adaptation.
  

Comments on High Life:

• A.A. Dowd calls High Life a captivating science fiction film.
• Charles Pulliam-Moore declares that the science fiction film High Life gets lost in the void of its own imagination. 
• Andrew Lapin calls High Life a strange and wondrous film that's not a traditional science fiction film.

Comments on season 2 of American Gods: 

• Jamie Sugah shares her thoughts on the latest episode of American Gods.
• Emily L. Stephens shares her thoughts on the latest episode of American Gods.
  

Comments on the upcoming final season of Game of Thrones:

• Chris Mandle asks if Game of Thrones is the last great blockbuster TV show.
• Tyler Dean explains what was lost when the character of Lady Stoneheart was cut from the TV version of Game of Thrones. 
• Readers of The Guardian share their predictions for the ending of Game of Thrones. 
• Various critics from The Guardian share their favourite Game of Thrones characters.
• The Observer interviews several Game of Thrones castmembers about how the show changed their lives. 
• Emma Jones interviews Diana Rigg about playing Olenna Tyrell in Game of Thrones.  
• Ciaran McCauley profiles various crewmembers who've worked on Game of Thrones on location in Northern Ireland.
• Denis Lovrovic shares some photos of how the Croatian city Dubrovnik suffers from overtourism due to Game of Thrones.
• TV critic Sarah Hughes explains how hoping to find out how Game of Thrones ends helped her cope with her incurable cancer.
• Bridget Hallinan lists all of the Game of Thrones food and beverage tributes for the final season. 
• Angel Wilson offers a recap of season 7 of Game of Thrones.
• Ross Johnson shares twenty-five epic fantasies for Game of Thrones fans. 

Comments on Us: 

• Arley Sorg and Josh Pearce discuss Us.
• Camestros Felapton talks about the world building of Us.
• Laura Bradley discusses the inspiration behind the climactic fight scene of Us.
• Joe George finds some parallels between Us and the fiction of Ursula K. Le Guin and Octavia E. Butler.
  

Comments on Hellboy:

• Peter Bradshaw calls the new Hellboy a soulless descent into the seventh circle of tedium.
• Katie Rife calls Hellboy a loud and gory mess that only a teenager could love.
• Charles Pulliam-Moore calls the latest version of Hellboy too dull to leave much of an impression. 
• Alex Wong interviews actor Daniel Dae Kim, best known for his parts in Lost, Hawaii Five-O and Hellboy. 

Comments on Pet Sematary (sic): 

• A.A. Dowd declares that Pet Sematary should have stayed buried.
• Peter Bradshaw calls Pet Sematary an impressively nasty scare story.
• Leah Schnelbach calls Pet Sematary a scary and deeply felt adpatation of the eponymous Stephen King novel.
• Alex McLevy interviews Amy Seimetz, one of the stars of Pet Sematary.
• Katie Rife interviews animal trainer Kirk Jarrett and Melissa Miller who worked on Pet Sematary.
  

Comments on Little:

• Charles Pulliam-Moore declares that the fantasy movie Little has a great message, but fails to entertain.  
• Peter Bradshaw calls Little a confused fantasy comedy with very little to laugh at.
• Jesse Hassenger says that the actors make Little a lot of fun.
  

Awards: 

• The shortlist for the 2019 Brave New Words Award has been announced.
• The finalists for the 2019 Prometheus Award have been announced. 
• The winners of the 2019 Tolkien Society Awards have been announced.
• The nominees for the 2019 Seiun Awards have been announced.
• The nominees for the 2019 Peabody Awards have been announced. 
• The winner of the 2019 Kevin O'Donnell Jr. Service to SFWA Award has been announced. 
• The winners of the 2019 Writers and Illustrators of the Future contest have been announced.
• The shortlist for the 2019 CLFA Book of the Year has been announced. 
• The winners of the 2019 BAFTA games awards have been announced.
• James Davis Nicoll looks back at forty years of the Prometheus Award.
• Mike Glyer reports that a motion has been filed to extend the Hugo eligibility of the documentary Worlds of Ursula K. Le Guin.
  

Writing, publishing and promotion:

• Kristine Kathryn Rusch shares some tips for making writing fun again.
• Laurence MacNaughton explains how to never suffer writer's block again. 
• Maggie Plummer talks about turning life into fiction.
• Marina J. Lostetter talks about feeling the shape of stories.
• Vivian Shaw shares six ways that fanfiction can make your writing stronger. 
• Tobias S. Buckell shares his appreciation for Writer's Digest for its 100th anniversary.
• Clayton Noblit shares a complete guide to making an Amazon Author Central page.
• Charity Bradford asks if it's worth juggling two or more pen names.
  

Interviews:

• Tochi Onyebuchi interviews Victor LaValle.
• Laurel Amberdine interviews Caroline M. Yoachim. 
• Locus interviews Jasper Fforde. 
• Chris Urie interviews Anna Kashina.
• The Qwillery interviews Kris Waldherr. 
• The Qwillery interviews Kate Mascarenhas.
• The Qwillery interviews Sarah Blake.
• The Qwillery interviews Martine Fournier-Watson. 
• The Qwillery interviews Mike Chen.
• The Qwillery interviews Jack Heckel.
• Brandon Crilly interviews Diane Walton. 
• Aidan Moher intervies Nic Kelman.

Reviews:

• Gary Tognetti reviews Finder by Suzanne Palmer. 
• For Winter Nights reviews A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine.
• Adrienne Martini reviews Zero Sum Game by S.L. Huang and The Light Brigade by Kameron Hurley.
• Joe Sherry reviews Alliance Rising by C.J. Cherryh and Jane S. Fancher.
• Kat Hooper reviews The Hidden World by Melinda Snodgrass.
• Tom Whitmore reviews The Widening Gyre by Michael R. Johnston.  
• Daniel Dern reviews Tiamat's Wrath by James S.A. Corey. 
• Bill Capossere reviews Tiamat's Wrath by James S.A. Corey. 
• Blue Book Balloon reviews Atlas Alone by Emma Newman.
• Liz Bourke reviews Luna: Moon Rising by Ian McDonald.
• Ceridwen Christensen reviews Blackfsh City by Sam J. Miller.
• Tadiana Jones and Jana Nyman review The Black God's Drums by P. Djèlí Clark.
• Liz Bourke reviews The Haunting of Tram Car 015 by P. Djèlí Clark. 
• Tadiana Jones reviews Alice Payne Arrives by Kate Heartfield.
• Carolyn Cushman reviews Death & Honey, edited by Kevin Hearne. 
• Bill Capossere reviews Station Zero by Philip Reeve.
• Mark Yon reviews Just One Damned Thing After Another by Jodi Taylor.
• James Davis Nicoll reviews The True Queen by Zen Cho. 
• Rob Bedford reviews Seven Blades in Black by Sam Sykes. 
• Martin Cahill reviews Seven Blades in Black by Sam Sykes.
• Jessica Juby reviews Sympthony of the Wind by Steven McKinnon.
• Katharine Coldiron reviews Lost Gods by Micah Yongo. 
• Corrina Lawson reviews Holy Sister by Mark Lawrence.
• Elizabeth Fitzgerald reviews Descendants of the Crane by Joan He.  
• Geoff Matthews reviews Sworn to the Night by Craig Schaefer.
• Erica Wagner reviews Gingerbread by Helen Oyeyemi.
• Adri Joy reviews Terra Nullius by Claire G. Coleman. 
• Emily Wenstrom reviews The Bayern Agenda by Dan Moren.
• Michael Patrick Hicks reviews The Pandora Room by Christopher Golden. 
• Ian Mond reviews The Psychology of Time Travel by Kate Mascarenhas.
• Gary K. Wolfe reviews Rewrite: Loops in the Timescape by Gregory Benford. 
• Alan Warner reviews Doggerland by Ben Smith.
• Mark Chitty reviews Survival Game by Gary Gibson. 
• Ryan Britt reviews The Municipalists by Seth Fried. 
• Michael Patrick Hicks reviews Terminal by Michaelbrent Collings.
• Nick T. Borelli reviews After the Green Withered by Kristin Ward.
• Suzy Michael reviews Darkest Hours by Mike Thorn.  
• Logan Noble reviews Sefira and Other Betrayals by John Langan.
• Corrina Lawson reviews The Very Best of Caitlin R. Kiernan by Caitlin R. Kiernan. 
• Doris V. Sutherland reviews Jungle Girls, edited by Mitch Maglio and Craig Yoe.

Classics reviews:

• Sandy Ferber revisits the 1942 space opera Second Stage Lensman by E.E. Smith.
• SF Magazines revisits the August 1943 issue of Astounding Science Fiction.
• James Davis Nicoll revisits the 1963 science fiction novel The Cosmic Computer by H. Beam Piper.
• Gideon Marcus revisits the May 1964 issue of Worlds of If.  
• Kat Hooper revisits the 1969 fantasy novel The Face in the Frost by John Bellairs. 
• Alan Brown revisits the 1969 science fiction novel The Ship Who Sang by Anne McCaffrey.
• Rich Horton revisits the 1972 science fiction anthology Again, Dangerous Visions, edited by Harlan Ellison.
• Judith Tarr revisits the 1969 fantasy novel Red Heart Magic by Andre Norton. 
• Joachim Boaz revisits the 1978 post-apocalyptic novel The Road to Corlay by Richard Cowper. 
• James Davis Nicoll revisits the 1981 children's fantasy novel The Wizard Children of Finn by Mary Tannen. 
• Will Errickson revisits the 1981 horror novel Off Season by Jack Ketchum. 
• James Davis Nicoll revisits the 1989 science fiction novel Starfarers by Vonda N McIntyre.

Crowdfunding:

• Strange Waters, an LGBT fantasy comic anthology by Haunted Cosmos Press, is looking for funding. 
• The Dream Foundry, a registered non-profit organisation focussed on creating a community and shared culture for all creators working in the speculative arts, is looking for funding.
• Karen Finlay is looking for funding to open and operate the independent Alibi Bookshop in Vallejo, California.
  

Con and event reports:

• Dan Berry shares some highlights from the Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. panel at WonderCon in Anaheim, California.
• Farid Ul-Haq shares some highlights from the Fear the Walking Dead panel at WonderCon. 
• The Geekiary reports about the panel for the Voyage to the Stars podcast at WonderCon.
• The Geekiary shares five reasons to attend ClexaCon 2019 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
• R. Graeme Cameron reports about the Creative Ink Festival for Writers and Readers in Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada.
• Fulk Beauxarmes reports that he is leaving the Society for Creative Anachronism because of the growth of racism and whtie supremacism inside the organisation.
  

Science and technology:

• Daniel Clery reveals what a black hole looks like.
• Geoff Brumfiel reports that Japan's Hayabusa 2 space probe has dropped plastic explosives on the asteroid Ryugu. 
• Christian Davenport wonders what will become of Donald Trump's proposed Moon shot.
• George Wright asks if floating cities are still science fiction or actually viable.
• Jessica Glenza reports that General Casimir Pulaski, who fought with George Washington, may have been a woman or intersex. 
• Oscar de Muriel talks about Victorian patent medicines between quackery and science.
• Kris Waldherr talks about mourning, post-mortem photography and other Victorian death rituals.
  
• Mike McEacharan explains what unicorns mean to Scottish identity.
  

Free online fiction:

• "Painless" by Rich Larson at Tor.com. 
• "Confessions of the Con Girl" by Nick Wolven in Clarkesworld.
• "The Ballad of Boomtown" by Priya Sharma in Nightmare Magazine. 
• "The Red Honey Witch" by Jessica Paddock in Beneath Ceaseless Skies.
• "Boiled Bones and Black Eggs" by Nghi Vo in Beneath Ceaseless Skies.
• "The Last Eagle by Natalia Theodoridou in Clarkesworld.
• "The Seeds of War" by Ashok K. Banker in Lightspeed.
• "What Cradles Us But Will Not Set Us Free" by Nin Harris in Strange Horizons. 
• "All Votes Will Be Counted (We Promise) by Paul Crenshaw in Apex Magazine.
• "To Market, To Market: The Branding of Billy Bailey" by Cory Doctorow in Lightspeed.
  

Odds and ends:

• Watch a trailer for Avengers: Endgame.
• Watch a clip from Avengers: Endgame. 
• Watch a trailer for Detective Pikachu.
• Watch a trailer for The Society. 
• Watch a trailer for Chambers.
• Watch a clip from Tolkien.
• Watch a trailer for The Addams Family.
• Watch a trailer for Weathering With You.
• Watch a trailer for What We Left Behind: Looking Back at Star Trek Deep Space Nine. 
• See an infographic about science fiction weapons.