Speculative Fiction Links of the Week for June 24, 2022

It's time for the latest weekly round-up of interesting links about speculative fiction from around the web, this week with Star Trek: Strange New Worlds and the many other iterations of Star Trek, Ms. Marvel and the Marvel Cinematic Universe in general, Obi-Wan Kenobi and Star Wars in general, The Lazarus Project, The Time Traveler's Wife, RRR, The Black Phone, Halo, season 3 of For All Mankind, Marcel the Shell With Shoes On, Lightyear, Jurassic World: Dominion and Jurassic Park/World in general, Beavis and Butthead Do the Universe and much more.

Speculative fiction in general:

• Amazon share their favourite science fiction and fantasy books of 2022 to date.
• James Davis Nicoll shares five science fiction stories that look like fantasy.
  
• Arvyn Cérezo shares eleven must-read Filipino science fiction books. 
• Samit Basu notes that for some people, dystopia is just the real world.
  
• Shoshana Wodinsky shares the eleven best and worst sentient robots from science fiction.
• Cassie Josephs calls Murderbot an autistic coded robot done right. 
• Jon Bassoff offers a defence of unsympathetic protagonists.
  
• Colin Marshall discusses the importance of Astounding Science Fiction for the development of the genre. 
• Katie Dancey-Downs shares eight facts about Philip K. Dick. 
  
• Deuce Richardson shares his appreciation for the Barsoom stories by Edgar Rice Burroughs.
  
• Lisa Allardice shares an oral history of the making of Harry Potter for the 25th anniversary of Harry Potter and the Philosophers' Stone.
  
• Camestros Felapton wonders whether Gandalf knows about atoms in a two-part post. 
• Ella Braidwood reports about the rise of LGBTQ+ romance fiction.
• Alison Scott offers an overview over the fanzine scene in 1967.
  

Comics and Art:

• Michael Cavna interviews Randy Milholland who has taken over the Popeye comic strip.
• Aman Singh explains why Batman has a T-Rex in the Batcave.
• Rachel Cooke reviews the 1984 feminist manga Talk To My Back by Yamada Murasaki. 
• Borys Kit reports that Titan Comics has received the Conan the Barbarian comics license.  
• Gavia Baker-Whitelaw reports that writer Yehudi Mercado has apologised for using racist stereotypes in the Marvel comic What if...Miles Morales become Thor? 
  

 

Film and TV: 

• Gavia Baker-Whitelaw wasn't particularly impressed with the futuristic prison thriller Spiderhead, but praises Chris Hemsworth's performance.
  
• Cheryl Eddy says that Phil Tippett's stop motion horror film Mad God pushes the limits of animation and sanity. 
• Leigh Monson declares that Brian and Charles explores an odd but charming couple. 
• Paul Levinson calls Syd and Chloe and the Myriad Worlds a provocative and excellent science fiction film. 
• Scott Roxborough calls the horror film The Maestro Mr. Hollad's Opus meets Texas Chainsaw Massacre.
  
• Samantha Bergeson calls Space Oddity a sexless and spaceless romantic comedy.
• Phil Hoad calls Gatlopp: Hell of a Game a low-budget Jumanji.
  
• Paul Levinson shares his thoughts on the latest episode of The Orville.
• Paul Levinson shares his thoughts on the latest episode of The Man Who Fell To Earth.
  
• Tahmeed Shafiq shares his thoughts on the animated superhero movie Young Justice Phantoms. 
  
• Leslie Felperin calls The Sea Beast a lavish animated fantasy epic.
  
• Peter Bradshaw calls Minions: The Rise of Gru a feeble animated origin story. 
• Lucy Mangan calls Seven Days on Mars an out of this world documentary. 
• A.A. Dowd revisits the 1982 science fiction film E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial for its fortieth anniversary. 
• Leah Schnelbach revisits the 1982 horror movie Poltergeist for its fortieth anniversary.
  
• Dan Persons revisits the 1985 dystopian science fiction film Brazil. 
• Peter Bradshaw revisits the 1987 West German urban fantasy movie Wings of Desire a.k.a. Der Himmel über Berlin. 
  
• A.A. Dowd revisits the 1992 superhero movie Batman Returns for its twentieth anniversary. 
• Christina Orlando revisits the 2008 Doctor Who episode "Partners in Crime".
  
• Meg Walters wonders why so many time travel and time loop movies are exploring mother/daughter relationships.
  
• Adrienne Colt points out that everybody needs a friend with whom to watch horror movies together.
  
• Ben Child asks if Lord of the Rings is now a neverending franchise like Star Wars or the Marvel Cinematic Universe. 
• Justin Carter wonders whether the various Game of Thrones spin-offs can capture the world's imagination like the original did.
  
• Kaitlyn McNab interviews Maisie Williams, who played Arya Stark in Game of Thrones. 
• Linda Codega interviews David Jenkins, showrunner of Our Flag Means Death.
  
• Michael Hogan interviews Joseph Quinn who plays Eddie Munson in Stranger Things. 
• Fiona Sturges interviews Bill Pullman, star of Independence Day, Spaceballs, Ruthless People, Lost Highway, The Sinner and many others.
  
• Brian Hiatt interviews Eric Kripke, showrunner of The Boys. 
• Cheryl Eddy discusses how the showrunners of The Umbrella Academy handeled Elliot Page coming out as trans.
  
• Michael Andor Brodeur shares his appreciation for the music of John Williams for the composer's ninetieth birthday. 
• Linda Codega reports about Kate Bush's reacttion to the belated chart success of her 1985 song "Running Up That Hill" due to playing over a pivotal scene in season 4 of Stranger Things.
  
• Anthony d'Alessandro and Dominic Patten report that Ezra Miller will not reappear in the DC Cinematic Universe after The Flash due to the actor's increasingly erratic and problematic behaviour.
  
• Actor Tyler Sanders, who appeared in Just Add Magic: Mystery City, 9-1-1: Lone Star, Fear the Walking Dead and The Rookie, has died aged only 18.
   

Comments on Star Trek: Strange New Worlds and the many other iterations of Star Trek: 

• Keith R.A. DeCandido shares his thoughts on "The Serene Squall", the latest episode of Star Trek Strange New Worlds.
• James Whitbrook shares his thoughs on "The Serene Squall".
• Paul Levinson shares his thoughts on "The Serene Squall".
  
• Ryan Parker interviews Jess Bush who plays Christine Chapel in Star Trek: Strange New Worlds. 
• Keith R.A. DeCandido revisits the Star Trek Enterprise episode "Minefield".
  

 

Comments on Ms. Marvel and the Marvel Cinematic Universe in general (spoilers): 

• Leah Schnelbach shares her thoughts on "Destined", the latest episode of Ms. Marvel.
• Sarah Shaffi shares her thoughts on "Destined". 
• Swara Salih shares her thoughts on "Destined". 
• Sammy Gecsoyler reports that in spite of the success of Ms. Marvel, Muslim stories and Muslim creators still have a hard time on TV.
  
• Adam B. Vary interviews Natalie Portman who plays Jane Foster in Thor: Love and Thunder.
  

 

Comments on Obi-Wan Kenobi and Star Wars in general (spoilers): 

• Emmet Asher-Perrin shares their thoughts on the series finale of Obi-Wan Kenobi.
  
• Andy Welch shares his thoughts on the series finale of Obi-Wan Kenobi. 
• Manuel Betrancourt shares his thoughts on the series finale of Obi-Wan Kenobi. 
• Germain Lussier shares his thoughts on the series finale of Obi-Wan Kenobi.  
• Gavia Baker-Whitelaw shares her thoughts on the series finale of Obi-Wan Kenobi. 
  
• Luke Holland shares his biggest problem with Obi-Wan Kenobi.
• Germain Lussier shares twelve burning questions after Obi-Wam Kenobi.
  
• Rob Bricken interviews a surprise guest star in Obi-Wan Kenobi (spoilers).
  
• Jeff Spry interviews robotics professor Robin Murphy about the realism or lack thereof of robots as portrayed in Star Wars.
  
• James Whitbrook shares the comic book inspiration for the battle of Jabiim in episode 5 of Obi-Wan Kenobi.
  
• James Whitbrook ranks every outfit worn by Obi-Wan Kenobi.
• Watch a trailer for LEGO Star Wars Summer Vacation.
  

 

Comments on The Lazarus Project:

• Lucy Mangan calls The Lazarus Project a fun and stylish time loop thriller.
• Simon Hattenstone interviews Paapa Essidou, star of The Lazarus Project.
  

 

Comments on The Time Traveler's Wife:

• Natalie Zutter shares her thoughts on the latest episode of The Time Traveler's Wife.
• Paul Levinson shares his thoughts on the latest episode of The Time Traveler's Wife.
  

 

Comments on RRR: 

• Todd Gilchrist calls the Telugu language film RRR a crowd-pleasing must-see genre mash-upthrill ride that you didn't know you needed to watch. 
• Sabina Graves lists movies to watch after RRR.

 

Comments on Lightyear:

• Arturo Serrano declares that Lightyear doesn't fly but fails with style. 
  
• Michael Cavna notes that the same sex couple in Lightyear is part of Pixar's evolution.
  
• Ali Plumb interviews Chris Evans and Taika Waititi, two of the stars providing the voices for Lightyear.
• Josh Horowitz interviews Chris Evans. 
• Germain Lussier praises Michael Giacchino's soundtrack for Lightyear.
  
• Nancy Tartaglione reports that Lightyear's box office performance has been lacklustre. 
• Ian Spelling shares six reasons why Lightyear fell short of expectations.
  

 

Comments on Halo: 

• Jack Seale calls Halo a sterile mix of trigger porn and talky worldbuilding that could have been much better.
• Cynthia Littleton reports that Halo is the most watched series on Paramount+ and has brought in many new subscribers. 
  

 

Comments on Marcel the Shell With Shoes On: 

• Courtney Howard calls Marcel the Shell With Shoes On a delightful animated journey.
• Jack Smart interviews Dean Fleischer-Camp, director of Marcel the Shell With Shoes On.
  

 

Comments on season 3 of For All Mankind: 

•  Paul Levinson shares his thoughts on the latest episode of For All Mankind.
• David Cote shares his thoughts on the latest episode of For All Mankind. 
  

 

Comments on Jurassic World: Dominion and Jurassic Park in general: 

• Alasdair Stuart calls Jurassic World Dominion a bad but compelling movie. 
• Jonathan Cowie shares a mini-review of Jurassic World Dominion.
  

 

Comments on The Black Phone: 

• Todd Gilchrist calls The Black Phone a horror movie that isn't very scary. 
• Owen Gleiberman also notes that The Black Phone is less scary than one might assume. 
• Peter Bradshaw find The Black Phone an uneven horror film, but praises the performance of Ethan Hawke.
  

 

Comments on Beavis and Butthead Do the Universe: 

• A.A. Dowd declares that the animated science fiction comedy Beavis and Butthead Do the Universe has some funny moments, but lots of missed opportunities. 
• Luke Thompson declares that Beavis and Butthead Do the Universe aims low, but scores high,
  

 

Awards:

• The longlist for the 2022 Manly Wade Wellman Award has been announced. 
• The finalists for the 2022 Munsey Awards have been announced.
  
• The finalists for the 2022 Scribe Awards have been announced. 
• The finalists for the 2022 Ignotus Awards have been announced. 
• YA SFF writer Malorie Blackman has won the 2022 PEN Pinter Prize.
  
• The 2022 inductees into the Canadian Science Fiction and Fantasy Association Hall of Fame have been announced. 
• Camestros Felapton shares his thoughts about the 2022 Hugo finalists for Best Dramatic Presentation Long Form. 
• Camestros Felapton explains how a little known clause in the Hugo Award rules might deny a rightful winner their award, because not enough people voted in the category.
  
• Rich Horton looks at some potential candidates for the 1954 Hugo Awards. 
• Claire Armitstead looks back on fifty years of the Costa Book Award, formerly the Whitbread Prize.
  

 

Writing, publishing and promotion:

• Mark Lawrence points out that writing skills do matter. 
• Kate Williams talks about writing unlikeable characters.
  
• Kristine Kathryn Rusch talks about longterm IP management.
  
• Victoria Strauss reports about the US Copyright Claims Board, a new option for copyright disputes. 
• The HWA warns its members about someone using their address data to send out scam e-mails with fake job offerings. 
• Mike Glyer reports that the HWA claims that there was no security breach. 
• Claire Woodcock reports that a TikTok user has encouraged people to abuse Amazon's return policy. 
• Paul Dean reports that used bookstores in the UK are struggling.
  
• Mike Glyer reports that Don Blyly hopes to reopen that Uncle Hugo's and Uncle Edgar's bookstores, which were burned down by arsonists during riots in Minneapolis, Minnesota, following the death of George Floyd in 2020, in July in a new location.
  
• Gaby Hinsliff recounts the uproar about Kate Clanchy's memoir Some Children I Taught and What They Taught Me and the fallout for the British publishing industry.
  
• Heidi MacDonald reports that comics and graphic novels are particularly affected by the current rise in book banning attempts at US libraries.
  

Interviews:

• Rebecca Solnit interviews Margaret Atwood.
  
• Andrew Sumner interviews Michael Moorcock.
• Open Book interviews Emily St. John Mandel, Audrey Niffenegger and Carlo Rovelli. 
• Daniel LoPilato interviews Kim Stanley Robinson. 
  
• D.M. Ritzlin interviews John C. Hocking.
  
• Locus interviews V. Castro. 
• Paul Weimer interviews Ed McDonald. 
  
• Lisa Allardice interviews Ruth Ozeki. 
• D.M. Ritzlin interviews Ken Lizzi.
  
• Jen Gheller interviews Lisa Farrell.
  

Reviews:

• Roger Cadenhead reviews Captain Wu: Starship Nameless by Patrice Fitzgerald and Jack Lister.
  
• Liz Bourke reviews Prison of Sleep by Tim Pratt.
  
• Mike Glyer reviews Duckett and Dyer: Dicks for Hire by G.M. Nair.
  
• C.T. Phipps reviews Against All Odds by Jeffrey Haskell. 
• Runalong the Shelves reviews Seven Dead Sisters by Jen Williams. 
  
• Paul Weimer reviews How to Rule an Empire and Get Away With It by K.J. Parker. 
• Gary K. Wolfe reviews Siren Queen by Nghi Vo. 
• Bill Capossere reviews The Grief of Stones by Katherine Addison. 
• Leah Schnelbach reviews The Grief of Stones by Katherine Addison.
  
• Runalong the Shelves reviews The Bone Lantern by Angela Slatter. 
• John Mauro reviews A Touch of Light by Thiago Abdalla 
• Rob Bedford reviews In the Shadow of Lightning by Brian McClellan. 
  
• Paul Di Filippo reviews City of Orange by David Yoon.  
• Runalong the Shelves reviews The Knave of Secrets by Alex Livingston.
  
• Mark Yon reviews The Stardust Thief by Chelsea Abdullah.
• John Mauro reviews The Iron Crown by L.L. MacRae.
  
• Mike Glyer reviews Monster of the Dark by K.T. Belt.
• Chris Kluwe reviews Monsters Born and Made by Tanvi Berwah.
  
• Aaron Jones reviews Mad King Robin by James Vella-Bardon. 
• Marion Deeds reviews Payback's a Witch by Lana Harper. 
• Phoebe Wagner reviews Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo.
  
• Runalong the Shelves reviews The Inheritance of Orquidea Divina by Zoraida Córdova. 
• Colleen Mondor reviews A Comb of Wishes by Lisa Stringfellow.
  
• Chris Pickens reviews The Maker of Swans by Paraic O'Donnell. 
  
• Joanna Z. Weston reviews The Impossible Resurrection of Grief by Octavia Cade.
• Russell Letson reviews Aspects by John M. Ford. 
• Ian Mond reviews Poguemahone by Patrick McCabe. 
• Paul Burke reviews Lambda by David Musgrave.
  
• Paul Di Filippo reviews Forkpoints by Sheila Finch. 
• Becky LeJeune reviews Ghost Games by Brooke Mackenzie.
  
• Blue Book Balloon reviews Boys, Beasts and Men by Sam J. Miller. 
• Paperback Warrior reviews the Cryptozoology Anthology, edited by Robert Deis, David Colemen and Wyatt Doyle
  
• Brian Murphy reviews issue 5 of Whetstone Magazine of Sword and Sorcery.
  
• Jason Ray Carney reviews Cross Plains Pilgrimage by Bobby Derie.
  

 

Classics reviews:

• James Maliszewski revisits the 1931 horror story "The Return of the Sorcerer" by Clark Ashton Smith.
  
• Rich Horton revisits the 1950 science fiction story "Scanners Live in Vain" by Cordwainer Smith.
• M. Porcius revisits the 1960 science fiction novel The Wailing Asteroid by Murray Leinster. 
• Paperback Warrior revisits the 1962 time travel novel First Through Time a.k.a. The Time Factor by Rex Gordon.
  
• M. Porcius revisits the 1964 science fiction novel The Mindwarpers a.k.a. With a Strange Device by Eric Frank Russell. 
• Gideon Marcus revisits the July 1967 issue of The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction.
  
• Victoria Silverwolf revisits the 1967 science fiction novels The Rim World Legacy by F.A. Javor and Bright New Universe by Jack Willamson, Kris Vyas-Myall revisits the 1967 science fiction novel The Killing Thing by Kate Wilhelm and Jason Sacks revisits the 1967 superhero novel The Avengers Battle the Earth-Wrecker by Otto Binder.
• James Davis Nicoll revisits the 1974 science fiction collection Survival Ship and Other Stories by Judith Merril.
  
• Paperback Warrior revisits the 1979 lost world novel Journey to the Underground World by Lin Carter. 
• Steve Carroll revisits the 1981 Red Sonja sword and sorcery novel The Ring of Ikribu and David C. Smith and Richard L. Tierney. 
• James Maliszewski revisits the February 1983 issue of White Dwarf. 
• Nicholas Whyte revisits the 1985 science fiction novel Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card. 
• Nicholas Whyte revisits the 1987 Discworld fantasy novel Mort by Terry Pratchett. 
• Joe Sherry revisits the 1991 Wheel of Time fantasy novel The Dragon Reborn by Robert Jordan. 
  

 

Crowdfunding:

• The Grayshade trilogy by Gregory A. Wilson is looking for funding for books 2 and 3 and a related TTRPG.
  

 

Con and event reports:

• Chicon 8, the 2022 Worldcon in Chicago, Illinois, has published progress report No. 4.
• Keith West reports about the 2022 Robert E. Howard Days in Cross Plains, Texas. 
• The Cromcast shares a recording of a panel about Robert E. Howard's influence on gaming at the 2022 Robert E. Howard Days. 
• The Cromcast shares a recording of the Glenn Lord Symposium held at the 2022 Robert E. Howard Days.
  
• Keith West reports about the 2022 Edgar Rice Burroughs Dum Dum in San Antonion, Texas.
  
• JordanCon in Atlanta, Georgia, has issues a statement regarding the situation involving Richard Fife and Faith Hunter. 
• Kevin Standlee announces that the 2023 Westercon will take place in Anaheim, California.
  
• Mary Houlihan reports about a musical version of It Came From Outer Space, which is being performed in Chicago, Illinois.
  

Science and technology:

• Marianne Guenot reports that NASA is preparing to shut down the Voyager probes.
  
• Sam Dean reports that Banson Tsai, a rocket scientist working at SpaceX, has invented a robot that makes pizza.
• Kelsey D. Atherton reports about a new robotic dog which can swim. 
• Neelam Bohra reports that part of the Kitt Peak National Observatory in Arizona has been destroyed by a wildfire. 
• Rupert Neate reports that the manufacturer of the helium-filled Airlander 10 airships has received an order for ten airships.
  

Free online fiction:

• "Marsbodies" by Adele Gardner in Clarkesworld. 
• "Inhuman Lovers" by Chen Qian, translated by Carmen Yiling Yan in Clarkesworld. 
• "Dr. Wasp and Hornet Holmes" by Lavie Tidhar in Nightmare Magazine. 
• "Zen Solaris and the God-Child" by Arden Powell in Lightspeed. 
• "Broken Record" by Stephen Graham Jones in Lightspeed.
  
• "The Apotheosis of Sophi Undying" by S. Cameron David in Swords and Sorcery Magazine.
• "Nightmare Voyages" by Jennifer Crow in Heroic Fantasy Quarterly. 
• "The Gods Have Made a Request" by Ephraim Orji in Omenana.
  
• "Linden in Effigy" by Kay Chronister in The Dark.
• "The Price of Pearls" by E. Fox in Luna Station Quarterly. 
• "The Magical Sow" by Wen Wen Yang in Fantasy Magazine. 
• "In the Monster's Mouth" by Tim Waggoner in Apex Magazine. 
• "Excavation" by Dafydd McKimm in Daily Science Fiction.
  
• "A House Divided" by Jon Michael Hansen in Daily Science Fiction.
  
• "The Ten Most Common Trickster Scams" by Liam Hogan in Daily Science Fiction.

 

Trailers and videos:

• Watch a trailer for part 2 of season 4 of Stranger Things. 
• Watch a trailer for season 4 of What We Do in the Shadows. 
• Watch a trailer for Smile.
  
• Watch a trailer for Puss in Boots 3: The Last Wish.
  
• Watch a trailer for season 6 of My Hero Academia.
  

Speculative Fiction Links of the Week for May 20, 2022

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, Star Trek: Strange New Worlds and the many other iterations of Star Trek, Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness and the Marvel Cinematic Universe in general, Obi-Wan Kenobi and Star Wars in general, Doctor Who past and present, The Time Traveler's Wife, The Northman, Firestarter, The Innocents, Conan the Barbarian at forty, RoboCop at thirty-five, the wave of TV show cancellations at The CW and CBS, tributes to Fred Ward and much more.

Speculative fiction in general:

• Lisa Tuttle shares the best recent science fiction and fantasy novels.
  
• James Davis Nicoll shares five SFF series made up of standalone novels. 
• Stina Leicht talks about villains, antiheroes and origin stories.
  
• Chloe Gong shares five SFF books about warring families.
• Kelley Grant shares five fantasy novels featuring prophecied chosen ones.
• James Davis Nicoll lists five SFF works with characters who make the most out of minor superpowers. 
• James Davis Nicoll shares five science fiction stories in which aliens attempt to remake the Earth.
  
• Tor.com shares eleven unique science fiction tales about the education of clones. 
• Rachel Taylor talks about the plight of artificial intelligences in the universe of Douglas Adams.
  
• Lana Harper shares five books that get demon-summoning right. 
• Michael O'Krent explains that science fiction is the language of Chinese dreams and nightmares. 
• Alex Woodroe talks about Romanian horror fiction. 
  
• Colin Kuskie and Phil Nichols weigh in on the discussion about a potential science fiction canon. 
• Lincoln Michel explains why reading the classics is important and can even be fun. 
  
• James Wallace Harris talks about the 1953 science fiction magazine boom.
• Richard Newby lists fifteen Stephen King stories that have never been adapted, but should be.
• Ash Sarkar bemoans that men don't read literary fiction and manages to take a dump on speculative fiction in the process. 
  
• Deuce Richardson recounts William Dean Howells' condemnation of adventure and speculative fiction as well as Henry Rider Haggard's rebuttal of William Dean Howells.
• John Coulthart discusses Jean Cocteau's fascination with the works of H.P. Lovecraft.
• Hillary A. Hallett talks about reclaiming the romance genre.
• Mike Glyer reports that Twitter has banned Jon Del Arroz's latest account.
• Robert Charles Cornett, author of science fiction and adventure fiction, has died aged 69.
  

Comics and Art:

• Alan Stuart revisits the July 1972 issue of Kull the Conqueror by Roy Thomas, Marie and John Severin.
  
• Keith Roysdon shares a brief history of newspaper crime comic strips.
• Rob Bricken shares a short comic entitled "Going Home" that Grant Morrison wrote and drew back in 1982.
  
• REH World shares a gallery of the Robert E. Howard inspired artwork of Stephen Fabian. 
• Linda Codega reports that the rights to Stan Lee's likeness have been sold to Marvel.
  
• David Betancourt shares a tribute to George Pérez. 

 

Film and TV:

• Alasdair Stuart reviews The Batman with Lego figures. 
• Linda Codega praises Our Flag Mean Death for its representation of asexuality.
  
• Lauren Chval calls Night Sky a compelling science fiction family drama.
  
• Phil Hoad calls Ghosts of the Ozarks a shrewd Twin Peaks-like supernatural thriller.
  
• Brent Simon calls Monstrous a deadly dull psychological horror film. 
• Phuong Le calls The Sadness an unapologetically gory horror film from Taiwan. 
• Courtney Howard calls Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers overwhelmingly nutty. 
• Jeremy Smith calls Lux Aeterna remarkably good for what is in essence an Yves Saint Laurent commerical.
  
• Paul Levinson shares his thoughts on the latest episode of The Man Who Fell To Earth. 
  
• Steve Rose interviews Michelle Yeoh, star of Everything Everywhere All At Once. 
• Sabina Graves interviews some of the young stars of season 4 of Stranger Things.
  
• Alison Foreman interviews Jessie Buckley, star of Men. 
• Germain Lussier interviews Mamadou Athie, star of Jurassic World Dominion and Archive 81. 
• Rich Pelley interviews Udo Kier who was in everything. 
• Todd Gilchrist interviews Todd Farmer, screenwriter of the 2002 horror film Jason X, for that film's twentieth anniversary.
  
• A.A. Dowd explains why the horror genre should dump clumsy metaphors.
  
• Ashley Biancuzzo shares five dark but not hopeless science fiction movies. 
• Lucas Ropek shares ten times classic science fiction movies predicted the future completely wrong.
  
• Kali Wallace explains how she got into anime. 
• Zach Grass shares ten subtly scary horror movies. 
• Peter Bradshaw revisits the 1932 horror movie Vampyr for its ninetyeth anniversary.
• Germain Lussier revisits the 1993 dinosaur movie Jurassic Park.
  
• Ben Child wonders whether Avatar: The Way of Water will silence the naysayers.
• Gavia Baker Whitelaw reports that videogame fans are furious that the Halo TV show shows the Master Chief character having sex. 
• Cora Buhlert shares a photo story about the secret identity of He-Man, featuring her collection of Masters of the Universe action figures. 
• Cora Buhlert shares a photo story about the origin of Teela, featuring her collection of Masters of the Universe action figures.
• Lesley Goldberg explains why so many popular SFF shows that used to run on The CW network such as Legends of Tomorrow, Batwoman, Charmed, Roswell, Legacies, Naomi and others have been cancelled.  
• Gabrielle Sanchez reports that Riverdale has been cancelled as well by The CW.
  
• Chris Murphy also reports about the wave of TV show cancellations to hit The CW as well as CBS. 
• Gavia Baker-Whitelaw reports that fans are campaigning to save Batwoman and Legends of Tomorrow.
  
• British actress Ann Davies, who appeared in Doctor Who, Z Cars and East Enders, died aged 87.
• Greek musician and electronic music pioneer Vangelis, who composed the soundtracks for Blade Runner, Cosmos and Chariots of Fire among many others, has died aged 79.
  

 

Tributes to Fred Ward: 

• Fred Ward, star of Tremors, The Right Stuff, Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins and many others has died aged 79.
• Andrew Pulver remembers Fred Ward. 
• Amanda Holpuch remembers Fred Ward. 
• Carmel Dagan remembers Fred Ward. 
• Michael Carlson shares an obituary for Fred Ward.
  

 

Comments on Star Trek: Strange New Worlds and the many other iterations of Star Trek: 

• Keith R.A. DeCandido shares his thoughts on "Children of the Comet", the latest episode of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds.
• James Whitbrook shares his thoughts on "Children of the Comet".
  
• Rob Bricken declares that Star Trek: Strange New Worlds is the Star Trek show he has been waiting for.
• Paul Levinson shares his thoughts on the first two episodes of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds. 
• Damian Walter declares that Strange New Worlds is true Star Trek. 
• Paul Levinson hosts a roundtable about season 2 of Star Trek Picard.
• Keith R.A. DeCandido declares that Star Trek Picard suffered a sophomore slump with its second season.
• Keith R.A. DeCandido revisits the Star Trek Enterprise episode "Shockwave".
• Gilma Avalos reports that teachers in Brooklyn, New York, are learning Klingon in order to better empathise with students for whom English is not their first language.
  

 

Comments on Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness and the Marvel Cinematic Universe in general (spoilers): 

• Artem Golub and Linda Codega note that Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness is more Sam Raimi than Marvel.
• Richard Brody calls Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness a formulaic corporate slog. 
  
• James Whitbrook points out that the way Wanda Maximoff a.k.a. Scarlet Witch was handled in Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness is how the comics have treated the character for years.
• Adam B. Vary interviews Michael Waldron, writer of Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness.
• Zack Sharf shares some background about some high profile cameo appearances in Doctor Strange and the Multiverse of Madness.
• Joe Otterson reports that the Marvel animated series MODOK has been cancelled.
• Watch a trailer for She-Hulk: Attorney at Law.
  

 

Comments on Obi-Wan Kenobi and Star Wars in general: 

• Anthony Breznican reports about the future of Star Wars and that it lies in television.
  
• Rob Bricken wonders whether Lucasfilm has learned anything from the mixed response to the recent Star Wars movies and TV shows. 
• Linda Codega notes that according to Obi-Wan Kenobi showrunner Deborah Chow, the relationship between Obi-Wan and Anakin is a love story (yeah, we noticed).  
• Germain Lussier lists ten Star Wars characters to remember before Obi-Wan Kenobi. 
• Anthony Breznican interviews Kathleen Kennedy, president of Lucasfilm.
  
• Jenn Fujikawa interviews Kelly Marie Tran, who played Rose Tico in The Last Jedi and The Rise of Skywalker.
  
• Brian Cronin reports that George Lucas had to fight the studio about whether Chewbacca would have to wear shorts.
• Germain Lussier revisits the 2002 Star Wars prequel Attack of the Clones for its twentieth anniversary.
• James Whitbrok ranks the Jedi who appear in the Geonosis arena scene in Attack of the Clones.
  

Comments on Doctor Who past, present and future:  

• Jessica Holmes revisits the 1967 Doctor Who serial "The Faceless Ones". 
• How Fullerton reports that Tenth Doctor David Tennant and Catherine Tate, who played his companion Donna Noble, will return to Doctor Who for the sixtieth anniversary next year. 
• Vanessa Armstrong reports that actress Yasmin Finney has been cast in Doctor Who to play yet another character named Rose Tyler. 
• The Guardian weighs in on the recent Doctor Who casting news.
  
• Lauren Morris reports that Russell T. Davies planted some red herrings regarding the future of Doctor Who.
• Heather Greenaway reports that Scottish actress Karen Gillan, who played Amy Pond in Doctor Who and Nebula in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, has gotten married comedian Nick Kocher in Scotland.
  

 

Comments on The Time Traveler's Wife:

• Natalie Zutter calls The Time Traveler's Wife Steven Moffat at his wibbly.wobbly timey wimey best.
• William Hughes declares that The Time Traveler's Wife struggles to be more than just a tragic love story.
• Paul Levinson declares that The Time Traveler's Wife is off to a fine, funny and complex start. 
• Lucy Mangan declares that The Time Traveler's Wife features too much of an ick factor to be truly great.
  

 

Comments on The Northman:

• Rogues in the House discuss The Northman.  
  
• Camestros Felapton shares his thoughts on The Northman.
• Eileen Jones calls The Northman an honourable failure.
• Literary Hub shares a Shakespearean study guide to The Northman.

 

Conan the Barbarian at forty: 

• Luke Y. Thompson revisits the 1982 sword and sorcery epic Conan the Barbarian for its fortieth anniversary. 
• Mike Cavender also revisits Conan the Barbarian for its fortieth anniversary.
  

 

RoboCop at thirty-five: 

• Peter Bradshaw revisits the 1987 satirical science fiction film RoboCop for its thirty-fifth anniversary.
• Simon Bland interviews director Paul Verhoeven and actress Nancy Allen about the making of RoboCop. 
  

 

Comments on Firestarter:

• Benjamin Lee calls Firestarter a regrettable Stephen King remake.  
• Richard Newby calls Firestarter barely a flicker that burns out quickly.
• Clark Collis compares the new Firestarter with the 1984 adaptation.
  

 

Comments on The Innocents

• Cheryl Eddy calls The Innocents an extremely dark horror film from Norway.
• Arturo Serrano calls The Innocents a disturbing horror film. 
• Peter Bradshaw calls The Innocents an icily brilliant horror film and future classic. 
  
• Cath Clarke interviews Eskil Vogt, director of The Innocents.

 

Awards:

• The winners of the 2021 Bram Stoker Awards have been announced.
  
• The finalists for the 2022 Theodore Sturgeon Award have been announced. 
• The winners of the 2022 Kate Wilhelm Solstice Award have been announced. 
• The nominations for the 2022 Eisner Awards have been announced.
  
• The winners of the 2022 Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire have been announced.
• The winners of the 2022 Tähtivaeltaja Award have been announced.
• The finalists for the 2022 Seiun Awards have been announced. 
• The shortlist for the 2022 Nommo Awards has been announced. 
• The finalists for the 2022 Premios Kelvin 505 have been announced.
  
• The finalists for the 2022 Roswell Awards have been announced. 
• The finalists for the 2022 Tomorrow Prize have been announced. 
• The winners of the 2022 New York Science Fiction Film Festival have been announced. 
• Dale Skran has a proposal to reform the Best Dramatic Presentation Short Form Hugo. 

 

Writing, publishing and promotion:

• David B. Coe talks about clueless writing advice.
  
• Shelby Van Pelt shares lessons learned from a year of living with a fictional octopus in her head.
  
• Michael Morpurgo explains why teaching children to love writing is more important than grammar. 
• Kristine Kathryn Rusch explains how fear can cause writers to fail.
  
• Jacqui Lipton talks about trademarks and writing.
  
• John Scalzi shares his observations on audiobooks.
• Jason Hamilton shares a guide to TicToc for authors.
  
• Susan Furlong talks about the magic of libraries.
• Lev A.C. Rosen declares that the true purpose of the recent bans of LGBTQ books is to make LGBTQ kids scared.
• Andrew Albanese reports that more than twenty-five organisations have joined the American Library Association's "Unite Against Book Bans" campaign. 
• Don Blyly shares an update on the status of the new domicile of the Uncle Hugo's and Uncle Edgar's specialty bookshops, which were burned down during the riots in Minneapolis, Minnesota, in 2020.
  

Interviews:

• Brian McClellan interviews John Scalzi. 
• Vic James interviews N.K. Jemisin.
  
• Christiane Amanpour interviews Janelle Monáe.
  
• Scott Edelman interviews John Appel. 
• Silvia Moreno-Garcia interviews Nalo Hopkinson. 
• Simone Heller interviews Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki.
• Locus interviews Dhonielle Clayton. 
• Mary Quattlebaum interviews Dhonielle Clayton. 
• Fabienne Schwizer interviews Adam Oyebanji.
  
• Sarah Gailey interviews Nibedita Sen. 
• Hilary Davidson interviews Alex Segura. 
  
• Fabienne Schwizer interviews Andrew Caldecott.
  
• Cat Luria interviews Agnieszka Hałas.
• Oliver Brackenbury interviews Trevor Quachri. 
• Liam's Lyceum interviews Ed Greenwood.
  

Reviews:

• Camestros Felapton reviews The Galaxy, and the Ground Within by Becky Chambers. 
• Camestros Felapton reviews Light From Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki.
  
• Angela Maria Spring reviews Fevered Star by Rebecca Roanhorse.
  
• Roger Cadenhead reviews A Touch of Death by Rebecca Crunden.
• Elizabeth Tabler reviews Mickey 7 by Edward Ashton. 
• Fabienne Schwizer reviews Braking Day by Adam Oyebanji.
  
• Liam's Lyceum reviews Upon the Flight of the Queen by Howard Andrew Jones. 
• Gary K. Wolfe reviews When Women Were Dragons by Kelly Barnhill.
  
• Roseanna Pendlebury reviews Nettle and Bone by T. Kingfisher.
  
• Paul Weimer reviews Nightwatch on the Hinterlands by K. Eason. 
• Marion Deeds reviews Siren Queen by Nghi Vo.
  
• James Davis Nicoll reviews The Jade Setter of Janloon by Fonda Lee.
• Doreen Sheridan reviews The Hacienda by Isabel Cañas
• Kat Hooper reviews Minimum Wage Magic by Rachel Aaron. 
• Fabienne Schwizer reviews The Book Eaters by Sunyi Dean.
• Vanessa Armstrong reviews The Stardust Thief by Chelsea Abdullah.
  
• Paul Weimer reviews Grayshade by Gregory A. Wilson.
  
• Jason McGee reviews Age of the Undead by C.L. Werner. 
• Steve Green reviews Daughter of Redwinter by Ed McDonald. 
• Fiona Denton reviews The Heron Kings' Flight by Eric Lewis. 
• Alexis Ong reviews All the Seas in the World by Guy Gavriel Kay.
  
• Ian Mond reviews Sea of Tranquility by Emily St, John Mandel. 
• Alexander Larman reviews Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel. 
• Phoebe Wagner reviews Lakelore by Anna-Marie McLemore.
  
• Adrienne Martini reviews The Paradox Hotel by Rob Hart. 
• Leah Schnelbach reviews The Between by Tanarive Due.
  
• Cole Rush reviews Elatsoe by Darcie Little Badger.
  
• Alex Brown reviews Fire Becomes Her by Rosiee Thor.
  
• Colleen Mondor reviews The Temperature of You and Me by Brian Zepka.
  
• Blue Book Balloon reviews A Sh*tload of Crazy Powers by Jackson Ford. 
• Runalong the Shelves reviews One Arm Shorter Than The Other by Gigi Ganguly. 
• Doreen Sheridan reviews 'Til Death by Carol J. Perry. 
  
• Blue Book Balloon reviews Momenticon by Andrew Caldecott. 
• Fabienne Schwizer reviews Momenticon by Andrew Caldecott. 
• Runalong the Shelves reviews Tell Me An Ending by Jo Harkin.
  
• C.T. Phipps reviews Bigfoot Hunters by Rick Gualtieri.
• John Valeri reviews Child Zero by Chris Holm. 
• Paul Di Filippo reviews Masters of Science Fiction: Robert Sheckley by Robert Sheckley.
• Kat Hooper reviews The Best of Walter Jon Williams by Walter Jon Williams. 
• Arley Sorg reviews Disruption: New Short Fiction from Africa, edited by Rachel Zadok, Karina Szczurek and Jason Mykl Snyman.
• Bill Capossere reviews Phasers on Stun! by Ryan Britt
• Runalong the Shelves reviews Outlander and the Real Jacobites: Scotland's Fight for the Stuarts by Shona Kinsella

 

Classics reviews:

• Ed McBride revisits the 1916 sword and planet novel Thuvia Maid of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs. 
• Kat Hooper and Sandy Ferber revisit the 1918 lost world novel The Land That Time Forgot by Edgar Rice Burroughs.
  
• James Maliszewski revisits the 1928 Solomon Kane dark fantasy story "The Right Hand of Doom" by Robert E. Howard. 
• Paperback Warrior revisits the 1932 Conan sword and sorcery story "The Phoenix on the Sword" by Robert E. Howard.
  
• M. Porcius revisits the 1941 sword and planet novel Sojarr of Titan by Manly Wade Wellman. 
• G.W. Thomas revisits the 1951 science fiction story "Skag with the Queer Head" by Murray Leinster.  
• Joachim Boaz revisits the December 1957 issue of Satellite Science Fiction.
  
• James Davis Nicoll revisits the 1961 YA science fiction novel The Star Dwellers by James Blish.
• Victoria Silverwolf revisits the 1967 science fiction novels The Rival Rigelians by Mack Reynolds, Nebula Alert by A. Bertram Chandler and The Dolphins of Altair by Margaret St. Clair, Kris Vyas-Myall revisits the 1967 science fiction novel To Outrun Doomsday by Kenneth Bulmer and Gideon Marcus revisits the 1967 science fiction novel The Time Hoppers by Robert Silverberg.  
• Steve Carroll revisits the 1968 Fafhrd and Gray Mouser sword and sorcery collection Swords Against Wizardry by Fritz Leiber.
• Paperback Warrior revisits the 1974 science fiction novel Time War by Lin Carter.
  
• Young People Read Old SFF revisit the 1976 science fiction story "Tricentennial" by Joe Haldeman.
• James Maliszewski revisits the December 1982 issue of White Dwarf. 
• Anne M. Pillsworth and Ruthanna Emrys revisit the 1984 horror story "In the Hills, the Cities" by Clive Barker.
  
• James Davis Nicoll revisits the 1987 dystopian novel A Mask for the General by Lisa Goldstein. 
• Alissa Burger revisits the 1989 YA horror novel The Overnight by R.L. Stine and the 1993 YA horror novel Camp Fear by Carol Ellis.
  
• Murray Ewing revisits the 1994 fantasy novella Merlin's Wood by Robert Holdstock.
• Emmet Asher-Perrin revisits the 1995 Discworld novel Maskerade by Terry Pratchett.
• Diana Callahan revisits the 1997 YA fantasy novel Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine.
• Joe Sherry revisits the 2012 October Daye urban fantasy novel Ashes of Honor by Seanan McGuire.
  

 

Crowdfunding:

• Kristine Kathryn Rusch is looking for funding for a starter kit of her fiction under her various pen names.
  
• Goodman Games is looking for funding for the tabletop RPG Original Adventures Reincarnated #7: Dark Tower.
  

 

Con and event reports:

• Chris M. Barkley notes that if con runners want to be more welcoming to fans of colour, they should listen to what fans of colour are telling them about their experiences at cons.
  
• Alison Scott, John Coxon and Liz Batty discuss Reclamation, the 2022 Eastercon in Heathrow, UK, and particularly the spread of covid at the convention.
• Ellen Datlow shares some photos of the 2022 StokerCon in Denver, Colorado.  
• The souvenir book of DisCon III, the 2021 Worldcon in Washington DC, is now available as a PDF download.
  
• Bill Cavalier looks ahead at the 2022 Robert E. Howard Days in Cross Plains, Texas. 
• Mike Glyer reports that DisCon III, the 2021 Worldcon in Washington DC, has passed along funds to Chicon 8, the 2022 Worldcon in Chicago, Illinois. 
• Alex Mateo reports that Anime Central in Chicago, Illinois, has changed its covid policy a few days before the event was due to take place.
  
• Sabina Graves reports about Batuu Bounty Hunters, a new attraction coming to the Star Wars Galaxy's Edge attraction at Disneyland in Anaheim, California, and Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida.
• Sabina Graves interviews Disney executive Zach Riddley about the future of Epcot at Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida.
• Sabina Graves ranks the thrill rides at the Universal Studios Orlando and Islands of Adventure theme parks in Orlando, Florida.
  

Science and technology:

• Anugraha Sundaravelu reports that the Curiosity Rover has taken a photo of what looks like a doorway on Mars. 
• Passant Rabie reports that the Mars helicopter Ingenuity suffered a communications failure due to the Martian winter depleting its solar batteries.
  
• Shannon Stirone points out that Mars is a hellhole.
• Dennis Overbye reports that the Event Horizons telescope has caught an image of the black hole at the cnetre of our galaxy.
• Charles Montgomery reports that Huntsville International Airport in Huntsville, Alabama, will become the first commercial airport approved for the landing of commercial spacecraft.
• Passant Rabie reports that space astronauts were shocked to be expected to work aboard the International Space Station. 
• Paul Sutter explains how to build a wormhole.
  
• Serhii Plokhy explains why the future of power can't be nuclear.
• Dave Kindly shares some new research regarding how the dinosaurs died.
• Robin Farrar Maas talks about the language of flowers.
  

Free online fiction:

• "Hearts of Stone" by Emma Newman in Tor.com.
  
• "I Will Sing Your White Bones Home" by Cat Hellisen in Beneath Ceaseless Skies. 
• "The Splinters of Our Bond" by Marissa Lingen in Beneath Ceaseless Skies.
  
• "Eliza Sky and the Lodestar Warrior" by Neil Willcox in Swords and Sorcery Magazine. 
• "The Great Spell" by Simon Kewin in Wyngraf Magazine.
  
• "The Gift of the Eons" by Steve Dilks in Heroic Fantasy Quarterly. 
• "A Monster in the Shape of a Boy" by Hannah Yang in Apex Magazine.
  
• "A Manual on Different Options of How To Bring a Loved One to Life" by Oyedotun Damilola Muees in Clarkesworld.
• "The Possibly Brief Life of Guang Hansheng" by Liang Quingsan, translated by Andy Dudak in Clarkesworld. 
• "Component Parts of a Belated Apology" by AnaMaria Curtis in Fireside Magazine. 
• "If We Do Not Fly at Sunset" by Andi C. Buchanan in Lightspeed.
• "It Came Gently" by Aigner Loren Wilson in Lightspeed. 
  
• "Soul Mate" by Paulene Turner in Luna Station Quarterly. 
• "Esther (1855)" by Juan Martinez on Nightmare Magazine. 
  
• "Mulo" by Nelson Stanley in The Dark.
• "Madam Aisirhiowen’s Greatest Invention" by Amadin Ogbewe in Omenana.
• "Mirage Stories" by Ernesto Fuentes in Fantasy Magazine.
  
• "My Father Treats Merril Like All the Women in His Life" by Saswati Chatterjee in Anathema.
• "The Transplant" by Karl El-Koura in Daily Science Fiction.
• "Cryopreservation Archaeology" by Anastasia Kharlamova in Daily Science Fiction.  
  
• "Proof of Life" by L.C. Finkelstein in Daily Science Fiction. 
• "The Tyrant's Statue Is Still Falling" by Sean Vivier in Daily Science Fiction. 

 

Trailers and videos:

• Watch a trailer for The Orville: New Horizons.
• Watch a trailer for season 3 of The Boys. 
• Watch a trailer for season 3 of The Umbrella Academy.
  
• Watch a trailer for Spiderhead.
  
• Watch a trailer for Brian and Charles. 
• Watch a trailer for Volume 3 of Love, Death + Robots.
  
• Watch a trailer for First Kill.
• Watch a trailer for Tom Swift.
  
• Watch a trailer for Shin Kamen Rider. 
• Watch a trailer for Prey.
  
• Watch a trailer for All About Evil.