Speculative Fiction Links of the Week for July 1, 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, Thor: Love and Thunder and the Marvel Cinematic Universe in general, Obi-Wan Kenobi and Star Wars in general, season 3 of The Umbrella Academy, season 4 of Westworld and much more.

Speculative fiction in general:

• Molly Odintz shares twenty-three horror novels to read this summer. 
• Camestros Felapton compiles the twenty most looked up science fiction short stories on Wikipedia.
  
• Eddie Robson talks about science fiction, noir and the gothic.
  
• James Davis Nicoll shares scientifically plausible science fiction settings that provide an alternative to faster-than-light travel. 
• James Davis Nicoll shares five stories about sending kids into space.
  
• Camestros Felapton discusses the popularity of bounty hunters in science fiction. 
• Charles Payseur wonders where the core of the genre with regard to short fiction lies. 
• Barbara Graham wonders what makes a mystery paranormal. 
• Daryl Wood Gerber shares six paranormal cozy mysteries to enjoy.
  
• Margaret Atwood weighs in on the repeal of the "Roe vs. Wade" decision decriminalising abortion in the US and draws comparisons to her 1985 novel The Handmaid's Tale. 
• Annalee Newitz weighs in on the repeal of "Roe vs. Wade". 
• Samantha Allan explains why she wrote a lesbian Sasquatch novel.
  
• Cornelius Fortune explores Gertrude Stein's interest in pulp fiction, particularly detective and crime fiction. 
• The Roanoke Times profiles Murray Leinster.
  
• Open Culture shares a 1949 correspondence between Aldous Huxley and George Orwell.
  
• Michael Curtis revisits the Ballantine Adult Fantasy series of the early 1970s. 
• Nancy Kathryn Walecki talks about the history of science fiction fanzines. 
• Martin Edwards talks about the history of indexes to fiction magazines and his work on them.
  
• Vanessa Zoltan discusses how the mainstream popularity of the Bridgerton series has caused toxic fans to invade romance fandom.
  

Comics and Art:

• Blue Book Balloon reviews the graphic novel Gun Honey by Charles Ardai, Ang Hor Kheng and Asifur Rahman
• Alan Stewart revisits the August 1972 issue of Vampirella.
  
• Bill Ward revisits Frank Frazetta's covers for the Lancer Conan reprints of the late 1960s. 
• Bill Ward revisits the striking cover art of the Ballantine Adult Fantasy series of the 1970s. 
• Bill Ward shares his appreciation for the cover art of the late Ken Kelly.
  

 

Film and TV:

• Stuart Heritage reports how The Boys managed to turn off its rightwing fanbase which failed to realise that the show was a satire. 
• Stuart Heritage wonders whether Stranger Things even counts as TV anymore, considers that every episode of season 4 has been movie length.
  
• William Hughes calls Moonhaven a science fiction buddy cop series with heady ideas and arresting visuals.
  
• Mark Lawson declares that the dystopian TV series The Undeclared War shows the perils and pitfaalls of near future science fiction. 
• 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. 
• David Cote shares his thoughts on the latest episode of For All Mankind.
  
• Leonard Maltin really enjoyed the animated film Marcel the Shell with Shoes On.
  
• Phuong Le calls Pompo: The Cinephile a cliched anime film about the love for movies. 
• Leigh Monson calls The Sea Beast a thought-provoking and fun animated adventure.
  
• Todd Gilchrist calls Minions: The Rise of Gru an animated sequel, that is amusing but of little importance. 
• Rob Bricken wonders whether Superman and Lois takes place in the same universe as the other DC Comics superhero TV shows.
  
• Margaret David ranks dystopian science fiction films based on how horrible the futures they depict would be to live in.
  
• Guy Lodge shares his favourite films about modern day vampires. 
• Stephen Johnson shares seventeen of the most disturbing movies ever made. 
• Charles Solomon notes that anime has very well developed heroines.
  
• Larry Fried explains why some science fiction movies are banned in certain countries.
  
• Lorelei Marcus revisits the 1967 James Bond movie You Only Live Twice. 
• Ryan Britt revisits the 1982 science fiction film Blade Runner for its fortieth anniversary and compares it to Philip K. Dick's novel Do Androids Dream of Electronic Sheep?
• Robert Repino revisits the 1982 science fiction horror film The Thing for its fortieth anniversary. 
  
• Germain Lussier revisits the 1987 science fiction parody Spaceballs for its thirty-fifth anniversary. 
• Leah Schnelbach revisits the 2007 animated fantasy film Ratatouille. 
  
• Tara Yarlagadda revisits the 2008 animated dystopian film Wall-E.
  
• Katherine Bromwich interviews Emilia Clarke who played Daenerys Targaryen in Game of Thrones. 
• Rich Pelley interviews Denise Richards, star of The World Is Not Enough, Tammy and the T-Rex and Starship Troopers.
  
• Phil Hoad interviews Caleb Landry Jones, star of No Country For Old Men, Get Out! and Nitram. 
  
• Catherine Shoard reports that according to producer Barbara Broccoli, the next James Bond film will be a complete reinvention.
  
• Jake Coyle reports that John Williams, who has just turned 90, will step away from film scores, but not from music.
• Japanese film composer Michiaki Watanabe, who worked on many superhero films, has died aged 96. 
• Special effects miniature and model maker Greg Jein has died aged 76.
   

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

• Keith R.A. DeCandido shares his thoughts on "The Elysian Kingdom", the latest episode of Star Trek Strange New Worlds.
• James Whitbrook shares his thoughts on "The Elysian Kingdom". 
• Paul Levinson shares his thoughts on "The Elysian Kingdom".
  
• Ben Child revisits the 1982 movie Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan and finds it still the best of all Star Trek movies. 
• Keith R.A. DeCandido revisits the Star Trek Enterprise episode "Dead Stop".
  
• Joel McKinnon and Paul Levinson discuss the legacy of Star Trek.
  

 

Comments on Ms. Marvel, Thor: Love and Thunder and the Marvel Cinematic Universe in general (spoilers): 

• Camestros Felapton shares his thoughts on Ms. Marvel. 
• Leah Schnelbach shares her thoughts on "Seeing Red", the latest episode of Ms. Marvel. 
• Sarah Shaffi shares her thoughts on "Seeing Red". 
• Swara Salih shares her thoughts on "Seeing Red".
  
• Tariq Raouf takes a look at the changes Ms. Marvel made between the comics and the TV series.
  
• Sabina Graves shares some early reactions to Thor: Love and Thunder.
• Sasha Urban and Mark Malkin interview Chris Hemsworth who plays Thor in Thor: Love and Thunder.
• Germain Lussier interviews Chris Hemsworth. 
• Mickey Rapkin interviews Chris Pratt, star of Guardians of the Galaxy, Jurassic World: Dominion, The Terminal List and many others. 
• Stuart Heritage reports how a clip from Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness featuring an overacting extra has gone viral. 
• Rob Bricken reports that Elizabeth Olsen, who plays Wanda Maximoff, still hasn't seen Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, because Marvel only gave her a watermarked copy.
  

 

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

• Joshua Rivera declares that Obi-Wan Kenobi was as broken as its hero.
• Linda Codega declares that Obi-Wan Kenobi focussed more on character development than on conflict. 
• Paul Levinson shares his thoughts on Obi-Wan Kenobi.
  
• Cora Buhlert shares her thoughts on part 5 of Obi-Wan Kenobi. 
• Nathan Johnson interviews Stuart Beattie, writer of Obi-Wan Kenobi.
  
• Nathan Johnson reports that Obi-Wan Kenobi was originally conceived as a trilogy of films and that the TV series only covered part I.
  
• Justin Carter wonders where the Star Wars TV series should go from here. 
• James Whitbrook wonders why so few characters truly stay dead in the Star Wars universe and what the characters that cheated death have in common.
  
• Gavia Baker-Whitelaw takes a look at the advantages and disadvantages of "The Volume", the new green screen replacement technology developed by Industrial Light and Magic, which was extensively used in the Star Wars TV shows.
  

Comments on season 3 of The Unbrella Academy: 

• Keith R.A. DeCandido shares his thoughts on season 3 of The Umbrella Academy. 
• Cheryl Eddy shares nine things she loved and three things she didn't about season 3 of The Umbrella Academy.
  

 

Comments on season 4 of Westworld: 

• Joel Golby traces how Westworld went from the most glorious show on TV to the greatest mess. 
• Paul Levinson shares his thoughts on the season 4 premiere of Westworld. 
• Manuel Betancourt shares his thoughts on the season 4 premiere of Westworld. 
• Rob Bricken shares his thoughts on the seaon 4 premiere of Westworld. 
• Jack Seale calls season 4 of Westworld nothing but a humdrum dramedy about sad singletons, some of whom happen to be androids.
  

 

Awards:

• The winners of the 2022 Locus Awards have been announced. 
• The winners of the 2021 Analog AnLab Awards have been announced. 
• The winners of the 2022 Rhysling Awards have been announced. 
• The finalists for the 2022 Elgin Awards have been announced.
  
• The finalists for the 2022 Dwarf Star Awards have been announced. 
• The winners of the 2022 Ray Harryhausen Awards have been announced.
  
• The winners of the 2022 Bill Finger Awards have been announced. 
  
• The finalists for the 2022 Russ Manning Promising Newcomer Award have been announced.
• Michaele Jordan shares her thoughts on the 2022 Hugo finalists for Best Novel. 
  
• Olav Rokne shares a proposal for a Hugo voting threshold reform.
• Steve Davidson shares his thoughts on the state of the Hugos.
  
• Rich Horton takes a look at the possible Hugo finalists for 1953.
  

 

Writing, publishing and promotion:

• Katrina Schroeder explains that characters need to change over the course of a story or novel.
• William Miller shares the first commandment of good sentences.
  
• Lucy Clarke talks about finding your novel's perfect rhythm.
  
• Ann Langley offers writing tips based on a drawing of Tarot cards. 
• Kristine Kathryn Rusch talks about the different types of money woes facing writers.
  
• Lincoln Michel explains why it takes so long to publish a book. 
• Locus reports that the publisher Macmillan has experienced a security incident. 
• The SFWA is now the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Association
  
• The SFWA has changed its guidelines for membership applications.
  
• Sally Weale reports about reactions to the announcement of Sheffield Hallam University in Sheffield, UK, to suspend their English literature degree, because it supposedly offers no value.
• Dave Eggers explains how his novel The Circle was banned in the Rapid City, South Dakota, school district after a Republican takeover of the school board. 
• Kelly Jensen reports that a Republican state delegate from Virginia is sueing the publishers Oni Press over publishing the graphic novel Gender Queer by Maia Kobabe, which he considers obscene.
  
• Deanna Schwartz reports about Amazon's problematic e-book return policy.
  
• Paul Weimer shares a look inside the premises of the new Uncle Hugo's and Uncle Edgar's bookstores in Minneapolis, Minnesota. 
  

Interviews:

• The Speculative Literature Foundation interviews Walter Jon Williams.
  
• Michele Lerner interviews Brenda Clough. 
• Elizabeth Tabler interviews Robert Jackson Bennett.
  
• Tin House interviews Kim Stanley Robinson. 
• The HWA interviews James Bennett.
  
• Scott Edelman interviews Gwendolyn Clare. 
• Oliver Brackenbury interviews Gideon Marcus.
  
• The HWA interviews Steve Berman. 
• The HWA interviews Cody Sisco. 
• The HWA interviews Damian Serbu. 
• The HWA interviews Crystal Romero.
  
• Jen Gheller interviews Amelia Brunskill.
• Cole Rush interviews Einar Baldvin.
• Paul Weimer interviews Kimberly Unger.
  
• Cora Buhlert interviews Erica Friedman. 
• The Cromcast interviews Rusty and Shelly Burke. 
  

Reviews:

• Paul Weimer reviews Up Against It by Laura J. Mixon.
• Alex Brown reviews Fevered Star by Rebecca Roanhorse. 
• Mike Glyer reviews A Star Named Vega by Benjamin J. Roberts.
  
• L.A. Young reviews The Yasmine Throne by Tasha Suri. 
• Paul Weimer reviews Prison of Sleep by Tim Pratt.
• The Hugo Book Club Blog reviews A Master of Djinn by P. Djèlí Clark.
  
• J.C. Kang reviews Red Winter by Annette Marie. 
• Angela Gualtieri reviews Brother Red by Adrian Selby.
  
• Tobias Carroll reviews Spear by Nicola Griffith.
• Marion Deeds reviews Spear by Nicola Griffith.
  
• Liz Bourke reviews The Grief of Stones by Katherine Addison. 
• Alex Brown reviews Our Crooked Hearts by Melissa Albert.
  
• Elizabeth Fitzgerald reviews A Strange and Stubborn Endurance by Foz Meadows. 
  
• Paul Di Filippo reviews The Next Time I Die by Jason Starr. 
• Brian Greene reviews The Next Time I Die by Jason Starr. 
• Cannonball Read reviews The Next Time I Die by Jason Starr.
  
• Blue Book Balloon reviews The Ballad of Perilous Graves by Alex Jennings.
  
• Bill Capossere reviews Walk the Vanished Earth by Erin Swan 
• Gary K. Wolfe reviews All the Seas in the World by Guy Gavriel Kay.
  
• James Davis Nicoll reviews A Drowned Kingdom by P.L. Stuart.
• Paul Weimer reviews Babel by R.F. Kuang. 
• Alexis Ong reviews The City Inside by Samit Basu. 
• Bill Capossere reviews The Extractionist by Kimberly Unger.
  
• Ian Mond reviews The Immortal King Rao by Vauhini Vara
• Runalong the Shelves reviews A Scandal in Brooklyn by Lauren Wilkinson. 
• Gabino Iglesias reviews The Fervor by Alma Katsu.
  
• Adam Troy Castro reviews It's Alive by Julian David Stone. 
• Grab This Book reviews The Haunting of Crimshaw Manor by Mark E. Drotos.
• Paul Di Filippo reviews Among Strangers by Robert Silverberg.
• Arley Sorg reviews Dreams for a Broken World, edited by Ellen Meeropol and Julie C. Day.
  

Classics reviews:

• Benjamin Thomas revisits the 1916 yellow peril novel The Return of Dr. Fu Manchu by Sax Rohmer. 
• Sandy Ferber revisits the 1919 science fiction novel The Girl in the Golden Atom by Ray Cummings.
  
• James Maliszweski revisits the 1932 planetary romance "The Planet of the Dead" by Clark Ashton Smith.  
• James Reasoner revisits the July 1933 issue of Magic Carpet Magazine. 
• Mystery*File revisits the 1946 space opera novelette "Phalid's Fate" by Jack Vance.  
• Alan Brown revisits the 1950 science fiction fix-up novel I, Robot by Isaac Asimov.
  
• In Search of the Classic Mystery Novel revisits the 1959 supernatural mystery collection City of Brass and Other Simon Ark Stories by Edward D. Hoch. 
• Joachim Boaz revisits the 1965 science fiction story "The Survivor" by Walter F. Moudy.
  
• Mark Yon revisits the July 1967 issue of New Worlds. 
• Gideon Marcus revisits the July 1967 issue of Analog.
  
• Joe Kenney revisits the 1978 erotic science fiction novel Love Me Tomorrow by Robert H. Rimmer.
• James Davis Nicoll revisits the 1979 time travel novel Pillars of Salt by Barbara Paul. 
• Richard Fisher revisits the 1979 science fiction novel Mirror Friend, Mirror Foe by George Takei and Robert Asprin. 
• James Maliszewski revisits the March 1983 issue of White Dwarf. 
• Joe Kenney revisits American Overthrow, a 1989 novel in the Doomsday Warrior postapocalyptic men's adventure series by Ryder Stacy a.k.a. Ryder Syvertson. 
  
• James Davis Nicoll revisits the 1992 anthology The Year’s Best Science Fiction: Ninth Annual Collection, edited by Gardner Dozois. 
• Fletcher Vredenburgh revisits the 2012 sword and sorcery collection Young Thongor by Lin Carter.
  
• Joe Sherry revisits the 2013 October Daye urban fantasy novel Chimes at Midnight by Seanan McGuire.
  

 

Con and event reports:

• The Cromcast shares a recording of the Robert E. Howard Celebration Banquet at the 2022 Robert E. Howard Days in Cross Plains, Texas.
• The Cromcast shares a recording of a panel at the 2022 Robert E. Howard Days to celebrate the fortieth anniversary of the movie Conan the Barbarian. 
• The Cromcast shares a recording of the "What's up with Robert E. Howard?" panel at the 2022 Robert E. Howard Days.
  
• The Cromcast shares some interviews with attendees of the 2022 Robert E. Howard Days. 
  
• Sarah Avery shares her notes on two panels presented at the 2022 Balticon in Baltimore, Maryland. 
• Nathalie op de Beeck reports about Charlie Jane Anders' keynote address at the Children's Institute 10 event in Phoenix, Arizona. 
• Kevin Standlee reports that Salt Lake City, Utah, is bidding for the 2024 Westercon. 
• S.E. Lindberg announces that R.A. Salvatore will be the author guest of honour at the 2022 GenCon in Indianapolis, Indiana. 
• Andrew Liptak talks about early science fiction conventions and the origins of cosplay.
  
• Deuce Richardson reports about the H.R. Haggard Room exhibited at Chicon 7, the 2012 Worldcon in Chicago, Illinois. 
• Dave Jamieson reports that performers at a Medieval Times live event in Lyndhurst, New Jersey, are unionising to campaign for improved pay and safety standards.
  
• Sabina Graves shares the latest news and attractions from various theme parks in the US.
  

Science and technology:

• NASA reports that its Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter has spotted a rocket impact crater on the Moon. 
• Kaye Dee reports about the pioneering Our World global satellite broadcast in 1967.
  
• John Timmer details why the first ever transplant of a pig heart into a human body failed. 
• Amanda Skenadore explains what nineteenth century hospitals were like. 
  
• Stephen Marche wonders whether artificial intelligence has the potential to create transformative art.
  
• Ken Knowlton, pioneer of computer art and animation has died aged 91.
  

Free online fiction:

• "Scientists Confirm: There’s a Black Hole in the Center of Your Heart" by Jo Miles in Lightspeed.
• "The Turnip, or, How the Whole World Was Brought to Peace" by P.H. Lee in Lightspeed. 
• "Witchbreaker" by Leah Ning in Beneath Ceaseless Skies. 
• "Into the Thunder" by Michelle Muenzler in Beneath Ceaseless Skies. 
• "The Mouse That Roared" by Geoffrey Hart in Swords and Sorcery Magazine.
• "The Fruit of the Princess Tree" by Sage Tyrtle in Apex Magazine. 
• "As Though I Were a Little Sun" by Grace Chan in Fireside Magazine.
  
• "Crowd Demons" by Lisa Farrell in Luna Station Quarterly.
• "Potemora in the Triad" by Sara S. Messenger in Fantasy Magazine.
  
• "This, but Again" by David Iserson in Slate Future Tense.
• "Ad Nauseam" by Josh Warriner in Daily Science Fiction.
• "The Small Shop of Me" by Renan Bernardo in Daily Science Fiction.
• "Our Kingdom Come" by Rajiv Mote in Daily Science Fiction.
• "Future Tense" by Danny Marks in Daily Science Fiction.
• "No Worries" by Jason A. Bartles in Daily Science Fiction.
• "Warming" by Maria Zoccola in Nightmare Magazine.
• "Shadow Side" by Kristine Kathryn Rusch.
  

 

Trailers and videos:

• Watch a trailer for Paper Girls.
  
• Watch a trailer for The Three Body Problem. 
• Watch a trailer for Hocus Pocus 2.
  
• Watch a trailer for season 3 of Solar Opposites.
  

Speculative Fiction Links of the Week for August 7, 2020

It's time for the latest weekly round-up of interesting links about speculative fiction from around the web, this week with the 2020 Hugo Awards and 1945 Retro Hugo Awards and the controversy surrounding the ceremony, Star Trek: Lower Decks and the various other iterations of Star Trek, season 2 of The Umbrella Academy, An American Pickle, the virtual Worldcon CoNZealand, the controversy surrounding the sword and sorcery anthology Flashing Swords 6, the successful landing of SpaceX's Dragon capsule and much more.

Speculative fiction in general:

• BookNest shares their one hundred favourite fantasy novels of the 21st century to date.
• Bryan Appleyard takes a look at the current state of the science fiction genre.
• James Davis Nicoll lists five SFF novels which make him wish they had sequels. 
• James Davis Nicoll shares five SFF stories featuring secretly supernatural beings.
• Thoraiya Dyer shares eight SFF books featuring forests. 
• Neil Clarke explains that short fiction is important.
• Steve J. Wright points out that John W. Campbell was a complex figure whose impact on the SFF genre was both good and bad. 
• Leslie S. Klinger and Lisa Morton discuss the forgotten female horror writers of the 19th century.
• John Schwartz, science reporter at the New York Times, is thrilled that he has been tuckerized by Mary Robinette Kowal.
• Alison Flood reports that Irish novelist John Boyne accidentally included some objects and creatures from the videogame The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild in a historical novel, when he googled for how to dye fabric red without realising that the ingredient list referred to a videogame.
• Susan Ellison, widow of the late Harlan Ellison, has died aged 60.
• Costumer David Ivey has died.
• Costumer and fantasy author Patricia Anne Buard has died.
• Long term science fiction fan Ro Nagey has died aged 67.
  

Comments on the Flashing Swords #6 controversy:

• Mike Glyer reports that several authors have pulled their stories from the sword and sorcery anthology Flashing Swords 6 because of the sexist introduction by editor Robert Price. 
• Rich Johnston also reports about the controversy surrounding Flashing Swords #6 and reprints the entire foreword by editor Robert Price. 
• Inspired by the Flashing Sword #6 controversy, Remco van Straten and Angeline B. Adams point out that sword and sorcery was always diverse. 
• Mike Glyer reports that the publisher has apologised about the issues with the sword and sorcery anthology Flashing Swords #6 and offered authors a slot in a different anthology or a kill fee.

Film and TV:

• Andrew Liptak discusses the status of Denis Villeneuve's upcoming adaptation of Fank Herbert's Dune. 
• Peter Bradshaw calls Make Up a spooky seaside thriller.   
• Katie Rife calls La Llorona an intelligent slow burn horror thriller.
• Ellen E. Jones calls Mortal a by the nubers fantasy film.
• Jennifer Ouellette calls Radioactive an uneven biopic, but praises Rosamund Pike's performance as Marie Curie. 
• Cath Clarke calls Sheep and Wolves: Pig Deal an animated fable shorn of excitement.
• Caroline Siede shares her thoughts on the latest episode of Stargirl.
• Alex McLevy shares his thoughts on the latest episode of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
• Darren Franich shares his displeasure with several recent science fiction TV shows.
• Leah Schnelbach argues that the serial killer drama Hannibal and the fantasy cartoon Steven Universe are actually the same show. 
• Anthony Breznican takes a look at horror movies by black directors and with largely black casts. 
• Catherine Shoard reports that according to director Lilly Wachowski, The Matrix was always intended as a trans metaphor.
• Heroes & Icons revisits fifteen forgotten science fiction TV shows of the 1980s. 
• Katie Rife revisits the 1971 vampire movie The Velvet Vampire.
• Katie Rife revisits the 1988 vampire movie Fright Night Part 2. 
• Ignatiy Vishnevestky revisits the 1995 vampire movie The Addiction.
• Noah Berlatsky revisits the 2013 remake of The Evil Dead.
• Padraig Cotter lists all the times Godzilla has died on screen. 
• Thomas Hobbs profiles special effects specialist Tom Savini who worked on many horror movies over the years.
• Steve O'Brien profiles Big Finish, producer of audiodramas based on Doctor Who and other popular SFF TV series. 
• Gavia Baker-Whitelaw reports about alleged anti-Asian discrimination on the set of Daredevil.
• Actor Wilford Brimley, best known for his part in Cocoon, has died aged 85.
  

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

• Keith R.A. DeCandido calls the first episode of the cartoon Star Trek: Lower Decks almost really good. 
• James Whitbrook calls Star Trek: Lower Decks fun as hell and so much more.
• Zack Handlen calls Star Trek: Lower Decks high concept meets low effort.
• Keith R.A. DeCandido revisits the Star Trek Voyager episodes "Macrocosm", "Fair Trade" and "Alter Ego".
• Ross A. Lincoln reports that William Shatner is well aware of the existence of Kirk/Spock slashfic.
• Alvaro Zinos-Amaro reviews the Star Trek Deep Space Nine tie-in novel Typhoon Pact: Raise the Dawn by David George III.
  

Comments on season 2 of The Umbrella Academy:

• Keith R.A. DeCandido declares that season 2 of The Umbrella Academy is even better than season 1.
• Kathryn VanArendonk finds season 2 of The Umbrella Academy stylish and funny, but declares that it makes no sense. 
• Gavia Baker-Whitelaw shares her thoughts on season 2 of The Umbrella Academy.
• Caroline Siede offers episode by episode reviews of The Umbrella Academy.
• Emmet Asher-Perrin declares that The Umbrella Academy is a show about growing beyond familial abuse. 
• Stuart Jeffries calls season 2 of The Umbrella Academy inscrutable nonsense.
• Maggie Fremont shares nine big questions she has to the end of season 2 of The Umrbella Academy (spoilers). 
• Charles Pulliam Moore discusses the character of Lila Pitts in The Umbrella Academy. 
• Cameron Scheetz interviews Robert Sheehan and Justin H. Min, who play Klaus and Ben in The Umbrella Academy. 

Comments on An American Pickle: 

• Peter Bradshaw calls An American Pickle a zany timeslip comedy.
• Jesse Hassenger calls An American Pickle a timeslip comedy with mixed results.
• Marah Eakin interviews Seth Rogen, star of An American Pickle.
  

Awards: 

• The longlist for the 2020 Not the Booker Prize has been announced with lots of love for genre works and voting is open for the shortlist.
• The shortlist for the 2020  Prix Rosny Aîné has been announced.
• The finalists for the 2020 Norma K. Hemming Award have been announced. 
• The winner of the 2020 Baen Fantasy Adventure Award has been announced. 
• The winner of the 2020 Munsey Award has been announced.
• The winners of the 2020 ENnie Awards have been announced. 
• David Gerrold weighs in on the Hugo Awards and various other genre awards. 
• The winners of the 2020 BAFTA TV Awards have been announced with some love for SFF. 

Comments on the 2020 Hugo Awards and 1945 Retro Hugo Awards:

• The winners of the 2020 Hugo Awards have been announced.  
• The winners of the 1945 Retro Hugo Awards have been announced. 
• Alison Flood shares her thoughts on the winners of the 2020 Hugo Awards.
• Camestros Felapton shares his thoughts on the winners of the 2020 Hugo Awards.
• Cora Buhlert shares her thoughts on the winners of the 2020 Hugo Awards.
• Cora Buhlert shares her thoughts on the winners of the 1945 Retro Hugo Awards.  
• Steve J. Wright shares his thoughts on the winners of the 1945 Retro Hugo Awards. 
• Doris V. Sutherland shares her thoughts on the winners of the 2020 Hugo Awards and the 1945 Retro Hugos. 
• Ann Leckie explains why she declined a Hugo nomination for The Raven Tower. 

Comments on the 2020 Hugo ceremony:

• Cora Buhlert shares her thoughts on the 2020 Hugo ceremony.
• Natalie Luhrs shares her thoughts on the 2020 Hugo ceremony.
• Miyuki Jane Pinckard shares her thoughts on the 2020 Hugo ceremony.
• Sean Reads Sci-Fi shares his thoughts on the 2020 Hugo ceremony.
• Runalong the Shelves share their thoughts on the 2020 Hugo ceremony.
• Dag-Erling Smørgrav shares his thoughts on the 2020 Hugo ceremony. 
• Remco van Straten and Angeline B. Adams share their thoughts on the 2020 Hugo ceremony. 
• P.Z. Myers shares his thoughts on the 2020 Hugo ceremony. 
• Jason Sanford shares his thoughts on the 2020 Hugo ceremony.
• Ed Fortune shares his thoughts on the 2020 Hugo ceremony.
• Vivienne Raper shares her thoughts on the 2020 Hugo ceremony.
• Rachel Kiley shares her thoughts on the 2020 Hugo ceremony.
• Cheryl Morgan shares her thoughts on the 2020 Hugo ceremony.
• Adam Whitehead shares his thoughts on the 2020 Hugo ceremony. 
• Torsten Adair shares his thoughts on the 2020 Hugo ceremony.
• Soon Lee weighs in on the 2020 Hugo ceremony.
• Jacob Tyler shares his thoughts on the 2020 Hugo ceremony. 
• Madison Malone Kircher shares her thoughts on the 2020 Hugo ceremony.
• Kaila Hale-Stern weighs in on the 2020 Hugo ceremony.
• Robert J. Sawyer weighs in on the 2020 Hugo ceremony.
• Louise McCreesh weighs in on the 2020 Hugo ceremony.
• Charles Pulliam-Moore shares his thoughts on the 2020 Hugo ceremony.
• Sam Brooks reports about the 2020 Hugo ceremony.
• Casey Lucas reports that the finalists and winners of the 2020 Sir Julius Vogel Awards were aso shafted by CoNZealand.
• Discon III, the 2021 Worldcon in Washington DC, has announced the hosts for their Hugo ceremony.

Writing, publishing and promotion:

• Charlie Jane Anders points out that anger is a storytelling goldmine for writers. 
• Kristine Kathryn Rusch points out that writers need courage. 
• Jesse Kellerman talks about writing at home with children.
• Andrew Albanese reports about the Internet Archive's response to the copyright lawsuit regarding their so-called National Emergency Library.
• The SFWA announced the launch of the Book Industry Health Insurance Partnership.
• Jane Friedman reports about the state of the US publishing industry. 

Interviews:

• Arley Sorg interviews Lauren Beukes. 
• Petra Mayer interviews Lauren Beukes.  
• Book Marks interviews Erin Morgenstern.
• Wendy Browne interviews Maurice Broaddus. 
• Andrea Johnson interviews R.F. Kuang. 
• Arley Sorg interviews Michael Swanwick.
• Brian Merchant interviews Tim Maughan.
• Paul Weimer interviews Bree Bridges a.k.a. one half of the writing team that makes up Kit Rocha.
• Elyse Martin interviews Eiko Kadono and Emily Balistrieri.
  

Reviews: 

• Blue Book Balloon reviews Blue Planet by Jane O'Reilly.
• Mark Yon reviews The Vanished Birds by Simon Jimenez.
• Vanessa Armstrong reviews Deal with the Devil by Kit Rocha. 
• Sean Dowie reviews Mexican Gothic by Silva Moreno-Garcia.
• Mahvesh Murad reviews Afterland by Lauren Beukes.
• Joel Cunningham reviews The City in the Middle of the Night by Charlie Jane Anders. 
• Colleen Mondor reviews Race to the Sun by Rebecca Roanhorse,
• Liz Bourke and Gary K. Wolfe review The Order of the Pure Moon Reflected in Water by Zen Cho. 
• Paul Di Filippo reviews The Sunken Land Begins to Rise by M. John Harrison. 
• Kelly Lasiter and Tadiana Jones review Desdemona and the Deep by C.S.E. Cooney.
• Paul Weimer reviews The Vanished Queen by Lisbeth Campbell. 
• Blue Book Balloon reviews The Glass Hotel by Emily St. John Mandel.
• James Davis Nicoll reviews Forest of Souls by Lori M. Lee. 
• Gary K. Wolfe reviews Creatures of Charm and Hunger by Molly Tanzer. 
• Blue Book Balloon reviews All the Stars and Teeth by Adalyn Grace.
• Kat Hooper reviews The Beautiful by Renée Ahdieh. 
• J.C. Kang reviews The Glamourist by Luanne G. Smith.
• Adri Joy reviews The Tyrant Baru Cormorant by Seth Dickinson.
• Kelly Lasiter reviews Red Mantle by Maria Tutschaninoff.
• Fran Wilde reviews Every Bone a Prayer by Ashley Blooms 
• Leah Schnelbach reviews I Hold a Wolf by the Ears by Laura van den Berg.
• Alex Brown reviews Prelude for Lost Souls by Helene Dunbar. 
• Colleen Mondor reviews Wicked As You Wish by Rin Chupeco. 
• Blue Book Balloon reviews Bookish and the Beast by Ashley Poston.
• Lesa Holstine reviews Shadows in Time by Julie McElwain.
• Lesa Holstine reviews Ghosts Up Her Game by Carolyn Hart.
• Kelly Lasiter reviews Catherine House by Elizabeth Thomas.
• Alex Brown reviews Lobizona by Romina Garber.  
• Doris V. Sutherland reviews Reception by Kenzie Jennings. 
• Gary K. Wolfe reviews Of Ants and Dinosaurs by Liu Cixin, translated by Elizabeth Hanlon.
• James Davis Nicoll reviews A Summer Beyond Your Reach by Xia Jia, translated by Ken Liu, Carmen Yiling Yan, Emily Jin and Rebecca Kuang
• Gary K. Wolfe reviews Interlibrary Loan by Gene Wolfe.
• Paul Di Filippo reviews The Fantastic Fiction of Hannes Bok by Hannes Bok.
• Kelly Lasiter reviews Where the Veil Is Thin, edited by Cerece Rennie Murphy and Alana Joli Abbott.
  

Classics reviews:

• Sandy Ferber revisits the 1926 science fiction novel The Radio Planet by Ralph Milne Farley.
• Alan Brown revisits the 1941 science fiction novel Second Stage Lensman by E.E. Smith.
• James Davis Nicoll revisits the 1964 science fiction collection Space by the Tale by Jerome Bixby. 
• Rosemary Benton revisits the 1965 time travel novel Lord Kalvan of Otherwhen by H. Beam Piper.
• Judith Tarr revisits the 1965 gothic novel The White Jade Fox by Andre Norton. 
• Gideon Marcus revisits the August 1965 issues of Analog.
• David Levinson reviews the September 1965 isue of Worlds of If.
• Joachim Boaz revisits the 1972 post-apocalyptic novel The Heirs of Babylon by Glen Cook.
• Sean Guynes revisits the 1972 science fiction novella The Word For World Is Forest by Ursula K. Le Guin. 
• Paperback Warrior revisits the 1976 horror novel The Pack a.k.a. The Long Dark Night by David Fisher.
• Joachim Boaz revisits the 1983 dystopian novel Hyacinths by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro.
• Kelly Lasiter revisits the 1983 horror novel Winter Lord by Jean Brooks-Janowiak.
• Bobby Derie revisits the 1986 memoir One Who Walked Alone by Novalyne Price Ellis, on and off girlfriend of Robert E. Howard.
• James Davis Nicoll revisits the 2007 military science fiction novel Endgame by Kristine Smith.
  

Con and event reports:

• Cheryl Morgan shares her experiences at CoNZealand, the virtual 2020 Worldcon, in a multi-part post. 
• Cheryl Morgan also explains why and how Worldcons can go wrong.
• Steve J. Wright shares his experiences at CoNZealand, the virtual 2020 Worldcon.
• Edmund Schluessel reports that his Zoom background was repeatedly censored by CoNZealand, the virtual 2020 Worldcon. 
• Kevin Standlee reports about the business meeting at ConZealand in Wellington, New Zealand.
• Anna Smith Spark, organiser of the open letter to oppose the Worldcon bid for Jeddah, Saudi Arabia in 2022, has penned another open letter prtesting against the Worldcon bid for Chengdu in China in 2023.
• Mike Glyer reports that Chicon 8, the 2022 Worldcon, will take place in Chicago, Illinois.
• Mike Glyer also reports that Brisbane, Australia, is bidding for the 2025 Worldcon.
• Yunchtime reports about the virtual Cyberpunk Culture Conference and other virtual cons. 
• Gavia Baker-Whitelaw reports that the virtual San Diego Comic Con was a flop.
• Kelly Gordon reports how the corona pandemic has impacted Magic The Gathering by making live tournaments impossible.
• Severin Carrell reports that the Edinburgh Internation Book Festival in Edinburgh, Scotland, will be going all virtual.
  

Crowdfunding:

• Rebuilding Tomorrow, an anthology of life after the apocalypse edited by Tsana Dolichva, is looking for funding.
• Uncanny Magazine is looking for funding to finance its year seven.
• The comic anthology Mañana: Latinx Comics From the 25th Century is looking for funding.
• The Corruption Within, a 2D psychological thriller first-person point and click adventure game set in the Victorian era, is looking for funding.
• Bonnie Elizabeth shares her experience using Kickstarter to fund her latest series.
• Kristine Kathryn Rusch continues her series about how Kickstarter is a gamechanger for creatives.  

Science and technology:

• Jonathan Amos reports that NASA's rover Perseverance has launched on its journey to Mars. 
• Brendan Byrne also reports about the Perseverance Mars rover.
• Nell Greenfieldboyce reports about the successful return of the SpaceX Dragon capsule from the International Space Station. 
• Paul Rincon also reports about the successful return of the SpaceX Dragon capsule from the International Space Station.
• Paul Rincon reports about a testflight of SpaceX's Starship. 
• Jonathan Amos reports that the Sentinel-2 satellite which measures the Antarctic ice has discovered a previously unknown colony of Emperor penguins. 
• Kenneth Chang offers a virtual trip through the cabin of the Virgin Galactic space plane.
• Steven Poole discusses the term "lyfe" to be used for alien lifeforms to alien that regular "life" just doesn't cut it.
• Bill English, co-creator of the computer mouse, has died aged 91.
  

Free online fiction:

• "The Shadow Prison Experiment" by Caroline M. Yoachim in Lightspeed.
• "All These Guardians of Order and Clarity, None of Them Can Abide a Free Witch" by Benjamin Rosenbaum in Lightspeed.
• "The Lori" by Fiona Moore in Clarkesworld. 
• "The Inaccessibility of Heaven" by Aliette de Bodard in Uncanny Magazine.
• "Dead Girls Have No Name" by Claire Wrenwood in Nightmare Magazine.
• "Bobby and Her Father" by Gillian Daniels in The Dark.
• "Ganymede's Lamps" by Michèle Laframboise in Luna Station Quarterly.
• "Satin and Velvet" by R.H. Cloake in Beneath Ceaseless Skies.
• "The Many Lives of an Abiku" by Tobi Ogundiran in Beneath Ceaseless Skies.
• "The Turnaround" by Charlie Jane Anders in Alta.
• "Homecoming" by Kristine Kathryn Rusch. 
• "Picnic at Seashell Beach" by Cora Buhlert
  

Odds and ends: 

• Watch a trailer for Raised by Wolves.
• Watch a trailer for season 2 of The Boys.
• Deana Whitney shares yet more recipes inspired by Brandon Sanderson's Stormlight Archives.
  

Speculative Fiction Links of the Week for March 1, 2019

It's time for the weekly round-up of interesting links about speculative fiction from around the web, this week with the 2019 Academy Award winner, an uproar surrounding the 2018 Nebula Award finalists, Star Trek Discovery, The Orville, Doom Patrol, The Umbrella Academy, Alita: Battle Angel, Captain Marvel, season 2 of American Gods, The Hole in the Ground, the cancellation of Jessica Jones and The Punisher, plagiarism in the romance world and much more. 

Speculative fiction in general:

• Amal El-Mohtar shares the best new fantasy novels. 
• Vicky Who Reads recommends adult science fiction and fantasy by women authors which those who enjoy YA speculative fiction will love. 
• Joseph Hurtgen talks about space opera and progress.
• Leah Schnelbach discusses how fantasy novels handle trauma.
• Arkady Martine shares her favourite SFF books about the mechanisms of government. 
• Tor.com shares eight books about rebuilding after an ecological catastrophe.
• Ross Johnson shares six science fiction and fantasy books inspired by Africa.
• CBS News reports about the renewed momentum of Afrofuturism.
• Charlie Jane Anders shares her appreciation for Ursula K. Le Guin's Hainish Cycle. 
• Science fiction writer Vonda N. McIntyre is seriously ill.
  

Discussion of the Cristiane Serruya plagiarism scandal:

• Nora Roberts, another of the authors plagiarised by Cristiane Serruya, responds to the scandal with the appropriate amount of fury.
• Nora Roberts also makes a follow-up post and calls out various shady techniques used by black hat indie writers. 
• Nora Roberts makes a second follow-up post and calls out more problematic techniques. 
• Ilona Andrews weighs in on the Cristiane Serruya plagiarism scandal.  
• Sharon Lee weighs in on the Cristiane Serruya plagiarism scandal. 
• Alison Flood weighs in on the Cristiane Serruya plagiarism scandal. 
• Michael Schaub weighs in on the Cristiane Serruya plagiarism scandal.
• D.M. Guay weighs in on the Cristiane Serruya plagiarism scandal and other underhanded tactics in the indie world. 
• Sean McLachlan responds to the Cristiane Serruya plagiarism scandal and points out that there are many honest ghostwriters out there who don't resort to underhanded tactics.
• Caffeinated Fae lists all the books, articles and recipes plagiarised by Cristiane Serruya. 
• Lucas Mota reports about the plagiarism scandal and interviews Cristiane Serruya who of course considers herself completely blameless.

Film and TV:

• Arley Sorg and Josh Pearce shares their thoughts on the Chinese science fiction movie The Wandering Earth. 
• Paul Levinson shares his thoughts on the science fiction thriller Rememory. 
• Tom Breihan revisits Avengers: Age of Ultron. 
• Kate Heartfield talks about Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure and the time travel films of the 1980s.
• Victoria Silverwolf revisits the 1964 horror movies Castle of Blood and The Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Stopped Living and Became Mixed-Up Zombies. 
• Cath Clarke declares that Burning Men about two rock musicians trying the summon the devil takes itself way too seriously.
• Alex McLevy shares his thoughts on the Finnish superhero movie Rendel: Dark Vengeance.
• Noel Murray calls Apollo 11 an astonishing documentary. 
• Beth Elderkin declares that she is already sick of the debate around the latest reiteration of Ghostbusters, especially since it seems to be a repeat of the debate around the 2016 Ghostbusters.
• Xueting Christine Ni takes a look at the long tradition of Chinese science fiction films.
• Emma Thompson explains why she will not work with Pixar head John Lasseter. 
• James Hibberd reports that George R.R. Martin turned down a cameo in Game of Thrones. 
• Graeme Virtue reports that the next James Bond film has the rather silly working title Shatterhand. 
• Noah Smith reports about the rampant toxicity in online gaming and why the video game companies have such problems curbing it.
• Mike Glyer shares a list of film personalities omitted by the "In Memoriam" segment at the Oscars.
• Actress Lisa Sheridan, who appeared in Invasion, Halt and Catch Fire and CSI Miami among others, has died aged 44.
• Actor Morgan Woodward, who was in Star Trek, Logan's Run and Dallas and played the "man with no eyes" in Cool Hand Luke, has died aged 93.

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

• Zack Handlen shares his thoughts on "The Sound of Thunder", the latest episode of Star Trek Discovery. 
• James Whitbrook shares his thoughts on "The Sound of Thunder".
• Camestros Felapton shares his thoughts on "The Sound of Thunder". 
• Gavia Baker-Whitelaw shares her thoughts on "The Sound of Thunder".
• Keith R.A. DeCandido shares his thoughts on "The Sound of Thunder".
• Kayti Burt shares her thoughts on "The Sound of Thunder".
• Cora Buhlert shares her thoughts on "The Sound of Thunder".
• John Orquiola declares that following events in Star Trek Discovery, Starfleet's black ops division Section 31 is now Starfleet's worst kept secret.
• John Orquiola ranks every Star Trek movie from worst to best.
• Ethan Alter interviews Sir Patrick Stewart who will soon portray Captain Jean-Luc Picard again.
  

Comments on The Orville: 

• Nick Wanserski shares his thoughts on "Identity", the latest episode of The Orville. 
• Paul Levinson shares his thoughts on "Identity". 
• Cheryl Eddy declares that season 2 of The Orville focusses more on the characters and that the show has never been better.

Comments on Doom Patrol: 

• In a departure from the majority opinion, Paul Tassi calls Doom Patrol as bad as Titans is good. 
• Brandon Zachary declares that Cyborg and Robotman in Doom Patrol are the dynamic duo the show needed.
• Will Thorne interviews Matt Bomer who plays Larry Trainor a.k.a. Negative Man in Doom Patrol.
• Matt Morrison shares the five biggest questions he has after season 1 of Doom Patrol.
• Matt Morrison also talks about some Easter eggs in Doom Patrol.
• Kevin Melrose reports that Doom Patrol also contains a literal shout-out to Grant Morrison, writer of the Doom Patrol comic.
  

Comments on The Umbrella Academy:

• Meghan Ball compares The Umbrella Academy to the comics.
• Chris Davidson ranks the Hargreaves family members from The Umbrella Academy by power.
• Lisa Liebman profiles Aidan Gallagher who plays Number Five in The Umbrella Academy.
• Molly Freeman explains what viewers can expect from the not yet announced season 2 of The Umbrella Academy.
• Farid Ul-Haq reports that according to not yet confirmed rumours, The Umbrella Academy has been renewed for a second season.
  

Comments on the cancellation of Jessica Jones and The Punisher: 

• Alasdair Stuart shares his thoughts on the cancellation of the various Marvel Netflix shows.
• Marshall Mathers, better known as Eminem, slams Netflix for cancelling The Punisher, in whose comic he guest-starred in 2009.  
• Sam Stone shares star Krysten Ritter's reaction to the cancellation of Jessica Jones.
• Stuart Heritage muses how the various Defenders shows could be improved, if they eventually wind up on Disney's new streaming service. 
• Ian Cardona declares that season 1 of Iron Fist was better than anybody gave it credit for.
• Dave Richards shares four comics for people who miss the Marvel Netflix shows.
• Colin Hickson reports that fans have purchases a "Save Daredevil" billboard on Times Square in New York City. 
• Beth Elderkin reports that actress Simone Missick, who plays Misty Knight in Luke Cage and various other Defenders shows, will appear in season 2 of Altered Carbon.
  

Comments on the pre-release reaction to Captain Marvel: 

• Zachary Levi who will portray Shazam in the eponymous movie took to social media to tell the trolls to stop bashing Captain Marvel, because there is no rivalry between them.
• Julia Alexander reports that Rotten Tomatoes has removed a feature that allowed users to downvote Captain Marvel and other movies before release.  
• Noah Dominguez reports that Brie Larson, who plays Carol Danvers in Captain Marvel, specifically asked for Samuel L. Jackson's Nick Fury to be included in the movie, because the actors are friends in real life. 
• Julie Muncy reports that Annette Bening, who plays a still unrevealed role in Captain Marvel, had to have the screenplay and background explained by her two children. 
• Gavia Baker-Whitelaw wonders whether the friendship between Carol Danvers and Maria Rambeau in Captain Marvel will generate as many fanfics as that between Steve Rogers and Bucky Barnes.
• Watch a video of Goose the cat from Captain Marvel doing cat stuff.
  

Comments on Alita: Battle Angel:

• Renaldo Matadeen declares that Alita: Battle Angel shows how to do a live action manga adaptation right.
• Renaldo Matadeen reports that Alita: Battle Angel is setting box office records in China.
  

Comments on season 2 of American Gods: 

• Gavia Baker-Whitelaw declares that season 2 of American Gods has kept the style but lost the substance of season 1.
• Jamie Sugah declares that season 2 of American Gods needs to pick up the pace.
  

Comment on The Hole in the Ground:

• Gavia Baker-Whitelaw calls the horror movie The Hole in the Ground genuinely terrifying. 
• Mike McCahill calls The Hole in the Ground superbly scary country horror.
• Mike D'Angelo calls The Hole in the Ground spooky fun, until metaphor swallows the horror.
  

Awards:

• The final ballot for the 2018 Bram Stoker Awards has been announced. 
• The winners of the 2018 Australian Romance Readers Awards have been announced.
• The winners of the 2019 Academy Awards have been announced with some love for genre films. 
• The winners of the 2019 Razzie Awards have been announced.
• The winners of the 2019 BAFTA Film Awards have been announced with a little love for genre films. 
• The winners of the 2018 International Film Music Critics Association Awards have been announced with quite a bit of love for genre films.
• Cora Buhlert shares her thoughts on the 2019 Academy Award winners.
• Mike Glyer shares the latest developments regarding the remarkable success of 20Booksto50K in the Nebula nominations.
• Cora Buhlert shares some reactions to the 2018 Nebula finalists.
  

Writing, publishing and promotion:

• Ken Miyamato shares five ways to reinvent genres. 
• Ruth Harris asks whether there is a link between decision fatigue, writer's block and procrastination.  
• Kristine Kathryn Rusch talks about priorities and writing with chronic illness.
• J.S. Breukelaar talks about writing speculative fiction.
• Amal El-Mohtar, Michi Trota and Aliette de Bodard host an "Writing the Other" roundtable discussion on YouTube. 
• Katherine Addison shares her favourite moments writing The Goblin Emperor.
• Kellie Doherty reports about her experiences attending the publishing program at Portland Satet University in Portland, Oregon. 
• Eamonn Griffin talks about publishing books via crowdfunding.
• Mike Gardner asks several authors about their day job. 

Interviews:

• Paul Weimer interviews Gareth L. Powell.
• Paul Weimer interviews Simon Ings. 
• Christian A. Coleman interviews Lilliam Rivera.
• Max Booth III interviews Josh Malerman.
  
• Jana Nyman interviews Alison Wilgus.
• LitRPG Reads interviews Paul Bellow.
• LitRPG Reads interviews Jonathan Smidt.
• Alex Preston interviews Marlon James.
  

Reviews:

• Adri Joy reviews The Raven Tower by Ann Leckie. 
• Martin Cahill reviews The Raven Tower by Ann Leckie.
• Gary K. Wolfe reviews In the Vanishers' Palace by Aliette de Bodard.
• Liz Bourke revies The Afterward by E.K. Johnston. 
• Liz Bourke reviews The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon.
• Ceridwen Christensen reviews The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samatha Shannon. 
• Rob Bedford reviews The Ruin of Kings by Jenn Lyons. 
• Jo Niederhoff reviews Empire of Sand by Tasha Suri.
• Liz Bourke reviews The Way of the Shield by Marshall Ryan Maresca. 
• Michael Patrick Hicks reviews The Light Brigade by Kameron Hurley.
• Adrienne Martini reviews The Consuming Fire by John Scalzi. 
• Adri Joy reviews Do You Dream of Terra-Two? by Temi Oh.  
• Michael Patrick Hicks reviews Dead Moon by Peter Clines.
• Tadiana Jones reviews The Jane Austen Project by Kathleen E. Flynn.
• Liz Bourke reviews Creatures of Want and Ruin by Molly Tanzer. 
• J.C. Kang reviews Never Die by Rob J. Hayes.
• Summer H. Paulus reviews The Blackest Heart by Brian Lee Durfee. 
• Sukhdev Sandhu reviews Black Leopard, Red Wolf by Marlon James.  
• Joseph Hurtgen reviews Famous Men Who Never Lived by K. Chess.
• Paul Di Filippo reviews The Spirit of Science Fiction by Roberto Bolaño, translated by Natasha Wimmer.
• Matthew Keeley reviews The Heavens by Sandra Newman.
• Camestros Felapton reviews "Interview for the End of the World" by Rhett C. Bruno.
• Camestros Felapton reviews "The Secret Lives of the Nine Negro Teeth of George Washington" by Phenderson Djèlí Clark.
• Gary K. Wolfe reviews Tales from the Inner City by Shaun Tan.
• Kat Hooper reviews A People's Future of the United States, edited by John Joseph Adams and Victor LaValle.
• Ian Mond reviews The Best of the Best Horror of the Year, edited by Ellen Datlow.
• Suzy Michael reviews Garden of Eldritch Delights by Lucy A. Snyder. 
• Matt Brandenburg reviews Let There Be Dark by Tim McWorter.
• Michael Patrick Hicks reviews White Fire by Brian Keene.
• Stefan Dziemianowicz reviews Astounding - John W. Campbell, Isaac Asimov, Robert A. Heinlein, L. Ron Hubbard and the golden Age of Science Fiction by Alec Nevala-Lee.
• Malcolm Borthwick reviews Chernobyl: History of the Tragedy by Serhii Plokhy.
  

Classics reviews:

• Alan Brown revisits the 1928 science fiction novella Armageddon 2419 AD by Philip Francis Nowlan, which marks the first appearance of Buck Rogers. 
• Sandy Ferber revisits the 1938 space opera Galactic Patrol by E.E. Smith.
• Hector DeJean revisits The Man in the Cage by John Holbrook Vance, better known as Jack Vance, which won the 1961 Edgar Award for the best first novel, even though it was far from Vance's first novel.  
• Victoria Silverwolf revisits the March 1964 issue of Fantastic.
• Mark Yon revisits the March 1964 issue of New Worlds.
• Mari Ness revisits Anne McCaffrey's 1968 science fantasy novel Dragonflight. 
• Joe Kenney revisits The Undying World, a 1973 novel in the Richard Blade science fantasy series by Jeffrey Lord.
• Kat Hooper revisits the 1975 science fiction novel Midworld by Alan Dean Foster.
• James Davis Nicoll revisits the November/December 1978 issue of Destinies.
• James Davis Nicoll revisits Shadow Magic, a 1982 fantasy novel by Patricia C. Wrede.
• Kat Hooper revisits The Oathbound, a 1987 sword and sorcery novel by Mercedes Lackey. 
• Bogi Takàcs revisits the 1990 science fiction novel Hybrid Child by Mariko Ohara.
• James Davis Nicoll revisits City of Bones, a 1995 fantasy novel by Martha Wells.

Crowdfunding:

• I Need Diverse Games is looking for funding to produce some branded dice bags.
• Science fiction scholar and PhD candidate Charles Ledbetter needs some help, because he is about to lose his scholarship, because the donors don't approve of the fact that he is transgender.
  

Con and event reports:

• Daniel Dern reports about Boskone 56 in Boston, Massachusetts, and shares several pictures.
• Christopher Thomond shares several photos of the Jorvik Viking Festival in York, UK.
• Rachel Carney shares an overview of literature festivals in Wales in 2019.
• The Raksura Colony Tree Project, a community art project to be displayed at WorldCon 77 in Dublin, Ireland, is looking for contributors.
• Mike Glyer reports that DragonCon co-founder Ed Kramer has been arrested following parole violations.
  

Science and technology:

• George Dvorsky reports that the Israeli Beresheet moon lander has been successfully launched by a SpaceX rocket. 
• The Mars Reconnaissance and Mars Express orbiters have found evidence that groundwater once saturated Mars.
• Jonathan Amos reports the company OneWeb has launched the first of its mega-constellation pathfinder satellites, which are supposed to provide internet access to remote parts of the Earth.
• Avie Schneider and Laura Sydell report that Microsoft workers are protesting against a contract between Microsoft and the US Army to develop military applications for the HoloLens technology.
• NASA has announced that they are going to name a facility after mathematician Katherine Johnson.
  

Free online fiction:

• "Marlowe and Harry and the Disinclined Laboratory" by Carrie Vaughn in Lightspeed.
• "Healing Benjamin" by Dennis Danvers in Lightspeed.
• "Compost Traumatic Stress" by Brian Koukol in GigaNotoSaurus.
• "Butterflies" by Elizabeth Hinkley in Luna Station Quarterly.
• "Silver Wings" by Joyce Chng in The Future Fire.
• "The Message" by Vanessa Fogg in The Future Fire.
• "The Boy Who Loved Drawning" by R.K. Duncan in Beneath Ceaseless Skies.
• "When Sirens Sings of Roses and Delegated Power" by Nin Harris in Beneath Ceaseless Skies.
• "With Roses I Won the Right" by Arkady Martine at the Museum of Science Fiction.
  

Odds and ends: 

• Watch a trailer for Detective Pikachu.
• Watch a teaser for His Dark Materials. 
• Watch a trailer for Dark Phoenix. 
• Watch a trailer for season 2 of The Tick.
• Watch a trailer for The OA, Part II.
• Watch a joint trailer for various HBO programs, including Game of Thrones and Watchmen.
• Watch a not quite serious video of Ryan Reynolds in which he explains how he immersed himself into the character of Detective Pikachu.