The SFF Week in Links: Blizzard, Gemini Man, Creepy Sonic Mask

Welcome to the Week in Links, a roundup of the latest articles for fantasy, sci-fi and horror readers and writers.

A lot of chatter about Blizzard. A player made a comment supporting the pro-democracy protesters in Hong King and Blizzard came down on him hard. Then, the internet came down on Blizzard even harder.

Gemini Man came out with Will Smith battling his younger self. Some mixed reviews on it. Doesn't look like the movie did well in the box office. Sad but not surprising. The people behind this movie didn't do a lot of advertising for it. I forgot about it until reviews appeared in my feed. Maybe they were leaning too heavy on Will Smith playing the lead, thinking that would be enough to bring people in. Marvel had 23 movies to advertise Endgame and they still drowned us in ads before and after the movie dropped.

Speaking of... we got more celebrities bad-mouthing Marvel movies. *Rolls Eyes.*

Not sci-fi/fantasy related, sort of, but Japan is in the path of a typhoon. Yesterday, the sky turned an odd purple color. It's not confirmed whether or not the incoming storm caused the sky to turn that color. There are different reasons a sky turns purple, a storm is one of the causes.  #PrayforJapan

#PrayForJapan
Pray for Japan, there a big disaster coming from Japan. pic.twitter.com/yMjZ6U87Sk— micmic (@micyaas2) October 12, 2019

Fantasy/Sci-Fi
The Best New Manga of October 2019A New Book Imagines the Undead Plague of The Walking Dead Hitting ChinaErin A. Craig’s House of Salt and Sorrows Will Be a TV SeriesB&N Bestsellers in Science Fiction & Fantasy: September 2019Leigh Bardugo’s Ninth House Picked up by Amazon StudiosPopular Webtoon Series Lore Olympus Being Developed as an Animated SeriesThe Vine Witch by Luanne G. Smith (reviewed by Łukasz Przywóski)Joker To Dominate Box Office Yet Again While Gemini Man FlopsGemini Man Review - Even Two Will Smiths Couldn't Save This OneGEMINI MAN is an Action Movie for Fans of Will Smith and Motion Smoothing
HorrorWatch the Trailer for Portals, a New Sci-Fi Horror Anthology MovieGorgeous, Hypnotic Horror: John Hornor Jacob’s A Lush and Seething Hell7 Chunky Horror Epics to Keep You Up Until All Hallow’sNovella Review: The Monster of Elendhaven by Jennifer GiesbrechtWhat's New This Week To Hulu, Amazon Prime, And Shudder? Movies, TV, And OriginalsDoctor Sleep poster features old and young DannyThis Creepy Sonic Mask Is The Stuff Of Nightmares, So You Should Obviously Buy ItThis real estate company will check that house for ghosts before you buy it
Nerdy
My Hero Academia Anime's 4th Season Listed With 25 Episodes
My Hero Academia Anime's Season 4 Premiere Delayed on NTV in Some Regions Due to TyphoonEverything we know about Pokémon Sword and Shield’s starter PokémonBrie Larson and Marvel Co-Stars Want an All-Female Superhero MovieDC repeats history by asking fans if Robin should live or die on TitansUbisoft Developing Animated Shows Based On Watch Dogs, Blood Dragon, And RaymanA Young Girl Understands the Hulk Better Than AnyoneBlizzard Bans Hearthstone Pro Over Hong Kong Protest SupportBlizzard breaks silence on Hong Kong Hearthstone controversy, reduces punishment on banned playerThis Avengers Meme Is Here to Save Us AllNew York Comic Con 2019 trailer roundup: The Walking Dead, Star Trek, and moreRobert Downey Jr. Talks Iron Man, Scorsese, and Hollywood Egos on Howard SternOh, Good Now Jennifer Aniston Has an Opinion on Marvel Movies. Enough Already
Writing and Book Marketing
Sorry, Stalkers: Instagram Ditches ‘Following’ Activity TabHow To Make The Most Of Your Holiday Book SalesInstagram Stories: How 18 Brands And Influencers Are Using It (And You Can Too!)Publishing Your Book Is Changing on IngramSpark

Photography and Design
Full Hunter’s Moon Will Rise in Night Sky This WeekendTop 10 Fastest & Most Powerful Laptops for Graphic Designers


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