WiC Weekly: May 26 - June 1, 2024

Tom Bombadil comes to the screen! House of the Dragon approaches! Hopeless Winds of Winter hype! Deep dive on Brandon Sanderson's Mistborn books! We jam-packed it in this week:
The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power. Credit: Ben Rothstein, Prime Video
The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power. Credit: Ben Rothstein, Prime Video /
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Another week gone, another raft of news stories and editorials about all things fantasy, sci-fi, movies, books and TV set down in stone on WinterIsComing.net...

Or not stone, since everything on the internet if very malleable and changing. Set down in sand. Anyway, here are some things we talked about over the past seven days:

In House of the Dragon news, we're getting more info about the season 2 premiere:

Sticking in Westeros, it's been five years since Game of Thrones ended in a blaze of ignominy. How does the ending look half a decade on?

One of the most useless and iconic Lord of the Rings characters will appear in the second season of The Rings of Power on Amazon:

We spoke with author K. X. Song about her new fantasy book The Night Ends with Fire:

Speaking of books, would anyone like to set themselves up for disappointment by getting excited about the release of The Winds of Winter?

Flipping back to The Rings of Power for a moment, a principle member of the cast in season 1 won't be returning for season 2:

We had the privilege to reveal not one but two images from upcoming books this week:

Star Trek: Discovery ended its four-season run this week. Let's take a look back at the final season:

Finally, we deep dive into some cultural criticism. Let's explore "the Dark Phoenix problem":

Stick around WiC all week for more of this kind of thing!

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