Welcome to the final WiC Weekly of 2024! One last time this year, let's go over the biggest stories from the worlds of fantasy, sci-fi, movies, TV and books that we covered on this site over the past seven days. And then we'll meet you in 2025 for a whole year of new stuff.
First up, let's revisit the season 1 finale of Dune: Prophecy, which came in under the wire to brighten up this final stretch of 2024 with some deep space scheming:
Dune: Prophecy hits the gas in eventful season 1 finale (Episode 6 review): https://t.co/qe6v4Cze3c https://t.co/qe6v4Cze3c
— Winter is Coming (@WiCnet) December 29, 2024
The X-Files star Gillian Anderson weighs in on one of the original sci-fi/fantasy prestige series:
Gillian Anderson explains her decision to ditch The X-Files: "I didn’t have a voice in it": https://t.co/RllKpbfI05 https://t.co/RllKpbfI05
— Winter is Coming (@WiCnet) December 29, 2024
HBO's new Game of Thrones prequel series A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms is just around the corner, but it's been hit by a tragedy behind the scenes:
A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms writer Aziza Barnes dies at 32: https://t.co/ZqeUL7UvNx https://t.co/ZqeUL7UvNx
— Winter is Coming (@WiCnet) December 29, 2024
A lot of great fantasy books came out in 2024. Here are five of the best to add to your reading list:
5 of the best fantasy books that came out in 2024: https://t.co/Aw0SzPztHT https://t.co/Aw0SzPztHT
— Winter is Coming (@WiCnet) December 29, 2024
The second season of Squid Game is not out on Netflix! We're covering it from all angles. Here's our non-spoiler review...
Squid Game season 2 is thrilling, but feels incomplete (SPOILER-FREE review): https://t.co/ua6n7OTMup https://t.co/ua6n7OTMup
— Winter is Coming (@WiCnet) December 29, 2024
...and here's our chock-full-of-spoilers review:
Every episode of Squid Game season 2, reviewed with full spoilers: https://t.co/p3VuyiqBjN https://t.co/p3VuyiqBjN
— Winter is Coming (@WiCnet) December 29, 2024
Wind and Truth, the new book in Brandon Sanderson's Stormlight Archive series, is been out for a minute now. Let's put it in context:
All 5 of Brandon Sanderson's Stormlight Archive books ranked, including Wind and Truth: https://t.co/aFGHXBvKm3 https://t.co/aFGHXBvKm3
— Winter is Coming (@WiCnet) December 29, 2024
Did you know that Brandon Sanderson wrote the final few books in The Wheel of Time series? That feels like a good enough segue into this editorial:
Don't let the sexism in The Wheel of Time books get in the way of the story: https://t.co/8fxIWiWRoO https://t.co/8fxIWiWRoO
— Winter is Coming (@WiCnet) December 29, 2024
There's a new edition of Fire & Blood on the way, including illustrations of characters we're not likely to see on the TV adaptation House of the Dragon:
New edition of Fire & Blood has illustration of character (probably) cut from House of the Dragon: https://t.co/ZV0OADKKpO https://t.co/ZV0OADKKpO
— Winter is Coming (@WiCnet) December 29, 2024
One more note about Squid Game before we go: why did the second season end that way and when can we expect the third and final season? Creator Hwang Dong-hyuk lays it out:
Squid Game creator reveals why season 2 ended how it did (and when to expect season 3): https://t.co/E5Nt3A48q7 https://t.co/E5Nt3A48q7
— Winter is Coming (@WiCnet) December 29, 2024
And that's all she wrote for 2024! We'll still be posting on WiC through to the end of the year, but the next installment of WiC Weekly will officially take place in 2025. See you then!
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