Welcome back to Reading the Weird, in which we get girl cooties all over weird fiction, cosmic horror, and Lovecraftiana—from its historical roots through its most recent branches. This week, we continue Stephen King’s Pet Sematary with Chapter 23-25. The novel was first publishe … | Continue reading
Adapting H.G. Wells' classic tale, George Pal imagines humanity's future through the lens of Cold War-era anxiety. The post The Time Machine: Victorian Storytime With Cave Creatures and Camp appeared first on Reactor. | Continue reading
A reimagining of Lady Macbeth, Shakespeare’s most famous villainess, giving her a voice, a past, and a power that transforms the story men have written for her. The post Read an Excerpt From Ava Reid’s Lady Macbeth appeared first on Reactor. | Continue reading
Where's Rhûn? Oh, back east. The post Rings of Power Season 2 Delves Into Dwarf-Rings & Gives Us a Fury Road-Inspired Rhûn appeared first on Reactor. | Continue reading
Assassins, sorceresses, and deathspeakers feature in this month's new releases! The post All the New Fantasy Books Arriving in August 2024 appeared first on Reactor. | Continue reading
Was the finale slow and underwhelming, or the perfect, tragic twist in this increasingly nuanced tale? The post A Surprising and Divisive Season Finale: Breaking Down House of the Dragon Season 2, Episode 8 appeared first on Reactor. | Continue reading
The archetypal cyberpunk novel just turned forty last month--how well does Gibson's vision of the future hold up? The post A Transformative Classic: Neuromancer by William Gibson appeared first on Reactor. | Continue reading
Chapters one and two finally reunite us with Mat... The post Reading The Wheel of Time: Two Captains, One Traveling Show in Crossroads of Twilight (Part 4) appeared first on Reactor. | Continue reading
It's the romance trope that can make you swoon every time... The post Five Books With Characters Who Hate Everyone… Except You appeared first on Reactor. | Continue reading
Will there be anyone left standing by then? The post House of the Dragon Will End After Four Seasons appeared first on Reactor. | Continue reading
Might we suggest the continuing adventures of Tracker and Dog? The post Yeah. A John Wick 4 Sequel Series Is In The Works appeared first on Reactor. | Continue reading
Sinclair and Ivanova investigate an "uninhabited" planet, and Garibaldi grapples with troubling news from Mars... The post Babylon 5 Rewatch: “A Voice in the Wilderness, Part I” appeared first on Reactor. | Continue reading
Hard SF has never been a unified subgenre. Here are five overlapping varieties of story to which the label applies... The post Defining Our Terms: What Do We Mean by “Hard SF”? appeared first on Reactor. | Continue reading
It's always the moon The post Neal Stephenson’s Seveneves Is Now Headed to the Small Screen appeared first on Reactor. | Continue reading
Everything from knights to clowns is coming our way soon The post Get the Quickest Peek at Everything Coming to Max, Including Season Two of The Last of Us appeared first on Reactor. | Continue reading
Alien? Mutant monster? Lab escapee? The post The Dover Demon: A Cryptic Cryptid appeared first on Reactor. | Continue reading
Not that kind of batman The post Creators of Riverdale and One Piece Will Now Bring You … a Bat Boy Series appeared first on Reactor. | Continue reading
Inspired by classic fairy tales, these poets find endless ways of reshaping old fables into new stories, and using them to ask crucial questions. The post Twelve Poems That Remix and Reimagine Fairy Tales appeared first on Reactor. | Continue reading
Does anything good ever happen at a remote cabin? The post Knock at the Cabin Writers Tapped to Adapt Wilderness Reform appeared first on Reactor. | Continue reading
A murderous wallflower The post Ella Purnell Is Murderously Forgettable in Sweetpea Teaser Trailer appeared first on Reactor. | Continue reading
A harrowing dystopian novel about the downward spiral of a seaside town that becomes infected by a mysterious ocean-borne contagion. The post Read an Excerpt From Nicholas Belardes’s The Deading appeared first on Reactor. | Continue reading
“Nothing happens. Nobody comes, nobody goes. It's bogus.” The post Dude! Bill & Ted’s Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter to Star in Production of Waiting for Godot appeared first on Reactor. | Continue reading
Gorey's moody art meets a queer reading of Melville's novel... The post Illustrating the Subtext: Edward Gorey’s Homoerotic Cover Art for Melville’s Redburn appeared first on Reactor. | Continue reading
In space, no one can hear you lose your shit The post Space Does a Number on Casey Affleck’s Mind in the Trailer for Slingshot appeared first on Reactor. | Continue reading
A great, genuinely fun showcase for three great superheroes, this movie deserved to be a *much* bigger hit… The post “Families are complicated” — The Marvels appeared first on Reactor. | Continue reading
So say we all! So say we all! The post Please Can Someone Let Sam Esmail Make His Battlestar Galactica Show Already appeared first on Reactor. | Continue reading
Are you prone to reading ruts? Or do you crave a little more focus? what have you been waiting for? The post When It’s Time To Change Your Reading Habits appeared first on Reactor. | Continue reading
A short story collection by pseudonymous author Djuna, whose writings and interventions into internet culture have attracted a cult following in South Korea The post Read an Excerpt From Djuna’s Everything Good Dies Here appeared first on Reactor. | Continue reading
What is White Vision, if not our love for Wandavision persevering? The post How Star Trek: Picard Resurrected This Marvel/Disney+ Series appeared first on Reactor. | Continue reading
What I choose is my choice, OK??? The post Humanity Is Pretty Much Screwed in Terminator Zero Trailer appeared first on Reactor. | Continue reading
Sometimes crossing the street can be an adventure… The post I’ve Been Around the Block: Greg van Eekhout’s “Across the Street” appeared first on Reactor. | Continue reading
Jude Law stars in the next Star Wars series The post Star Wars: Skeleton Crew Is Coming Just in Time for Holiday Viewing appeared first on Reactor. | Continue reading
Tress is an ordinary person—and she remains an ordinary person, even while helping others and fulfilling her quest. It's an inspiring and much-needed departure from the usual heroic narrative... The post On the Profound Importance of Ordinary Characters: Rejoicing in Brandon Sand … | Continue reading
How one man's fascination with apes gave us the ultimate movie monster, and opened up new, spectacular possibilities for cinematic storytelling. The post King Kong: Brother, Can You Spare a Giant Gorilla? appeared first on Reactor. | Continue reading
The whole world doesn't need to be in imminent danger for a story to be compelling, as these more personal adventures demonstrate... The post Five Entertaining SFF Stories With Relatively Low Stakes appeared first on Reactor. | Continue reading
Elementary, my dear Mat The post The Wheel of Time’s Dónal Finn Joins Young Sherlock as Moriarty appeared first on Reactor. | Continue reading
A teen named...Teen? The post We Finally Know What Agatha All Along Is About (Kind of) appeared first on Reactor. | Continue reading
An intrepid woman and her friends have inadvertently altered the future of their world—now they must try to restore time. The post Read an Excerpt From Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman’s Dragons of Eternity appeared first on Reactor. | Continue reading
We'll just never sleep again, it's fine The post After This Bagman Trailer, You’ll Never Look at Zippers the Same Way Again appeared first on Reactor. | Continue reading
The "Mystery of Aaravos" has gained some clarity... and with it, the series barrels toward its conclusion. The post The Penultimate Season of The Dragon Prince Is a Turning Point for the Series appeared first on Reactor. | Continue reading
Just what we need is a demonic trash panda... The post That Raccoon Isn’t What You Think It Is In Hellboy: The Crooked Man Trailer appeared first on Reactor. | Continue reading
A small Southern town, gossip, prying neighbors, and a woman determined to keep the world at bay... The post Parasocial Gothic: “A Rose for Emily” by William Faulkner appeared first on Reactor. | Continue reading
Ring a dong dillo! The post The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power Goes All In On Jewelry-Making appeared first on Reactor. | Continue reading
From doomed tourists to carnivorous underwater creatures, these movies offer an array of chills, thrills, and excellent jump-scares! The post Midsummer Murder and Mayhem: Five Underrated Summer Horror Movies appeared first on Reactor. | Continue reading
We're finishing up the prologue of Crossroads of Twilight today! The post Reading The Wheel of Time: Ogiers, Asha’man and Assassins Abound in Crossroads of Twilight (Part 3) appeared first on Reactor. | Continue reading
So much screaming, so much electrocution The post DC Studios Introduces Its Next Team of Weirdos With a Teaser for Creature Commandos appeared first on Reactor. | Continue reading
We can solve this with sci-fi! The post Solar Opposites Will Continue Its Love/Hate Relationship With the Earth in a Sixth Season appeared first on Reactor. | Continue reading
Susanna Clarke's modern classic turns 20 The post The Raven King Returns: Revealing the Anniversary Edition of Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell appeared first on Reactor. | Continue reading