Star Trek: Section 31 Adds Kacey Rohl, Omari Hardwick, and More to Cast

The Star Trek: Discovery spinoff film is now in production. The post Star Trek: Section 31 Adds Kacey Rohl, Omari Hardwick, and More to Cast appeared first on Reactor. | Continue reading


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A Gothic Morality Tale Meets the Mundane: “Belsen Express” by Fritz Leiber

An atypical protagonist confronts the horrors of the past. The post A Gothic Morality Tale Meets the Mundane: “Belsen Express” by Fritz Leiber appeared first on Reactor. | Continue reading


@reactormag.com | 9 months ago

Reading The Wheel of Time: Elayne Deals With Traitors, Warders, and Damane in Winter’s Heart (Part 7)

Sylas Barrett rereads chapters 7 and 8 of Winter's Heart The post Reading The Wheel of Time: Elayne Deals With Traitors, Warders, and Damane in Winter’s Heart (Part 7) appeared first on Reactor. | Continue reading


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Star Trek: Enterprise Rewatch: “These are the Voyages…”

Rewatching the series finale. The post Star Trek: Enterprise Rewatch: “These are the Voyages…” appeared first on Reactor. | Continue reading


@reactormag.com | 10 months ago

Denis Villeneuve Says Dune: Part Two Ending Will Somehow Be More Tragic Than Book

Denis Villeneuve has big plans and hopes to make Dune: Part Three a reality. The post Denis Villeneuve Says Dune: Part Two Ending Will Somehow Be More Tragic Than Book appeared first on Reactor. | Continue reading


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Netflix’s Live-Action Avatar: The Last Airbender Will Give Us More from Azula and Ozai’s Perspectives

"He's deliciously a villain, and that's what I sank my teeth into," says Daniel Dae Kim of Fire Lord Ozai. The post Netflix’s Live-Action Avatar: The Last Airbender Will Give Us More from Azula and Ozai’s Perspectives appeared first on Reactor. | Continue reading


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Read an Excerpt From Analeigh Sbrana’s Lore of the Wilds

A library with a deadly enchantment. A Fae lord who wants in. A human woman willing to risk it all for a taste of power. The post Read an Excerpt From Analeigh Sbrana’s Lore of the Wilds appeared first on Reactor. | Continue reading


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The Space Race Trailer Sheds Light On Little-Known Space History

The documentary will tell the story of the first Black astronauts. The post The Space Race Trailer Sheds Light On Little-Known Space History appeared first on Reactor. | Continue reading


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A Dystopian Treasure Island: Into the Sunken City by Dinesh Thiru

Dinesh Thiru turns Robert Louis Stevenson’s Treasure Island into something you’ve never seen before. The post A Dystopian Treasure Island: Into the Sunken City by Dinesh Thiru appeared first on Reactor. | Continue reading


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Moon Director Duncan Jones’ New Film Is an Animated Adaptation of Rogue Trooper

Hayley Atwell and Sean Bean are among the film's cast. The post Moon Director Duncan Jones’ New Film Is an Animated Adaptation of Rogue Trooper appeared first on Reactor. | Continue reading


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The Golden Age of SF (But Not the One You’re Thinking Of)

What were you reading when you were 12? The post The Golden Age of SF (But Not the One You’re Thinking Of) appeared first on Reactor. | Continue reading


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From the Cosmic to the Personal: Laurel Hightower’s Below

Exploring the horror elements of the Mothman legend. The post From the Cosmic to the Personal: Laurel Hightower’s Below appeared first on Reactor. | Continue reading


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Read an Excerpt From Sue Lynn Tan’s Tales of the Celestial Kingdom

Journey once more to the Immortal Realm, a world of gods, magic, and legendary creatures... The post Read an Excerpt From Sue Lynn Tan’s Tales of the Celestial Kingdom appeared first on Reactor. | Continue reading


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Dev Patel Makes His Directorial Debut With the Action-Packed Monkey Man

Jordan Peele is a producer on the film, in which Patel also stars. The post Dev Patel Makes His Directorial Debut With the Action-Packed Monkey Man appeared first on Reactor. | Continue reading


@reactormag.com | 10 months ago

Wolf Pack Is Done Howling at Paramount Plus

The Teen Wolf offshoot only aired for a single season. The post Wolf Pack Is Done Howling at Paramount Plus appeared first on Reactor. | Continue reading


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Terry Pratchett Book Club: Making Money, Part I

Hope y’all are ready for me to get mad about capitalism a whole bunch, sorry, it’s not my fault… Summary There is a group lying in wait in the dark somewhere. Three weeks ago, Adora Belle Dearheart offered up a great deal of money to lease dwarf land for unknown reasons. Moist vo … | Continue reading


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Oscar Nominee Lily Gladstone Will Star in The Memory Police

The adaptation of Yoko Ogawa's novel is written by Charlie Kaufman. The post Oscar Nominee Lily Gladstone Will Star in The Memory Police appeared first on Reactor. | Continue reading


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Finding the Books That Grab You

I’ve written here before about the quality of “I-want-to-read-it-osity” that some books have, a hard to define but easy to see quality which I am going to refer to as “grabbyness.” There are books you can pick up and put down and happily pick up again, and then there are books th … | Continue reading


@reactormag.com | 10 months ago

Halo Season 2 Will be More Like A “Gritty Political War Drama,” According to Showrunner

Pablo Schreiber, who plays Master Chief, has also called the upcoming episodes "vastly more authentic." The post Halo Season 2 Will be More Like A “Gritty Political War Drama,” According to Showrunner appeared first on Reactor. | Continue reading


@reactormag.com | 10 months ago

Read an Excerpt From Mike Chen’s A Quantum Love Story

The only thing harder than finding someone in a time loop is losing them. The post Read an Excerpt From Mike Chen’s A Quantum Love Story appeared first on Reactor. | Continue reading


@reactormag.com | 10 months ago

Time Is Twisting On Itself! Christopher Nolan’s Tenet To Play in IMAX Theaters

The 2020 film will be in on the big screen for one week, leading up to the opening of Dune: Part Two. The post Time Is Twisting On Itself! Christopher Nolan’s Tenet To Play in IMAX Theaters appeared first on Reactor. | Continue reading


@reactormag.com | 10 months ago

Buckle Up: Hit and Run and Driver’s Dead

R.L. Stine and Peter Lerangis are on a highway to the teen horror dangerzone. The post Buckle Up: Hit and Run and Driver’s Dead appeared first on Reactor. | Continue reading


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A Pregnant Nun Has a Very Bad Time in the Trailer for Immaculate

Sydney Sweeney stars in a religious horror film from director Michael Mohan The post A Pregnant Nun Has a Very Bad Time in the Trailer for Immaculate appeared first on Reactor. | Continue reading


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Five Horror Books Featuring Weird, Spooky Mountains

Mountain Climbing Meets the Strange and Supernatural The post Five Horror Books Featuring Weird, Spooky Mountains appeared first on Reactor. | Continue reading


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Molli and Max in the Future Aspires to Shoot the Rom-Com Into Space

Zosia Mamet and Aristotle Athari star in the new film from Michael Lukk Litwak The post Molli and Max in the Future Aspires to Shoot the Rom-Com Into Space appeared first on Reactor. | Continue reading


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Becky Chambers Shares Art From a New Illustrated Edition of The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet

Exclusive Art From the Folio Society Edition The post Becky Chambers Shares Art From a New Illustrated Edition of The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet appeared first on Reactor. | Continue reading


@reactormag.com | 10 months ago

 Elantris Reread: Chapters Fifty-Five and Fifty-Six

Greetings and happy Thursday, Cosmere Chickens, and welcome… ::dramatic chord:: to Part Three. That’s right, my fledgling falcons, we’ve come down to the final part of the book! Feathers will fly! Fanfare will sound! And Elantris will… rise? Or fall? Only one way to find out (tho … | Continue reading


@reactormag.com | 10 months ago

Stopmotion Trailer Gives You Your Daily Dose of Terrifying, Murderous Puppets

Never think of stopmotion animation the same way again after you watch this incredibly disturbing trailer. The post Stopmotion Trailer Gives You Your Daily Dose of Terrifying, Murderous Puppets appeared first on Reactor. | Continue reading


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Eternal Trailer Gives Us A Climate Change-Infused Sliding Doors Story

A climate change scientist chooses his career over love... but gets a glimpse of the road not taken in Eternal's first trailer. The post Eternal Trailer Gives Us A Climate Change-Infused Sliding Doors Story appeared first on Reactor. | Continue reading


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Read an Excerpt From Marie-Helene Bertino’s Beautyland

A wise, tender novel about a woman who doesn't feel at home on Earth. The post Read an Excerpt From Marie-Helene Bertino’s Beautyland appeared first on Reactor. | Continue reading


@reactormag.com | 10 months ago

Hold On to Your Cabbages! Netflix Released an Avatar: The Last Airbender Trailer

Get your first look at the g(a)ang in the action-packed trailer for Netflix's live-action Last Airbender series. The post Hold On to Your Cabbages! Netflix Released an Avatar: The Last Airbender Trailer appeared first on Reactor. | Continue reading


@reactormag.com | 10 months ago

Memento Mori: Nadia Bulkin’s “Seven Minutes in Heaven”

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 cover Nadia Bulkin’s “Seven Minutes in Heaven,” first published in Aickman’s Heirs in … | Continue reading


@reactormag.com | 10 months ago

Andor’s Varada Sethu Will Climb Aboard the TARDIS for Doctor Who’s Fifteenth Season

Ncuti Gatwa's second season will see a brand new companion step onto the TARDIS. The post Andor’s Varada Sethu Will Climb Aboard the TARDIS for Doctor Who’s Fifteenth Season appeared first on Reactor. | Continue reading


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A Quick Guide to the Avatar: The Last Airbender Extended Universe

Everything you need to know before the live-action series. The post A Quick Guide to the Avatar: The Last Airbender Extended Universe appeared first on Reactor. | Continue reading


@reactormag.com | 10 months ago

Five SFF Works Featuring Noble Lies and Useful Prevarications

The truth will set you free! But what if it won’t? What if the unvarnished truth is an impediment to a worthy goal? If a slight mistruth would inspire people to do the right thing, it might be wrong not to lie… Or so some authors would have us believe. The Cosmic Computer by H. [ … | Continue reading


@reactormag.com | 10 months ago

The Prisoner’s “The Schizoid Man” Doubles Down on Imposter Syndrome

“If I’m not me, who am I? And If I’m somebody else, why do I look like me?” —Popeye, “Hello, How Am I?” An interesting thought came to me while prepping for this piece: In the past forty years, has anyone on Earth had reason to utter the phrase, “Three wavy lines?” Might not mean … | Continue reading


@reactormag.com | 10 months ago

Here Are the Genre Films That Scored 2024 Oscar Nominations

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced the 2024 Oscar nominations this morning, and more than a few genre films received recognition across more than a few categories. Here is a rundown of who won what! Oppenheimer Is Oppenheimer, the Christopher Nolan film cen … | Continue reading


@reactormag.com | 10 months ago

A Vicious And Enthralling First Contact: Seth Dickinson’s Exordia

What would you do if you met an alien in Central Park? Anna Sinjari has a plan. Anna Sinjari knows exactly what she would do—and though it doesn’t quite work out the way she thinks it should, it gets the alien’s attention. Enter Ssrin, hydra-headed and beautiful, who finds Anna a … | Continue reading


@reactormag.com | 10 months ago

Hope Amid Horrors: Redliners by David Drake

Revisiting a classic military science fiction story from the late David Drake. The post Hope Amid Horrors: Redliners by David Drake appeared first on Reactor. | Continue reading


@reactormag.com | 10 months ago

Rebooting Star Wars Is a Great Idea, Actually

Matthew Vaughn has a new movie coming out (Argylle) and interviewers are almost certain to ask him more about his thoughts on Star Wars—which means you’ll be seeing a lot more headlines about Vaughn’s blasphemous views. For those who missed it, Vaughn said a while ago that he wou … | Continue reading


@reactormag.com | 10 months ago

Welcome to Reactor! Here’s Where Everything Went and How to Use It

Welcome to Costco. I love you. The post Welcome to Reactor! Here’s Where Everything Went and How to Use It appeared first on Reactor. | Continue reading


@reactormag.com | 10 months ago