And Now, the Winners of the 2013 Nebula Awards...
News by Christopher Shultz May 20, 2013 (1) comments
Some new and familiar faces took home the SFWA's top honors over the weekend. Let's find out who.
The 10 Best Star Trek Villains Ever (Besides Khan)
Column by BH Shepherd May 16, 2013 (1) comments
Sure, everyone knows about Khan and his wrath, but who are the other all time greats of Star Trek villainy?
Teleport Us: Hitting The Halfway Point, Plus Announcing More Prizes For Readers and Writers!
News by Jessica Taylor February 15, 2013 (2) comments
Have you gotten in on the excitement of our sci-fi writing challenge? Find out what you're missing, where to start, and why you want to do this!
Watch Out For That First Step – It’s A Doozy: The Top 10 Time Loop Stories
Column by Meredith Borders February 1, 2013 (9) comments
Celebrate this Groundhog Day the way Punxsutawney Phil intended: with a list of the best time loop books!
Teleport Us: LitReactor's Sci-Fi Writing Challenge Is Open For Submissions
News by Rob W. Hart February 1, 2013 (3) comments
Our sci-fi writing challenge is open to submissions! Get 'em in! Read some stuff! And meet some of the authors who've offered to read and critique the top-rated stories...
'Teleport Us' - LitReactor's Sci-Fi Writing Challenge
News by Rob W. Hart January 2, 2013 (85) comments
Our horror fiction challenge is in the bag. Time to switch genres... Announcing 'Teleport Us' - LitReactor's Second Writing Challenge! New rules. New genre. New prizes!
The Editor Will See You Now: Harper Voyager To Accept Unagented Manuscripts
News by Kimberly Turner September 14, 2012 (2) comments
Harper Voyager, HarperCollins's sci-fi and fantasy imprint, will hold an open call for manuscripts to discover talented new authors from October 1-14. Are they looking for you?
Book Vs. Film: Total Recall / We Can Remember It For You Wholesale
Column by Jon Korn August 10, 2012 (3) comments
Does the remake of the adaptation live up to its source material? Like Philip K. Dick's stuff wasn't meta enough already... Start the LitReactor!
Singularity & Co. Rescues Vintage Sci-Fi From The Abyss
News by Kimberly Turner
A new Brooklyn-based bookstore is giving forgotten, out-of-print Sci-Fi books a second chance by tracking down their copyright holders and creating free or low-cost digital versions.
Kardashian Kin Writing YA Sci-Fi Novel
News by Rob W. Hart June 29, 2012 (15) comments
Kim Kardashian's younger sisters are teaming up to write a young adult science fiction novel set 200 years in the future. Wait, what?
Ray Bradbury, Mr. Electrico, and Me
Column by Rajan Khanna June 8, 2012 (7) comments
A personal tribute to Ray Bradbury.
Gear Up! It's The Top Ten Technologies in Science Fiction
Column by Jon Korn May 25, 2012 (5) comments
From superintelligent spaceships to existential spray cans, Sci-Fi is all about the gear. Jon Korn geeks out over his favorites.
Not Even Close: The Predictions of Ron Goulart's 'Hawkshaw'
Column by Jon Korn
Jon Korn explores some of the worst prognostication in the history of Science Fiction. Did a comic novel from 1972 accurately predict what the world of 2002 would look like? No, no it did not.
Ray Bradbury's 'From The Dust Returned' Headed For The Big Screen
News by Kimberly Turner May 11, 2012 (6) comments
'From The Dust Returned' is the latest Ray Bradbury book to be picked up by Hollywood. Film adaptations of Bradbury's Martian Chronicles, Illustrated Man, and Dandelion Wine are already in the works.
Guess The Plot, Episode II: Plumb Away!
Column by Jon Korn May 7, 2012 (12) comments
A new round of LitReactor's favorite game! Jon Korn challenges you to figure out the plot of an old science-fiction novel based solely on its crazy cover.
Bangs, Whimpers, and Apes: The Top 10 World-Ending Events In Science Fiction
Column by Jon Korn April 27, 2012 (5) comments
Armageddon time! Just in time for 2012, Jon Korn chooses his favorite apocalypses from science fiction.
Interdimensional Hit Parade: Sci-Fi Influenced Pop Music
Column by Jon Korn April 12, 2012 (8) comments
There are good songs, there are great songs, and then there are songs that reference Kurt Vonnegut. Jon Korn explores science fiction influenced music.
Guess The Plot, Episode I: "May Contain Runts"
Column by Jon Korn April 3, 2012 (7) comments
Jon Korn asks LitReactor readers to come up with their own plot for four science-fiction novels based soley on their crazy covers. Come for the monkeys, stay for the polyamory.
10 Science Fiction Books That I Love (And You Will At Least Like A Lot)
Column by Jon Korn March 20, 2012 (11) comments
As the new guy around the site, Jon Korn introduces himself via the favorite medium of everyone from David Letterman to Yahweh- science fiction.
Book Vs. Film: John Carter
Column by Jon Korn March 9, 2012 (4) comments
Can Edgar Rice Burroughs' hundred-year-old classic stand up to a new 3D adaptation from the director of WALL-E? Does a white-ape poop in the mantalia groves? Jon Korn has some answers.
Sci-fi Author To Reveal Ending Of His Series To Fan With Terminal Cancer
News by Rob W. Hart
Sci-fi author Harry Turtledove agrees to spoil the outcome of his alternate history series to a fan who has terminal cancer and won't live to finish it.
A Wrinkle In Time Turns 50, Blogs Everywhere Toast This Sci-Fi Classic
News by Hanna Brooks Olsen January 30, 2012 (2) comments
In 1962, the world met Meg and Charles Wallace, learned to tesseract, and, in many cases, realized that they loved sci-fi. 'A Wrinkle In Time' is turning 50--and the internet is celebrating.
Themes of Pedophilia in the Works of Piers Anthony
Column by Joshua Chaplinsky December 2, 2011 (19) comments
Fantasy novelist Piers Anthony has written close to 150 books in his lifetime. As a whole, his body of work reveals a more than passing interest in child sexuality. Is he enlightened or just creepy?
Fantasy Novelist Anne McCaffrey Has Died
News by Rob W. Hart November 23, 2011 (2) comments
Fantasy novelist Anne McCaffrey, who started writing as a protest against "absurd and unrealistic" portrayals of women in science-fiction, has died at the age of 85.
What The Hell Ever Happened To... Jeff Noon?
Column by Joshua Chaplinsky November 4, 2011 (8) comments
A column in which we try to dig up info on some of our favorite authors who we haven't heard from in a while.
