Rants&Raves

inside the sfx hive mind

RICHARD EDWARDS

EDITOR RAVES

Spent a fun morning putting SFX reader questions to the four stars of Red Dwarf. You’ll be able to read their answers later this year…

Had a great time filming Syfy’s Dark Matter aftershow, After Dark, in toronto.

Nice shortlist for the Arthur C Clarke Award – just don’t expect me to stick my neck out and guess who’ll win!

IAN BERRIMAN

REVIEWS EDITOR RAVES

After going on set, i’m looking forward to seeing how anthology show Electric Dreams builds on Philip K Dick’s short stories.

Hugely enjoying Doctor Who series ten.

Highlight of Record Store Day: Silva Screen’s gorgeous vinyl reissue of tristram Cary’s music for Hammer’s Quatermass & the Pit.

JONATHAN COATES

ART EDITOR RAVES

Loving how the new Blade Runner movie is shaping up. Hopefully we’ll finally find out if Deckard is, in fact, a replicant. His extended lifespan would suggest not, unless he’s a Nexus 7, or something. RAnts

What’s with Jumanji 2? taking quite a sweet, fun, family movie and seemingly turning it into Gi Joe. Really?

NIC CLARKE

WRITER RAVES

Great to see an online magazine of SF from around the world, Samovar. First issue includes stories translated from Finnish, Pashto, Chinese and Hebrew. samovar.strangehorizons.com

Sense8 is just wonderful. i haven’t been this charmed by characters since Firefly.

if you aren’t already reading summer-camp hijinks comic Lumberjanes, you need to.

NICK SETCHFIELD

FEATURES EDITOR RAVES

Currently reading Lance Parkin’s Gene Roddenberry bio, the impossible Has Happened. Some fascinating myth-busting.

Doctor Who series ten is a glorious run and makes you wonder how Chris Chibnall can possibly reboot something that feels quite this fresh… RAnt

iron Fist is numbing my soul.

KIMBERLEY BALLARD

PRODUCTION EDITOR RAVES

Hi fellow geeks! i’m the new production editor on SFX! Look out for my silly picture captions and love of interplanetary femmes fatales. RAnts

i’m feeling underwhelmed by the Dark tower trailer. the violent romanticism of the first book has been shucked for bullet-spewing thrills.

JOSEPH MCCABE

WRITER RAVES

Marvel’s Agents of SHiELD is the finest comic-bookbased show on television, and the most chillingly relevant. RAnts

Why does Warner Bros appear to be promoting November’s Justice League more than June’s Wonder Woman? the first solo film starring comics’ greatest heroine deserves some noise!

BRYAN CAIRNS

WRITER RAVES

it’s Stephen King nirvana as it, the Dark tower, the Mist and Castle Rock all invade movie theatres or the small screen in 2017. Cue the nightmares… and our eternal gratitude to the horror master. RAnts

A remake of Firestarter sounds promising. However, will the tormented tale blow moviegoers away or land with a thud like 2013’s Carrie?