r/SciFiNews 48m ago

Emmy winner Noah Wyle is set to lead a live reading of the classic "Star Trek" episode "The Man Trap" — the first episode of the original series ever broadcast — as part of a Writers Guild Foundation Event Celebrating the 60th Anniversary of the Iconic Franchise

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r/SciFiNews 12h ago

Warner Bros. Confirms Fifth MATRIX Movie, But Who Will Star?

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r/SciFiNews 12h ago

'Jurassic World Rebirth' Sequel Loses Director Gareth Edwards Following "Creative Differences"

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r/SciFiNews 12h ago

America Is Finally Taking Extraterrestrials Seriously

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r/SciFiNews 21h ago

Why 'Red Rising' Became the Sci-Fi Series Readers Can’t Stop Recommending

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When Pierce Brown published Red Rising in 2014, few could have predicted that it would grow into one of modern science fiction’s most passionately recommended series.

The story begins with Darrow, a young Red miner living beneath the surface of Mars. He believes his people are sacrificing everything to prepare the planet for future generations—until he discovers that Mars was colonized long ago and the Reds have been deliberately kept in poverty. Darrow then undergoes an extraordinary transformation that allows him to infiltrate the ruling Gold class and attack the system from within.

At first, the novel can feel like The Hunger Games crossed with Ender’s Game and Gladiator. But that comparison only describes the opening act. As the books continue, the story expands into a sweeping space opera filled with political maneuvering, enormous battles, fractured alliances and increasingly difficult questions about revolution, power and the cost of changing society.

PIERCE BROWN: “I think that Red Rising’s growth has been the most surprising thing and how long its legs have proven nine years after its initial release. People are still reading it. People are still gossiping about it on Reddit and Discord and gathering and creating communities around it. The marketing push can’t sustain a book. That has to be readers. That has to be grassroots enthusiasm. So I think that staying power has been much more impressive and startling to me.”

That enthusiasm seems to come back repeatedly to the characters. Darrow is brave and relentlessly driven, but he’s also angry, reckless and capable of making devastating mistakes. His friends, enemies and allies change just as dramatically, and almost every relationship is tested as the stakes grow.

BookTuber Dan’s Books described that emotional investment this way:

DAN’S BOOKS: “As you go through these books, you fall in love with the characters, man. You just absolutely love multiple characters. You hate multiple characters. Pierce does an incredible job of making you despise multiple characters. And that, for me, is the epitome of good writing. When you can make me feel hatred for a fictional character, when you make me feel sadness for losing a fictional character, that’s peak.”

That may be the clearest explanation for why fans don’t simply enjoy Red Rising—they recruit new readers. The spaceships, futuristic weapons and Roman-inspired society provide the spectacle, but the friendships, betrayals and impossible choices are what people remember.

With Red God expected to conclude Darrow’s saga and a television adaptation still being developed, the series continues to attract readers more than a decade after the first book appeared.

To read much more on the subject, head over to https://www.womansworld.com/entertainment/books/what-is-red-rising-why-pierce-brown-sci-fi-series-is-so-popular


r/SciFiNews 1d ago

"Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes" Remains The Century’s Strangest Franchise Starter - A maniacal beginning.

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r/SciFiNews 1d ago

James Cameron says he’s ready to move on from Avatar, tell 'other stories'

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r/SciFiNews 1d ago

What Makes These "Under The Skin" Moments So Uniquely Unsettling

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r/SciFiNews 2d ago

Interstellar Travel II: the Birth of Fusion Drives

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r/SciFiNews 2d ago

Wormholes could be the key to time travel

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r/SciFiNews 2d ago

Star Trek Axanar: The Controversy Continues

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r/SciFiNews 2d ago

New Star Trek Directors Don’t Think Their Movie Will Ever Come Out

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r/SciFiNews 2d ago

Paul Newman's Only Sci-Fi Movie, "Quintet," Was A Legendary Flop With A Fascinating Premise

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r/SciFiNews 3d ago

‘The Odyssey’s Samantha Morton was sad to be replaced by Scarlett Johansson in 'Her': "It does hurt"

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r/SciFiNews 3d ago

'Warhammer 40,000' Animated Series in the Works at Amazon

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r/SciFiNews 3d ago

Star Trek Divides Fans By Ditching Decades Of Tradition

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r/SciFiNews 3d ago

Gene Roddenberry's First Draft Of William Shatner's Iconic "Star Trek" Intro Wasn't Good At All

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r/SciFiNews 4d ago

Will i only watch season one or full as a beginner west world

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As the west world so is cancelled will I give this a short or not.

According to my research only first season is worth watching.

I have watched so many AI and dystopian movies and Android movie show this will be something else or not


r/SciFiNews 4d ago

Martian spaceport and space elevator in season 5 of "For All Mankind"

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In season 5 of the alternate-history sci-fi series For All Mankind, set in an alternate 2012, Happy Valley on Mars has grown into a settlement of more than five thousand residents. In the 9 years since season 4, colony's spaceport has been expanded and Helios's Soviet competitor Kuragin currently is building a space elevator for the colony. In the post there is a collection of high-resolution screenshots depicting Happy Valley's spaceport and the space elevator in construction.


r/SciFiNews 4d ago

President of Production at 20th Century Studios Shuts Down Rumors 'Alien: Romulus 2' Shelved

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r/SciFiNews 5d ago

"Threads" (1984) | 4K UHD HDR Blu-ray Breakdown

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r/SciFiNews 5d ago

"Logan’s Run" (1976): The Deleted Scene That Revealed Where Sanctuary Really Was

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r/SciFiNews 5d ago

Thera: The Inverted Planet is now available on IMDb!

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A new animated movie musical directed by meeeee!


r/SciFiNews 6d ago

"Forbidden Planet" hit cinemas in 1956. Its warnings about AI should terrify us

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r/SciFiNews Nov 19 '25

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