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All machines can be broken, and the final cracks are spreading. Check out an excerpt of The Failures - an explosive combination of apocalyptic science fiction and epic fantasy - out now from Benjamin Liar! reactormag.com/excerpts-the...

Read an Excerpt From Benjamin Liar's The Failures - Reactorreactormag.com A scattered group of unlikely heroes traveling across their broken mechanical planet to stave off eternal darkness.

The Vourdalak may not be for everyone, but if you're a fan of strange, gross, and startling vampires, it might be for you: reactormag.com/the-vourdala...

The Vourdalak Proves There's Still Blood in the Vampire Story - Reactorreactormag.com Over the last two weeks I’ve seen Handling the Undead, a slow, sad film about motherhood and grief, with zombies in it, and The Devil’s Bath, a slow, sad movie about motherhood and depression, with so...

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Time for a cover reveal! Here is Eva Redamonti's sumptuous cover for my upcoming Reactor story, "I'll Miss Myself." The story is about an app that promises to show you every parallel universe version of yourself, all in the feed. But the app might be hiding a few secrets...

A man using a social media app that reaches across dimensions to talk to himself in different timelines, discovers some of his problems are universal...and some are not... Next week. "I'll Miss Myself" by @wiswell.bsky.social Illustrated by Eva Redamonti | Edited by @jonathanstrahan.bsky.social

The newest episode of The Acolyte centers seduction, corruption, and Manny Jacinto: reactormag.com/the-acolyte-...

The Acolyte Begins to Unspool in “Teach/Corrupt” - Reactorreactormag.com Sometimes you really need to *seduce* someone to the dark side…

Moonstorm is a book about complicity: When the spaceship fleet is at your door, who do you side with? Do you side with the oppressor to avoid becoming the oppressed? @readingtheend.bsky.social explores these questions and more while reviewing Yoon Ha Lee's YA sci-fi: reactormag.com/book-review-...

Moonstorm by Yoon Ha Lee Never Takes Its Foot off the Gas - Reactorreactormag.com A review of Yoon Ha Lee's new YA science fiction novel.

Could Star Trek: Prodigy be the best of the new Trek series? Well, Keith R.A. DeCandido binged season 2 in one night to let us know! [Spoilers ahead!] reactormag.com/television-r...

“It’s time for one of my cockamamie plans!” — Star Trek: Prodigy Season Two - Reactorreactormag.com Back in October of 2021, I declared Star Trek: Prodigy to be the best of the new Trek series. Since I made that declaration, the competition has gotten stiffer, as Discovery aired its best season, Low...

The Completely Made-Up Adventures of Dick Turpin has been renewed for a very real second season: reactormag.com/even-more-co...

Even More Completely Made-Up Adventures of Dick Turpin Are Coming - Reactorreactormag.com You can never have too much Noel Fielding.

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I stumbled across this a couple days ago. It is terribly old, but still relevant and interesting (maybe more relevant) for all the questions about whether machines can ever "know" us. www.nytimes.com/2008/11/23/m...

If You Liked This, You’re Sure to Love That (Published 2008)www.nytimes.com Basement hackers and amateur mathematicians are competing to improve the program that Netflix uses to recommend DVDs — and to win $1 million in the process.

As longform writing finds less and less support online, the Reactor team wants to highlight some of the articles we've been perusing lately. We're calling this the #Longformstorm - and we want to know what you've been reading too

Atomic testing, a grumpy dinosaur, and outstanding work by Ray Harryhausen--it's The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms, destroying lighthouses and kicking off the SF Film Club's Wet Hot Kaiju Summer! reactormag.com/the-beast-fr...

The Beast From 20,000 Fathoms: I’m Always Rooting for the Dinosaur - Reactorreactormag.com A rampaging dino, atomic era-anxiety, and groundbreaking special effects come together in a now-classic formula...

It's a Wet Hot Kaiju Summer! Join us each week in July to talk about our favorite sci-fi monsters, from Godzilla to the Rhedosaurus!

Apocalyptic! Atmospheric! Conspiratorial! Epistemic! Horrific! Otherworldly! Such are the categories that encapsulate the can't-miss indie pub speculative books coming out this July and August, as rounded up by @tobiascarroll.bsky.social: reactormag.com/cant-miss-in...

Can’t Miss Indie Press Speculative Fiction for July and August 2024 - Reactorreactormag.com This season's indie press titles include bizarre cults, bird-free futures, and travel to alternate dimensions...

Summerween is here and gladly welcomes this excerpt of YA gothic horror Castle of the Cursed by @rominagarber.bsky.social! reactormag.com/excerpts-cas...

Read an Excerpt From Romina Garber's Castle of the Cursed - Reactorreactormag.com The house is always hungry…

If you're a fan of Andor and/or The Expanse, @bookjockeyalex.bsky.social may have a book recommendation for you... Reviewing Fall of the Iron Gods by Olivia Chadha! reactormag.com/book-review-...

How About Some Mecha Wars? Fall of the Iron Gods by Olivia Chadha - Reactorreactormag.com A review of Olivia Chadha's new YA science fiction novel.

When is a historical folk horror just life in the 1700's? And other questions investigated by The Devil's Bath, as reviewed by @leahschnelbach.bsky.social: reactormag.com/the-devils-b...

The Devil's Bath Finds Folk Horror in Historical Reality - Reactorreactormag.com Where is the line between "folk horror" and "past reality"?

Art inspires art: In this week's Dissecting the Dark Descent column, we explore J.S. Le Fanu's story "Schalken the Painter" as well as the haunting gothic paintings it was inspired by! reactormag.com/the-status-q...

The Status Quo Is Death: "Schalken the Painter" by J.S. Le Fanu - Reactorreactormag.com Inspired by 17th-century artists, this is one of Le Fanu's finest and most haunting works...

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do you like murder mysteries? that are also SF? that are also super romantic? HAVE I GOT AN AUTHOR FOR YOU.

Where to start with Aliette de Bodard? @readingtheend.bsky.social provides a guide to the SFF author of The Red Scholar's Wake, Navigational Entanglements, and so, so much more: reactormag.com/the-wonderfu...

The Wonderful Worlds of Aliette de Bodard - Reactorreactormag.com Whether you’re new to her work or have been following her for years, there’s always something new to try

Welcome Ruairi O’Connor, Clive Russell, Freddie Fox, Jack Gleeson, Indya Moore, and more to the world of The Sandman 💤⏳ reactormag.com/indya-moore-...

Indya Moore and Ann Skelly Are Among Eight New Cast Members for The Sandman’s Second Season - Reactorreactormag.com Gods and faeries and talking dogs, here we come.

Imagine you're already dealing with the aches and pains of being a teenager, and then a reincarnated god possesses your body. Such is the case in these 5 SFF books as collected by Adrienne Tooley: reactormag.com/5-sff-books-...

5 SFF Books Featuring Teenaged Reincarnated Deities - Reactorreactormag.com Here are five young adult novels featuring teenagers who are reincarnated gods.

Neuromancer's Case is just a guy, but Molly is iconic. And we finally know who's going to be playing her in the upcoming adaptation. reactormag.com/apple-tvs-ne...

Apple TV+’s Neuromancer Has Found Its Molly - Reactorreactormag.com We're one step closer to this series really happening!

We're excited to help reveal the covers for books 2 and 3 in the Dungeon Crawler Carl series by Matt @mattdinniman.bsky.social! Carl's Doomsday Scenario and The Dungeon Anarchist's Cookbook are here to level up your day 💥 reactormag.com/revealing-ca...

Revealing Carl's Doomsday Scenario and The Dungeon Anarchist’s Cookbook by Matt Dinniman - Reactorreactormag.com Two new print editions from the Dungeon Crawler Carl series

"Twenty-one years after killing his mother and one year after killing a man in a bar fight, Hal Isaac stands on the steps of St. Matthew’s Catholic Church in Vandergriff, Texas, and smokes a cigarette." Read an excerpt from @shaunhamill.bsky.social's The Dissonance! reactormag.com/excerpts-the...

Read an Excerpt From Shaun Hamill's The Dissonance - Reactorreactormag.com A story of dark magic, terrible mistakes, and second chances.

"What are you willing to sacrifice for fame? What are you willing to accept to be entertained?" The dystopian YA novel Snowglobe has just been picked up for adaptation by the producers of Parasite, but you can read Helen Rhee's review now! reactormag.com/book-review-...

Dystopian YA That Reads Like a K-Drama: Snowglobe by Soyoung Park, translated by Joungmin Lee Comfort - Reactorreactormag.com A review of Soyoung Park's YA dystopian novel.

Mattson Tomlin will be very busy the next few years, and now he's adding an adaptation of his own time-traveling assassins comic A Vicious Circle to the roster: reactormag.com/mattson-toml...

Mattson Tomlin Will Adapt His Own A Vicious Circle Comics as a Screenplay - Reactorreactormag.com Time-traveling assassins? Sure, why not.

If you're still looking for a SIGN to join our Babylon 5 Rewatch, consider this a favorable PORTENT.... ahem, season 1, episode of Babylon 5: "Signs and Portents": reactormag.com/babylon-5-re...

Babylon 5 Rewatch: “Signs and Portents” - Reactorreactormag.com Mollari makes an unintended bargain...

Have your years of reading YA dystopias prepared you for the apocalypse? Donald Glover will find out in Bando Stone and the New World, with soundtrack provided by Childish Gambino (wink): reactormag.com/donald-glove...

Donald Glover Is Unprepared for Survival in Bando Stone and the New World - Reactorreactormag.com Glover's Childish Gambino alter ego provides the soundtrack.

Analyzing a new opening sequence, Harrenhal, and ugh, that Ser Criston guy: House of the Dragon season 2, episode 3 roars ahead: #hotdepisode3 #hotd #hotdspoilers reactormag.com/a-secret-mee...

A Secret Meeting Between Warring Queens: Will Cooler Heads Prevail in House of the Dragon Season 2, Episode 3 - Reactorreactormag.com Plus, some new characters, a very special bastard, and a deliciously creepy tour of Harrenhal!

Don't worry, there IS a subpar horror movie about the Jersey Devil from the early 2000's. Thank goodness we're talking about 13th Child (2002) in the SFF Bestiary: reactormag.com/they-dont-kn...

They Don’t Know Nothing About the Jersey Devil: 13th Child (2002) - Reactorreactormag.com With the amount of star power in the cast, it should be a better film than it is...