A new Ella Enchanted series seems like it will take stronger inspiration from the books

We hear people are discussing the best 100 books again... not knowing that Reactor has already delivered the final word on this subject #Booksky

Outlander's finale delivers an emotional end to a beloved love story ahead of Diana Gabaldon's last book in the series. @zutsuit.bsky.social reviews the earnest, the romantic, and the occasionally cheesy of the ending: #Outlander

I’m so excited to share the cover of my YA fantasy mystery, DEATH IN VERSE! You can read a sneak preview of the opening chapters on Reactor (and if you want more it’s available to request on NetGalley now!) 🎉

Bloody tears and precognition: Marie NDiaye's novel of witches and conflict across generations has finally arrived for English readers. @tobiascarroll.bsky.social reviews this recent entry on the International Booker Prize shortlist

“As Mr. Garibaldi says, I think I’ll wait for the movie.” Season 5, episode 12 of Babylon 5 should be more compelling than it is, with Garibaldi's relapse and G’Kar’s rise to fame. But maybe you have different feelings about "The Ragged Edge":

What is the weirdest speculative fiction book, adult or YA, you've read in the last 10 years or so?

In the modern period drama, everyone talks about situationships and wears the same corset. Historian @ellerygillian.bsky.social has had enough:

Equalish Rites

Lanterns is for fans of grumpy experienced fighters who have to work together with reckless youths. And also for fans of amorphous green goo.

Kenneth Grahame's The Wind in the Willows struggled on publication. But within a few decades, this story of talking animals and motorcar misadventures had captured the imagination of readers everywhere 🦡🐀🌳

“Cannes’ craziest movie" involves aliens and the director of The Wailing 👽

If you're a lifelong reader, chances are you've spent a fair amount of time getting lost in the overstuffed shelves of your favorite used bookstores; @jdnicoll.bsky.social looks back at his favorite spots for literary treasure hunting! #Booksky

This week at @reactorsff.bsky.social, I wrote about Maile Chapman's THE SPOIL, which goes to subtly disquieting places in ways I didn't realize were possible. reactormag.com/book-review-...

Also at @reactorsff.bsky.social, I wrote about the early 90s SF series Wild Palms, which is well worth tracking down (and which I genuinely hope gets a proper streaming release one of these days.) reactormag.com/wild-palms-r...

Obsession is a love story, but far from a romance. @rubigb.bsky.social reviews a new horror movie from the director of Milk & Serial:

This weekend, we are bogmaxxing. And big-bookmaxxing.

Today's Classic Cover of the Day is Port Eternity by CJ Cherryh! This 1982 DAW edition was illustrated by Ken Kelly, who was also commissioned to create art for Conan the Barbarian, Tarzan, and Kiss.

Welcome back, Murderbot! To celebrate the release of Platform Decay, @mbyrd.bsky.social asked @marthawells.com about emotional growth, The Rise and Fall of Sanctuary Moon, and what's next for our favorite SecUnit #Murderbot

reactormag.com/split-perspe... HOLY HELL WE GOT A NEW POST AT @reactorsff.bsky.social! LFGOOOOOOOO Also if you haven't been able to tell since I've been booksplaining again, might be another one I'm almost sending off.

I have a Patreon, & all tiers can see Deep Dive into my @reactorsff.bsky.social short story, "This is Not My Timeline." I chat about what inspired this story, what you can do to help the queer community, and how a story from @charliejane.bsky.social changed my life. www.patreon.com/posts/deep-d...

Many thanks to @leahschnelbach.bsky.social at @reactorsff.bsky.social for letting me write at length about Wild Palms, a prestige miniseries that aired in the wake of Twin Peaks and has a lot to say about technology, surveillance, and corporate power. reactormag.com/wild-palms-r...

does anyone want to read a normal book. okay, two chapters from a normal book. okay, two chapters from a non normal book. what were we talking about.

Would you kill your double? Don't ask Soyoung Rose Kang. She might have an answer in mind. We're thrilled to share an excerpt from @isabel.kim's Sublimation, coming June 2nd from @torbooks.bsky.social!

"It is a rare occasion when the backmatter of a novel leads you to reconsider much of what you’ve just read." @tobiascarroll.bsky.social reviews Maile Chapman's The Spoil, a book sprouting bugs, timelines, and hauntings while daring the reader to follow it down:

Things take a turn for the metatextual in the newest episode of The Terror: Devil in Silver–have your book club edition of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest ready. @bookjockeyalex.bsky.social discusses episode two!

Will the upcoming Lanterns show provide a backstory on Guy Gardner's bowl cut?

13 seasons of Doctor Who are coming to AMC+!

NEW WORDS BY ME NEXT WEEK :D also god i love the art for this story so much...

books actually weigh a lot. is anyone looking into this.

A time-traveling transgalactic delivery worker's latest parcel has less to do with galactic events, and more to do with her own personal history. Next week. "The Perpetual Post" by @isabel.kim! Art by Yiran Jia Edited by @englelaird.bsky.social

What Twin Peaks was to the police procedural, Wild Palms was to noir. @tobiascarroll.bsky.social reflects on your "cult favorite's cult favorite," examining near-future cultural horrors and early explorations of cyberspace:

Fighting vampires? Grab a stake. Pursued by werewolves? Better melt down some silver. But what can you do when the thing hunting you is a seemingly unstoppable creature, curse, or malevolent force? Here are 5 books and stories about inescapable threats!

If you find a particular scene in episode two of The Terror: Devil in Silver to be unusually gross...director Karyn Kusama agrees:

The Subtle Art of Folding Space gets a terrific review from @bookjockeyalex.bsky.social at @reactorsff.bsky.social ! "a stunning achievement from a creative powerhouse." reactormag.com/book-review-...

Humphrey Bogart, but make him Nic Cage... I mean Spider-Man 🕸️

Leah Schnelbach and exorcisms go together like peanut butter and jelly. Angels and demons. Left sock and right sock.

"Perhaps Elisabet Turner is a witch after all." We're charmed to share an excerpt from Inkpot Gods, the fourth entry in @seananmcguire.bsky.social's iconic Alchemical Journeys series!

Whimsy....heart....and most importantly...COLOR!!! The Magic Faraway Tree is on its way:

"One Last Kill is basically a proof-of-concept for another Punisher series that goes absolutely nowhere and contains more bland violence than a Doom speedrun." The Punisher returns for "one more" NYC-job-slash-television-special...except maybe he shouldn't: #ThePunisher

Petition to create a "home renovation romance" subgenre?? @readingtheend.bsky.social reviews Moorea Corrigan's Faerie romance Thistlemarsh!

We need an etymological breakdown of Fae/Fairy/Faerie/Faery/Fey in romantasy novels

Star Wars hasn't always known what to do with aromantic and asexual characters; in a universe populated with romance, keeping to yourself signals villainy. But as @adillondev.bsky.social argues, Darth Maul's new series takes a different approach: #StarWars

It's here!! I am so excited that I had a chance to write at @reactorsff.bsky.social about three of my favorite topics: aromanticism, asexuality, and Maul. #MaulShadowLord reactormag.com/theyre-frien...

We return to our reread of Stephen Graham Jones' The Buffalo Hunter Hunter with chapters 12 and 13, in which Good Stab is visited by a certain trickster demigod, and both he and Arthur wrestle with their appetites and identities...

The Sci Fi Film Club continues its foray into dubious experiments in speculative psychology and neuroscience with Ken Russell's Altered States (1980), starring William Hurt, his hubris, an isolation tank, and some powerful hallucinogens 🧪

A new Laika movie with a magical forest, dark fairytale, and hint of nostalgia...? THAT'S MY FAVORITE FOOD!!

Many speculative and horror stories utilize multiple, shifting POVs to draw readers into their world; here are seven compelling, sometimes chilling, often disorienting books with two or more narrators that pull off the trick better than most...

We are delighted to share the cover and TWO chapters from Death in Verse by @julielew.bsky.social!! Step into a haunting school for magical poets–and the murder mystery within–this fall with Union Square and Co!