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The moment you've all been waiting for... Senior Books Editor
@cxorlando.bsky.social
's 30 MOST ANTICIPATED BOOKS for 2026!!! Selecting the science fiction, fantasy, and horror reads from the first half of the year you can't miss:
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30 SFF Titles to Look Forward to in 2026 - Reactor
And other SFF book highlights for the new year!
https://reactormag.com/30-sff-titles-to-look-forward-to-in-2026/
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Akwaeke Emezi’s Son of the Morning is the perfect queer, sexy paranormal romance to share with friends or indulge in on your own. Check out
@bookjockeyalex.bsky.social
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Akwaeke Emezi's Son of the Morning Is a Fiery Romantasy that Engages With Its Tropes - Reactor
Alex Brown reviews a high heat, queer romantasy.
https://reactormag.com/book-review-son-of-the-morning-by-akwaeke-emezi/
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Authors Alix E. Harrow, Olivie Blake, and more raise concerns about BookCon 2026
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Authors Publish Open Letter Condemning BookCon Organizer’s Parent Company RELX Over ICE Ties - Reactor
Authors Alix E. Harrow, Olivie Blake, and more raise concerns about BookCon 2026
https://reactormag.com/authors-open-letter-condemning-bookcon-ice/
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Jo Walton (
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Jo Walton’s Reading List: January 2026 - Reactor
Compelling memoirs, Vikings, Heyer, and early experiments in authoritarianism
https://reactormag.com/jo-waltons-reading-list-january-2026/
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My newest article on the series best “Seven” for
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Open your heart and learn to believe in hope again with the latest episode of "A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms," which highlights all the reasons Dunk and Egg are worth rooting for, even in the grim, cynical world of Westeros...
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Good Deeds Shine in a Weary World in A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms: "Seven" - Reactor
Carving out a space for hope and earnestness, even in the darkest moments...
https://reactormag.com/tv-review-a-knight-of-the-seven-kingdoms-season-1-episode-4/
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Season 4, episode 20 of Babylon 5 was originally conceived as the series finale, without confirmation of a season five. And it actually does a pretty good job of that. Let's discuss "Rising Star"!
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Babylon 5 Rewatch: “Rising Star” - Reactor
The civil war is over, but there are consequences for Sheridan...
https://reactormag.com/babylon-5-rewatch-rising-star/
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Today's Classic Cover of the day is Decision at Doona by Anne McCaffrey, with a cover illustration by Richard Powers!
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An estate agent is forced to choose between a sale and his humanity when facing the inhuman eldritch forces that feed off rental tenants across the United Kingdom. Next week... "Agency" by
@georgesandison.bsky.social
Edited by
@datlow.bsky.social
Art by Jamie Keenan
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"But I think one reason why Heated Rivalry has hooked so many of us is that Shane and Ilya’s romance insists that queer desire and love belong at the heart of the world, not on the margins. It gets you where you live." Author
@oliviawaite.com
on how
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On Heated Rivalry and Queer Desire as an Unequivocal Good - Reactor
In a world where queer desire is nearly always framed as something that destabilizes, this series gives its audience an alternate narrative
https://reactormag.com/heated-rivalry-shows-queer-desire-as-an-unequivocal-good/
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We don't know how Spot got to the USS Enterprise, but we do know we (and Data) love her:
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The Wisdom of Star Trek’s Spot - Reactor
Long before Data has the chip that allows him to feel what humans feel, Spot is his emotional rock...
https://reactormag.com/the-wisdom-of-star-treks-spot/
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"What will get me to pull a book off the shelf?" asks @jdnicoll.bsky.social--cover art, blurbs, word of mouth...when it comes to bookstore browsing, what filters do *you* use to pick up new and unfamiliar works?
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What Lures Readers Into Picking Up an Unfamiliar Book? - Reactor
What elements do you look for when browsing the shelves?
https://reactormag.com/what-lures-readers-into-picking-up-an-unfamiliar-book/
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For the uninitiated
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"I was pretty adamant that for this episode, it was our job to make this an homage, a celebration, and really a bit of a correction for what I feel has been an oversight in a lot of modern Trek."
#StarTrek
#StarfleetAcademy
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Avery Brooks Gave His Blessing to Starfleet Academy’s Big Sisko Episode - Reactor
Writer Tawny Newsome breaks down the battle to pay tribute to Captain Sisko and Avery Brooks in Starfleet Academy's latest episode
https://reactormag.com/avery-brooks-approved-starfleet-academy-sisko-episode/
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It's Friday. Treat yourself to some new books with
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Give yourself the gift of Ian McKellen reciting Shakespeare this weekend.
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What to Watch and Read This Weekend: January Was a Rough Year, So Here's Ian McKellen Reading Shakespeare - Reactor
Plus: A fantasy retelling of Charles Dickens and a rare chance to recommend Venom: The Last Dance
https://reactormag.com/what-to-read-and-watch-this-weekend-february-6-2026/
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Reading Infinite Jest stands as one of the best experiences I've ever had with a book, and I really enjoyed re-reading it a few years back in conversation with Snow Crash.
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Mamoru Hosada's Scarlet provides gorgeous animation and an enormous flying electricity dragon within a gender-swapped Hamlet retelling, even when it struggles with its own stakes:
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Mamoru Hosoda's Scarlet Gives Us a Gender-Swapped, Purgatorial Hamlet - Reactor
I'm not sure which afterlife includes the GIANT FLYING ELECTRICITY DRAGON, but I want to go to that one.
https://reactormag.com/movie-review-scarlet-mamoru-hosoda/
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On the 30th Anniversary of Infinite Jest, we revisit Leah Schnelbach's discussion of the DFW's classic alongside Neal Stephenson's Snow Crash, asking how two different stories might imagine comparable dystopias:
#InfiniteJest
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Snow Crash and Infinite Jest Both Predicted Our Cyberpunk Present - Reactor
If you walked into a middle-class early ’90s living room, it would look pretty similar to what you’d see today: TVs, personal computers, video game consoles. Our stuff is just smaller now, and we use ...
https://reactormag.com/cyberpunk-snow-crash-and-infinite-jest/
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Scary Movie 4 Writer to Adapt Baldur's Gate 3 For HBO
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HBO Is Making a Baldur’s Gate 3 Series, and the Game’s Creators Aren't Involved - Reactor
The show will pick up where Baldur's Gate 3 left off but feature new characters and storylines
https://reactormag.com/hbo-baldurs-gate-3-series-larian-studios/
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Recommending some romantasy books by Black authors for your TBR 🌸🪄❤️
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‘Lord Of The Rings’ Reader Can’t Believe How Long It Taking Sam And Frodo To Fuck
https://theonion.com/lord-of-the-rings-reader-cant-believe-how-long-it-taking-sam-and-frodo-to-fuck/
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An estate agent is forced to choose between a sale and his humanity when facing the inhuman eldritch forces that feed off rental tenants across the United Kingdom. Next week... "Agency" by
@georgesandison.bsky.social
Edited by
@datlow.bsky.social
Art by Jamie Keenan
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The Witch is dead. Dorothy will claim her throne on broadcast television once more. May she have mercy on us all.
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After Almost 30 Years, The Wizard of Oz Will Once Again Air on Broadcast TV - Reactor
The movie will air on the classic television channel, MeTV
https://reactormag.com/30-years-the-wizard-of-oz-air-on-broadcast-tv/
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A24 is the only studio willing to confront the analog horror of podcasting:
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Undertone Trailer Proves Even Ghosts Have Podcasts Now - Reactor
The A24 film delves into the true horrors of podcasting
https://reactormag.com/undertone-trailer-podcasts/
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"Stewart Hotston’s Project Hanuman is an epic story of life and death ripped from Hindu folklore and filtered through the wilds of space opera...at once thoughtful and rollicking." Check out
@bookjockeyalex.bsky.social
's review of Project Hanuman!
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Unite or Die: Project Hanuman by Stewart Hotston - Reactor
Alex Brown reviews a soaring space opera epic that has some structural issues.
https://reactormag.com/book-review-project-hanuman-by-stewart-hotston/
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February welcomes an influx of cats and magical bookstores from across the genre space. Plus a kpop idol's ghost trapped in a vacuum. Here's all the SFF crossover books coming out this month!
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All the New SFF Crossover Books Arriving in February 2026 - Reactor
This February, get entangled with a magical necklace or violin, play a game to the death, and much more...
https://reactormag.com/new-sff-crossover-books-february-2026/
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Deadly bargains vs. deadly bodies vs. deadly summer camp vs. deadly duels... It's a difficult time to be a YA protagonist. Everything is trying to kill you. We offer them these new books in this trying time:
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All the New Young Adult SFF Books Arriving in February 2026 - Reactor
This February, break into magical universities, get tips on how to date a demon, and more...
https://reactormag.com/new-young-adult-sff-books-february-2026/
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Wake up! Michael Shannon will star in a remake of the 1920 horror silent film The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari:
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Michael Shannon Will Star in Doctor Caligari’s Cabinet of Wonders - Reactor
The remake of The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari comes from the Dowdle brothers
https://reactormag.com/michael-shannon-doctor-caligaris-cabinet-of-wonders/
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Today's Starfleet Academy episode moved
@kradec.bsky.social
to tears. Make sure you stay past the credits in "Series Acclimation Mil"
#StarfleetAcademy
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What Was Left Behind — Star Trek: Starfleet Academy’s “Series Acclimation Mil” - Reactor
"I loved this episode and it made me cry."
https://reactormag.com/tv-review-star-trek-starfleet-academy-series-acclimation-mil/
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Did you forget about Disney+'s Eragon (re)adaptation? It didn't forget about you:
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Disney+’s Eragon Series Has Finally Found Its Showrunners - Reactor
Can there ever be too many dragons on TV?
https://reactormag.com/disney-eragon-series-adaptation-showrunners/
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this one's a rerun but, you know, it felt relevant!!!!
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In a time of book bannings, AI, and decreased library funding, the best thing you can do to support books is be very, very loud about them.
@mollytempleton.com
on how we can help the authors we love:
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It's Time to Get Loud About the Books You Love - Reactor
Some ideas to help keep literature and the book community alive.
https://reactormag.com/its-time-to-get-loud-about-the-books-you-love/
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It's always fascinating when science fiction conjures up a truly alien perspective--here are five short stories presented through a non-human point of view, including classics by Peter Watts, Terry Bisson, and Iain M. Banks!
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Five Sci-Fi Short Stories Told Through an Alien POV - Reactor
Clever, compelling stories filtered through a distinctly non-human consciousness
https://reactormag.com/five-sci-fi-short-stories-told-through-an-alien-pov/
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We are delighted to share the cover for F. A. Davidson's debut YA fantasy Flickerstate!! Norah Sullivan must use her power over probability to compete in the Academy of Navigation's trials and save her father...we predict a high chance of release on July 28, 2026 from Sourcebooks Fire 🎲
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Revealing Flickerstate by F. A. Davidson - Reactor
A new YA fantasy arriving in July 2026!
https://reactormag.com/cover-reveal-and-excerpt-flickerstate-by-f-a-davidson/
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Some alternate titles for season four of From: The Fromining Get Frommed 2 From 2 Furious The Man From From
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Knowledge Comes With a Cost in From’s Season 4 Teaser Trailer - Reactor
We also now know when the new episodes will premiere on MGM+
https://reactormag.com/from-season-4-teaser-trailer/
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Humans must be silent. Humans must be obedient. Humans must be good. We're excited to share an excerpt from
@edashtonwriting.bsky.social
's buddy comedy/alien invasion story/workplace satire After The Fall!
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Read an Excerpt From After The Fall by Edward Ashton - Reactor
Humans must be silent. Humans must be obedient. Humans must be good.
https://reactormag.com/excerpts-after-the-fall-by-edward-ashton/
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The following attractive suitors have invited you to dinner. Would you like to fill your Valentine's Day plans with: - A handsome werewolf - A cursed gargoyle warrior - A smelly fisherman?
#romantasy
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All the New Romantasy Books Arriving in February 2026 - Reactor
Enjoy a witchy rom com, werewolf relationships, gargoyle love, and much, much more this February...
https://reactormag.com/new-romantasy-books-february-2026/
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Perfect time of the year to cuddle up with your Valentine and read- oh, you thought this was the romantasy list. We're actually recommending cannibalism. Here's all the new horror novels of February 2026!
#horror
#horrorbooks
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All the New Horror Books Arriving in February 2026 - Reactor
Delve into the horrors of motherhood, summer camp, immortal billionaires, and more this February...
https://reactormag.com/new-horror-books-february-2026/
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How long can Fallout Season 2 avoid the game's canon?
@mbyrd.bsky.social
breaks down how each of the endings looks so far...including which we can eliminate completely:
#Fallout
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How Fallout Season 2 Avoided Making a New Vegas Ending Canon - Reactor
Fallout Season 2 avoided committing to one of New Vegas' optional endings (at least for now)
https://reactormag.com/fallout-season-2-new-vegas-ending-canon/
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This week, Reading the Weird concludes their read of Sister, Maiden, Monster by Lucy Snyder! Hope you packed for Carcosa. And tune in to hear what the next book will be... 🧛📝🦬
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Plan B From Outer Space: Lucy Snyder’s Sister, Maiden, Monster (Part 11) - Reactor
Mareva deals with the cosmic apocalypse in the conclusion of Sister, Maiden, Monster
https://reactormag.com/plan-b-from-outer-space-lucy-snyders-sister-maiden-monster-part-11/
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Today's Classic Cover is Ship of Destiny by Robin Hobb! This is the UK First Edition, illustrated by John Howe.
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The Sci Fi Film Club kicks off a month of movies about curious aliens trying to survive on Earth with this charming, thoughtful Argentinian arthouse film that deserves a much wider audience: "Man Facing Southeast" (1986)
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Man Facing Southeast: An Alien Perspective on Humanity’s Madness - Reactor
A lovely Argentinian arthouse film from the '80s that deserves to be better known.
https://reactormag.com/man-facing-southeast-an-alien-perspective-on-humanitys-madness/
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There's a book about a dinosaur rodeo coming out this month. What else do you need to know?? (But just in case, here's all the fantasy books releasing in February 2026)
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All the New Fantasy Books Arriving in February 2026 - Reactor
This February, head to a dinosaur rodeo, a magical cat shelter, an academy for deviant defense, and more…
https://reactormag.com/new-fantasy-books-february-2026/
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There's more adult science fiction than fantasy this February; we've got cybernetic prizefights, a library of human consciousness, and a brand-new Nnedi Okorafor novel 🌌 What are you reading first?
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All the New Science Fiction Books Arriving in February 2026 - Reactor
This February brings AI-controlled worlds, rain on Mars, a thousand-year-old space ship, and more...
https://reactormag.com/new-science-fiction-books-february-2026/
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2025 was another great year for African short fiction! Author
@wtalabi.com
recommends 10 highlights across science fiction, fantasy, and horror, from "magic-for-wealth schemes" to an unsettling religious organization (in space). And if there's some ties in there...? We're not complaining.
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Ten(ish) of the Best African Speculative Short Fiction Stories of 2025 - Reactor
Here are some of the speculative fiction gems that may have flown under the radar in 2025...
https://reactormag.com/tenish-of-the-best-african-speculative-short-fiction-stories-of-2025/
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We are excited to announce The Secret Lives of Zombie Wives, a witty new horror novel from Of Monsters and Mainframes author
@barbaratruelove.bsky.social
! Prepare to eat brains live on stream with Nightfire in Winter 2027 🧠
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Announcing The Secret Lives of Zombie Wives by Barbara Truelove - Reactor
A biting horror novella arriving in 2027
https://reactormag.com/book-announcement-the-secret-lives-of-zombie-wives-by-barbara-truelove/
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A commenter declared this to be the best article they had ever seen on
@reactorsff.bsky.social
. I can't think of a better one myself. Excellent stuff here.
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Cullen Bunn brings his experience writing twisty comics to Wilson Island, North Carolina, which has more than the usual serial killer disrupting its small town.
@tobiascarroll.bsky.social
reviews Bones of Our Stars, Blood of Our World:
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An Island, a Killer, and a Voice: On Cullen Bunn’s Bones of Our Stars, Blood of Our World - Reactor
Cullen Bunn's horror novel pulls a stylistic U-turn.
https://reactormag.com/book-review-bones-of-our-stars-blood-of-our-world-by-cullen-bunn/
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