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Murder by Memory Sees Author Olivia Waite Confidently Shift Genres - Reactor
https://reactormag.com/book-review-murder-by-memory-by-olivia-waite/
#books #bookstodon #sff #sffbooks #sffbookclub #ReactorMag #mystery
I _really_ liked this essay on Reactor. As a woman in STEM, I pretty much went YES THIS at every single paragraph.
But also, as a fan of Severance. ;)
(Read with caution, as the essay DOES contain spoilers for both season 1 and season 2.)
So there are rumblings going around of an attempt to not only remake Irwin Allen's 60's-era shows, but to do them in an organized, shared-universe kind of way.
Speaking as a fan of Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, all I can say to this is:
ADMIRAL HARRIET NELSON AND CAPTAIN LEAH CRANE OR GTFO
😆
#ReactorMag #IrwinAllen #VoyageToTheBottomOfTheSea
https://reactormag.com/irwin-allens-1960s-sci-fi-shows-to-become-a-new-television-universe/
As they usually do at this time of year, Reactor (previously Tor.com), a publisher of terrific scifi and fantasy, puts out a free ebook of some of their favourite short stories from the year.
There is always some amazing, creative, thoroughly weird, and sometimes crazy mind-blowing, stuff in these. The 2024 edition is just up and available in EPUB and PDF:
https://reactormag.com/download-some-of-the-best-from-reactor-2024-edition/
We finally finished watching Agatha All Along at the Murkworks, so I was able to finally read this essay on Reactor. I quite liked it, especially this part:
"If you told me a few years ago that I’d be watching a Marvel show starring older women and queer people, I’d have laughed. No way! The MCU is the domain of Captain America and Iron Man. They’d never let people like me into that world. Now I’m planning my Lilia Calderu cosplay for Comic-Con."
Spoilers for the entire series, so bookmark this to come back to later if you haven't watched it yet.
#ReactorMag #MCU #AgathaAllAlong
https://reactormag.com/agatha-all-along-nailed-some-profound-truths-about-witchcraft/
In "In the Moon's House," Dawn struggles to fit in with the rest of her team—the backup crew for the next lunar mission—but she and her colleagues may have more in common than anyone realizes…
This story is part of the SILENT SPACES collection, which you can back for 9 more days at https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/mary-robinette/silent-spaces/
#ladyastronaut #shortstory #reactormag #scifi
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Bookish Death Cleaning: On What We Keep, and What It Means
By Molly Templeton
@darthmoll
"And there’s always another story to tell myself about why I have all these #books. They’re my #library, my memory; they’re also my #nostalgia, for better or worse, for having been the person who read some of these books, and the person who dreamed of #reading others."
https://reactormag.com/bookish-death-cleaning-on-what-we-keep-and-what-it-means/
Via #reactormag
Five SFF Works That Explore the (Sometimes Perilous) Power of Libraries
Knowledge is power, and with great power comes... well, you know.
https://reactormag.com/five-sff-works-that-explore-the-sometimes-perilous-power-of-libraries/
#tordotcom #reactormag
Five Ways Authors Motivate Characters to Leave Earth Behind
How to attract workers to toxic, nearly airless, radiation-bombarded Mars, hellish Venus, or even the bone-eroding microgravity of the asteroids when there’s a perfectly habitable planet available?
https://reactormag.com/five-ways-authors-motivate-characters-to-leave-earth-behind/
#tordotcom #reactormag
The Golden Age of SF (But Not the One You’re Thinking Of)
What were you reading when you were 12?
https://reactormag.com/the-golden-age-of-sf-but-not-the-one-youre-thinking-of/
