Christina Orlando
@cxorlando.bsky.social
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Christina Orlando
@cxorlando.bsky.social
· Jul 15
30 More SFF Titles to Look Forward to in 2025 - Reactor
Here are 30 more standouts to put on your TBR for the second half of this year!
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Let's talk about books baybeeeeeee!!
Here are the titles I think you should check out for the rest of the year, including hot lady knights, tons of science-fantasy, bad bitches, epic non-eurocentric adventures, hot love triangles, and spooky houses
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Here are the titles I think you should check out for the rest of the year, including hot lady knights, tons of science-fantasy, bad bitches, epic non-eurocentric adventures, hot love triangles, and spooky houses
reactormag.com/30-more-sff-...
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not sure how to square ‘no one person can be reasonably expected to pay for every media subscription’ with ‘sorely underpaid writers need to make a living’ but my inclination is not to locate that problem with any of the broke ass people on either end of the complaint
December 8, 2025 at 5:21 PM
not sure how to square ‘no one person can be reasonably expected to pay for every media subscription’ with ‘sorely underpaid writers need to make a living’ but my inclination is not to locate that problem with any of the broke ass people on either end of the complaint
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The Freedom to Read Act is stalled on Gov. Hochul's desk.
AABB (Authors Against Book Bans) NY has partnered w/ PEN, ABA, Teen Activist Project, & school librarians to make some noise & get her to sign.
Bring a book and join us on Monday, December 8th at 3:30 at Union Square 17th St.
AABB (Authors Against Book Bans) NY has partnered w/ PEN, ABA, Teen Activist Project, & school librarians to make some noise & get her to sign.
Bring a book and join us on Monday, December 8th at 3:30 at Union Square 17th St.
December 8, 2025 at 4:12 PM
The Freedom to Read Act is stalled on Gov. Hochul's desk.
AABB (Authors Against Book Bans) NY has partnered w/ PEN, ABA, Teen Activist Project, & school librarians to make some noise & get her to sign.
Bring a book and join us on Monday, December 8th at 3:30 at Union Square 17th St.
AABB (Authors Against Book Bans) NY has partnered w/ PEN, ABA, Teen Activist Project, & school librarians to make some noise & get her to sign.
Bring a book and join us on Monday, December 8th at 3:30 at Union Square 17th St.
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After wining of the @ursulakleguin.com Prize for Fiction 2025, @vajra.me talked to @cxorlando.bsky.social @reactorsff.bsky.social discuss to discuss RAKESFALL, a sprawling narrative about reincarnation, revolution, and recollection, as well as his approach to writing the fantastic!
A Conversation With Vajra Chandrasekera, Author of Rakesfall - Reactor
"I think writers, like all artists, have a responsibility to act as human cultural workers in an actual society"
reactormag.com
December 8, 2025 at 4:45 PM
After wining of the @ursulakleguin.com Prize for Fiction 2025, @vajra.me talked to @cxorlando.bsky.social @reactorsff.bsky.social discuss to discuss RAKESFALL, a sprawling narrative about reincarnation, revolution, and recollection, as well as his approach to writing the fantastic!
Movie you’ve watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Stars (Wars nor Trek), LOTR, or Marvel, Disney Animated or Pixar.
December 8, 2025 at 3:49 AM
Movie you’ve watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Stars (Wars nor Trek), LOTR, or Marvel, Disney Animated or Pixar.
also my landlord, please sign if you can!!
I've vented #onhere a lot about the current situation with my billionaire slumlord landlord, Pinnacle.
It would really make my Friday if you could sign this petition urging the judge to slow the auction to protect me & other tenants.
It would really make my Friday if you could sign this petition urging the judge to slow the auction to protect me & other tenants.
10,000 Rent Stabilized Tenants Deserve a Say Over Their Homes
The homes of more than 10,000 New Yorkers are now at stake. One of NYC's most notorious landlords, Pinnacle Group, has sent 93 buildings -- 5,000 rent-stabilized apartments -- to a bankruptcy auction....
actionnetwork.org
December 8, 2025 at 12:28 AM
also my landlord, please sign if you can!!
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*looks directly at camera*
Netflix CEO made a visit to the White House before buying Warner Bros.
Netflix CEO made a visit to the White House before buying Warner Bros.
Netflix CEO Ted Sarandos met with Donald Trump to try and win him over ahead of the bidding war for Warner Bros.
buff.ly
December 7, 2025 at 10:45 PM
*looks directly at camera*
tell us about your favorite nerd shit from this year!!! especially me i'm nosy and i wanna know what yall are reading
ooh you want to submit your favorite books of the year to Reactor's poll so bad 🌀🌀🌀 #booksky
Cast Your Vote for the Best SFF of the Year! - Reactor
Books! Movies! TV shows! Video games! Short fiction! And more!!
reactormag.com
December 6, 2025 at 5:43 PM
tell us about your favorite nerd shit from this year!!! especially me i'm nosy and i wanna know what yall are reading
i feel spiritually revived about the fact that the hbo version was so dark and crave went NOPE, FIX IT. EVERYONE GOTTA BE ABLE TO CLEARLY SEE THE MICROEXPRESSIONS AND ALSO THE KISSING.
There's a lot of talk about the steaminess of #HeatedRivalry, but there are more reasons to watch. Jacob Tierney's direction and the microexpression work of the actors is sublime — especially as mainstream American-produced streaming prioritizes "passive viewing."
www.slashfilm.com/2043077/cana...
www.slashfilm.com/2043077/cana...
Canada's Heated Rivalry Destroys The Worst Trend Of American Streaming TV - SlashFilm
The hit Canadian series Heated Rivalry is a breath of fresh air in a streaming landscape actively suffocating its audiences.
www.slashfilm.com
December 5, 2025 at 10:51 PM
i feel spiritually revived about the fact that the hbo version was so dark and crave went NOPE, FIX IT. EVERYONE GOTTA BE ABLE TO CLEARLY SEE THE MICROEXPRESSIONS AND ALSO THE KISSING.
sorry what is happening? i've been enchanted by the hockey homos and literally do not care about anything else
December 5, 2025 at 6:35 PM
sorry what is happening? i've been enchanted by the hockey homos and literally do not care about anything else
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man, Jacob Tierney seems like a sweet and lovely person. he's generous and lovely about the romance genre, he makes good sex scenes, and he's protective of his actors.
gay hockey show was always going to be fun but this is like pasture-raised grass-fed free-range organic gay hockey show.
gay hockey show was always going to be fun but this is like pasture-raised grass-fed free-range organic gay hockey show.
December 4, 2025 at 2:06 PM
man, Jacob Tierney seems like a sweet and lovely person. he's generous and lovely about the romance genre, he makes good sex scenes, and he's protective of his actors.
gay hockey show was always going to be fun but this is like pasture-raised grass-fed free-range organic gay hockey show.
gay hockey show was always going to be fun but this is like pasture-raised grass-fed free-range organic gay hockey show.
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tapping the sign
December 4, 2025 at 4:35 PM
tapping the sign
reactor writers sound off
What's the best book *review* you wrote, read, edited, or published this year? I'm rounding them up again for Lit Hub.
(Must have a 2025 pub date, no exceptions.)
(Must have a 2025 pub date, no exceptions.)
December 4, 2025 at 10:01 PM
reactor writers sound off
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ICE is in Far Rockaway now .
There doing a sweep
There doing a sweep
December 4, 2025 at 9:17 PM
ICE is in Far Rockaway now .
There doing a sweep
There doing a sweep
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I don't care if a non-disabled person accesses a disability accommodation for the same reason I don't care if a child whose parents are rich gets free lunch at school. We don't need to means test being a kind person. I have better things to do with my time than be a cop over social services.
December 4, 2025 at 2:32 AM
I don't care if a non-disabled person accesses a disability accommodation for the same reason I don't care if a child whose parents are rich gets free lunch at school. We don't need to means test being a kind person. I have better things to do with my time than be a cop over social services.
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Please submit your favorite SFF releases of the year if you:
- Read science fiction, fantasy, or horror
- Enjoy short fiction
- Support The Vampire Lestat's solo music career
- Read science fiction, fantasy, or horror
- Enjoy short fiction
- Support The Vampire Lestat's solo music career
Cast Your Vote for the Best SFF of the Year! - Reactor
Books! Movies! TV shows! Video games! Short fiction! And more!!
reactormag.com
December 4, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Please submit your favorite SFF releases of the year if you:
- Read science fiction, fantasy, or horror
- Enjoy short fiction
- Support The Vampire Lestat's solo music career
- Read science fiction, fantasy, or horror
- Enjoy short fiction
- Support The Vampire Lestat's solo music career
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I've posted about this before but one of the most memorable lessons I learned in grad school was about how IQ tests are not a very good indicator of overall intelligence because you can just train for the test - we did this by taking weekly IQ tests and getting better at it over time
I saw this ad on the train and I’m curious how yall feel about it… I’m very much in the center, but slightly more towards than against…
December 4, 2025 at 6:21 PM
I've posted about this before but one of the most memorable lessons I learned in grad school was about how IQ tests are not a very good indicator of overall intelligence because you can just train for the test - we did this by taking weekly IQ tests and getting better at it over time
save me canadian government funded yaoi save me
December 4, 2025 at 2:47 PM
save me canadian government funded yaoi save me
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Are you a @sfwa.org member? Do you like historical bisexuals and sexy bloodsucking emo boys? Then this post is for YOU!
For the first time in (some? several? yikes!) years I have something eligible for the Nebula awards! www.neonhemlock.com/books/no-suc...
For the first time in (some? several? yikes!) years I have something eligible for the Nebula awards! www.neonhemlock.com/books/no-suc...
No Such Thing as Duty by Lara Elena Donnelly — neon hemlock
Publication date: April 8, 2025. An 8” x 5” novella. In the waning days of World War One, William Somerset Maugham—novelist, playwright, and spy—is sent to Romania to serve allied interests in the ...
www.neonhemlock.com
December 3, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Are you a @sfwa.org member? Do you like historical bisexuals and sexy bloodsucking emo boys? Then this post is for YOU!
For the first time in (some? several? yikes!) years I have something eligible for the Nebula awards! www.neonhemlock.com/books/no-suc...
For the first time in (some? several? yikes!) years I have something eligible for the Nebula awards! www.neonhemlock.com/books/no-suc...
im going through my phone to write down all the upcoming book covers/announcements ive taken screenshots of over the past few months and goddamn the books are good. the books are SO good right now. fantasy especially. fantasy readers are gonna have a really good 2026.
December 3, 2025 at 5:24 PM
im going through my phone to write down all the upcoming book covers/announcements ive taken screenshots of over the past few months and goddamn the books are good. the books are SO good right now. fantasy especially. fantasy readers are gonna have a really good 2026.
alright friends! tell me about your favorite HISTORICAL FANTASY books?
bonus points for non-eurocentric worlds!
bonus points for non-eurocentric worlds!
December 3, 2025 at 3:30 PM
alright friends! tell me about your favorite HISTORICAL FANTASY books?
bonus points for non-eurocentric worlds!
bonus points for non-eurocentric worlds!
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i just think giving tuesday should be before everyone does major consumerism weekend instead of after
December 2, 2025 at 4:32 PM
i just think giving tuesday should be before everyone does major consumerism weekend instead of after
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the only thing I read before I saw Wicked: For Good was the news where Chu said the sexy song wasn't going to be sexy, and then I read the piece about the cardigan, and then I needed to Understand!!! so I investigated and I have solved the mystery, you're welcome
There Is Only One Explanation for Elphaba’s Cardigan in Wicked: For Good - Reactor
When you're trying to make a scene really unsexy, add a drapey sweater, I guess?
reactormag.com
December 2, 2025 at 4:11 PM
the only thing I read before I saw Wicked: For Good was the news where Chu said the sexy song wasn't going to be sexy, and then I read the piece about the cardigan, and then I needed to Understand!!! so I investigated and I have solved the mystery, you're welcome
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This is such amazing news! Now I'm the annoying gremlin coming in to remind folks that if they are attending WorldCon 2026 to PLEASE PLEASE vote for making this Hugo a permanent one (it'll be the last vote if it's successful!)
In Anaheim did Worldcon
a special Hugo Award decree
where sci-fi verse
with rhymes diverse
were celebrated as best poetry
(With apologies to Samuel Taylor Coleridge)
Yes, there will be a Hugo for Best Poem in 2026. The press release is out. The LAcon V will be updated later today.
a special Hugo Award decree
where sci-fi verse
with rhymes diverse
were celebrated as best poetry
(With apologies to Samuel Taylor Coleridge)
Yes, there will be a Hugo for Best Poem in 2026. The press release is out. The LAcon V will be updated later today.
December 1, 2025 at 7:14 PM
This is such amazing news! Now I'm the annoying gremlin coming in to remind folks that if they are attending WorldCon 2026 to PLEASE PLEASE vote for making this Hugo a permanent one (it'll be the last vote if it's successful!)
"have you read [insert extremely popular fantasy book here]"
What’s the worst question someone can ask after you tell them your profession? For linguists, it’s definitely “how many languages do you speak?”, but I’m curious what else is happening to the rest of y’all out there?!
December 1, 2025 at 8:37 PM
"have you read [insert extremely popular fantasy book here]"
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the final horror shopping list of 2025 is here! feat. new books from @comptonwrites.bsky.social, @allyoutthere.bsky.social, @brennanlafaro.bsky.social, @datlow.bsky.social, @tkingfisher.com, and more. 2026 list drops later this week!!
All the New Horror Books Coming in December 2025
December 2025’s new horror books, featuring titles from Kristi DeMeester, Johnny Compton, T. Kingfisher, Ally Russell, Brennan LaFaro, and more!
readjumpscares.com
December 1, 2025 at 3:48 PM
the final horror shopping list of 2025 is here! feat. new books from @comptonwrites.bsky.social, @allyoutthere.bsky.social, @brennanlafaro.bsky.social, @datlow.bsky.social, @tkingfisher.com, and more. 2026 list drops later this week!!