Molly Templeton
@mollytempleton.com
I read, I write, & I pet cats. Column, news, & book reviews at @reactorsff.bsky.social; publicity, prize, & more for @ursulakleguin.com. Once a bookseller, always a bookseller. PDX.
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· Dec 9
Okay, I've compiled all the recommendations below into a list here. Happy to add more titles basically indefinitely!
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As we mourn Rob Reiner, don’t skip this: he was, pretty much, personally responsible for overturning California’s Prop 8 banning same sex marriage.
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How Rob Reiner became anti-Prop. 8 kingpin
Rob Reiner reflects on the critical role he played in getting California's gay marriage ban overturned.
www.hollywoodreporter.com
December 15, 2025 at 1:37 PM
As we mourn Rob Reiner, don’t skip this: he was, pretty much, personally responsible for overturning California’s Prop 8 banning same sex marriage.
www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...
www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...
I feel as if I should be incapable of surprise at the depths to which the shitbird-in-chief will sink—and yet that post about Rob and Michele Reiner still managed to absolutely horrify me
December 15, 2025 at 3:19 PM
I feel as if I should be incapable of surprise at the depths to which the shitbird-in-chief will sink—and yet that post about Rob and Michele Reiner still managed to absolutely horrify me
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And, if you've somehow managed to never hear the story of how Reiner met Michelle, and how that changed WHEN HARRY MET SALLY…💔
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December 15, 2025 at 2:03 PM
And, if you've somehow managed to never hear the story of how Reiner met Michelle, and how that changed WHEN HARRY MET SALLY…💔
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if you need me I will be thinking about this book - which, to be clear, I do not have my hands on, though I would very much like to have my hands on it - for the rest of the day/week/year
yes that teaser image is from the cover yes please do go read the cover copy. please.
yes that teaser image is from the cover yes please do go read the cover copy. please.
Hexes of the Deadwood Forest: A Novel
A Novel
bookshop.org
December 15, 2025 at 3:02 PM
if you need me I will be thinking about this book - which, to be clear, I do not have my hands on, though I would very much like to have my hands on it - for the rest of the day/week/year
yes that teaser image is from the cover yes please do go read the cover copy. please.
yes that teaser image is from the cover yes please do go read the cover copy. please.
for years I've been hoarding some delightful Swedish picture books from my FSG days (they distributed a Swedish imprint??) but I finally passed them on to a friend with a kid and I've just heard that they're a hit.
so if you have a small, may I recommend: the delights of Benny
so if you have a small, may I recommend: the delights of Benny
Benny's Had Enough! by Barbro Lindgren
In this picture book from a Swedish team, Landstr m's (Olson's Meat Pies) remarkably wry illustrations inject charm into a famil...
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December 15, 2025 at 2:42 AM
for years I've been hoarding some delightful Swedish picture books from my FSG days (they distributed a Swedish imprint??) but I finally passed them on to a friend with a kid and I've just heard that they're a hit.
so if you have a small, may I recommend: the delights of Benny
so if you have a small, may I recommend: the delights of Benny
my person is watching American Rust and I'm sorry I'm an asshole but I just keep wondering why every single Srs Show must have this same flat, bland palette. please. stop that! stop. is this because of the Leftovers? they all look like Leftovers Lite.
December 14, 2025 at 5:30 AM
my person is watching American Rust and I'm sorry I'm an asshole but I just keep wondering why every single Srs Show must have this same flat, bland palette. please. stop that! stop. is this because of the Leftovers? they all look like Leftovers Lite.
the opposite question, of course, is which movie do you most passionately feel was absolutely robbed at the awards? again, while there are many worthy candidates, I will die mad about Children of Men not winning shit
Late night question for the gang: what’s your LEAST favorite Best Picture winner that’s not Crash?
December 14, 2025 at 5:27 AM
the opposite question, of course, is which movie do you most passionately feel was absolutely robbed at the awards? again, while there are many worthy candidates, I will die mad about Children of Men not winning shit
tonight's petty complaint is that I just want some sort of picture frame thing with a glass door on hinges behind which I can hang necklaces (visible, yet safe from cats) and I have searched approximately 4718 versions of what I think this might be called and I STILL can't find it
December 14, 2025 at 5:24 AM
tonight's petty complaint is that I just want some sort of picture frame thing with a glass door on hinges behind which I can hang necklaces (visible, yet safe from cats) and I have searched approximately 4718 versions of what I think this might be called and I STILL can't find it
accepting that there are some really terrible ones that I simply have not seen, the fact is, I LOATHE A Beautiful Mind
Late night question for the gang: what’s your LEAST favorite Best Picture winner that’s not Crash?
December 14, 2025 at 5:21 AM
accepting that there are some really terrible ones that I simply have not seen, the fact is, I LOATHE A Beautiful Mind
can hardly believe these little gremlins were ever so small (four years ago! ziti had not even grown into her full floof yet)
December 13, 2025 at 4:18 PM
can hardly believe these little gremlins were ever so small (four years ago! ziti had not even grown into her full floof yet)
yes I did a professional version of my grumpy post also
Amazon announces Ask This Book AI bot. Authors and publishers were not asked to be included and cannot opt-out.
New Kindle Feature Uses AI to Answer Questions About Books—And Authors Can't Opt Out - Reactor
The new feature, called Ask this Book, is already drawing controversy and unanswered questions.
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December 12, 2025 at 8:41 PM
yes I did a professional version of my grumpy post also
having A Lot of Magicians feelings over here lately
We interrupt your Heated Rivalry haze to recommend Bryan Fuller's new movie (and did you know The Magicians just turned 10???)
What to Watch and Read This Weekend: When Bryan Fuller Makes a Movie, You Go See It - Reactor
Plus: Volcano Daughters and evil Santas.
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December 12, 2025 at 6:23 PM
having A Lot of Magicians feelings over here lately
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I’ll be talking to my agent today about this and I suggest all authors in tradpub do the same. We can play a role in helping our publishers fight this.
December 12, 2025 at 5:57 PM
I’ll be talking to my agent today about this and I suggest all authors in tradpub do the same. We can play a role in helping our publishers fight this.
hi, this is super fucked up
New Kindle feature offers instant spoiler-free answers to questions about your books
“Ask this Book” is now available on the Kindle iOS app in the U.S. for thousands of English-language books.
www.aboutamazon.com
December 12, 2025 at 4:37 PM
hi, this is super fucked up
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The photograph of the lunchtime steelworkers being photographed is almost as cool as the lunchtime steelworkers.
December 12, 2025 at 2:43 PM
The photograph of the lunchtime steelworkers being photographed is almost as cool as the lunchtime steelworkers.
me: I have got to quit the internet!!!!
me after reading this: this is why I can never quit the internet
me after reading this: this is why I can never quit the internet
Daniel Dawn Lewis (youngest clone)
Daniel Day Lewis (middle clone)
Daniel Dusk Lewis (oldest clone)
Daniel Day Lewis (middle clone)
Daniel Dusk Lewis (oldest clone)
December 12, 2025 at 5:24 AM
me: I have got to quit the internet!!!!
me after reading this: this is why I can never quit the internet
me after reading this: this is why I can never quit the internet
hey authors. hey. I know this sounds really tedious but I would like to suggest to you that if you have a large collection of author's copies of your books? translated versions, everything? make a lil catalog of them. you know, for reasons!
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December 11, 2025 at 11:01 PM
hey authors. hey. I know this sounds really tedious but I would like to suggest to you that if you have a large collection of author's copies of your books? translated versions, everything? make a lil catalog of them. you know, for reasons!
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growing oddly fond of the translations of Left Hand of Darkness that call it just "Winterplanet"
December 11, 2025 at 8:52 PM
growing oddly fond of the translations of Left Hand of Darkness that call it just "Winterplanet"
if i had any brain space I would write a Thing about how regularly we get a Superheroine Led Project in which she is Troubled and Messy and we know this because she Drinks
also why is this trailer so brown!!!!!!
also why is this trailer so brown!!!!!!
In the world of superheroes, alcoholism is a symbol for messy womanhood:
The First Supergirl Trailer Is… Odd - Reactor
Don't hurt the dog!!! Even though he's CGI.
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December 11, 2025 at 5:56 PM
if i had any brain space I would write a Thing about how regularly we get a Superheroine Led Project in which she is Troubled and Messy and we know this because she Drinks
also why is this trailer so brown!!!!!!
also why is this trailer so brown!!!!!!
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In a world blanketed by water, Carmen and Skipper search for their older sister. While Yume Kitasei's Saltcrop explores a near-future dystopia, @mollytempleton.com observes "like any novel about our future, it’s very much a story of right now."
Sailing Into the Future: Yume Kitasei’s Saltcrop - Reactor
A novel of three sisters in a world ravaged by climate change.
reactormag.com
December 11, 2025 at 5:10 PM
In a world blanketed by water, Carmen and Skipper search for their older sister. While Yume Kitasei's Saltcrop explores a near-future dystopia, @mollytempleton.com observes "like any novel about our future, it’s very much a story of right now."
so happy to see @bookjockeyalex.bsky.social and @sarahmccarry.bsky.social among this year's judges!!!
The 2026 Shortlist — The Tournament of Books
The books, judges, and Zombie Poll for the 2026 Tournament of Books, presented by Field Notes.
www.tournamentofbooks.com
December 11, 2025 at 4:57 PM
so happy to see @bookjockeyalex.bsky.social and @sarahmccarry.bsky.social among this year's judges!!!
okay so after the prize is announced next year I fully expect to see Jarvis Cocker get a massive NYT spread about his reading experience just like Sarah Jessica Parker did lmaoooo
We’re delighted to reveal the Booker Prize 2026 judging panel.
Mary Beard will act as Chair, and is joined by Raymond Antrobus, Jarvis Cocker, Rebecca Liu and Patricia Lockwood.
Find out more: https://thebookerprizes.pulse.ly/omwonxgxjj
Mary Beard will act as Chair, and is joined by Raymond Antrobus, Jarvis Cocker, Rebecca Liu and Patricia Lockwood.
Find out more: https://thebookerprizes.pulse.ly/omwonxgxjj
December 11, 2025 at 3:39 PM
okay so after the prize is announced next year I fully expect to see Jarvis Cocker get a massive NYT spread about his reading experience just like Sarah Jessica Parker did lmaoooo
while you are making your best-SFF-books of the year lists you COULD, I'm just saying, think about which of those books are relevant to the aims of the Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction, and which ones you might wanna nominate for the prize when nominations open in March
just saying
just saying
Ursula K. Le Guin — The Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction
www.ursulakleguin.com
December 11, 2025 at 3:04 PM
while you are making your best-SFF-books of the year lists you COULD, I'm just saying, think about which of those books are relevant to the aims of the Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction, and which ones you might wanna nominate for the prize when nominations open in March
just saying
just saying
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If you are a comic artist or writer that wants to talk to me, on or off the record, about the Disney OpenAI deal, shoot me a line. [email protected]
December 11, 2025 at 2:47 PM
If you are a comic artist or writer that wants to talk to me, on or off the record, about the Disney OpenAI deal, shoot me a line. [email protected]
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Not hyperbole: using generative AI -- and encouraging students to use it -- supports MAGA and authoritarianism.
The AI industry’s $100 million play to influence the 2026 elections
As the 2026 midterms approach, President Trump is facing headwinds.
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December 11, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Not hyperbole: using generative AI -- and encouraging students to use it -- supports MAGA and authoritarianism.