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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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IT'S HERE!!!
30 of the MOST ANTICIPATED science fiction, fantasy, and horror books for the rest of 2025, as read and compiled by @cxorlando.bsky.social. Happy reading!!
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30 of the MOST ANTICIPATED science fiction, fantasy, and horror books for the rest of 2025, as read and compiled by @cxorlando.bsky.social. Happy reading!!
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Predator: Badlands is a buddy comedy, a found family story, a story about a DEATH PLANET, and proof that a Predator movie can be whatever we want it to be (except bloodless):
Predator: Badlands Gives Us a New Type of Predator Story - Reactor
A Predator makes a JOKE in this movie, people.
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November 10, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Predator: Badlands is a buddy comedy, a found family story, a story about a DEATH PLANET, and proof that a Predator movie can be whatever we want it to be (except bloodless):
"Jacobs’ novel doesn’t lack for grotesque and awe-inducing images, but cloaked beneath that is a story of heroism in an unlikely place."
John Hornor Jacobs' The Night That Finds Us All embraces maritime cosmic horror 🌊
John Hornor Jacobs' The Night That Finds Us All embraces maritime cosmic horror 🌊
Here Be Dragons: John Hornor Jacobs’ The Night That Finds Us All - Reactor
A bracing work of maritime cosmic horror.
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November 10, 2025 at 8:20 PM
"Jacobs’ novel doesn’t lack for grotesque and awe-inducing images, but cloaked beneath that is a story of heroism in an unlikely place."
John Hornor Jacobs' The Night That Finds Us All embraces maritime cosmic horror 🌊
John Hornor Jacobs' The Night That Finds Us All embraces maritime cosmic horror 🌊
The final Running Man (2025) trailer subjects Glen Powell to the dastardly whims of Josh Brolin:
The Running Man Final Trailer Gives Ben Richards a Team and A Lot of Dynamite - Reactor
Edgar Wright's adaptation of the Richard Bachman book hits theaters later this week.
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November 10, 2025 at 8:10 PM
The final Running Man (2025) trailer subjects Glen Powell to the dastardly whims of Josh Brolin:
CONFLICT, but also, perhaps...DESIRE!!! And of course, MARS! Let's discuss Babylon 5 s4e10, "Racing Mars":
Babylon 5 Rewatch: “Racing Mars” - Reactor
Marcus and Franklin meet their liaison to the Mars resistance, while Sheridan confronts Garibaldi about his attitude.
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November 10, 2025 at 8:06 PM
CONFLICT, but also, perhaps...DESIRE!!! And of course, MARS! Let's discuss Babylon 5 s4e10, "Racing Mars":
Is YA science fiction finally on its way back? Will vampires ever stop being in style?? Can these kids finally break the curse??? @bookjockeyalex.bsky.social highlights 13 of the most exciting young adult science fiction, fantasy, and horror books coming out this November and December!
Most Anticipated Young Adult SFF/H for November & December 2025 - Reactor
Check out 13 of the best YA titles publishing this season
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November 10, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Is YA science fiction finally on its way back? Will vampires ever stop being in style?? Can these kids finally break the curse??? @bookjockeyalex.bsky.social highlights 13 of the most exciting young adult science fiction, fantasy, and horror books coming out this November and December!
The lesson from IT: Welcome to Derry's latest episode? Stop going into crypts at night (unless you're taking pictures of clowns):
IT: Welcome to Derry Takes Us From the Circus to the Cemetery in “Now You See It” - Reactor
Nothing good is going to come out of that cemetery.
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November 10, 2025 at 6:56 PM
The lesson from IT: Welcome to Derry's latest episode? Stop going into crypts at night (unless you're taking pictures of clowns):
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Southern Gothic + generational trauma = my wheelhouse
Do not ask which lineage society my lips are sealed
Do not ask which lineage society my lips are sealed
In the American South, writes Elizabeth Broadbent, "[t]he past is our wound, and the past is our anchor." Here are five Southern Gothic stories that explore generational trauma and inescapable connections to the past.
Five Southern Gothic Books about Generational Trauma That You (Probably) Haven’t Read - Reactor
Families grappling with ancestral sin and the crimes of the past
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November 10, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Southern Gothic + generational trauma = my wheelhouse
Do not ask which lineage society my lips are sealed
Do not ask which lineage society my lips are sealed
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it was an absolute pleasure to interview the brilliant and thoughtful @vajra.me, whose writing frequently leaves me floored. the le guin prize is so well deserved
Vajra Chandrasekera (@vajra.me)'s Rakesfall recently received the Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction. In this new interview, Senior Books Editor @cxorlando.bsky.social asks him the author about genre boundaries, violence in fiction, and how Le Guin has inspired his writing:
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"
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November 10, 2025 at 5:53 PM
it was an absolute pleasure to interview the brilliant and thoughtful @vajra.me, whose writing frequently leaves me floored. the le guin prize is so well deserved
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"What I like most about the speculative is the joy... The exuberance, the joie de lire, the fucking about. It’s such a fun form to work in. You can free yourselves to any degree that you please from constraints that otherwise tend to be invisibly ubiquitous, such as physics, location, and selfhood."
Vajra Chandrasekera (@vajra.me)'s Rakesfall recently received the Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction. In this new interview, Senior Books Editor @cxorlando.bsky.social asks him the author about genre boundaries, violence in fiction, and how Le Guin has inspired his writing:
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"
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November 10, 2025 at 5:56 PM
"What I like most about the speculative is the joy... The exuberance, the joie de lire, the fucking about. It’s such a fun form to work in. You can free yourselves to any degree that you please from constraints that otherwise tend to be invisibly ubiquitous, such as physics, location, and selfhood."
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"If we can agree that art is political, it should follow that it matters quite deeply what the art’s politics are."
great interview with @vajra.me about Rakesfall!!
great interview with @vajra.me about Rakesfall!!
Vajra Chandrasekera (@vajra.me)'s Rakesfall recently received the Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction. In this new interview, Senior Books Editor @cxorlando.bsky.social asks him the author about genre boundaries, violence in fiction, and how Le Guin has inspired his writing:
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"
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November 10, 2025 at 5:50 PM
"If we can agree that art is political, it should follow that it matters quite deeply what the art’s politics are."
great interview with @vajra.me about Rakesfall!!
great interview with @vajra.me about Rakesfall!!
Vajra Chandrasekera (@vajra.me)'s Rakesfall recently received the Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction. In this new interview, Senior Books Editor @cxorlando.bsky.social asks him the author about genre boundaries, violence in fiction, and how Le Guin has inspired his writing:
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"
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November 10, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Vajra Chandrasekera (@vajra.me)'s Rakesfall recently received the Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction. In this new interview, Senior Books Editor @cxorlando.bsky.social asks him the author about genre boundaries, violence in fiction, and how Le Guin has inspired his writing:
In the American South, writes Elizabeth Broadbent, "[t]he past is our wound, and the past is our anchor." Here are five Southern Gothic stories that explore generational trauma and inescapable connections to the past.
Five Southern Gothic Books about Generational Trauma That You (Probably) Haven’t Read - Reactor
Families grappling with ancestral sin and the crimes of the past
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November 10, 2025 at 5:24 PM
In the American South, writes Elizabeth Broadbent, "[t]he past is our wound, and the past is our anchor." Here are five Southern Gothic stories that explore generational trauma and inescapable connections to the past.
More fantasy stories need a Greenland shark:
Down the Rabbit Hole: Searching for the Greenland Shark - Reactor
Heading down the rabbit hole — or should that be fishing hole? — of shark research...
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November 10, 2025 at 4:55 PM
More fantasy stories need a Greenland shark:
For a single white whale, he really gets around.
November 10, 2025 at 4:51 PM
For a single white whale, he really gets around.
Just felt a brisk wind you know what time it is
November 10, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Just felt a brisk wind you know what time it is
We've reached Day Ten, in which Adolin and Yanagawn seize one last chance to save Azir, while Dalinar makes it home just in time for the Contest of Champions in this week's WIND AND TRUTH Reread!
Wind and Truth Reread: Chapters 126 and 127 - Reactor
Dalinar returns! Adolin and Yanagawn hatch a wild plan! Welcome to Day Ten!
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November 10, 2025 at 3:13 PM
We've reached Day Ten, in which Adolin and Yanagawn seize one last chance to save Azir, while Dalinar makes it home just in time for the Contest of Champions in this week's WIND AND TRUTH Reread!
So you've started #Pluribus and have some questions:
So You’ve Watched Pluribus Episode 1 and Have Some Questions - Reactor
Reactor has got you.
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November 10, 2025 at 2:37 PM
So you've started #Pluribus and have some questions:
Sigourney Weaver compares her characters across Alien, Star Wars, and Avatar in a new interview (but we still think Ripley is the coolest, obviously):
Sigourney Weaver Reflects on What Made Ripley Work as a Sci-Fi Action Hero - Reactor
The legendary actress also draws an interesting comparison between Ripley and her Mandalorian and Grogu character.
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November 7, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Sigourney Weaver compares her characters across Alien, Star Wars, and Avatar in a new interview (but we still think Ripley is the coolest, obviously):
Fire can serve many purposes, depending on who's wielding it–here are five short stories featuring fire as a magical force, as a curse, as something to be tended and protected and something to be survived...
Five SFF Stories About the Power of Fire - Reactor
Sometimes destructive, sometimes giving warmth and light, always a bit magical.
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November 7, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Fire can serve many purposes, depending on who's wielding it–here are five short stories featuring fire as a magical force, as a curse, as something to be tended and protected and something to be survived...
"5 Times The Animatronic Fox On Splash Mountain Addressed Me By Name And Told Me He Was Going To Marry My Dad"
(+Noirvember recs for your weekend)
(+Noirvember recs for your weekend)
What to Watch and Read This Weekend: Nobody Can be Told What Pluribus Is - Reactor
Plus: Underrated noir movies, Predator: Badlands, and art thieves.
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November 7, 2025 at 3:48 PM
"5 Times The Animatronic Fox On Splash Mountain Addressed Me By Name And Told Me He Was Going To Marry My Dad"
(+Noirvember recs for your weekend)
(+Noirvember recs for your weekend)
What is a "SFF Crossover" book? Well, in November, it might be a cli-fi anthology, or a mythological retelling of Aphrodite, or perhaps a magical realism novel following the reincarnation of a dead family member–just to throw a few examples out there.
All the New SFF Crossover Books Arriving in November 2025 - Reactor
This November venture into mind-melding, the horrors of big tech, and the pitfalls that come from trying to change your face.
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November 7, 2025 at 3:05 PM
What is a "SFF Crossover" book? Well, in November, it might be a cli-fi anthology, or a mythological retelling of Aphrodite, or perhaps a magical realism novel following the reincarnation of a dead family member–just to throw a few examples out there.
Kylie Lee Baker takes a break from adult horror to dip into YA fantasy, plus teenage girl werewolf packs and a healthy dose of mutating sea monsters. The young adult books of November are perfect for monster lovers ⚰️
All the New Young Adult SFF Books Arriving in November 2025 - Reactor
November's titles feature vampires, werewolves, and witches, with some dark academia thrown in as well.
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November 7, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Kylie Lee Baker takes a break from adult horror to dip into YA fantasy, plus teenage girl werewolf packs and a healthy dose of mutating sea monsters. The young adult books of November are perfect for monster lovers ⚰️
November 7, 2025 at 2:55 PM
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ICYMI!
"Maybe it’ll forget me.
Maybe something else will take its attention.
Maybe it’s time to run."
We're excited to share an excerpt from @angelaslatter.bsky.social's witchy new fantasy novel A Forest, Darkly!
Maybe something else will take its attention.
Maybe it’s time to run."
We're excited to share an excerpt from @angelaslatter.bsky.social's witchy new fantasy novel A Forest, Darkly!
Read an Excerpt From A Forest, Darkly by A.G. Slatter - Reactor
A dark fantasy fairy tale of persecuted witches, snatched children, twisted magic, changelings, and the sins that bind…
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November 7, 2025 at 10:56 AM
ICYMI!