Jen Williams - Reactor

Jen Williams - Reactor

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Illustration from S.C. Hall's The Book of British Ballads (1842)

Books

Fairy Tales

Folklore Meets Murder Ballad: Six Retellings of “The Cruel Sister”

By Rachel Ayers

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Five Chilling Horror Novellas to Read This Fall

By James Davis Nicoll

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Science Fiction

Five Stories in Which Aliens Attempt to Reshape the Earth

By James Davis Nicoll

May 19, 2022

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book recommendations

7 Excellent Escapist Adventure Fantasy Books

By A.K. Larkwood

November 19, 2021

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books

Burning Down the House: Five SFF Characters Who Can Control Fire

By James Davis Nicoll

November 11, 2021

Blog

Science Fiction

Five Stories About Alien Attempts to Reshape the Earth

By James Davis Nicoll

May 25, 2021

Illustration of thhe Three Musketeers riding on the spine of a book

Blog

book recommendations

Seven Excellent Escapist Adventure Fantasy Books

By A.K. Larkwood

March 1, 2021

A.K. Larkwood Recommends Escapist Adventure Fantasy Books

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book recommendations

A.K. Larkwood Recommends Escapist Adventure Fantasy Books

By A.K. Larkwood

May 5, 2020

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Featured Essays

books

SFF Books That Are Hard to Track Down in North America

By James Davis Nicoll

April 3, 2020

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Five Books About

Five Books Featuring Adventuring Parties

By Adrian Tchaikovsky

August 5, 2016

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fantasy

Reconnecting With Fantasy, Thanks to Two Mercenaries and Their Very Cranky Client

By Alasdair Stuart

July 29, 2016

Books

fantasy

Breakout Female Voices of the British Fantasy Scene

By Lucy Hounsom

April 24, 2015

“The sky above the port was the color of television, tuned to a dead channel.”

William Gibson, Neuromancer

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