Vajra Chandrasekera - Reactor

Vajra Chandrasekera - Reactor

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Vajra Chandrasekera

detail from the cover of cover of Seeing Like a State: How Certain Schemes to Improve the Human Condition Have Failed by James C Scott

Books

Seeds of Story

The Omnipotent Eye Versus the Neighborhood: James C. Scott’s Seeing Like a State

By Ruthanna Emrys

January 27, 2026

detail from the cover of Rakesfall by Vajra Chandrasekera

Books

Vajra Chandrasekera

A Conversation With Vajra Chandrasekera, Author of Rakesfall

By Christina Orlando

November 10, 2025

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Books

reading recommendations

Eight Strange Cities Where You’ll Need More Than a Map to Survive

By Sam Reader

October 29, 2025

Head shot of Vajra Chandrasekera next to cover of Rakesfall

News

Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction

Vajra Chandrasekera’s Rakesfall Wins 2025 Ursula K. Le Guin Award for Fiction

By Vanessa Armstrong

October 21, 2025

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Books

reading recommendations

Five Stories About the Intersection of Science and Ethics

By Ratika Deshpande

October 16, 2024

Cover of Rakesfall by Vajra Chandrasekera

Books

book reviews

Vajra Chandrasekera’s Rakesfall Will Make Your Breath Catch in Your Throat

By Molly Templeton

July 18, 2024

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Book Recommendations

book culture

Prestige Creates a Permission Structure for Experimentation

By Charlie Jane Anders

March 27, 2024

Book Recommendations

cover reveals

Will You Follow Me to the End? Revealing Rakesfall by Vajra Chandrasekera

By Tor.com

October 19, 2023

Book Recommendations

Jo Walton Reads

Jo Walton’s Reading List: September 2023

By Jo Walton

October 4, 2023

Books

Short Fiction Spotlight

Must Read Short Speculative Fiction: July 2023

By Alex Brown

September 14, 2023

Books

book reviews

The Illegible and the Unchosen: Vajra Chandrasekera’s The Saint of Bright Doors

By Molly Templeton

August 21, 2023

Excerpts

Excerpts

Read an Excerpt From The Saint of Bright Doors

By Vajra Chandrasekera

July 20, 2023

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

William Gibson, Neuromancer

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