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| Categories | Science fiction,fantasy |
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| Founded | 2008; 17 years ago (2008) |
| Company | Macmillan Publishers |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Website | reactormag |
Reactor, formerlyTor.com, is an onlinescience fiction andfantasy magazine published byTor Books, a division ofMacmillan Publishers. The magazine publishes articles, reviews, original short fiction, re-reads and commentary onspeculative fiction. Unlike traditional print magazines such asAsimov's orAnalog, it releases online fiction that can be read free of charge.[1]
Reactor was founded (asTor.com) in July 2008[2] and renamedReactor on January 23, 2024.[3]
Gardner Dozois calledTor.com "one of the coolest and most eclectic genre-oriented sites on the Internet". He felt in 2011 that its short fiction output that year was weaker than usual, but said it was still a fascinating place to visit.[4] In 2014,The Guardian's Damien Walter remarked on a "digital renaissance" in short SF, and cited a new generation ofonline magazines, includingLightspeed,Strange Horizons,Tor.com andEscape Pod, as having transformed the genre. Of these, he describedTor.com as "the reigning champion of science-fiction magazines". He noted the broad range of its output, and said that it had published "many of the most exciting new talents" such asMaria Dahvana Headley andKarin Tidbeck.[5]
Tor.com has won eightLocus Awards for Best Magazine (2015, 2017–23), breaking a 40-year-long streak where the category was only won byAsimov's andF&SF (in addition toLocus itself).[6] For its art direction, Irene Gallo received the 2014World Fantasy Award for Professional Work.[7]
There have also been several award-winning collections ofTor.com content. Reviews and commentary byJo Walton were collected in the booksWhat Makes This Book So Great andAn Informal History of the Hugos, with the former winning the 2014 Locus Award for Best Non-Fiction, and the latter nominated for the 2019 Hugo and Locus Awards.[8] The fiction anthology,Worlds Seen in Passing: 10 Years of Tor.com Short Fiction, won the 2019World Fantasy Award for Best Anthology.[7]
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